GPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, GPSC Test Series
GUJARAT MHRD’s virtual labs to be established at Gujarat University Gujarat University was now designated as a Regional Nodal Centre for “Virtual Labs” – an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resources Development and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Physical distances and the limited availability of resources often put restrictions on conducting experiments … Read more
Utilization of public fund Intergovernmental transfers from the centre to the states takes place through three channels: statutory and other transfers mandated by the Finance Commission, formula-based transfers for State Plan Schemes through the Planning Commission, and other discretionary transfers by the Planning Commission/ various central Ministries. The entire tax sharing is a part of … 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 SC issues notice on contempt petition over shifting Gujarat lions to Madhya Pradesh Supreme court issued notices to the environment ministry and Gujarat government in connection with contempt petition in the SC demanding action against the government of India and the Gujarat government for not implementing the apex court order of April 2013 … Read more
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