Issues of Direct and Indirect Subsidy for farm sector and other social sectors. 

  Issues of Direct and Indirect Subsidy for farm sector and other social sectors.  Subsidy is one of the powerful fiscal instruments, besides taxes and others, by which the objective of growth and social justice may be achieved.   Subsidies alter relative prices and budget constraints and thereby affect decisions concerning production, consumption and allocation … Read more

09.02.18(MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH 58 lakh farmers to get rs 1449-cr under bhavantar bhugtan yojana   Payment under Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana is being made to farmers for their produce in Kharif-2017 in Madhya Pradesh. Payment of Rs 1449.91 crore will be made to 10.58 lakh farmers under Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana in State.   Farmers will be given … Read more

14.02.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Organic farming in 5.75 lac hectare in MP   Much work has been done in organic farming in the last few years in Madhya Pradesh. According to Agriculture and Processed Food Product Export Development Authority (APEDA) currently, organic farming is being done in nearly 5.75 lakh hectare area.   More than 40 per … Read more

05.05.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH At MP schools, no eggs in mid-day meals   It’s final — eggs will not be a part of mid-day meals for children in Madhya Pradesh schools.   Though state government has always been against serving eggs to children under the free mid-day meals, Chitnis’s announcement has put a lid on the debate as … Read more

02.03.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahtsav ends on a grand note in Indore   ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM) -2018’ a diversified cultural carnival organized by Ministry of Culture in Madhya Pradesh ended in Indore with a dazzling closing ceremony graced by the esteemed presence of the Loksabha Speaker, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan as the Chief Guest.   … Read more

06.04.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Mukhyamantri krishak samraddhi yojana launched   Mukhyamantri Krishak Samraddhi Yojana has been launched to enhance the productivity of main agriculture crops like wheat, red lentil, mustard and paddy and to encourage the fair average quality production in the State.   Under the scheme, an incentive amount of Rs 200 per quintal will be … Read more

01.05.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Contrary to govt’s claims, large number of MP villages yet to be electrified Amid government claims of rural electrification, people in a large number of villages in the backward region of Bundelkhand continue to languish in darkness as there is no electricity supply. There are dozens of such villages in Chhatarpur alone.   For hundreds of villages … Read more