Dharmendra Pradhan laid the foundation stone for National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) exclusively for women at Mohali, Punjab. Also launched India’s first in-phone guide and mobile application “Go whats That” in Chandigarh.
He is Minister for Petroleum and Skill Deve. &Entrepreneurship
Government is strongly committed to eliminating viral hepatitis by 2030, with launch of National Viral Hepatitis Control Program to mark the World Hepatitis Day, 2018. It will promote diagnosis and treatment support for patients of hepatitis B &C.
Theme of the World Hepatitis Day, 2018: Test. Treat. Hepatitis
Odisha will have its own Food Security Act from Gandhi Jayanti, including people who have been left out from the National Food Security Act (NFSA). Under NFSA ration was being provided as per 2011 census. Number of beneficiaries have increased since then.
Naveen Patnaik conducts Our Chief Minister, Our Issues programme
Indian Bank’s NPA ratio is one of the lowest. Its exposure to sectors prone to business failure, such as gems and jewelry or power, is very low. In FY17-18, 17 out of 19 nationalized banks were in the red, except only two banks-Indian Bank and Vijaya Bank
Indian Bank Is headquartered in Chennai
Prime Minister participated in a programme in Lucknow on "Transforming Urban Landscape", marking the third anniversary of three key government initiatives related to urban development - PMAY (Urban), AMRUT and the Smart Cities Mission
PMAY is a scheme to provide ‘housing for all by 2022’
Govt. has approved the necessity of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System-II (NASAMS-II) from the US. The missile shield is designed to track and destroy nuclear missiles both inside (endo) and outside (exo) the earth’s atmosphere
Washington, Moscow and Israel have missile defence systems
Rajasthan will soon have its first ‘cow sanctuary’, a shelter for 10,000 bovines spread over an area of more than 220 hectares in Bikaner district. Facilities in the sanctuary will include hospitals and Sewan grass as fodder for the animals.
Rajasthan has a ministry dedicated to the welfare of cows
The Gujarat government will launch a campaign to plant 10 crore trees in its bid to increase green cover in the state. Under the mega campaign, “Green Gujarat”,tree saplings will be planted alongside river banks and reservoirs from the first week of August
Gujarat Govt. is committed to making it a water surplus state
NGT said that the stretch of the Ganga between Haridwar and Unnao in Uttar Pradesh was unfit for drinking. National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) will install display boards at a gap of 100 kms specifying whether the water was fit for bathing or drinking.
NGT was established under the National Green Tribunal Act 2010
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said the country needs to improve its human development index (HDI) to achieve a growth of around 10 percent. In the 2016 UN Human Development Report, India had slipped one place to rank 131st among 188 countries in the HDI.
NITI Aayog, think tank of India was established in 2015