10-11.06.18 Tamilnadu (TNPSC) Current Affairs

TAMILNADU Centre’s health scheme to cover 78 lakh T.N. families   Approximately 78 lakh families in Tamil Nadu are likely to be covered under the proposed National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) of the Ayushman Bharat programme, being implemented by the Union government.   They are now being covered under the State government’s Chief Minister’s Comprehensive … Read more

09.06.18 Tamilnadu (TNPSC) Current Affairs

TAMILNADU   State govt. announces ₹115 cr. kuruvai package   Making it clear that water cannot be released from the Mettur dam on the customary date of June 12 owing to poor storage, the State government unveiled in the Assembly on Friday, a ₹115 crore kuruvai croppackage for the benefit of farmers. The government reiterated that it … Read more

06.06.18 Tamilnadu(TNPSC) Current Affairs

TAMILNADU N. to hike subsidy for transgenders   The Tamil Nadu government has increased the subsidy being provided to transgenders to run their own small-scale businesses from ₹20,000 to ₹50,000.   The government has been providing subsidy of ₹20,000 to people belonging to the third gender to help [them] run businesses like grocery shops and … Read more

03-04.06.18 Tamilnadu(TNPSC) Current Affairs

TAMILNADU Mobile app to integrate dairy services   In a move that is expected to benefit milk producers and veterinarians, the government has announced plans to create an android-based mobile application with the objective of integrating the services of the 17 District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Unions in the State. The project is expected to cost … Read more

Civil services in India

The Design of the Civil Service at Independence While designing a successor civil service, the Indian political leaders chose to retain elements of the British structure of a unified administrative system such as an open-entry system based on academic achievements, elaborate training arrangements, permanency of tenure, important posts at Union, State and district levels reserved … Read more

15.02.18 Tamilnadu(TNPSC) Current Affairs

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu Wins Senior Women’s National Football Championship For First Time   Tamil Nadu won the Senior Women’s National Football Championshipfor the first time. Tamil Nadu, which was playing its first-ever final, defeated Manipur, 2-1 at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha. Skipper Indumathi and Indrani found the net for Tamil Nadu, while Ratanbala scored … Read more

09.02.18 Tamilnadu(TNPSC) Current Affairs

TAMILNADU ‘Internet Saathi’ launched   Google and Tata Trusts launched the “Internet Saathi” scheme in the State covering 4,000 villages. As part of the scheme, women will be trained to use the internet. Initially, the programme will cover villages: Pooriyampakkam, Sankarapuram, Chinnasalem, T. Kallupatti, Iyyanapuram and Kannarapettai.   “Through the expansion in Tamil Nadu, we … Read more

08.02.18 Tamilnadu(TNPSC) Current Affairs

  TAMILNADU State pitches for Google Centre   The Tamil Nadu government has requested Google to set up a Google Centre in the State and the internet giant has agreed to consider the proposal, according to State Information Technology Minister M. Manikandan. The government has also requested Google to establish ‘Project Loon’ – a high-altitude … Read more