Agriculture G.K 1. The sub scheme of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana was started w.e.f. – 2011-12 2. Watershed Development Project in shifting Cultivation Areas scheme was started w.e.f.- 1992-93 3. Presently, the land degraded soils in India is about- 120.41 million hectares 4. National Bamboo Mission a centrally sponsored scheme was launched in the year- … Read more
Science Miscellaneous Questions With Answers 1.A weather balloon is not fully inflated on the ground because– (A) if the balloon is fully inflated, it may not remain stable in a storm (B) the air inside the balloon expands as it rises and may burst (C) it cannot withstand the outside pressure if fully inflated (D) … Read more
Howrah Bridge -Important Points Howrah Bridge is a suspension type balanced cantilever bridge located in West Bengal, India. It is also known as Rabindra Setu. The bridge connects Howrah and Kolkata. The Bridge is made over the river Hooghly (a branch of River Ganga). Rendel, Palmer and Tritton have designed of the bridge and was … Read more
Telangana FISHERIES Fisheries sector is one of the fast growing sectors contributing to GSDP of the State as well as generating income and employment. Fisheries sector contributes 3.47 percent of GSDP from agriculture and 0.6 percent to the GSDP during 2014-15 at current prices. The sector aims at exploitation of all the possible resourcesunder capture … Read more
Telangana Bio Diversity Board (TSBDB) The Telangana Biodiversity Board constituted with the objective of conservation and sustainable utilization of biological diversity and fair and equitable sharing of biological resources among all stakeholders. Biodiversity Board conducts International day of Biodiversity on 22nd May every year. 170 Bio-Diversity Management Committees have been constituted in Telangana by covering … Read more
Project Tiger (Telangana) The state has two tiger reserves namely Amrabad Tiger Reserve in the Nallamala hill tracts spreading over Mahboobnagar and Nalgonda districts and the other Kawal Tiger Reserve has forest areas which are contiguous to Tadoba Andheri Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra and Indravathi Tiger Reserve in Chattisgarh. Tigers are known to migrate between … Read more
Telangana Ku Haritha Haram “Telangana Ku Haritha Haram (TKHH)”, a flagship programme of the State Government envisages increasing the tree cover of the State from present 25.16% to 33% of the total geographical area of the state. Apart from the above major fi llip is sought to be given to Social Forestry by taking of … Read more
Indian Economy -Facts File 1- India’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew by 3.8 per cent in June 2015 compared to 2.5 per cent in May, 2015. The growth was largely due to the boost in manufacturing growth, which was 4.6 per cent in June compared to 2.9 per cent in the previous month. 2- … Read more
Geographical Epithets 1- Island Continent – Australia. 2- Yellow river – Hwang-ho, 3- Pink City – Jaipur. 4- Land of lakes – Scotland. 5- Gift of Nile – Egypt. 6- City of Seven hills – Rome. 7- Land of mid Night sun- Norway. 8-City of skyscrappers – New York. 9-China’s sorrow – Hwang-ho. 10-Sugar … Read more