GPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, GPSC Test Series
GUJARAT Illegal riverbed mining rampant in Gujarat: HC Gujarat high court has sounded a warning against indiscriminate illegal sand mining in riverbed in Gujarat and made certain norms more stringent to curb the activity. Expressing its concern about ecological imbalance, the HC said, “The minerals are non-renewable and limited natural resources and constitute vital raw materials … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat constructed most houses for urban poor: Official data Gujarat has constructed most number of houses for the urban poor under the Centre’s flagship housing scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)’ in the country, official data shows. As many as 54,474 houses have been constructed in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state, since … Read more
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
GUJARAT China is watching Gujarat polls closely India’s economic reforms are “an issue of deep concern to China because of its increasing economic interaction with India”. The outlook for India’s economic reforms is deeply related to a good number of Chinese companies doing business in India such as Xiaomi and OPPO. If the BJP wins … Read more
GUJARAT Hirasar Greenfield Airport Project in Gujarat gets Green Clearance The Central Government has given green clearance for a greenfield airport project at Hirasar, about 28 km from Rajkot in Gujarat, at a cost of over Rs. 1,400 crores. The state government has proposed a new airport in Rajkot district as the existing … Read more
GUJARAT Voting in first phase 4.54% lower than in 2012 Voter turnout in the first phase of elections was around 4.54% lower than in 2012. The voting percentage was initially thought to be around 68%. It has finally been calculated to be 66.75%. In 2012, the voting percentage was 71.14. The tribal district of … Read more
GUJARAT 13L litres liquor, Rs 1.70 crore cash seized by EC in Gujarat About 10.13 lakh litres of liquor, Rs 1.70 crore cash and gold and jewellery worth over Rs 8 crore have been seized by the Election Commission (EC) till now in Gujarat, where Assembly polls are being held. The EC-appointed surveillance and expenditure monitoring teams … Read more
Aptitude An aptitude is a component of a competence to do a certain kind of work at a certain level. Outstanding aptitude can be considered “talent”. An aptitude may be physical or mental. Aptitude is inborn potential to do certain kinds of work whether developed or undeveloped. Ability is developed knowledge, understanding, learned or acquired … Read more
Foundational values for civil services Values are the standards on which, we evaluate things. For every situation we don’t have time to ‘test’ the case on ethics theories such as utilitarianism. Values provide time saving short-cut in such situation. Under New public management (NPM), the concept of public services is fast changing. Bureaucrat has become … Read more
GUJARAT DGP appointment: HC reserves order ð Gujarat high court reserved its order till December 12 on a PIL seeking appointment of regular director general of police (DGP) in the state in place of the practice of continuing with in-charge DGP. ð The state government reiterated that it did not want to appoint a regular … Read more