Articles from General Knowledge Today National Food Security Mission 2011-06-10 08:06:38 GKToday National Food Security Mission (NFSM) is a Central Scheme of GOI launched in 2007 for 5 years to increase production and productivity of wheat‚ rice and pulses on a sustainable basis so as to ensure food security of the country. The aim is to bridge the yield gap in respect of these crops through dissemination of improved technologies and farm management practices. Salient Features: According
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Cement prices rise in North and Central India; Andhra Pradesh surprises positively After a damp August season‚ cement prices increased steadily in September. The month of October saw the trend continuing in most regions of the country. Surprisingly this phenomenon was witnessed in Andhra Pradesh as well which has been a not-so-profitable region for the cement makers. All India prices at Rs 299 per 50 kg bag‚ was up 1.7% on a month-on-month (mom) basis. The discipline in pricing among the cement
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Commission. India today has 28 states. Assuming 20% population growth since the last census‚ Uttar Pradesh has 198 million people‚ more than Brazil‚ Russia or Pakistan. Maharashtra has 106 million‚ West Bengal 96 million and Andhra Pradesh 90 million. All are much bigger than France or Britain. At the other end of the scale‚ Sikkim has just 0.6 million people‚ Mizoram 1.1 million and Arunachal Pradesh 1.3 million. Clearly‚ statehood has been determined by political expediency‚ not logic. Is there
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administrate as a whole. Today in 2013…. India has 28 states. state has its own government some are under president control. Some bigger states want to get separated from its counterpart based on linguistic division. Taking example of Andhra Pradesh. Being fourth largest in india based on land area and ranked 5th on basis of population. It has 42 seats in lok sabha. These facts give a conclusion that it is a very important state to India in every ways. Its on a verge of division. I am not
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1. The National Food for Work Program The National Food for Work Program was launched on 14 November 2004 in 150 of the most backward districts of India with the objective of generating supplementary wage employment. The program is open to all rural poor who are prepared to do manual‚ unskilled labor. It is implemented as a centrally-sponsored scheme. Food grains are provided to the States free of cost. 2. Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana for providing self-Employment
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End Term Examinations Locations for June 2014 Please contact the following persons. NOIDA : Mr. R a k e s h M i s h r a /Prasun Verma‚ ADDOE‚ Amity University ‚ F -2 Block‚ Sector 125 ‚ Noida - 201301 Mobile: 09899799477 / 09868382808 Toll Free: 1800-102-3434. Email: asodlnoida@amity.edu; rmishra@amity.edu ‚ pverma1@amity.edu SAKET : Mr. Mukesh Prasad‚ ADDOE‚ Amity International School‚ MBlock Market‚ Saket‚ NewDelhi. Tel.: 011 -29561680‚ 9891025104‚ Email: mprasad1@amity.edu ; asodlsaket@amity
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which represents only 5 percent of the total potential and feed exports are not very high. The Indian animal feed industry is undergoing a very exciting phase of growth for the next decade. Production area The regions of Bihar‚ Uttar Pradesh‚ Madhya Pradesh and coastal areas are rich in the production of animal feed due to high crop cultivation and industrial setups that give animal feed as the by product. Growth promotional activities The indian animal feed industry has modern computerized
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Q. The Forest Research Institute is situated at - 1) Nagpur 2) Mysore 3) Dehradun 4) Ernakulam Answer- 3) Dehradun Q. Most of the unemployment in India is - 1) Technological 2) Cyclical 3) Frictional 4) Structural Answer- 4) Structural Q. Which one of the following has launched guidebook on standards fir exporters? 1) UNIDO 2) RBI 3) SEBI 4) IBA Answer- 1) UNIDO Q. Which of the following is called the pink City of India? 1) Lucknow 2) Kolkata 3) Jaipur 4) Kota Answer- 3) Jaipur
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spiritual name was Jambhaji. He left his followers a scripture in the Nagri character called Shabdwani which consists of 120 SHABDS. The adherents of the sect are the descendants of immigrants from Bikaner‚ parts of Rajasthan‚ Haryana‚ Madhya Pradesh‚ Uttar Pradesh and Punjab and are exclusively Jats or some Rajputs by caste‚ though they often abandon the
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gur and khand owes to this country. The development of the industry on modern lines dates from 1903 when a sugar mill was started in Bihar. Subsequently‚ sugar mills were started in other parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. In 1931‚ their number reached 31‚ of which 14 were in Uttar Pradesh‚ 12 in Bihar and only 5 in other states. After 1932 this industry made remarkable progress and the country became self-sufficient in sugar. Production of sugar increased during the war. In 1950-51‚ 139 factories
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