SHIKSHA BY SWATHIKA-AN IAS ACADEMY Govt. Job is Not Anymore A Dream! STATES Ankur scheme ✓ The Madhya Pradesh government announced the launch of Ankur recently. ✓ It is a scheme under which citizens will be awarded for planting trees during monsoon. ✓ The People who take the initiative to plant saplings will be given the Pranvayu Award for their participation. Rajasthan to offer medicinal Herbs saplings ✓ Rajasthan government will offer saplings of 4 medicinal Herbs to all the state's families as part of Ghar Ghar Aushadhi Yojana. ✓ They can take home saplings of IV selected medicinal herbs: Tulsi, Ashwagandha, Gilloy and kalmegh. Village rice ✓ A start-up firm has exported two consignments of 4.5 tonnes of patented “village rice” sourced from Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district to Ghana and Yemen via air and sea routes. ✓ The start-up's name is Udaya Agro Farm. ✓ Enriched with protein, fibre, and a variety of minerals, ‘village rice’ is sourced directly from farmers of Thanjavur. 2 | P a g e Website: www.shikshabyswathikaiasacademy.com / Follow insta : tnpsc.shikshabyswathika / Phone : 8608830102/ 9047051911 / E-Mail :
[email protected] / You tube : Shiksha By Swathika – An IAS Academy/ Facebook : Shiksha By Swathika SHIKSHA BY SWATHIKA-AN IAS ACADEMY Govt. Job is Not Anymore A Dream! West Bengal chief secretary issue ✓ Bandyopadhyay, a 1987-batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, was scheduled to retire on May 31 after completion of 60 years of age. ✓ However, he was granted a three-month extension following a nod from the Centre. ✓ West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had written to Prime Minister urging him to grant Bandyopadhyay an extension for at least six months in view of his experience of handling the COVID-19 pandemic.