MPPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, MPPCS Test Series
MADHYA PRADESH Ujjawala yojana provides smoke free environment to many homes in state With the help of Ujjawala Yojana, poor women in far-flung villages of Madhya Pradesh are now able to cook food in smoke-free environment. With free gas connections and stoves provided by the government, these poor women are now able to … Read more
Print media generally refers to newspapers. Newspapers collect, edit and print news reports and articles.The Chinese were the first to invent the art of printing. They made wooden blocks to print letters. This was started during the period of the Tang Dynasty in 600 AD. The oldest known surviving printed work in a woodblock is … Read more
Aptitude An aptitude is a component of a competence to do a certain kind of work at a certain level. Outstanding aptitude can be considered “talent”. An aptitude may be physical or mental. Aptitude is inborn potential to do certain kinds of work whether developed or undeveloped. Ability is developed knowledge, understanding, learned or acquired … Read more
Due to his seminal role in the framing of the Indian Constitution, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar is popularly known all over India as the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. His efforts to eradicate social evils were remarkable and that is why he is called the “messiah” of the Dalits and downtrodden in India. Dr Ambedkar … Read more
MADHYA PRADESH Same day delivery sevices through lok seva kendras The citizens will now be able to get certain public services the same day under the new dispensation of Samadhan Ek Din or ‘The Same Day Delivery of Services ‘ taking a radical step towards digital governance in the state. Chief Minister … 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
Foundational values for civil services Values are the standards on which, we evaluate things. For every situation we don’t have time to ‘test’ the case on ethics theories such as utilitarianism. Values provide time saving short-cut in such situation. Under New public management (NPM), the concept of public services is fast changing. Bureaucrat has become … Read more
Education has been accepted as one major agency of socialization, and teachers and educational institutions as socializing agents. In describing education as an instrument of social change, three things are important: the agents of change, the content of change, and the social background of those who are sought to be changed, i.e. students. Educational institutions … Read more
Patents and Intellectual Property Rights. (TRIPS & TRIMS) Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are set of rights associated with creations of the human mind. An output of the human mind may be attributed with intellectual property rights. These are like any other property, and the law allows the owner to use the same to economically profit … 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