January 9, 2020

 

 

Topic:-Agriculture and Economics

 

 

News:-Onion imports slip due to incessant rain at Attari.

 

Officials views:-

• Officials said post-Pulwama attack, though there had been negligible import directly from Pakistan, onions and dry fruits.
• It was still being imported from Afghanistan.

 

Importance of Onions at this time:-

• 70-80 trucks of onions from Afghanistan used to come regularly from the wholesale market of Kabul. The onion import played a vital role in tackling the scarcity due to heavy rain in MP, Maharashtra and southern states.

 

Another reason:-

• Another reason was the shortage of labour as most of the workers were unable to join duty due to inclement weather conditions. The unloading pace too was sluggish.
• In the absence of an automated truck scanner, the checking of goods is done manually, which is a time- consuming exercise and trucks remain stranded.

(Source:- The Tribune)

 

 

Topic:- Health

 

News:-

Punjab health and family welfare department have approved the setting up of three district early entertainment centre for children at Patiala, Gurdaspur and Ferozepur. D. E. Mother. C (District Early Entertainment Center).

 

Purpose:-

• Its purpose is of providing treatment for 4 D-effects such as the delay of diseases, loss and development, as well as the delay of diseases, loss and development.
• They also include 31 disability diseases.

(Source:- The Government News)

 

 

Topic:- Government Scheme

 

Bringing citizen-centric services to the fingertips of the people, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today launched Punjab mSewa – a Unified Mobile Application that offers access to various services on Smart Phones.

 

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