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Folk Dances Folk Dances of Central India: • Gaur Dance: Madhya Pradesh • Muria Dances: Chattisgarh (Har Endanna, Hulki Dance, Karsana Dance) • Saila Dance: Chattisgarh(Sarguja) and MP(Betul) . A stick dance • Karma Dance: Gonds & Baigas of Chattisgarh, Oraons of Madhya Pradesh • Kaksar Dance: Abhujmaris of Bastar • Pandavani: Chattisgarh • Lota: Pandvani Folk Dances of East India: • Chhau: Bihar • Brita Dance: West Bengal • Kali Dance: West Bengal • Dalkhai: Orissa (Sambalpur). Chaiti Ghora is a dummy horse version of the Dalkhai dance and is popular in fishing communities. • Goti Puas: Orissa. The credit of popularizing this dance goes to Ramchandradev, the Rajaof Khurd (Orissa). Folk Dances of North East India: • Bihu: Assam • Hajgiri: Tripura • Nongkrem: Meghalaya • Dhol-Cholom: Manipur • Sattriya: Assam Folk Dances of North India: • Dumhal: Jammu & Kashmir • Hikat: Himachal Pradesh. • Natio: Group of dances performed during Kullu Dussehra festival. • Namagen: Himachal...

Ordinary Bills 1. Articles 107 and 108 deal with ordinary bills. 2. An Ordinary Bill can be introduced in any of the Houses of Parliament. 3. An Ordinary Bill can be introduced without the recommendation of the President 4. A Dead lock may occur. 5. A Joint Session of Houses may be called to resolve the Dead lock. 6. When a Bill is passes in one House, and it is sent to the other House for passing, the other House may keep that Bill for 6 months with it. 7. The House has to oblige the recommendations of the other House. If not, Dead lock arises. ***************** Money Bills 1. Articles 109 and 110 deal with Money Bills. 2. A Money Bill can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha. It can not be introduced in Rajya Sabha. 3. The Money Bill can be introduced with the recommendation of the President.. 4. No dead lock occurs. 5. No Joint Session of House necessary. 6. A Money Bill is passed by Lok Sabha. Thereafter it is sent to Rajya Sabha for recommendations. Rajya Sabha must r...

Here is the list of Missiles available in the armory of India. ***************************************************** Air-to-air missiles Astra Anti Ballistic Missiles' Prithvi Air Defence Missile (Exo-atmospheric Anti-ballistic missile) Advanced Air Defense Missile (Endo-atmospheric Anti-ballistic missile) ___________________________________________ Surface-to-surface missiles Short Range Ballistic Missiles Prithvi I Prithvi II Prithvi III Dhanush Agni I Shaurya Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles Agni-II Agni-IIAT Agni-III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles Agni V Surya(under development/not confirmed) Cruise Missiles Subsonic Cruise Missiles Nirbhay Supersonic Cruise Missiles BrahMos Hypersonic Cruise Missiles BrahMos II Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles K-15 Sagarika K-XX ____________________________________________ Surface-To-Air Missiles Trishul Akash Maitri Barak2 Guided Missiles Anti-Tank Guided Missiles Nag Anti-tank guided missile Helina Air launched Anti...

Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award Choudhary Devi Lal Outstanding All-India Coordinated Research Project Award Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award for Tribal Areas Hari Om Ashram Trust Award Jawaharlal Nehru Award Vasantrao Naik Award Lal Bahadur Shastri Young Scientist Award Bharat Ratna Dr. C Subramaniam Outstanding Teacher Award Punjab Rao Deshmukh Woman Agricultural Scientist Award Chaudhary Charan Singh Award for Excellence in Journalism in Agricultural Research and Development N.G. Ranga Farmer Award for Diversified Agriculture Jagjivan Ram Kisan Puruskar Swamy Sahajanand Saraswati Extension Scientist /Worker Award ICAR Award for Outstanding Multidisciplinary Team Research in Agriculture and Allied Sciences National Krishi Vigyan Kendra Award ICAR Dr. Rajendra Prasad Puruskar for Technical Books in Hindi in the Field of Agriculture and Allied Sciences

1. Eligibility: Any person who is above the age of 18 and resides in rural areas is entitled to apply for work. 2. Entitlement: Any applicant is entitled to work within 15 days, for as many as he/she has applied, subject to a limit of 100 days per household per year. 3. Distance: Work is to be provided within a radius of 5 kilometres of the applicant’s residence if possible, and in any case within the Block. If work is provided beyond 5 kilometres, travel allowances have to be paid. 4. Wages: Workers are entitled to the statutory minimum wage applicable to agricultural labourers in the state, unless and until the Central Government “notifies” a different wage rate. If the Central Government notifies, the wage rate is subject to a minimum of Rs. 60 per day. 5. Timely payment: Workers are to be paid weekly, or in any case not later than a fortnight. Payment of wages is to be made directly to the person concerned in the presence of independent persons of the community on -pre-announc...

List of Biosphere Reserves Biosphere reserves of India (area wise) Year Name Location State Type Area (km²) 1. 2008 Rann of Kuchch/ gyan bharati Reserve Part of Kuchh, Rajkot and Surendranagar District Gujarat Desert 12454 2. 1989 Gulf of Mannar Indian part of Gulf of Mannar between India and Sri Lanka Tamil Nadu Coasts 10500 3. 1989 Sunderbans Part of delta of Ganges and Barahamaputra river system West Bengal Gangetic Delta 9630 4. 1988 Nanda Devi Parts of Chamoli District, Pithoragarh District & Almora District Uttarakhand West Himalayas 5860 5. 1986 Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve Part of Wynad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Mudumalai,Nilambur, Silent Valley and Siruvani Hills Tamil Nadu, Keralaand Karnataka Western Ghats 5520 6. 1998 Dehang Debang Part of Siang and Debang valley Arunachal Pradesh East Himalayas 5112 7. 1999 Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve Parts of Betul District, Hoshangabad District andChhindwara District Madhya Pradesh Semi-Arid 4926 8. 1994 Simlipal Part of Mayurbhanj distr...

The list of commodities under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. Declared under Clause (a) of Section 2 of the Act 1. Cattle fodder, including oilcakes and other concentrates. 2. Coal, including coke and other derivatives. 3. Component parts and accessories of automobiles. 4. Cotton and woolen textiles. 5. Drugs. 6. Foodstuffs, including edible oilseeds and Oils. 7. Iron and Steel, including manufactured products of Iron & Steel. 8. Paper, including newsprint, paperboard and strawboard. 9. Petroleum and Petroleum products. 10. Raw Cotton, either ginned or unginned and cotton seeds. 11. Raw Jute. Declared under sub-clause (xi) of clause (a) of Section 2 of the Act 12. Jute textiles. 13. Fertilizers, whether inorganic, organic or mixed. 14. Yarn made wholly from cotton. 15. i) seeds of food crops and seeds of fruits and vegetables, ii) seeds of cattle fodder and iii) jute seeds.