DAILY GK 13 JUNE 2019
1.
CLEAN DRINKING WATER TO ALL BY 2024: CENTRE
✔The
minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat announced that central
Government committed to provide clean drinking water to all citizens by 2024.
✔only
18 per cent of rural households have accessed drinking water.
✔This
is less than 5 percent in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand and Odisha, while Sikkim has 99 per cent.
✔The
scheme “Nal se Jal” launched by the Jal Shakti ministry, which aims to provide
drinking water by 2024.
2.
BANCHA BECAME THE FIRST SOLAR KITCHEN ONLY VILLAGE IN INDIA
✔Bancha
in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh became the first village in India to have
zero wooden stoves.
✔There
was no use for Liquified Petroleum Gas cylinders as all 75 houses relied on
solar-powered stoves to meet their cooking needs.
✔The
solar-powered stoves were developed by IIT Mumbai.