CGPCS Prelims and Mains Notes, CGPCS Test Series
Chattisgarh Chhattisgarh tops list of states in issuance of soil health cards Chhattisgarh has topped the list among all the states in the country for having issued over 43 lakh soil health cards (SHCs) to farmers in the past two years. The examination of soil samples is being done at 33 permanent laboratories and … Read more
Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh: District administration set up ‘Udaan’ coaching institute for poor, talented girls Balrampur district administration has started Udaan coaching institute to provide free education and accommodation to girl students. The institute helps girls from financially weak background to get enrolled in various competitive examinations. The administration has also appointed two teachers from … Read more
Wetlands are lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic system where the water table is usually near the water surface and land is covered by shallow water. Essential as: control floods, water treatment, recharging of water sources, reduce sediments, check soil erosion, bulwark against encroachment by the sea, winter resort for birds and important … Read more
Raja Rammohan Roy: RRM Roy was a social reformer and intellectual in the early nineteenth century Bengal. He is most widely known for founding the Brahmo Samaj and his relentless campaign against the practice of Sati and child marriage. Debendranath Tagore: Brahmo Samaj: BS was founded in 1828 by Raja Ram Mohan Roy with … Read more
Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh-Odisha, Water dispute over Mahanadi River. Odisha government has urged the Centre to take immediate steps for setting up a tribunal to resolve the Mahanadi water dispute with nei Though the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) had set up a Negotiation Committee on Mahanadi river for sorting out the disputes between Odisha … Read more
The interrelations between organisms and environment on the land constitute “Terrestrial Ecology”. The most important limiting factors of the terrestrial ecosystems are moisture and temperature. TUNDRA The word tundra means a “barren land” since they are found where environmental conditions are very severe. There are two types of tundra- arctic and … Read more
Commissions/Committees & Their Purpose Arjun Sen Gupta Public Sector Enterprise Autonomy Committee Rangarajan Committee Disinvestment of PSUs & Balance of Payments. Malhotra Committee Insurance Sector & its regulation. Follow up led to setting up of IRDA. Madhukar Committee Gold exchange traded fund implementation. L.C. Gupta Committee … Read more
Indian Public Finance Value Added Tax Under the constitution the States have the exclusive power to tax sales and purchases of goods other than newspapers There are however defects of sales tax It is regressive in nature. Families with low income a larger proportion of their income as sales tax. Has a cascading effect – … Read more
Evolution of Indian Constitution Although the systems of ancient India do have their reflections in the Constitutions of India, the direct sources of the Constitution lie in the administrative and legislative developments of the British period. Regulating Act of 1773 This Act was based on the report of a committee headed by the … Read more
An atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding a planet or other material body, that is held in place by the gravity of that body. Many of the planets in this solar system have atmospheres, but none that we know of have an atmosphere quite like ours – one that can support life. The … Read more