Maharashtra Current Affairs

Maharashtra Balasaheb Thackeray Accidental Insurance Scheme

Maharashtra state government has launched Balasaheb Thackeray Accidental Insurance Scheme on 16 September 2020. In this scheme, the Uddhav Thakre govt. will provide Rs. 30,000 to road accident victims. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The new Balasaheb Thackeray Road Accident Insurance Scheme will prove beneficial in saving the lives of the people. This scheme […]

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Physically Handicapped Pension Scheme

Maharashtra state government has launched Physically Handicapped (Viklang) Pension Scheme. In Maharashtra Handicap Pension Scheme, a disabled person in the age group of 18 to 65 years and having 80% disability is eligible. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Under Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme, specially abled people in Maharashtra state gets Rs. 600

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Mukhyamantri Saur Krushi Pump Yojana

Maharashtra has launched Mukhyamantri Saur Krushi Pump Yojana 2020. Under Mukhyamantri Solar Krushi Pump Yojana Maharashtra, the state govt. has decided to provide 1,00,000 solar water pumps to farmers. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points These off grid solar powered agricultural pumps would be deployed in phase wise manner under Mukhyamantri Solar Pump Yojana Maharashtra.

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Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Maharashtra

The Maharashtra state government is working towards achieving the goal of housing for all by the year 2022 under the central government’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points According to the state government, housing for all in the state will be met by the end of 2021-22 year only. This PM

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New wheat variety MACS-6478 in Maharashtra

A new wheat variety MACS-6478 is helping farmers in a village in Maharashtra to double their yield. The wheat variety was developed by Scientists from Agharkar Research Institute, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The farmers of the village in Koregaon tehsil of Satara district

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India Post to release postcards on Sawantwadi Toys

Maharashtra Circle of India Post released picture postcards on ‘Sawantwadi Toys’ on October 1 to mark the occasion of 151 years of postcards in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Sawantwadi toys refers to hand made works of art made of wood in Sawantwadi a town in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. Most of these

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Maharashtra is the latest state to ban sale of loose cigarettes and beedis

The Maharashtra government has banned the sale of loose cigarettes and beedis, in a bid to reduce the consumption of tobacco and to comply with the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The government’s aim is to make sure that users are able to see the mandated

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RCF started its Methanol Plant at Trombay Unit

Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd, a PSU under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has started its Methanol Plant at Trombay Unit, Mumbai from 8th September 2020. This is a step towards Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points RCF has the capacity to produce 242 MT of Methanol per day. Till now,

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Reservation for Marathas in govt jobs & educational institutions in Maharashtra

The Supreme Court has stayed reservation for Maratha community in government jobs and educational institutions in Maharashtra. A three-judge bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao referred the case to a larger bench to consider the constitutional validity of 2018 Maharashtra government law providing reservation to Marathas in the State. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

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600-acre Aarey land near national park earmarked as forest in Maharashtra

The Maharashtra government has decided to reserve 600-acre Aarey land near the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in suburban Mumbai as a forest and conserve the same. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Aarey Milk Colony, spread over 3,162 acres, was established in 1949 as a centre for processing and marketing milk for Mumbai

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