UPPCS GS-VI

Land for a Composite Regional Centre for divyangjan in Varanasi

Battle IAS UP current affairs title card: Land for a Composite Regional Centre for divyangjan in Varanasi (, 2 September 2025)

What happened

  • The Cabinet gave 3 acres at Ramnagar, Varanasi, free to the Centre’s Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for a Composite Regional Centre (CRC). [UP Cabinet]

Background

  • CRCs provide rehabilitation and skill services for all categories of persons with disabilities. [UP Cabinet]

Why it matters

  • A CRC in eastern UP brings rehabilitation services closer to rural families.

How to use this in Mains

GS-VI disability services

  1. A CRC in eastern UP brings rehabilitation services closer to rural families.
Quotable data point

The Cabinet gave 3 acres at Ramnagar, Varanasi, free to the Centre's Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for a Composite Regional Centre (CRC) [UP Cabinet].

UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 2 September 2025 (Hindi PDF)

Exam angle

UPPCS

GS-VI: disability services.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPPCS

Composite Regional Centres serve

Answer (b) & explanation

Source: as cited in this article.

Official source: UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 2 September 2025 (Hindi PDF)

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