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Himachal Pradesh topped the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG) index 2018
 On 21st Dec 2018, the NITI Aayog published a first-of-its-kind
Sustainable Development Goals index for Indian states.
 As per the SDG Index, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu
have been ranked on top 3 positions and are on track to meet the
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
 The states of Kerala and Himachal Pradesh have been called as
the front-runners in the SDG Index. Both the state topped the
ranking with a score of 69.

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Himachal Pradesh topped the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG) index 2018
 Chandigarh got the score of 68 and has been declared
as the front runner in the SDG Index among the Union
Territories.
 Tamil Nadu scored 66 points in the rankings.
 Bottom 3 states in the Sustainable Development Goals
index 2018: Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

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Himachal Pradesh becomes the first Indian state
to launch a single emergency number
 The single emergency number will connect to police, fire, health
and other helplines through an Emergency Response Centre
(ERC) in the state.
 ‘112’ is the single emergency number.
 It was launched by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh under
the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS).

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Himachal Pradesh becomes the first Indian state
to launch a single emergency number
 The state has established an ERC in Shimla along with 12 District Command
Centres (DCCs) covering the entire state for this purpose.'
 The Emergency Response Centre (ERC) has been integrated with police
(100), fire (101), health (108) and women helpline (1090) services to
provide emergency services via single emergency number 112.
 The Justice Verma Committee in 2018 had suggested for the
implementation of the ‘Emergency Response Support System’ (ERSS) across
India.

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Himachal's Dr. Jagat Ram honoured with Padma
Shri 2019
 Dr. Jagat Ram is the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education
and Research (PGI), Chandigarh Director.
 Prof Jagat Ram who has served in the hospital for over 39 years, is
being conferred the award in Medicine (Ophthalmology).
 Hailing from a Rajgarh in Sirmaur district in Himachal, he did his
MBBS degree from Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla in 1978
and his MS in Ophthalmology from PGI.

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Ajay Thakur Conferred With Padma Shri Award
2019
 Indian Kabaddi Team Captain Ajay Thakur is felicitated with the prestigious and
fourth highest civilian Padma Shri award.
 He is the first male Kabaddi player to get Padma Shri award. Before Ajay Thakur
Women’s Kabaddi player Sunil Dabas has got this award in 2014.
 This is his biggest achievement for his contribution to Indian Kabaddi. Before this
many Men Kabaddi players have been awarded the Arjuna Award.
 But Ajay Thakur is the first Men’s Kabaddi player who will receive Padma Shri
award.
 Born on 1st May 1986, Ajay Thakur hails from a small village named Dabhota, of
Nalagarh tehsil, Solan district of Himachal Pradesh

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Padma Shri Award 2019 for Shimla's Dr. Omesh
Kumar Bharti
 Field epidemiologist Omesh Kumar Bharti from Himachal Pradesh,
whose path-breaking research in rabies brought down the cost of
treatment for dog bites globally, has been conferred the Padma
Shri.
 A native of Kangra, Dr Bharti completed his MBBS from IGMC and is
presently serving in Shimla, Himachal under the department of
Health and Family Welfare as field epidemiologist.

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Anurag Thakur awarded Sansad Ratna Award

 Bhartiya Janta Party’s Lok Sabha Member from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh, Anurag Thakur was
presented the Sansad Ratna Award for his performance as a parliamentarian.
 With the win he became the first MP from the BJP, besides being the only Member of Parliament
from north India, to have been awarded the Jury Committee Special Award.
 The Sansad Ratna Awards was set up with the purpose of celebrating the performers of Indian
Parliamentarians in 2010 upon the suggestion of former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
 Sansad Ratna Award is a private award established in 2010 by the Prime Point Foundation and e-
magazine PreSense to honour "top performing" Members of the Indian Parliament.
 Dr Veerappa Moily, Chairman of Finance Committee received the Award on behalf of Finance
Committee, which was selected as the outstanding committee under Parliamentary Standing
Committee category
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Shimla, Manali Among Six Towns To Get Air
Connectivity In UDAN Scheme’s Second Phase

 Six towns of the state have been included in the Udan-II air connectivity
scheme by the Central Government.
 The six towns that are set to get air connectivity in this phase are Baddi,
Shimla, Rampur, Nathpa Jhakri, Kanganidhar(Mandi) and Manali.
 UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) is a regional airport development and
air connectivity scheme initiated by the government of India to make flying
affordable for common people of the country.

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Nishtha Jaswal appointed as the Vice-Chancellor
of Himachal Law University

 Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice, Surya Kant has appointed Prof
Nishtha Jaswal as the Vice Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh National Law
University.
 Ms Jaswal who is the professor of Law at Punjab University, Chandigarh is
appointed as VC of Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla for
a period of 5 yrs.
 She is the first lady Vice Chancellor selected from Panjab University and 1st
Husband and Wife VC , as her husband is the VC of NLU, Patiala

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Yuva Aajeevika Yojana for Self Employment

 Under this scheme, govt. will provide an interest subsidy of 5%

on Loans upto Rs. 30 Lakh to unemployed youths.
 This scheme will focus on job creation and will provide
employment opportunities to berojgar youths.
 All the jobless candidates can avail this loan amount for any
work of their choice.

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Yuva Aajeevika Yojana for Self Employment

 In this Youth Livelihood Mission, any entrepreneur will get 5%

interest subsidy for 3 years on an investment upto Rs. 30 lakhs.
 For this purpose, govt. has allocated a budget of Rs. 75 crore.
 This scheme is applicable for all unemployed youths b/w age
group of 18 to 35 years.

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Himachal Pradesh adjudged as the 8th Best state
Economy-wise in India Today's State of the States 2018
Rankings

 Top 3 economies: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka

 Last year, HP was ranked on 5th place in Economy parameter.
 On Education parameter, HP ranked first.
 On Agriculture parameter, HP ranked 14th.
 On Health parameter, HP ranked 3rd.

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Himachal Pradesh adjudged as the 8th Best state
Economy-wise in India Today's State of the States 2018
Rankings

 On Infrastructure parameter, HP ranked 6th.

 On Tourism parameter, HP ranked last (20th). it ranked 2nd in
Tourism in 2017 rankings.
 On Environment parameter, HP ranked 2nd.
 On Cleanliness parameter, HP ranked 5th.
 On Law and Order parameter, HP ranked 10th

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ADB, India Sign $105 Million Loan to Support
Hydropower Transmission in Himachal Pradesh
 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India has signed a
$105 million loan to continue financing the transmission system upgrades in
Himachal Pradesh for increased supply of hydropower to the state and the national
grid.
 The tranche 3 loan is part of the $350 million multitranche financing facility (MFF)
for Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Transmission Investment Program approved by
ADB in September 2011.
 The program is aimed at developing and expanding the transmission network to
evacuate clean and renewable power generated from the state’s hydropower
sources to load centers within and outside the state.
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Sikander Kumar is the new VC of HPU
 He is the 26th Vice-chancellor of HPU.
 Hailing from Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh, Sikander kumar's name was
approved by the search committee.
 Himachal Pradesh University is a public non-profit university at Summer Hill about 5
km from the hill-station Shimla.

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Rs 50 crore ADB project to boost tourism in
Mandi
 In a bid to boost tourism Mandi District, the HP state government has
submitted a tourism development project of Rs 50 Crore to the Asian
Development Bank for funding.
 Under this project, a lake and other basic tourism infrastructure would be
developed to take Mandi town on the world tourist map.
 A helipad would also be constructed at Kangnidhar in order to provide
heli-taxi facility to the region.

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Himachal Pradesh among best performing
states under PMMVY
 Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have been
declared as the best performing states under maternity benefit programme
PMMVY.
 On December 21, 2018, the Ministry of Women and Child Development
published the report on the performance of states and UTs under the
maternity benefit programme named Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana
Yojana.
 As per the report, 51.70 lakh beneficiaries are covered annually under the
PMMVY.
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Sushma Devi is the first-beneficiary of
Ayushman Yojna in Himachal-Pradesh
 Sushma Devi, a resident of Rajgarh in Sirmaur district.
 'Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana' was launched in the state
on 23rd Sep 2018.
 The scheme was launched at the national level by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in
Ranchi in Jharkhand.
 The scheme will benefit 22 lakh people in the hill state. A total of 175 hospitals in
Himachal have been registered under the scheme.
 The state is also implementing the Mukhiya Mantri State Healthcare Scheme, under
which over 1.05 lakh families have been covered
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20-million-year-old tree fossil discovered in
Kasauli
 Recently in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, 20 million years old tree
fossil was discovered.
 A 20-million-year-old fossil tree, which is 55-foot in length was discovered
in Kasauli.
 This is the longest preserved fossil tree trunk found in the Himalayas till
date.
 In 1988, a 15-foot fossil tree was found in Jagjitnagar of Solan district

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Shimla ranks 144 in Swachhata Survekshan
2018 rankings
 Indore in Madhya Pradesh has been declared the cleanest city in
India. Bhopal ranked as India’s 2nd cleanest city for two years in a
row. Chandigarh is the 3rd cleanest city.
 Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh found a special mention as the fastest
moving big city for improving its Rank to 36 from Rank 351 in 2017.
 Jharkhand has been declared the best-performing state, followed
by Maharashtra, in this year’s Swachh Survekshan.

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Shimla ranks 144 in Swachhata Survekshan
2018 rankings
 Cleanest State Capital: Greater Mumbai
 Cleanest City (Population >10 lakh): Vijayawada, Andhra
Pradesh
 Cleanest City (Population 3-10 lakh): Mysuru, Karnataka
 Cleanest City (Population 1-3 lakh): NDMC (New Delhi
Municipal Council)

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All India Police Science Congress held In
Shimla
 All India Police Science Congress was held in Shimla on 22nd March 2018
for 2 days.
 It was organised by the Himachal Pradesh Police Department and The
Bureau of Police Research and Development.
 It was the 42nd edition of the conference.
 It was inaugurated by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur.

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'Swasthya Mein Sahbhagita Yojna‘ launched
 Under this scheme, 25 per cent capital subsidy up to investment of Rs 1
crore in building, machinery and equipment will be provided to any
individual, firm, company, trust or society to establish a private allopathic
hospital in the prescribed area as per established standards.
 Also, under the scheme, 5 per cent interest subsidy would be given for three
years on maximum loan of Rs 75 lakh.
 It seeks to ensure improved access and affordability of quality healthcare
services in rural areas of Himachal Pradesh

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HP cabinet allots the 780 MW Jangi-Thopan-
Powari Hydro Electric Project to SJVNL
 Jangi-Thopan-Powari Hydro Electric Project is in Kinnaur district over Satluj
river.
 Alloted to SJVNL for a period of 70 years.
 The project was allotted to Brakel in 2006, but it was cancelled in 2009, as
the company had failed to pay the upfront premium.
 Reliance had sought the project on the ground that it was the second highest
bidder after Brakel.
 The capacity of the project has been reduced to 780 MW from 960 MW
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Justice Surya Kant has become the new
Chief Justice of HP High Court
 Justice Surya Kant was appointed as the Chief Justice of
Himachal Pradesh High Court on 3rd October 2018.
 Justice Surya Kant was a judge in the Punjab and Haryana
High Court.
 Note: The post of Chief Justice in HP High Court was lying
vacant since April 2017.
 He is the 23rd Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court.
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