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GUJARAT Old, new vehicles in Surat need to fit HSRPs by January 15 Regional Transport Office (RTO) has issued an ultimatum to vehicle users in the Diamond City asking them to get High Security Registration Plates (HSRPs) fitted on their vehicles before January 15, 2018, or else be prepared to pay fine of Rs 500. Supreme Court had … Read more
Making of the constitution 1934: Idea of constituent assembly put forward by M N Roy 1935: INC officially demands constituent assembly 1938: JL Nehru’s declaration on the constitution of India 1940: Nehru’s demand accepted in the form of August Offer August Offer PM: Winston Churchill While rejecting INCs demand for independence of India after the … Read more
The Governor is the head of the state executive. He is also the representative of the Centre in the state. The Governor acts as the nominal head whereas the real power lies in the hand of the Chief Ministers of the states and the Chief Minister’s Council of Ministers. Article 153 of the Constitution states … Read more
GUJARAT Japanese province seeks closer ties with Gujarat To strengthen bilateral ties between India and Japan, the governor of Hyogo prefecture, Toshizo Ido, pushed for an academic and cultural exchange programme with Gujarat. Ido is leading a goodwill delegation of 45 high-level delegates from Hyogo, which is on a three-day visit to Gujarat. The delegation comprises members of the … Read more
Planning commission and national development council Planning commission The Planning Commission was an institution in the Government of India, which formulated India’s Five-Year Plans, among other functions. Background Rudimentary economic planning, deriving from the sovereign authority of the state, was first initiated in India in 1938 by Congress President and Indian National Army supreme leader … Read more
LOK ADALATS Lok stands for People and the word Adalat means Court. Lok Adalat is a special kind of people’s court in which disputes solved by direct talks between the litigants. The members of legal profession, college students, social organisations, charitable and philanthropic institutions and other similar organisations may be associated with Lok Adalat. Salient … Read more
The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts, 1992, which gave Constitutional status to panchayati raj institutions (PRIs) and urban local bodies (ULBs) respectively, in both letter and spirit in order to bring about greater decentralisation and increase the involvement of the community in planning and implementing schemes and, thus, increase accountability. The Amendments left important … Read more
National integration has been a very serious and prominent challenge in all the developing countries including India. For a proper analysis of the concept of national integration it is necessary to know the meaning of certain concepts. The first and foremost concept is the term integration itself which may be defined as “a process of … Read more
Gujarat – Industrial development Gujarat is located on the western coast of India and has the longest coastline of 1,600 km among all states in the country. The state shares its borders with Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and the Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & … Read more
GUJARAT Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Gandhinagar to attend silver jubilee function of Akshardham temple Prime Minister Narendra Modiwill visit Gandhinagar in Gujarat to attend the silver jubilee function of Akshardham temple. Earlier this year, the Prime Minister had paid tribute to spiritual guru and head of BAPS of Swaminarayan sect … Read more