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GUJARAT Bank NPAs drop in Gujarat After a series of efforts by the government to curb bad loans, non-performing assets (NPAs) in banks have finally showed a drop at least in Gujarat. According to the recent report by State Level Banker’s Committee (SLBC), the gross NPA stood at Rs 31,318 crore in Gujarat in the … Read more
National and state minority commission Constitution of India doesn’t define the word ‘Minority’ but has used the word minorities considering two attributes religion or language of a person. For minorities Constitution of India has envisaged a number of rights and safeguards. To provide enough equality and to dwindled the discrimination, makers have spelt out various … 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 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
Emergency Provisions in the Constitution of India The Emergency Provisions are mentioned from Article 352 to Article 360. ? Article 352: Proclamation of Emergency – due to external intrusion or war the President of India can declare a state of emergency through a Proclamation. This Article suggests that such a Proclamation can be revoked or a … 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
The Constitution of India begins with a Preamble which describes the nature of the Indian State and the objectives it is committed to secure. K.M. Munshi describes the Preamble as the political horoscope of the constitution. Thakur Dass Bhargawa says Preamble is the most precious part and the soul of the constitution. The Preamble reads: … Read more
The Indian constitution originally provided 7 categories of fundamental rights. But one fundamental right, that to property was removed from the list of fundamental rights by 44th amendment. Right to property now is an ordinary legal right. Thus there are now 6 categories of fundamental rights. These are: (1) Right to equality (Arts. 14-18). In … Read more
GUJARAT First Jurassic-era ‘fish lizard’ fossil found in Gujarat A near-completely fossilized skeleton of Jurassic-era ichthyosaur a type of marine reptile or ‘fish lizard’ in Greek that lived alongside dinosaur has been discovered for the first time in India from Kutch district of Gujarat. The 5.5-metre-long skeleton was discovered in January 2016 by a team of … Read more
Human resource development includes development at various levels, including community. Community development requires HRD efforts, such as training and organization development. Community development is an alternative route to educating and training citizens of a community. Community settings, especially in developing countries, require that HRD practitioners take into account many factors, such as cultural variables, … Read more