Major crops of the state, holdings and cropping patterns, physical and social environment of crop distribution and production

  Rice The rice is cultivated on the largest areas in India. Historians believe that while the indica variety of rice was first domesticated in the area covering the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas (i.e. north-eastern India).Rice is a nutritional staple food which provides instant energy as its most important component is carbohydrate (starch). Rice … Read more

Transport Network of Madhya Pradesh

Transport Network of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh with total area of 308, 252 square kilometer has vast network of transport like railways , road, and aviation etc. Bus and train services cover most of Madhya Pradesh. The 99,043-kilometre-long (61,542 mi) road network of the state includes 20 National Highways including National Highway No. 3,  7, 12, … Read more

09.05.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Mou signed on ppp mode for placement services   The last financial year was a year of achievements as transmission capacity increased to 162000 MW and transmission system availability was 99.15 per cent.   The Madhya Pradesh Power Transmission Company has achieved transformation capacity of 55880.5 MVA, installing of high power supply lines … Read more

26.10.17 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH   Madhya Pradesh shelves plan for January-December fiscal   Madhya Pradesh was the first to announce it would shift to a Jan-Dec fiscal in 2018 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi floated the idea in April this year. Now, the ambitious plan is put on the backburner, apparently because the finance department is too busy handling the fallout … Read more

07-08.01.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan tops in number of universities, third in colleges in country   Rajasthan has topped the chart for having the most number of universities in the country. It stood third in number of colleges. The desert state has 78 universities (all types), followed by country’s most populous state Uttar Pradeshwith 72. Tamil Nadu, which is way … Read more

PRESS & MAGAZINES of Madhya Pradesh

The media of Madhya Pradesh is vibrant. Dainik Bhaskar is the leading newspaper of the state. Here it deserves a mention that Dainik Bhaskar is the flagship Hindi daily of the Rs.2200 crore Bhaskar Group. Other newspapers like Nai Duniya, Raj Express, Dainik Jagran, Nav Bharat and Times of India also attract wide readership. Nai Duniya published … Read more

Famous personalities of Madhya Pradesh

Famous personalities of Madhya Pradesh Harishankar Parsai Harishankar Parsai (August 22, 1924 – August 10, 1995) was a Hindi writer. He was a noted satirist and humorist of modern Hindi literature and is known for his simple and direct style. He wrote vyangya (hindi satire) articles.  He was born in Jamnia village near Itarsi in … 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