JKPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, JKPSC Test Series
The Governor is the head of the state executive. He is also the representative of the Centre in the state. The Governor acts as the nominal head whereas the real power lies in the hand of the Chief Ministers of the states and the Chief Minister’s Council of Ministers. Article 153 of the Constitution states … Read more State Executive:-Governor,Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers
NATIONAL Dalhousie Road becomes Dara Shikoh Road New Delhi Municipal Council passed a proposal to change the name of Dalhousie Road to Dara Shikoh Road, after the eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for “bringing Hindus and Muslims together”. Gujarat becomes the first State in the country for establishing Cashless … Read more Daily Current Events – 09.02.17
J & K NHAI observes swachhta drive The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is observing Swachhta Pakhwada from January 16 to 31 as a part of the Centre’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. To begin, a pledge on swachhta was administered at the regional office of the NHAI here and its project implementation units … Read more 19.01.18 Jammu&Kashmir(J&KPSC) Current Affairs
INTERNATIONAL India, Israel to jointly develop missile for Army India has approved a deal to jointly develop a medium range surface-to-air missile (MR-SAM) system for the Army in a Rs. 17,000-crore deal. This is the latest in a series of other variants of SAM systems for the Navy and the Air … Read more Daily Current Events – 24.02.17
Amendments to the Constitution are made by the Parliament, the procedure for which is laid out in Article 368. An amendment bill must be passed by both the Houses of the Parliament by a two-thirds majority and voting. In addition to this, certain amendments which pertain to the federal nature of the Constitution must … Read more Constitutional Amendment methods and important constitutional amendments.
Delivering public services in a time bound, decentralised and citizen friendly manner has been one of the major challenges facing the administration wing of the government. Right to Public Services legislation in India comprises statutory laws which guarantee time-bound delivery of various public services rendered to citizens and provides mechanism for punishing the errant … Read more Right To Service
The Indian constitution originally provided 7 categories of fundamental rights. But one fundamental right, that to property was removed from the list of fundamental rights by 44th amendment. Right to property now is an ordinary legal right. Thus there are now 6 categories of fundamental rights. These are: (1) Right to equality (Arts. 14-18). In … Read more Fundamental Rights and Duties
NATIONAL Indian Coast Guard Ship ICGS AYUSH commissioned in Kochi. Post commissioning, the ship will be based at Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Indian Cost Guard (ICG) The establishment of the Indian Coast Guard was first proposed by the Indian Navy to provide non-military maritime services to the nation. … Read more Daily Current Events – 21.02.17
INTERNATIONAL China becomes world’s largest Solar Energy Producer. China has emerged as the world’s largest producer of solar energy. According to China’s National Energy Administration, its photovoltaic (PV) capacity reached to 77.42 GW in 2016. It has surpassed Germany, former global solar-power leader which has produced 40.78GW solar energy in November 2016. … Read more Current Affair – 08.02.17
The Indian constitution provides for a federal framework with powers (legislative ,executive and financial) divided between the center and the states. However, there is no division of judicial power as the constitution has established an integrated judicial system to enforce both the central laws as well as state law. The Indian federation is not the … Read more Federal Structure: Union-State relations.