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UPSC GS MAINS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE States having multiple capitals: Having more than one capital for a state or union territory helps cover developmental gaps in cities and villages surrounding the capital. Maharashtra has two capitals — Mumbai and Nagpur — with the latter being the winter capital of the state. Andhra Pradesh has  three capitals — executive capital in Visakhapatnam, legislative in Amaravati and judicial in Kurnool. The Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir , also has two capitals — Srinagar in summers and Jammu in winters. The hilly state, Himachal Pradesh is another one that has two capitals — Dharamshala and Shimla. The latter is considered the summer capital because the region receives heavy snowfall during winter, causing landslides. Uttarakhand has two capitals- Bhararisain (summer) Dehradun (winter) Hello  guys  !! This is Navina here. Visit my  blog  to get crisp contents on various stuffs!!   .

 UPSC GS MAINS IMPORTANT QUESTIONS Whether National Commission for Scheduled Caste(NCSC) can enforce the implementation of constitutional reservation for the Scheduled Castes in the religious minority institutions? Examine. Most of the complaints received by the NCSC pertaining to education relate to the the denial of or discrepancies in the application of reservation policy. Recently the National Commission for Scheduled Caste directed the Aligarh Muslim University to clarify its stand on reservation for scheduled caste community, failing which it may lose central funding. It has been held by the Supreme Court in P.A.Inamdar Vs. State of Maharashtra Case: 2006 that the policy of reservation in admissions and employment cannot be made applicable to a minority institution. In 2006, the 93rd amendment to the constitution brought in Article 15(5)  which barred the states from making any salutary law for admission of socially and educationally backward classes or reserved category students