27.01.18 (GPSC) Gujrat Current Affairs

GUJARAT Polluted rivers: Gujarat ranks 4th   Sabarmati riverfront is considered a model in giving facelift to an ailing river. However, if figures of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) submitted in Lok Sabha on January 5 are considered, Sabarmati is among Gujarat’s 20 most polluted rivers. Further, Gujarat ranks fourth among top … Read more

06.01.18 (GPSC) Gujrat Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Fifth Charotar crocodile count begins   The fifth Charotar crocodile count to ascertain the number of reptiles which have made the wetlands of lush green Anand and Kheda districts of Central Gujarat their abode began.   It is for the fifth consecutive year that the Voluntary Nature Conservancy (VNC, formerly known as Vidyanagar Nature Club) is organizing … Read more

28.11.17 (GPSC) Gujrat Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Gujarat farmers getting highest rates for milk   Farmers in poll-bound Gujarat are getting among the country’s highest rates for milk sold to cooperatives at a time when prices usually take a seasonal dip, cheering over 3.6 million farmers and their families in a state that has an electorate of 43 million. According to private … Read more

09.11.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   High court nod for Gujarat’s first wind power auction   Gujarat high court has cleared way for the state government to hold first wind auction as it turned down a petition filed by the Indian Wind Energy Association.   The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) invited bids for 500MW wind energy auction. … Read more

07.09.17 Gujarat (GPSC) Current Affairs

GUJARAT   Gujarat government gives panel more time to set fees.   Gujarat government, through a notification, has increased the time available for fixing fees by the the fee regulatory committee formed under the Gujarat Self-Financed Schools (regulation of Fees) Act 2017. The government has clearly stated that the fee regulatory committee will now declare … Read more

REGULATORY GOVERNANCE      

Regulation refers to “controlling human or societal behaviour by rules or regulations or alternatively a rule or order issued by an executive authority or regulatory agency of a government and having the force of law”. Regulation covers all activities of private or public behaviour that may be detrimental to societal or governmental interest but its … Read more