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18.01.18 Chhattisgarh (CGPCS) Current Affairs
CHHATTISGARH Route survey for bharat net phase-ii soon  The Chhattisgarh Infotech Promotion Society (CHiPS), the nodal agency of Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of Chhattisgarh, will be getting route survey and Right of Way (RoW) clearance done for Bharat Net Phase-II project in the State, officials informed. Notably, Bharat Net is a project initiated by the Central Government and funded by Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) with an aim to provide broadband connectivity to over two lakh fifty thousand (250,000) Gram Panchayats of India. The project aims to provide internet access using Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) and ... Read more
16.01.18 Chhattisgarh (CGPCS) Current Affairs
CHHATTISGARH Chhattisgarh govt develops two super speciality hospitals  Chhattisgarh Government in a bid to improve quality of health services is in the process of building two super speciality hospitals, officials informed. Accordingly , the State Government will convert Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Science (CIMS), Bilaspur into the super speciality hospital under PMSSY Phase-IV. Notably, the State Health Department has decided to establish the 450 bedded super speciality hospital having all PG medical courses in Raipur. The existing constructed building area for the proposed hospital is 20,00,000 square feet.The facility would comprise 250 bedded general ward, 100 ... Read more
05.01.18 Chhattisgarh (CGPCS) Current Affairs
CHHATTISGARH State govt to develop 3 regional airports  The Chhattisgarh Government has undertaken development of Bilaspur, Jagdalpur and Ambikapur airstrip under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS), officials informed. A total Rs 76.50 crore has been sanctioned by Government of Chhattisgarh for development of Ambikapur, Bilaspur and Jagdalpur Airports uut of which, an amount of Rs 39.43 crore has been earmarked by the State government towards development of infrastructure at these airports. In the financial year 2017-18, Airports Authority of India (AAI) has earmarked an amount of Rs 32.66 crore and has spent Rs 21.08 crore towards development of ... Read more