JKPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, JKPSC Test Series
RAJASTHAN Ganga all set to be state’s first transgender cop Twenty-four-year old Ganga Kumari is all set to be Rajasthan’s first and India’s third transgender to join a state police force. A two-year-long legal battle has finally borne fruit for Kumari, who could’ve become the first transgender ever to don the police uniform in … Read more
RAJASTHAN Rajasthan may make Sanskrit compulsory in schools Rajasthan education department may make Sanskrit a compulsory third language from Class IV to Class X in state board schools to ensure that students have access to “ancient wisdom regarding Bharat Varsha”. The decision will be implemented in both government and private schools. Currently, students have the option to … Read more
RAJASTHAN Vedanta to invest $850 mn to raise Rajasthan oilfields output ð Vedanta Ltd announced a USD 850 million investment for raising oil and gas production from its Rajasthan oilfields by about 100,000 barrels a day. ð In a regulatory announcement, the company said its board of directors has approved brownfield growth projects. … 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
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
RAJASTHAN RU gets UGC ‘university with potential for excellence’ tag The University Grants Commission (UGC) has extended the Universities with Potential for Excellence (UPE) tag for University of Rajasthan (RU) till March 2019 The tag will help the university, facing financial crunch, in getting grants from the commission. RU, the state’s oldest … Read more
RAJASTHAN Distributors refuse to release ‘Padmavati’ in Rajasthan Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period drama Padmavati has run into rough weather yet again with the film distributors refusing to release the film in cinema halls in Rajasthan. The distributors said if the film hurts the sentiments of people due to the distortion of historical facts they will … Read more
Tax and Economic reforms in Jammu and Kashmir Economic reforms in India were introduced in the year 1991. The reforms necessarily laid there influence on every state of the country and its every economic sector. The effect of India’s economic reforms on economic performance has been the subject of much academic study and public debate … Read more
Main Features of Budget This budget moves from the conventional Public Administrative Budgeting to a cutting edge Public Management Approach. The structure of the budget has been given a developmental rather than a purely administrative orientation. The new approach“Budget Estimation, Allocation and Monitoring System” (BEAMS), online computerized system to distribute the budget and to … Read more
Introduction to the economy of Jammu & Kashmir The pillars of any state rest on the building blocks of Economy, Environment, Education, Employment and Healthcare. Although each block is indispensable for the strength and development of a progress yet “Economy” is the foundation on which the flourishing of a state depends. When we … Read more