30.08.2017 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN   Bharatpur to have state’s first cow sanctuary to curb slaughter   A cow sanctuary will be set up in Bharatpur district -first in Rajasthan — to shelter stray cattle and curb their smuggling for slaughter   The Union government proposed a Project Cow in April this year, under which sanctuaries will be set … Read more

Rural Development and Community Development Programmes- Role of related Institutions and Organizations including all centrally and State sponsored schemes

Rural Development and Community Development Programmes- Role of related Institutions and Organizations including all centrally and State sponsored schemes. Rural Development Institutions Besides, the administrative set up for planning for Rural Development, there are other Institutions, who plays equal important role in planning, Implementation and Monitoring of rural development programmes. The important among them are: … Read more

25.10.17 Andha Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH • Tamil Nadu’s Banana centre inks deal to back Andhra food processing industry  A memorandum of cooperation (MoC) has been signed between Indian Council of Agriculture Research(ICAR)-National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB), Trichy and the  Government of Andhra Pradesh for extending research and development support to the food processing industry of … Read more

World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), commonly referred to as the World Bank, is an international financial institution whose purposes include assisting the development of its member nation’s territories, promoting and supplementing private foreign investment and promoting long-range balance growth in international trade. The World Bank was established in December 1945 at the … Read more

Effects of Taxation,Direct and Indirect Taxes, Public Expenditure and Public Debt. Internal and External Debt.

India has a well developed taxation structure. The tax system in India is mainly a three tier system which is based between the Central, State Governments and the local government organizations. In most cases, these local bodies include the local councils and the municipalities. According to the Constitution of India, the government has the right … Read more

30.08.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

Andhra Pradesh   Andhra Pradesh to come up with start-up centre for non-IT sectors   The Andhra Pradesh government is in the process of setting up a National Startup centre in Vijayawada, for non-information technology sectors. The centre will be headed by Kris Gopalakrishnan, one of the founders of Infosys Ltd, and will be set up in partnership with Confederation … Read more

REGULATORY GOVERNANCE      

Regulation refers to “controlling human or societal behaviour by rules or regulations or alternatively a rule or order issued by an executive authority or regulatory agency of a government and having the force of law”. Regulation covers all activities of private or public behaviour that may be detrimental to societal or governmental interest but its … Read more

31.01.18 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Collective storage in major south Indian reservoirs is 38% of their total capacity   The collective storage level in major reservoirs in five south Indian states — Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu — is 38% of their total capacity. A total of 31 reservoirs in these states are under the monitoring of the Central Water Commission (CWC). According … Read more