09.10.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   HPU reserves 5 pc seats for disabled students   Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) has become the first state university in the North to reserve 5 per cent seats for disabled students.   The Umang Foundation took up the cause and a number of disabled students were given admission and some were allotted … Read more 09.10.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

08.10.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Study to assess impact of eco pollution in BBN area   The Department of Environment, Science and Technology has finally decided to undertake a study on assessing the impact of environmental pollution in the industrial areas on the human health and remedial measures. The action follows an in-depth report on the pollution … Read more 08.10.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

07.10.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Excise Dept ill-prepared to introduce e-way billing   The Excise and Taxation Department appears to be ill-prepared to deal with the e-way bill mechanism, which has been introduced from October 1 on the common GST portal. The system requires transit inspection of goods by an officer of the Assistant Excise and Taxation … Read more 07.10.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

Good Governance

The “key word” to be used in this is the “Good Governance” in the various phases of the service definition, development, refining and monitoring, and the whole concept of Good Governance services is based on “putting the citizen (user) at the centre of innovative services” starting from enabling of a specific procedure: citizens shall be … Read more Good Governance

The Consumer Protection Act

The Consumer Protection Act is an Act to provide for better protection of the interests of consumers and for that purpose to make provision for the establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of consumers’ disputes and for matters connected therewith .A number of laws have been enacted in India to safeguard … Read more The Consumer Protection Act

Bureaucracy : Origin; its merits and demerits; Role of Bureaucracy in Policy formulation and its Implementation. Nexus between Bureaucracy and Political Executive

In ancient and medieval India, there was monarchical form of government and the general administration was run by people having near or distant relationship with the King instead of dedicated bureaucracy . But gradually the administration assumed complexities and this required specialist knowledge.The British rulers established a new form of administration analogous to their own … Read more Bureaucracy : Origin; its merits and demerits; Role of Bureaucracy in Policy formulation and its Implementation. Nexus between Bureaucracy and Political Executive

Recruitment of Civil Service

Civil service refers to the body of government officials who are employed in civil occupations that are neither political nor judicial. The concept of civil service was prevalent in India from ancient times. The Mauryan administration employed civil servants in the name of adhyakshas and rajukas. The examination for civil servants in those days too … Read more Recruitment of Civil Service

Generalist versus Specialist

Generalist versus Specialist: A ‘generalist’ means an amateur administrator who had education in linguistics or classics and is a highly intelligent man with certain personal qualities of character. While on the other hand, A ‘specialist’ is an expert who has devoted time and studies to a special branch of learning and has acquired specialized experience … Read more Generalist versus Specialist

Right to information act

Right to information is a fundamental right of any citizen of India to know what is happening with the government. Every individual has the freedom to seek any government related information through this RTI act 2005. The Right to Information Act (2005) is one of the key legislation enacted by the Parliament which guarantees the … Read more Right to information act

Right to Service Act

Delivering public services in a time bound, decentralised and citizen friendly manner has been one of the major challenges facing the administration wing of the government.Right to Service legislation in India comprises statutory laws which guarantee time-bound delivery of various public services rendered to citizens and provides mechanism for punishing the errant public servant if … Read more Right to Service Act