UKPCS Mains Notes GS

Preliminary idea of medicine and its classification

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Preliminary idea of medicine and its classification Medicine is the field of health and healing. It includes nurses, doctors, and various specialists. It covers diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, medical research, and many other aspects of health. Medicine aims to promote and maintain health and wellbeing.  Conventional modern medicine is sometimes called allopathic medicine. … Read more Preliminary idea of medicine and its classification

Foundational values for civil services

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Foundational values for civil services Values are the standards on which, we evaluate things. For every situation we don’t have time to ‘test’ the case on ethics theories such as utilitarianism. Values provide time saving short-cut in such situation. Under New public management (NPM), the concept of public services is fast changing. Bureaucrat has become … Read more Foundational values for civil services

Polymers : Synthetic fibers (nylon and rayon), Polystyrene

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Synthetic fibers (nylon and rayon) and polystyrene Synthetic fibers are made from raw materials such as petroleum, based on chemicals or petrochemicals. These materials are polymerized into a long, linear chemical with different chemical compounds and are used to produce various types of fibers. Synthetic fibers account for about half of all fiber usage, with … Read more Polymers : Synthetic fibers (nylon and rayon), Polystyrene

Ethics Case Study 2

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Case Study 2:- Ratan is a farmer who grew sugar-cane on his two acres irrigated land and had borrowed money from a private bank to buy a tractor. He bought the tractor from the money he had received from bank loan but, also used part of the money to pay dowry and expenses for his … Read more Ethics Case Study 2

Sports personalities of Uttarakhand

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Sports personalities of Uttarakhand  Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna Himalayan Expedition stories are Incomplete without mentioning the name of Bahuguna brothers. Maj Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna and Maj Jai Vardhan Bahuguna well acclaimed mountaineers from Uttarakhand region.  Harsh (1939 – April 18, 1971) was a military servant, he was deeply passionate in mountaineering. In the year of 1965, he … Read more Sports personalities of Uttarakhand

Ethics Case Study 6

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Case Study 6:- You have completed IAS probationary training and come to visit your 89 year old grandmother who stays in a remote backward village. At home, grandmother, whom you love most is ecstatic and has made all the arrangements to make you feel comfortable. You were received with lot of fanfare in village and … Read more Ethics Case Study 6

Economic Impact of British rule. Impact of Industrialization on Indian economy

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India’s traditional village economy was characterised by the “blending of agriculture and handicrafts”.  But this internal balance of the village economy had been systematically slaughtered by the British Government. In the process, traditional handicraft industries slipped away, from its pre-eminence and its decline started at the turn of the 18th century and proceeded rapidly almost … Read more Economic Impact of British rule. Impact of Industrialization on Indian economy

Employment Schemes and Programmes both of Union Government and Uttarakhand Government

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Employment Schemes and Programmes both of Union Government and Uttarakhand Government • Centre Scheme • Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) Launched: 8April2015 Main Objective: Financial support for growth of micro enterprises sector. Pradhan Mantri MUDRA (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) Yojana was launched with the purpose to provide funding to the non-corporate small business … Read more Employment Schemes and Programmes both of Union Government and Uttarakhand Government

24.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

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UTTARAKHAND   Work worth rs 2200 cr proposed for kumbha mela: CM Works amounting to Rs 2200 crore have been proposed for the Kumbh Mela 2021 with 85 per cent of these works being of a permanent nature. This was stated in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat along with the Urban … Read more 24.01.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs