Notes and Study material for Exams
Pricing of public utilities and government policy Priority to public There are a number of principles which govern the pricing of public utility Services. There are public utilities like Education, sewage, roads, etc. which may be supplied free to the public and their costs should be covered through general Taxation. Dalton calls it the general … Read more
Information sharing and transparency in government and Right To Information act 2005 Transparency and Accountability in administration as the sine qua non of participatory Democracy, gained recognition as the new commitments of the state towards its citizens. It is considered imperative to enlist the support and participation of citizens in management of public … Read more
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA): Building on the Foundations of Universal Elementary Education Introduction The Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), launched in 2009, stands as a testament to India’s commitment to universal secondary education. This ambitious program aimed to bridge the gap in access to quality secondary education, particularly for disadvantaged groups, building upon the … Read more
Civil service refers to the body of government officials who are employed in civil occupations that are neither political nor judicial. The concept of civil service was prevalent in India from ancient times. The Mauryan administration employed civil servants in the name of adhyakshas and rajukas. The examination for civil servants in those days too … Read more
Social Institutions: Family, Marriage, Kinship, Religion and Social stratification in India Society is the combination of individuals. These individuals have their various needs which they want to be satisfied. For this purpose people behave in a customary way which is controlled by norms. This participation of people for the attainment of their various … Read more
–2/”>a >DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”> SEZ The SEZ Corridor is an emerging corridor implementing a number of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) along the Grand Southern Trunk Road (NH 45) in Chennai. Started with the establishment of the Madras Export Processing Zone in 1984 (converted to a SEZ in 2003), the SEZ … Read more
Uttar Pradesh Government has initiated a release of monthly Magazine named “Sandesh”. The facts mentioned in the Magazine are of prime importance for the UPPCS Upper Subordinate prelims exams. The Sandesh Magazine is released in Hindi , for our students we would try to provide the transcript in English. The Hindi version of the Magazine … Read more
Rural – Urban continuum Rural- urban continuum, the merging of town and country, a term used in recognition of the fact that in general there is rarely, either physically or socially, a sharp division, a clearly marked boundary between the two, with one part of the Population wholly urban, the other wholly rural. … Read more
Public Acts, Records, and Judicial Proceedings: A Deep Dive into Article 261 of the Uniform Commercial Code The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) is a comprehensive set of laws governing commercial transactions in the United States. Article 261, specifically, deals with the crucial aspect of proving facts in commercial disputes. It outlines the rules surrounding the … Read more
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