West-Bengal-Current-Affairs

132 Pages·2017·1.14 MB·English

Dr Gaurav Garg

SWADESH DARSHAN, 100% funding will be done by the central
government for strengthening infrastructure, capacity building of
staff and locals, finding new avenues to connect people with
tourism activities
Ministry of Tourism – PRASAD - Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and
Spiritual Augmentation Drive and Swadesh Darshan
Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana
(HRIDAY)scheme - Urban Development Ministry
PRASAD Scheme was launched in 2014-15 with 12 identified sites namely Ajmer
(Rajasthan), Amritsar (Punjab), Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), Dwarka (Gujarat),
Gaya (Bihar), Kedarnath (Uttarakhand), Kamakhya (Assam), Kanchipuram (Tamil
Nadu), Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), Puri (Odisha), Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) and
Vellankani (Tamil Nadu).
During 2015-16, Patna (Bihar) and in 2016-17, 12 more sites were added in the
scheme for development namely Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh), Badrinath
(Uttarakhand), Belur (West Bengal), Deoghar (Jharkhand), Guruvayur (Kerala),
Hazratbal and Katra (Jammu & Kashmir), Omkareshwar (Madhya Pradesh),
Somnath (Gujarat), Srisailam and Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Trimbakeshwar
(Maharashtra).
HRIDAY SCHEME
Deadline
November, 2018
Outlay of INR 500 Crores
the Scheme is being implemented in 12 identified Cities
namely, Ajmer, Amaravati, Amritsar, Badami, Dwarka, Gaya,
Kanchipuram, Mathura, Puri, Varanasi, Velankanni and
Warangal.
4th National Summit on Good, Replicable Practices and
Innovations in Public Health Care Systems was
conducted in Indore, MP
Inaugurated by Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan.
She also discussed on National Health Policy 2017 and
how to achieve SDGs in Health
SDG 3 – Good Health and Well Being
Category States/UT
Award for decline in Infant Mortality Jammu & Kashmir & West Bengal
Rate (IMR) – Bigger States
Award for decline in Infant Mortality Manipur
Rate (IMR) – Smaller States
Gobindobhog rice gets Geographical
Indication status
West Bengal’s Gobindobhog rice recently received the Geographical
Indication (GI) status from the Geographical Indications Registry (GIR).
The state government had applied for the GI status for Gobindobhog rice on
24 August 2015.
The Gobindobhog rice is a speciality from Burdwan district of West Bengal.
The region of Burdwan (now divided into the districts of east and west
Burdwan) is known as the rice bowl of Bengal.
Nitasha Biswas crowned first Miss TransQueen
India
On the other hand, Manipur’s Loiloi was
crowned the first runner-
up while Ragasiya.k from Chennai bagged
the second runner-up position.
Biswas will now go to Thailand for Miss
International Queen, while Loiloi will compete at
Miss Transsexual Australia.