Forest and Climate Change
18.05.18 (CGPCS) Chhattisgarh Current Affairs
CHHATTISGARH 30l standard sacks of tendupatta collected so far: govt  Nearly 8.30 lakh standard sacks of tendupatta have been collected in more than 10,000 collection centres under 916 primary forest cooperative societies of Chhattisgarh, officials informed. From Bastar to Surguja, tendupatta from 31 forest division of the State is being collected. Incoming of maximum number of sacks i.e. 70, 000 standard sacks has been collected in Gariaband forest division. Officials of Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Produce Cooperative Union Limited Raipur informed that under Jagdalpur circle, 65 238 standard sacks of tendupatta have been collected in Bijapur forest ... Read more
13.02.18 (CGPCS) Chhattisgarh Current Affairs
CHHATTISGARH Chhattisgarh forest cover between 33 to 75 %: union minister  Chhattisgarh and Assam have forest cover between 33 per cent to 75 per cent Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Strongly emphasising the increasingly green credentials of the country, the Union Minister said that India has shown an increasing trend in the forest and tree cover, in comparison to the global trend of decreasing forest cover during the last decade. Releasing the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2017 in New Delhi, Dr. Harsh Vardhan pointed out that India ranks among the top ten ... Read more
04-05.02.18 Chhattisgarh (CGPCS) Current Affairs
CHHATTISGARH Govt gives nod to large irrigation projects in jashpur  The State Government has accorded administrative approval of Rs 15.96 crore for conducting survey for two proposed large irrigation projects in Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh, officials informed. The projects are Dandpani Large Reservoir and Shekharpur Irrigation projects. Notably, Chhattisgarh has set an ambitious target of raising its irrigation potential to 3.2 million hectares by 2028, officials informed. The State Government has ensured usage of nearly 73 per cent of the extended irrigation capacity which is far better than many other States of the country, officials stated. ... Read more
29.12.17 Chhattisgarh (CGPCS) Current Affairs
CHHATTISGARH Public grievance redressal highest in c’garh: govt  The review of the Central Public Grievances and Administrative Reforms’ (CPGRAMS) web-portal has revealed that the redressal of the grievances of applicants is the highest in Chhattisgarh among the 29 States of the country. The Department officers said that Chhattisgarh State Government had received 18, 735 applications from Central Public Grievances Redressal and Monitoring System Web portal. 15,299 complaints (81.66 per cent) have been settled. Chhattisgarh tops the list as of October 2017 among 29 States of the country. C’garh is the first and only State which had been utilising ... Read more