CGPCS Prelims and Mains Notes, CGPCS Test Series
Quality of life, life expectancy, literacy, standard of living and migration in India Human development—a comprehensive approach Human development is a process of enlarging people’s choices. But human development is also the objective, so it is both a process and an outcome. Human development implies that people must influence the processes that shape their lives. … Read more
CHHATTISGARH Rs 75,000 cr worth of paddy purchased in last 14 years The member of Legislature Shivratan Sharma stated that during the past 14 years, Rs 75,000 crore worth of paddy was purchased by the State Government from farmers. He said that 18 lakh people have been offered LPG connections in the State … Read more
Flood and Drought Occurrence Drought Drought is a complex, slow-onset phenomenon of ecological challenge that affects people more than any other natural hazards by causing serious economic, social and environmental losses in both developing and developed countries. The period of unusual dryness (i.e. drought) is a normal feature of the climate and weather system in … Read more
CHHATTISGARH Sky scheme to empower women in state: govt Chhattisgarh Government is empowering women of the State via the SKY Scheme – the first of its kind which is the world’s largest such programme. One of the primary goals of the SKY Scheme is to empower women and help close gender disparities by … Read more
CHHATTISGARH World-class ‘education city’ planned for Raipur Chief Minister Raman Singh will be inaugurating works being started for a proposed ‘Education City’ to be built at Saddu locality in Raipur on March 4 at a cost of Rs 20 crores, officials informed. The Education City is to be developed by State Tribal … Read more
Urban spheres of influence and rural urban fringe Urban spheres of influence Urban spheres of influence reflect centre-to-hinterland relationship, compared with the non-central region, the centre assumes more complex economic functions, and provides more economic activities. Famous theoretical contributions to this research field are the Central Place Theory (Christaller, 1933), the extension to the Central … Read more
CHHATTISGARH 30l standard sacks of tendupatta collected so far: govt Nearly 8.30 lakh standard sacks of tendupatta have been collected in more than 10,000 collection centres under 916 primary forest cooperative societies of Chhattisgarh, officials informed. From Bastar to Surguja, tendupatta from 31 forest division of the State is being collected. Incoming of … Read more
CHHATTISGARH Ekyc must before smartphone distribution: govt The Sanchar Kranti Yojana (SKY) in Chhattisgarh is the world’s largest such programme for distribution of smartphones and for augmenting the telecom network. Under this scheme, over 50 lakh smartphones will be distributed to rural households and urban poor households. This scheme is also the … Read more
CHHATTISGARH CM unveils dairy project in remote village Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday unveiled the farmers’ dairy project of village Silphili in Surajpur district as ‘Pilka-shir’. Singh visited the district which is located on the extreme northern tip of the state, as part of his ongoing Vikas Yatra aimed at to brief … Read more
CHHATTISGARH Preserving Chhattisgarh’s tribal culture through dolls The women folk of Chhattisgarh craft doll and toys recently organised an event depicting handmade dolls made by the tribal s of Bastar region. The dolls were exhibited at Haat Bazar which was open for the public. The dolls are generally hollow and does not involve use of any tools. Whistle toys resembling the Bastar and … Read more