30.07.17 & 31.07.17 Bihar (BPSC) Current Affairs

Bihar   Nitish distributes portfolios, keeps home ministry; Sushil Modi gets finance, commercial taxes.   The portfolios for other ministers are as follows:- Nand Kishore Yadav– Road construction Shrawan Kumar– Rural development and parliamentary affairs Ram Narayan Mandal– Revenue and Land Reforms Jai Kumar Singh– Industries, Science and Technology Pramod Kumar– Tourism Krishnandan Verma– Education … Read more

Public Administration and management: Meaning, nature and significance

The English word  administer‘ is derived from a combination of two Latin words and ?ministrate‘ meaning ?to serve or manage‘. Literally, the term means management the affairs of public or private. Administration refers to mobilisation of resources – human and material- to achieve pre-set of objectives. Administration is thus an activity undertaken in pursuit of … Read more

09.07.17 Bihar current affairs

Bihar Schools hold sessions to guide pupils Schools have started guiding the students in the streams of their choice from Class XI itself by organizing career counselling sessions with experts. The government schools are also helping students in selecting the right career. Over 1000 students of Class IX to XII took part in ‘Life skills: … Read more

07-07-2017 Bihar Current affairs

Bihar   Govt body bid to ‘educate’ sex workers ð Targeted Intervention (TI), a project supported by the Bihar State Aids Control Society (BSACS), has 550 and odd sex workers and transgenders, both male and female, registered with it in Hajipur.     INTERNATIONAL   Italy passes bill to make torture illegal Italian lawmakers have … Read more

rural banking impact on rural credit:sources and problems of rural credit, institutional credit,SHG, micro finance, NABARD, RRBs

68.84% of the population in India is rural based and majority of them depends on agriculture for a living. Enhanced and stable growth of the agriculture sector is important as it plays a vital role not only in generating purchasing power among the rural population by creating on-farm and off-farm employment opportunities but also through … Read more

28.07.17 Bihar (BPSC) Current Affairs

Bihar   Patna Metro project has to wait till new national policy   The city residents will have to wait for some more time to see metro running in the state capital as the Centre has halted the project till the new national metro policy is framed.   The Centre has written to the state government … Read more

29.08.17 Bihar (BPSC) Current Affairs

Bihar   SC refuses more time to liquor companies to remove stock from Bihar.   In a big blow to liquor manufacturers, the Supreme Court  rejected their plea for more time to transport stocks out of Bihar, the deadline for which ended on July 31 after a new law on prohibition was enacted by the Nitish Kumar … Read more

Planning Strategy : Objectives and strategy of Indian Five Year Plans

First Plan (1951 – 56) Target Growth : 2.1 % Actual Growth 3.6 % It was based on Harrod-Domar Model. Influx of refugees, severe food shortage & mounting inflation confronted the country at the onset of the first five year Plan. The Plan Focussed on agriculture, price stability, power and transport It was a successful … Read more

Functioning under a Coalition Government

Coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. Coalition governments are usually formed as no party can individually achieve a majority in the parliament. However, a coalition government may also be created in a time of national difficulty or crisis. If a coalition collapses, a confidence vote is held … Read more