KPSC KAS Prelims and Mains Exam
KARNATAKA Leopards, blackbucks, elephants are a poll issue in Karnataka For candidates in areas bordering forests in Karnataka, the election is not so much about roads and electricity as it is about stopping wild elephants in their tracks. And not just the jumbos, rising human-animal conflicts in the state means blackbucks, leopards, monkeys and even crocodiles are turning … Read more
KARNATAKA Kalaburagi records highest temperature Hyderabad Karnataka and parts of Mumbai Karnataka and Central Karnataka region continued to reel under a severe heat wave with the mercury breaching the 42.1 degrees Celsius mark in Kalaburagi as per observations recorded by the India Meteorological Department at 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday. Raichur recorded the State’s highest minimum … Read more
KARNATAKA State to get Centre for Excellence in Agriculture To consolidate the position of Bengaluru as the startup capital of the country, Minister for IT, BT and Tourism Priyank Kharge announced setting up of the Centre for Excellence in Agriculture even as 44 startups, including 16 in the agri business space, received funding … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka gives highest sugarcane price: Minister Karnataka is giving the highest price for sugarcane, said small scale industries and sugar minister Geetha Mahadev Prasad. According to the present FRP, the price for per tonne sugarcane of 9.5% recovery is Rs 2,550. The sugarcane grown in Belagavi gets Rs 2,939 per tonne as the recovery is high. … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka State Government unveiled an ambitious project to install Wi-Fi facility in all gram panchayats across the state. During this year itself, Wi-Fi facility will be installed in 2500 gram panchayats. The main objective of this project is to bridge the digital divide. Through this project, each and every entrepreneur from the cities and … Read more
KARNATAKA Vaastu, astrology outside the ambit of anti-superstition Bill The Karnataka Prevention and Eradication of Inhuman Evil Practices and Black Magic Bill, 2017, which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly recently, focuses primarily on rituals and practices that cause bodily harm, and threaten or are seen as contrary to the dignity of people. The Bill, … Read more
Value Addition by Science & Technology- Current Science & Technology developments in India Science and Technology hold the key to the progress and development of any nation. Technology plays a Fundamental role in wealth creation, improvement of the quality of life and real economic growth and transformation in any society. The role of Science and … Read more
Planning commission and national development council Planning commission The Planning Commission was an institution in the Government of India, which formulated India’s Five-Year Plans, among other functions. Background Rudimentary economic planning, deriving from the sovereign authority of the state, was first initiated in India in 1938 by Congress President and Indian National Army supreme leader … Read more
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