MPPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, MPPCS Test Series
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
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
NATURAL RESOURCES OF INDIA What are natural resources ? Natural resources are useful raw materials that we get from the Earth. They occur naturally, which means that humans cannot make natural resources. Instead, we use and modify natural resources in ways that are beneficial to us. The materials used in human-made objects are natural resources. Some … Read more
Agro Food Processing: Forming village clusters and establishing Food Storage, Food Processing Industry is of enormous significance for India’s development because of the vital linkages and synergies that it promotes between the two pillars of the economy, namely Industry and Agriculture. India is world’s second largest producer of food and has the potential to become … 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 Illegal colonies to be regularised by August 15 In a major move that would provide relief to lakhs of families, state government is all set to regularize over 5,000 illegal colonies in Madhya Pradesh. An amendment in Madhya Pradesh Coloniser Rules 1998 would place these colonies on a fast track to regularisation. Development fee … Read more
MADHYA PRADESH Law commission to be set up to frame new laws: chouhan Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that a State Law Commission will be constituted to give suggestions for implementation of new laws and for amendments or abolishing irrelevant laws by examining them. He mentioned that a Cabinet sub-committee will be … Read more
MADHYA PRADESH Women shg’s to be linked to livelihood mission: cm Special steps towards women empowerment will be taken in Madhya Pradesh. Women self-help groups will be linked to Livelihood Mission to increase income of women. Fifty per cent reservation will be given to women in Government jobs, said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan … Read more
MADHYA PRADESH Govt receives no money from centre for drought-affected tehsils The Madhya Pradesh Government has received no money from the Centre for 133 drought-affected tehsils spread over 18 districts. In his written reply to a query by Ramniwas Rawat of Congress, Revenue Minister Umashankar Gupta said that the process of withdrawing funds for … Read more