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Its going to be interview season once again. The Civil services (main) examination results have just been announced. Interviews are all about "you". You must be ready to talk about your past achievements present inclinations and vision of the future, in a clear headed manner. Therefore, begin the preparation for an interview, by keeping yourself at the center. Interviews have two major concerns in mind (a) personality issue and (b) the knowledge aspect of the candidate. now in the case of civil services, the knowledge aspect is taken care of by an elaborate written examination, which has already been over and done with. What the government is looking in a
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The world has a whopping population of 6 billion; apart from this India alone has a population of around a billion. It is surprising but true, India is the first country that has a population policy. Many feel that this enormous population can cause an alarm and it is important to understand the factors that may lead to population explosion and the complex links between population growth rates and levels of development. Apart from this, one should acknowledge that India is amidst the demographic transition with fertility rates definitely declining although not as fast as was expected. The “Population Problem”Year 2000 marked its presence with the fact th
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ARC has analyzed threadbare the provisions of Civil Services Conduct Rules which are in direct and indirect conflict with the RTI Act regime. It has taken into account of the Shourie committee recommendations and has suggested modifications in the existing Civil Services Conduct Rules applicable to the employees of the Central as well as the State governments. Currently prevalent conduct rules and the Manual of Office Procedure explicitly debar the government officials to communicate any information considered sensitive by them to the public. We have already seen that these provisions have used by the unscrupulous officials and politicians to hide their murky dealin
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Right to Information is considered as one of the highest ideals of a democratic polity. Information is the tool in the hands of common man which helps him hold his political representatives and administration accountable. Though implied in the Fundamental Rights of the citizens as enumerated in our constitution, the Right to Information was finally given legal sanctity when the Parliament enacted one of the most important legislations of independent India- the Right to Information Act, 2005. The importance attached to this act can be gauged from the fact that the Prime Minister of India himself has emphasized the need for a statutory protection to the right of infor
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Administrative Reforms Commission or ARC as it is popularly known is a gigantic exercise in Administrative Reforms undertaken by the Government of India, only twice since India became independent. First ARC was appointed in 1966 under the chairmanship of Moraji Desai. This was commission which expanded into a huge machinery consisting of 20 Study groups and scores of subcommittees. It submitted its report within two years of intensive research and analysis. This report contained a wealth of highly valuable recommendations to infuse life into an essentially colonial and outdated system of administration. Many of its recommendations were put into practice by the Gover
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Remaining Topics in GSGeographyLike in other traditional topics Geography also has acquired a distinct Current Affairs flavor. Nowadays more is the emphasis on testing as much knowledge as possible out of every single question. Take for example, in a certain year several parts of the world might have received ‘cyclones’ or ‘typhoons’ or ‘hurricanes’ as cyclonic disturbances are called in various countries. These disturbances are named as per some convention if they exceed a certain intensity. Then a question in geography may look like finding the places on the map of the world and match them with the name of cyclones given in the
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In the last article we saw how to deal with the current affairs and their importance in the overall scheme of things. Besides Current affairs Preliminary GS paper is broadly divided into following portions- 1. Indian Polity2. Indian Economy and Economy in general3. History- Ancient, Medieval and Modern4. Geography5. Science and Technology6. Quantitative AptitudeNow lets us have a look at them one by oneIndian PolityIndian Polity has to deal with the various provisions of the Indian Constitution and its working since Independence in India. Besides constitution
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A meticulously sought after planning and proper & timely guidance can enable an alert individual to clear the tough UPSC examinations. According to the UPSC aspirants, half of the battle is won right after selecting the right optionals for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) selection examination. Provided that optionals in each IAS preliminary and IAS mains examination determine a candidate’s scoring pattern, questions asked in the final interview are based on the choice of optional subjects chosen. This makes the decision extremely difficult as well as critical. There is a plethora of subjects to choose from, since students belong to varied stream
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Appearing for IAS and IPS through combined Competitive Examination for Civil Services Exam and recruitment into Indian Forest Service is not so easy. UPSC is a self prevailing government organization that ascertains that the recruitments are conducted on the basis of impartial examination pattern and therefore the notification for the examination is published in the employment news or daily newspapers so that each and everyone knows about its happenings.The competitive Examination is conducted as per the following three steps:Step I- Preliminary ExaminationIAS prelims is written objective type examination and is conducted in the month of June every year with two fol
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Tips for those preparing for the IASBe very selective about choosing the subject for preliminaries, as you will be appearing for an objective type of paper. It might be possible for many to score high in history, mathematics, and geography. Choose subjects for which you have aptitude and availability of books, reading material and guidance. In recent years engineering subjects like civil and electrical can be chosen, giving Engineers an advantage.G.K. will definitely be an important aspect in your preliminaries. Reading newspapers, watching TV news and of course practicing quiz is a must. If you have reached the interview stage, knowledge through books may not be th
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India has shown appreciable resilience in the face of earlier financial crises of the global capitalistic system. In recent times, Indian economy came under pressure from two major global crises. First was the financial meltdown in South East Asian countries in 1997, and second was the aftermath of 2001 attack on World Trade Centre in New York. India weathered both the storms quite successfully and won the admiration of the World. In between India also faced the crippling sanctions in wake of its Nuclear Weapons Tests in 1998. Due to international sanctions, Indian economy posted lowest growth rates in the final three years of its Ninth Five year plan. But India man
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With the exploding of subprime crises in the USA, the financial markets across the world have seen their biggest crashes in the recent history. Some of the biggest financial institutions in the world have become history. Investment banks like Lehman Brothers and Meryl Lynch which withstood number of shocks over their lifespan of more than a century, were shattered to pieces in no time in face of this current crisis. For long, USA has been the nerve centre of global economic activity. There is literally no country which has made it big in recent times without exporting their goods and services to USA. Be it China, India or other emerging economies of South East Asia,
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‘Subprime’ as a term has been in the prime time news for some time now. For almost a year now we are hearing how the subprime crisis in USA and some other western economies pushed the whole world economy into the biggest recession since 1929 global economic meltdown. We can see the evidence of a slowdown everywhere. Some of the biggest names in the annals of world finance, the likes of Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, etc have become part of the history. These were the institutions which survived the mighty blows of earlier recessions. So what was so special about this recent crisis which sent these giants of American financial infrastructure packing? As
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South Asia continued……INDIAIndia is the most important country in South Asia. It is the nerve centre of economic and political activity in the Indian subcontinent. It is home to every major religion in the world; in fact it hosts a bigger Muslim population than Pakistan itself. Given the multicultural, multi-religious, multi lingual nature of Indian society the social diversity found in India is unparalleled in the world. In this melting pot of cultures some differences are bound to surface from time to time. It is these difference which have been taken advantage by opportunist politicians and other divisive forces to weaken the integrity of the nation
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5. South AsiaSouth Asia remains the worst affected area from the menace of terrorism. The antagonism inherent in the South Asian polity makes it an ideal breeding ground of terror. If we take the SAARC nations none is untouched by the scourge of terrorism. Especially the Islamic countries in the neighborhood of India have not only become the nursery of the ‘Global Terrorism’ but have started getting affected by this malady themselves. The Frankenstein’s monster created by these countries have come back to haunt them. The most glaring example of this scenario is Pakistan, which is not only harboring all sorts of terrorist elements in the country to
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2. Northern CaucasusRussia has seen many a bloody movements, but in the recent times Chechnya will down as the bloodiest chapter in Russian history. The Chechen Republic or, informally, Chechnya, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Noxçiyn, is a federal subject of Russia. It is located in the Northern Caucasus Mountains, in the Southern Federal District. Chechnya historically has been one of the trouble spots in Russia. It has a history of rebellions against Russia whenever the latter has faced internal disturbances resulting in weakening of Central authority. In fact Russia has never been able to fully integrate Chechnya in its federal
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Pakistan’s case is just an example how the menace of terrorism has spread its tentacles across the world with or without the explicit state support. The whole world is cringing under the attack from the marauders, called terrorists. But terrorism per se is a tool. It has been used by various groups at various points of time in the history to further their just or unjust ends. Irish Republican Army or IRA in short was a group of Irish nationalists who fought for their country’s independence from the British rule. The Maoists in Nepal, who, till very recently, were branded as a terrorist outfit by most of the countries, including India, of the world, are n
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We live in an interconnected world. A ‘flat world’ of Milton Friedman’s description. This coming closer of world communities has caused unprecedented social, cultural, economic and political changes across the world. No society or country is any more untouched by the influences of so many other cultures. This phenomena has led to not only global spread of trade and culture, but also the spread of plagues of humanity like corruption, hedonistic consumption, class differences and most unfortunately ‘terrorism’. Today terrorism has become a global phenomenon. The agents of death are striking at will across the globe with almost impunity. N
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submitted by Divyanshi on 12 Dec 2008 13:28:48 IST
Indian missile technology has reached to the apex of success and a state of maturity allowing the country to field systems covering the entire spectrum of land, air and sea-based platforms. It took the masters a period of decades to develop this technological revolution and to bring it the present state of maturity on the basis of active technology denial regimes imposed on India by several countries across the globe. Aim and ObjectivesIt is acknowledged by the countries all across the globe, that India has the most sophisticated and state of the art ballistic and cruise missile programme apart from the internationally recognized status conferred by the Non-Pr
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