Horticulture Development

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

Soil: Physical, chemical and biological properties

Soil consists of rock and sediment that has been modified by physical and chemical interaction with organic material and rainwater, over time, to produce a substrate that can support the growth of plants.” Soils are an important natural resource.  They represent the  interface between the lithosphere and the biosphere – as soils provide nutrients for … Read more

14.04.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

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

Fishing of Madhya Pradesh

Fishing of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh is the largest geographic unit of the country. Except for the valleys of the Narmada and Tapti, Madhya Pradesh is mainly plateau land, with a mean elevation of 488 m above sea level, interspersed with mountains of the Vindhya and the Satpura ranges. With an average rainfall of 76 … Read more

Rivers and drainage system of Madhya Pradesh

Rivers and drainage system of Madhya Pradesh There are ten river basins in Madhya Pradesh as ten major rivers originate from the State. As Madhya Pradesh is located in the center of India, most of the rivers are interstate rivers. The rivers namely, Chambal, Sindh, Betwa, Ken flow northward and meet with Yamuna whereas the … Read more

Infrastructural development and issues

Advance Infrastructure Good quality infrastructure is critical to sustainable growth, especially for rural areas. As over 60 per cent of the population lives in rural areas, with low levels of per capital income, there is need to impart greater attention in improving rural infrastructure. Currently the rural infrastructure is inadequate to support over 600,000 villages. … Read more

25.11.17 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affair

MADHYA PRADESH   Legal notice to Shivraj Singh Chouhan for ban on Padmavati ð  An RTI activist has sent a legal notice to Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, seeking an explanation for his “abrupt” decision to ban the movie ‘Padmavati’ before its release. ð  The Gujarat government also banned ‘Padmavati’ two days later through a notification issued … Read more