MPPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, MPPCS Test Series
MADHYA PRADESH Ujalavan flagged off, unnat jyoti programme initiated Initiating the Unnat Jyoti programme, Sanjay Goel (IAS), Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited flagged off the UJALA van in Bhopal on Saturday. The van will travel across 404 villages in the state spreading awareness about energy efficiency, energy conservation … Read more
MADHYA PRADESH Mp govt approves land-lease renewal policy Madhya Pradesh Government on Thursday approved a policy allowing renewal of lease of land, including residential plots now being used for commercial purposes. The move will benefit five lakh people in the State, Public Relations Minister Narottam Mishra told mediapersons after the State Cabinet meeting. … Read more
MADHYA PRADESH Govt schools in Madhya Pradesh to be named after martyrs The school education department is going to rename state-run schools after police and Army martyrs. The home ministry has asked the government to include names of martyred CRPF and BSF personnel as well. Department is preparing a list of names to be given to government schools. Officials said martyrs from … Read more
MADHYA PRADESH Govt will market goods of women’s SHG: CM Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the products manufactured by the women Self-Help Groups (SHG) will be marketed by the State Government. He informed that the work to stitch uniforms of school children and prepare nutritious food for anganwadi centers will be undertaken … Read more
Water Resources Rainfall: With an average annual rainfall of 1,170 mm, India is one of the wettest countries in the world. At one extreme are areas like Cherrapunji, in the northeast, which is drenched each year with 11,000 mm of rainfall, and at the other extreme are places like Jaisalmer, in the west, which receives … Read more
Water Resources Management Water Resources in India India accounts for about 2.45 per cent of world’s surface area, 4 per cent of the world’s water resources and about 16 per cent of world’s population. The total water available from precipitation in the country in a year is about 4,000 cubic km. The availability from surface … Read more
Special Promotional Programme for Horticulture Development Definition of Horticulture: Horticulture may be broadly defined as the Science and art of growing fruits, vegetables and flowers and crops like spices condiments and other plantation crops. It is a science of cultivation of Garden plants. The word Horticulture in derived from the Latin word Hortus meaning enclosure … Read more
Civil Rebellions and Tribal Uprisings The backbone of the rebellions, their mass base and striking power came from the rack-rented peasants, ruined artisans and demobilized soldiers CAUSES The major cause of the civil rebellions was the rapid changes the British introduced in the economy, administration and land revenue system. The revenues were enhanced by increasing … Read more
POST INDEPENDENT ERA The era after India’s independence from colonial rule starts with its partition into two halves – India and Pakistan. Lord Mountbatten became the first Governor General of free India and M.A. Jinnah that of Pakistan. The transition was violent, with blood curling massacres all over the country, ample proof to the historic … Read more
Indus Valley Civilization Indus Valley Civilization was the first major civilization in south Asia, which spread across a vast area of land in present day India and Pakistan (around 12 lakh sq.km). The time period of mature Indus Valley Civilization is estimated between BC. 2700- BC.1900 i.e. for 800 years. But early Indus Valley Civilization had … Read more