Enabling legislations, financial and procedural incentives, and business opportunities for investors

Enabling legislations, financial and procedural incentives, and business opportunities for investors Today, economy of India is the seventh largest in the world by nominal Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) and third largest by purchasing power parity and the annual growth rate of GDP has been 7.3% from 2011 to 2015. The country is classified as a … Read more

01.11.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Vigilance Dept Trapped 194 Govt Officials Since Formation Of State   Vigilance Department has trapped 194 Government officers of various departments, including 54 gazetted officers,  while receiving bribes since Uttarahand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in November 2000.  Besides, the government officers, caught red-handed while receiving bribe, were booked under appropriate sections … Read more

01.11.17 KPSC (Karnataka) Daily Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Neelamani N Raju becomes Karnataka’s first woman DG-IGP   Karnataka is all set to get its first woman police chief in Neelamani N Raju.   Raju, a 1983 batch IPS officer, will replace incumbent director general and inspector general of police Rupak Kumar Dutta, who retires on Tuesday, official sources said.   The decision was taken by … Read more

28.10.17 KPSC (Karnataka) Daily Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Reservation mandated in all Karnataka based education institutes for transgenders The Karnataka government, based on the inputs from all its department, has decided to provide a mandatory reservation for transgenders and the sexual minorities in all levels of formal education across Karnataka. It has also said that a separate toilet for the transgenders should be … Read more

26.10.17 KPSC (Karnataka) Daily Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Eco-tourism in Karnataka set to get costlier   The Karnataka State forest department increased the entry fees for National parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Bird Sanctuaries. Safari, homestay, parking, photo and video shooting charges are also being hiked by the Forest Department. The new charges will be applicable from November 1 onwards. In 2015, charges were increased by … Read more

20.10.17 KPSC (Karnataka) Daily Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   Green panel approves Rs 151 cr industrial area proj in K’taka   A central green panel has given environment clearance for developing the Rs 151.60-crore Jakkasandra industrial area in Kolar district, Karnataka.   As per the proposal, the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) will develop an industrial area in 627.47 acres in Jakkasandra village of Kolar with an aim … Read more

20.10.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

UTTARAKHAND   Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana   The Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harshvardhan launched “Pt Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana” which will experiment and endeavour to formulate and implement appropriate S&T Interventions for Sustainable development through cluster approach in Uttarakhand. … Read more

19.10.17 KPSC (Karnataka) Daily Current Affairs

KARNATAKA   CM Siddaramaiah bats for GST exemption on handmade products, writes to finance minister   Taking a stance in light of the satyagraha embarked and broken by noted theatre personality Prasanna this week, on the goods and services tax (GST) being levied upon handloom products, chief minister Siddaramaiah has written to union finance minister Arun Jaitley … Read more