Detailed Timetable for Foundation/UAP 2021 can be obtained from here

Dear students,

The enrollments for the December batch of Foundation 2021 and the UAP 2021 program are open now.

The Prelims 2020 has shocked veterans and baffled the first-timers. If anything this paper has taught is that you need to adapt to the expectations of UPSC and adopt a new approach.

UPSC is changing. No more is it about isolating yourself and just doing current affairs, static, attending random classes, or reading a plethora of books. It’s time to bury the old ways for IAS preparation, for good.

Not only UPSC has a vast syllabus but it expects a certain level of intellectual, social, and emotional maturity from its aspirants. It’s a very complex task to come up with a study-plan/time-table that harmonizes every element and takes into consideration the return on investment on certain topics.

We’ve just now launched the December batches for the following courses. It is the apt time you should start for IAS 2021. Any delay beyond this point will make things unmanageable for you.

Foundation 2021

It is a complete program for IAS 2021 which includes:

MasterClasses -to ensure comprehensive coverage of all the portions of static syllabus along with an in-depth analysis.

Ultimate Assessment Program – to evaluate your level of preparation through various tests- Prelims, Mains, Essay, Samachar Manthan, Decimate Prelims.

A dedicated mentor to guide you through the maze of UPSC exam.

Exclusive membership to Habitat our learning platform.

Click here for more details on Foundation 2021

Ultimate Assessment Program 2021

Click here to get more details on UAP 2021

A mentor guided assessment program to keep you on track at all times and bring in strategic interventions when and where required.

How are we going to approach?

Broadly, six factors determine your success in cracking this prestigious IAS exam. The most important being understanding the expectations of UPSC; according to that planning and strategizing; then Learning – Knowledge and information; Analyzing – making linkages, connections, etc.; Executing and utilizing information; and Constant course correction – because mistakes are inevitable, need to rectify them asap.

Through our mentorship-driven and personalized approach, we’re hell-bent on simplifying things for you. Hence, we have come up with a plan that you will instantly connect with you and give you a vibe that yes you can do it!

1. Integrated Approach

Preparation for Prelims and Mains is harmonized. You study a subject, attempt prelims tests and then attempt mains tests for the same. This leads to a solid preparation.

Many institutes our there will not able to present an integrated approach. They offer separate timetables for prelims and mains confusing the students further. That’s not the case with us!

2. Simplified Approach

Our Time-table is the easiest to remember and follow. All test prelims, mains, and Samachar Manthan will be held on the weekend.

• Prelims Tests are held on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month.
• Monthly Current Affairs Tests are held on the last Saturday of every month.
• Mains Tests are held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month after the subject is complete.
• Essay Tests are held on the 2nd Sunday of every month.

3. Priority-wise Coverage of subjects

We are starting with the most important subjects from the exam perspective first. These are very predictable + have a very high return on investment. They need to be mastered if one has to have a shot at the exam. Polity, Modern History, and Economics. The lower priority ones follow afterward.

4. Logical Division of Topics

Subjects have been divided into topics that logically fit together. Eg. for Polity we ask you to prepare in 2 parts – first, till Central Government and second, from State Government and beyond. This division is not ad-hoc and does not break the flow of your studies.

5. Base and Advanced Sources

We have divided the sources into 2 parts, Base Sources, and Advanced Sources. Base sources are those which you have to master. You should come to advanced sources only when you are thorough with the Base Sources.

All this under the guidance of a dedicated mentor who will oversee your progress, help you strategies your preparation, plan it and make it measurable, help you analyze and evaluate your preparation; and introduce strategic interventions wherever and whenever required.

Get enrolled in Foundation 2021 (click here)

Get enrolled in UAP 2021 (click here)

Should you have any queries or want to have a discussion with a mentor please mention this course and write to hello@civilsdaily.com or reach out to us at 8929987787.

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Do you know what UPSC expects from an aspirant? IAS Pre 2020 can be taken as a watershed moment. If you feel you’re at the crossroads this is for you.

Fill Samanvaya form here to schedule a free one-on-one mentorship session (given at the bottom)

The Prelims 2020 in many ways was a watershed moment for IAS aspirants. It shocked veterans and baffled the first-timers. If anything this paper has taught is that you need to adapt to the expectations of UPSC and adopt a new approach.

UPSC is changing. No more is it about isolating yourself and just doing current affairs, static, attending random classes, or reading a plethora of books. It’s time to bury the old ways for IAS preparation, for good.

We’ve had a discussion with around 2700 IAS aspirants (beginners and veterans) last month and all of them had doubts related to either sources and books or answer writing and even essays and interviews.

To borrow from the parable of ‘blind men and the elephant’ almost all of these aspirants were trying to make sense of UPSC but unable to look at the whole picture. You need to tackle that ‘elephant in the room’. Look at the holistic picture. First, understand what it stands for, what expectations do they have from you, then understand how to fulfill them, then plan and move forward.

Broadly, six factors determine your success in cracking this prestigious IAS exam and the most important being understanding the expectations of UPSC and according to that planning and strategizing; other being Learning – Knowledge and information; Analyzing – making linkages, connections, etc.; Executing and utilizing information; and Constant course correction – because mistakes are inevitable, need to rectify them asap.

But how to do that?

Talk to senior mentors from Civilsdaily: Click here and fill Samanvaya form for IAS 2021-22

Talk to senior mentors from Civilsdaily: Click here and fill Samanvaya form for IAS 2021-22

Failing to tackle any one of them, feeds into a vicious cycle. Without guidance or mentoring, understanding where the problem lies in and how to rectify it becomes problematic.

This is where our 3 tier mentoring comes in:

1. First step starts with this Samanvaya call: Once you fill in the form, our senior mentors get on a 30-40 minute call with you to understand your prep level, working/ study constraints, current strategies, and create a step by step plan for next week, next month and so on.

2. You are given access to our invite-only chat platform, Habitat where you can ask your daily doubts, discuss your test-prep questions and have real-time, live sessions on news and op-eds, and find your optional groups.

3. The third and the most personalized tier is the 1 on 1 mentor allotment who stays with you through the course of your UPSC preparation – always-on chat and on scheduled calls to help you assess, evaluate, and chart the next milestone of your IAS 2021/2022 journey.

Let’s talk. Fill this Samanvaya form (click here)

(Civilsdaily’s mentor will call you within 24 hours.)

Who are you?

1. Working Junta? If you are preparing for IAS 2021/2022 and working simultaneously, we can help you strategize and decipher the IAS exam and design a timetable that fits right in your hectic schedule.
2. First-time prep? If you are in the last year of college or thinking of dropping a year and preparing for IAS 2021/2022 full time, we can help you pick the right books and craft a practical & personal strategy.

You just have to take 5 minutes out and fill this form: Samanvaya For IAS 2021/2022

Once done, we will call you within 24 hours or so.

Here are some testimonials of our students about Samanvaya and our propriety chat interventions:

Our rankers in 2019

250 Most Probable Topics for IAS Mains 2020 – Get enrolled here

CivilsDaily brings you the 250+ Most Important Issues that need to be covered holistically for Mains 2020. This compilation contains issues and topics that have a high probability of being asked in Mains 2020 and beyond.

These are a part of our Quality Enrichment Program (QEP) for Mains 2020.

We’ve covered each issue in its entirety, every dimension has been explored and covered so that you can tackle any question from these topics. There are probable questions from each topic as well. We’ll be discussing these in Habitat sessions.

Program inclusions:

1. 250 most probable topics and questions – Comprehensively covered
2. Habitat Mains 2020 group membership – for discussion, answer writing practice and doubt sessions

250 Most Probable Topics for IAS Mains 2020 – Get enrolled here

List of issues covered

Polity and Governance

• Separation of power
• Federalism (All kinds Cooperative,competitive)
• Citizenship issue
• Important Judgments related to Indian constitution
• Role of Governor
• Inter-state water disputes
• Contempt of Court
• Parliament and issues (Should Rajya sabha be abolished)
• Local Government and issues (Add case studies etc)
• NGO and civil society ( Add data and case studies)
• CAG, ECI, CBI
• EWS issue
• One Year since the Repeal of Art. 370
• Reform in Criminal Justice system in India
• CIC and RTI act( RTI Amendment Bill, 2019)
• NHRC and issue
• Hate speech in India
• Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020
• Anti-defection
• National medical Commission
• The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2020
• Surrogacy bill
• Domicile-based job quota in states
• One country One system
• Naga peace process
• Doctrine of pith and Substance
• Issue of Property rights for Indian women
• Issues with Indian Judiciary 
  • Appointment issue, Quality issue, Overreach issue, procedural issues
  • Role of Judiciary in deepening democracy in India
• Issues related to Tribunals
• Autonomous bodies in India
• MPLAD scheme
• Departmental Standing committees
• Issues related to Education
  • Important successful models
  • Govt initiatives
  • Govt committees  ( Subramaniam, Kasturiranghan)
• Population and Related issues
  • Kerala and Bangladesh model
  • Issues in our Population control policy
• Should the age of marriage for women be raised to 21?
• National Recruitment Agency
• Issues related to Health
  • Important successful models
  • issue of access
  • Issue of affordability
  • Issue of Quality
• The National Medical Commission Bill, 2019
• National health ID System
• Aadhar issue vs Right to Privacy debate
• E-Governance
  • Govt initiatives
  • Successful case studies
• Double burden of Malnutrition and obesity
  • Data,Govt initiatives, Successful models,Issues
• Accountability & Transparency
  • Govt initiatives,  
  • Constitutional  provisions,
  • Portals, issues,Citizen charter, Social Audit
• Poverty 
  • Reasons for drastic fall
• SHG
  • Data, Nabard report
• Civil service reforms
  • Lateral entry
  • ARC 2, Hota committee
• NRC
• Trafficking of Persons Bill, 2018
• The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
• Does India need a national language

Education

• National education policy 2020
• Feasibility of online education in India

250 Most Probable Topics for IAS Mains 2020 – Get enrolled here

International Relations

• COVID & Change in Global world order
• G 7 & India
• India’s role in shaping the post-covid World order
• Asian Century
• China angle
• WHO
• QUAD
• Retreat of Globalization & its impact on India
• India-Nepal relations
• India’s strategic autonomy
• Indo-Pacific & China
• USA exit from Afghanistan & its implications for India
• Indian Ocean 
• India-Bangladesh relations
• India’s Big brother attitude
• India’s nuclear doctrine
• India-Australia relations in the context of China
• Can SAARC be revived
• India RCEP
• Dormancy of WTO  
• Arab-Isreal Truce & Its implications for India
• 75 years of UN

Environment

• National policy on biofuels
• Zero-based natural farming
• Need for a national water policy
• Water crisis in India
• Waste management rules (Plastic, e-waste,bio-medical waste, solid waste, construction and demolition waste management rules)
• coastal regulation zone notification 2019
• Mangroves, wetlands, Coral reeves, Desertification
• Issues in Mountain ecology,
• Arctic warming and India
• Important environmental legislations
• Important schemes related to the environment
• Climate change and India
• Renewable energy and India (Data, Govt initiatives, Lacunae)
• Rising heat wave phenomenon in India
• Environment Performance Index & India
• Pollution and India
• Environmental impact assessment
• Important protocols related to climate change, pollution, biodiversity.
• Animal cruelty and India
• Bioethanol Blending in Petrol
• Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)

Indian Economy

• NPA and the Indian economy
• Fall in investment in India
• Atmanirbhar Bharat
• Jobless growth in India
• 5 Trillion economy
• Middle-income trap and India
• Need for formalizing Indian economy
• PPP in India (All the models)
• Infrastructure sector in India (Rail, aviation, roads, ports, inland waterways. Govt initiatives,). The Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020
• Weaknesses and Failures of Indian Industrial Policies
• Make in India (Complete  analysis)
• Application of Behavioural economics
• Application of Randomized control trial 
• Sustainability of Service led growth
• SEZ
• Export growth in India
• Export-led growth vs Domestic demand-based growth
• FTA  and India
• BIT and India
• Transfer pricing and DTAA and India
• Budgeting (Outcome budgeting, Gender budgeting, Issues in budgeting procedure in India)
• India and Contracts
• Disinvestment  policy in India (Complete analysis)
• NREGA
• Universal basic income
• Power sector crisis (Draft electricity amendment bill)
• FDI in India(Issues and Trends)
• Tax reforms in India(Need for Direct tax reforms, GST reforms)
• Fiscal stimulus debate
• Structural vs cyclical slowdown in India
• Planning in India  (Issues, trends, and reforms needed)
• Coal sector reforms (FDI)
• Trafficking of Persons Bill, 2018
• Labour code 2020
• Farmers ordinance
• MSME sector in India
• Privatization of Indian railways
• Inflation targeting vs Multiple indicator approach
• E-commerce sector in India
• Pharmaceutical sector in India
• Can India replace China as the factory of the World
• New Umbrella Entities (NUEs) for retail payments.
• Issue of  GST Compensation
• Telecom sector in India
• The Production Linked Incentive Scheme
• Need for Fiscal council

250 Most Probable Topics for IAS Mains 2020 – Get enrolled here

Agriculture

• Food processing sector in India
• Agriculture marketing reforms (e-nam and latest reforms)
• PDS vs Cash transfer
• Price deficiency payment vs MSP
• Precision agriculture
• Fertilizer sector reforms in India
• Income support scheme in Agriculture
• Power subsidies in Agriculture
• Sugar industry crisis
• Rural distress farmer suicide
• Mechanization of Indian agriculture
• Doubling of Farmers income
• Issue of Agriculture credit and insurance
• Economics of Animal rearing (Poultry, fisheries (All latest revolutions, Dairy)
• Diversification of Indian agriculture
• Organic farming
• Irrigation In India – PMKSY, AIBP, Watershed Management, Neeranchan, etc
• Issue of  food subsidy
• Important  committees (Dalwai, Shanta Kumar, Swaminathan committee) 
• FCI reforms and issue of buffer stock
• Seeds, Pesticides, and Mechanization.
• Farmers ordinance
• Micro-irrigation in India

Internal Security

• Left wing extremism in India (Recent initiatives,issues,suggestions)
• Mob Lynching and Fake news
• Cyber security in India (Issues,Recent initiatives, institutional structure, reforms needed,data)
• NIA (Amendment) Bill, 2019
• Chief of Defence Staff Post
• India’s No First Use Policy
• India-China border issue
• India-Pakistan,Bangladesh  border 
• Linkage between Organized crime and terrorism
• Money laundering and its prevention (Recent initiative, International org,issues)
• Indian Army Reforms – Shekatkar Committee Report
• NCTC
• Personal Data Protection Bill
• Need for a National security policy
• Draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020
• Need for new defence doctrine

Science and Technology

• Gravitational Waves
• Artificial Intelligence
• IoT
• Blockchain Technology 
• Automation
• Net Neutrality3
• Cyber Viruses
• Plasma therapy
• Science of Covid
• Genetically Modified Crops
• Antimicrobial REsistance
• Gene Editing
• Genome India Project
• India’s Nuclear Program (Indo-US Nuclear deal)
• Scramjet Engine
• Cryogenic Technology
• Important missions of ISRO
• Mars Orbit
• Chandrayaan 1 & 2
• India’s Ballistic Missile system
• India’s intellectual property rights regime
• 5G
• Big Data and its application
• CRISPR Technology
• Digital Currency

Disaster Management

• NDMA guidelines 2010
• Urban floods
• Important Government initiatives
  • National cyclone mitigation project
  • Tsunami early warning system
  • National Seismic Risk Mitigation Programme (NSRMP)
  • National landslide risk management strategy
• National disaster management plan
• Sendai framework
• Flood management strategies in India
• Locust attacks
• Avoidable man-made  disasters (Gas leak, Building fire, train accident, Hospital infant deaths, Stampede)

250 Most Probable Topics for IAS Mains 2020 – Get enrolled here

For queries, reach out to us at +91 89299 87787 or hello@civilsdaily.com

Do you know what UPSC expects from an aspirant? Have you had a look at Pre 2020 paper? It can be taken as a watershed moment. If you feel you’re at the crossroads this is for you.

Talk to senior mentors from Civilsdaily : Click here and fill Samanvaya form for IAS 2021

The Prelims 2020 in many ways was a watershed moment for IAS aspirants. It shocked veterans and baffled the first-timers. If anything this paper has taught is that you need to adapt to the expectations of UPSC and adopt a new approach.

UPSC is changing. No more is it about isolating yourself and just doing current affairs, static, attending random classes, or reading a plethora of books. It’s time to bury the old ways for IAS preparation, for good.

We’ve had a discussion with around 2700 IAS aspirants (beginners and veterans) last month and all of them had doubts related to either sources and books or answer writing and even essays and interviews.

To borrow from the parable of ‘blind men and the elephant’ almost all of these aspirants were trying to make sense of UPSC but unable to look at the whole picture. You need to tackle that ‘elephant in the room’. Look at the holistic picture. First, understand what it stands for, what expectations do they have from you, then understand how to fulfill them, then plan and move forward.

Broadly, six factors determine your success in cracking this prestigious IAS exam and the most important being understanding the expectations of UPSC and according to that planning and strategizing; other being Learning – Knowledge and information; Analyzing – making linkages, connections, etc.; Executing and utilizing information; and Constant course correction – because mistakes are inevitable, need to rectify them asap.

But how to do that?

Talk to senior mentors from Civilsdaily: Click here and fill Samanvaya form for IAS 2021

Talk to senior mentors from Civilsdaily: Click here and fill Samanvaya form for IAS 2021

Failing to tackle any one of them, feeds into a vicious cycle. Without guidance or mentoring, understanding where the problem lies in and how to rectify it becomes problematic.

This is where our 3 tier mentoring comes in:

1. First step starts with this Samanvaya call: Once you fill in the form, our senior mentors get on a 30-40 minute call with you to understand your prep level, working/ study constraints, current strategies, and create a step by step plan for next week, next month and so on.

2. You are given access to our invite-only chat platform, Habitat where you can ask your daily doubts, discuss your test-prep questions and have real-time, live sessions on news and op-eds, and find your optional groups.

3. The third and the most personalized tier is the 1 on 1 mentor allotment who stays with you through the course of your UPSC preparation – always-on chat and on scheduled calls to help you assess, evaluate, and chart the next milestone of your IAS 2021 journey.

Let’s talk. Fill this Samanvaya form (click here)

(Civilsdaily’s mentor will call you within 24 hours.)

Who are you?

1. Working Junta? If you are preparing for IAS 2021 and working simultaneously, we can help you strategize and decipher the IAS exam and design a timetable that fits right in your hectic schedule.
2. First-time prep? If you are in the last year of college or thinking of dropping a year and preparing for IAS 2021 full time, we can help you pick the right books and craft a practical & personal strategy.

You just have to take 5 minutes out and fill this form: Samanvaya For IAS 2021

Once done, we will call you within 24 hours or so.

Here are some testimonials of our students about Samanvaya and our propriety chat interventions:

Our rankers in 2019

Samanvaya

Lectures covering 250+ most probable topics/themes (ethics case studies included), Mains Full-length test series, Mentorship, Habitat membership for Daily Answer Writing

Click here to enroll

Mains 2020 is close and time is a scarcity. Almost every aspirant was affected by Covid19 led shutdown and displacement. Preparation was disrupted on a massive scale, access to notes and material was restricted, and continuity was broken. Now, with less than 75 days left, we can’t afford to lose sight on our goal.

At this point in time studying everything is not desirable neither is it feasible. You don’t have time to read everything, segregate what is important and what’s not, make notes, cover different dimensions, and then find a way to utilize that. What you need at this point in time is efficient and organized coverage of the most relevant topics for the IAS mains exam. With QEP we aim to help you achieve all this.

What is QEP 2020?

QEP or Quality Enrichment Program is an intensive and holistic program for IAS Mains 2020 GS papers. We aim to cover 250+ most relevant and probable issues with a 360-degree view, covering all dimensions of each and every topic. Not only you’ll learn and analyze these issues but will also understand how to utilize them via Daily Answer Writing and Mains Test Series.

Why QEP?

Current affairs in the IAS mains exam must be covered from an ‘issue perspective’ and almost all of them have multiple dimensions to it, various stakeholders involved, have interconnectedness, and can be solved with a multipronged approach only. This should reflect in your answers.

QEP will help you enrich your pre-existing coverage and will add quality to it. With tests and mentorship, you will get an evaluation and necessary course correction. And we will provide daily answer writing to help you sharpen your answer writing skills and knowledge with our daily initiatives on Habitat.

Comprehensive coverage of 250+ most relevant and probable topics/themes for UPSC mains 2020

Coverage of topics/themes in QEP will have one and only one purpose – to enable you to write great answers for any question from a particular topic. You can leave your GS current affairs topic coverage to us and focus on answer writing and revising.

All relevant topics/themes will get covered within a month leaving you with ample amount of time to revise them and practice answers multiple times.

Mains FLTs 2020 – Test series

Because you need to learn and practice answer writing as well. These 12 Full-length GS mains tests are going to be a part of QEP. More details here.

One-to-one Mentorship

After every test you can reach out to your mentor to discuss your test copies, understand the nuances of answer writing, find out the mistakes that you are committing, bringing necessary course correction and closing the learning loop.

Membership to exclusive group on Habitat

You’ll be assigned to a special group on Civilsdaily’s Habitat, it’s headed by Sajal sir and other faculty from Civilsdaily. This group also membered by UPSC rankers and in-service officers to guide you.

Habitat is where everything comes together learning, doubt clearing, notes, references, mentor’s support, and a focussed community. You’re going to learn and discuss like never before.

Here you are going to participate in Daily answer writing sessions, essay discussion and writing, ethics discussion, optional discussions, etc.

That’s not all, we’ve Daily news analysis and Op-ed discussion sessions on Habitat as well. 

Program Inclusion:

1. 250+ most probable and relevant topics/themes comprehensively covered (including ethics case studies)
2. Mains essential video lectures series (50+ hours)
3. Mains FLTs 2020  – 12 tests
4. Personal Mentorship – Post-test discussion
5. Membership to the exclusive group on Habitat
6. Daily answer writing and discussion, on most probable questions (min 6 questions)

Click here to enroll

Note: It being a mentorship-driven program intake would be limited.

The program will start from the first week of November.

Should you have more queries reach out to us at: hello@civilsdaily.com or +91 8929987787

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For queries, reach out to us at +91 89299 87787 or hello@civilsdaily.com