Dec 2018

ODISHA   Power production to be 57,664 MU   With massive capacity addition in the power sector, there will be nearly double the amount of electricity available than therequirement of the State by 2021-22.   According to latest projection of power availability and requirement, it has came to fore that there will be 57,664 million … Read more 19.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   State bags award for surplus food grain   Odisha has been selected by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for the ‘Commendation Award’ under the ‘Total Food Grains Category II’ for 2016-17.   The Union Minister further congratulated the State Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment Department and Minister Maharathy for encouraging and … Read more 18.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA Odisha shoulld have State Minority Commission   Religion and identities of religious minorities are very often being discussed these days while some are complaining against the minority appeasement policy of Government. The minorities are being projected as vote banks.   The United Nations Minorities Declaration based on consensus in 1992 in its Article 1 … Read more 16-17.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   Odisha to monitor transport vehicles’ speed in real time   To keep tabs on speeding vehicles, the commerce and transport department has decided to integrate speed limitation devices in trucks and buses with Vahan database for real-time monitoring identifying cases of violation.   The National Informatics Centre has developed a web-based system for … Read more 15.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   Cuttack gets first Jica sewage plant Chief minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the city’s first of the three sewage treatment plants funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica). Odisha Water Supply & Sewerage Board is implementing the Rs 810.83-crore mega-project that for the first time gives the city a comprehensive sewerage system for … Read more 14.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   ·        Bhubaneswar tops ease of moving survey ð  As many as 77 per cent residents of the capital city find that the mobility situation in the city has improved over the five years according to the Ease of Moving Index India Report, 2018, released by the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs … Read more 13.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   Odisha study tour for tiger zone villagers   The Odisha forest department has decided to engage locals residing near Satkosia Tiger Reserve in Angul district with big cat conservation plan. They will be taken to a study tour to Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and other parts of the country to know how locals there … Read more 12.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   Bhubaneswar misses Amrut award   The city administration has missed the Amrut technology award, initiated by the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs, to reward the urban local bodies for implementing various methods to ensure safe sewerage maintenance practice in the cities.   The results of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and … Read more 11.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs1

ODISHA   Odisha: Dinner facility in Aahar centres near hospitals from January   Chief minister directed authorities to provide night meals to people in 54 Aahar centres set up near hospitals in various urban areas.   The decision has been taken to facilitate food to people attending their relatives undergoing treatment in various hospitals at an affordable … Read more 09-10.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   Migratory birds at Chilika faces flu threat   Themigratory birds at the Chilika lake, Odisha are facing a threat to their lives due to the detection of avian influenza virus. Some crows and chickens were found dead inside poultry farms in Krushnaprasad block last week. When sent for testing to the National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases, … Read more 07.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs