10.11.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   74% vote in HP, notch up from ’12   Himachal Pradesh registered a heavy turnout for elections to the 68 Vidhan Sabha seats, with more than 74 per cent of the voters exercising their franchise. The polling was peaceful.   With people standing in queues past 7 pm at 435 polling stations, … Read more 10.11.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

08.11.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Cash, liquor worth crores seized in state   A total of Rs 1.18 crore and 3.01 lakh litre of liquor worth Rs 5.19 crore have been seized by the Election Commission-appointed surveillance and expenditure monitoring teams, including the police, Income Tax and Excise and Taxation Department in the poll-bound state.   The … Read more 08.11.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

31.10.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Heavy turnout indicates change of guard   In spite of phenomenal increase in the number of electorate since the first elections in 1952 and gradual increase in voter turnout, no proper trend has been witnessed in the state. But, heavy polling has mostly indicated change of guard.   The data on polling … Read more 31.10.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

National and state minority commission

National and state minority commission Constitution of India doesn’t define the word ‘Minority’ but has used the word minorities considering two attributes religion or language of a person. For minorities Constitution of India has envisaged a number of rights and safeguards. To provide enough equality and to dwindled the discrimination, makers have spelt out various … Read more National and state minority commission

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

03 & 04.09.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

HIMACHAL PRADESH   ·               Swedish parliamentarians extends support to Tibetans living in exile.   ð A three-member Swedish delegation led by a member of the Swedish Parliament, were on a visit to the global headquarters of Tibetans in exile near Dharmshala. The parliamentary group has expressed its continued support to the Tibetan community. Talking about … Read more 03 & 04.09.17 Himachal Pradesh (HPPCS) Current Affairs

03 & 04.09.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN ·               Health workers may soon dole out homoeopathic medicines For minor ailments   Health workers will soon give homoeopathic medicines to patients in rural areas of Rajasthan if a proposal based on a pilot programme is approved.   Following the proposal, the ayurved and Indian medicine department has constituted a committee to study the … Read more 03 & 04.09.17 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

Evolution of Indian Constitution

  Although the systems of ancient India do have their reflections in the Constitutions of India, the direct sources of the Constitution lie in the administrative and legislative developments of the British period.   Regulating Act of 1773 This Act was based on the report of a committee headed by the British Prime Minister Lord … Read more Evolution of Indian Constitution

Features, Amendments and Significant provisions of Indian Constitution

Amendments Amendments to the Constitution are made by the Parliament, the procedure for which is laid out in Article 368. An amendment bill must be passed by both the Houses of the Parliament by a two-thirds majority and voting. In addition to this, certain amendments which pertain to the federal nature of the Constitution must … Read more Features, Amendments and Significant provisions of Indian Constitution