MPPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, MPPCS Test Series
THE RENAISSANCE Greater travel, rising wealth and greater knowledge of outer world led to a new philosophy of life called renaissance. With rising material consumption, this worldly pleasures took place of Church advocated other worldly pleasure and hence human and not god became center of activities. Thus, humanism was a key feature of renaissance. Individualism … 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
India’s traditional village economy was characterised by the “blending of agriculture and handicrafts”. But this internal balance of the village economy had been systematically slaughtered by the British Government. In the process, traditional handicraft industries slipped away, from its pre-eminence and its decline started at the turn of the 18th century and proceeded rapidly almost … 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
MADHYA PRADESH Govt serious on implementing police commissioner system: CM Six years on, the issue of introducing police commissioner system in cities of madhya pradesh is back in focus with the chief minister shivraj singh chouhan making the right noise in delhi. Demand for introducing police commissioner system has gone up after a rise in crimes against women and … Read more
MADHYA PRADESH Now place order for Kadaknath chicken on Madhya Pradesh’s new App The Madhya Pradesh government has launched a mobile application to market its protein rich premium breed of chicken – Kadaknath – to connect poultries in the country. The App, developed by state cooperatives department, would be available on Google Play Store. Minister of state (MoS) for cooperatives Vishwas Sarang said … Read more
MADHYA PRADESH MP chief minister gets Rs 2,000 crore from Union govt for road repairs The Union ministry of surface transport has approved a sum of Rs 2,000 crore under the CRF fund for repair of dilapidated road in Madhya Pradesh. The approval came after chief minister Chouhan met Union minister Nitin Gadkari and apprised him … Read more
MADHYA PRADESH Madhya Pradesh to raise retirement age for govt employees to 62 years Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday announced raising the retirement age of state government employees to 62 years from the current 60 years. The state government had made a provision for reservation for SC/ST employees in promotion, which was set aside by … Read more
MADHYA PRADESH 21% jump in farm suicides in Madhya Pradesh Every eight hours, a farmer committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh in 2016. It was a year that saw 1,321 farmer suicides — the highest since 2013. And while farm suicides dropped by up to 10% elsewhere in the country between 2014 and 2016, MP saw a rise. National Crime Records … Read more
MADHYA PRADESH Corruption cases in Madhya Pradesh down by 15 per cent If data with Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta police are to be believed, the state has witnessed a 15 per cent drop in cases of corruption reported in past one year. “In 11 months of the last financial year, 373 cases of corruption including 277 cases … Read more