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  • [pib] International Hydropower Association (IHA)

    NHPC’s 510 MW Teesta-V Power Station located in the Himalayan State of Sikkim has been conferred with the prestigious Blue Planet Prize by International Hydropower Association (IHA).

    Teesta-V Power Station

    • The power station has been built, owned and being operated by NHPC.
    • The award has been conferred for its sustainability assessment undertaken by Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP) of IHA.

    About IHA

    • IHA is a London based non-profit membership association operating in 120 countries.
    • The IHA membership includes leading hydropower owners and operators, developers, designers, suppliers and consultants.
    • The IHA Blue Planet Prize is awarded to hydropower projects that demonstrate excellence in sustainable development.
    • The Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP) is the leading international tool for measuring the sustainability of hydropower projects.
    • It offers a way to benchmark the performance of a hydropower project against a comprehensive range of environmental, social, technical and governance criteria.

    Back2Basics: Teesta River

    • Teesta River is a 414 km long river that rises in the Pauhunri Mountain of eastern Himalayas, flows through the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal through Bangladesh and enters the Bay of Bengal.
    • It drains an area of 12,540 sq km.
    • In India, it flows through North Sikkim, East Sikkim, Pakyong District, Kalimpong district, Darjeeling District, Jalpaiguri District, Cooch Behar districts and the cities of Rangpo, Jalpaiguri and Mekhliganj.
    • It joins River Brahmaputra at Fulchhari in Bangladesh. 315 km portion of the river lies in India and rest in Bangladesh.
    • Teesta is the largest river of Sikkim and the second largest river of West Bengal after Ganges.

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  • 24th September 2021 | Prelims Daily with Previous Year Questions

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  • Learn the intricacies of Modern History with Asif sir, a serving officer | Free webinar for UPSC aspirants

    Learn the intricacies of Modern History with Asif sir, a serving officer | Free webinar for UPSC aspirants

    Dear aspirants,

    Almost every year UPSC is consistently asking for quite a significant number of questions from Modern History – Preliminary and Main Exam. Modern History is a very complicated subject and there is a lot of confusion as to how this subject is to be prepared. This Webinar has very clear objectives to streamline your preparation in this subject if you have just started it and to give you the direction if you are going to start it now.

    Register here for the free webinar with Asif sir

    It is extremely important to cover modern history as more than 17 questions can come from this subject.

    Webinar offers:

    The contour of the syllabus: Which sections of the syllabus need to be read intensively and which part requires summary reading.

    Source: It includes what to read and in what sequencing as without that one may continue reading history without any significant increment in the output.

    Process Orientation: Methodology to study for prelims and what kind of approach is required for mains.

    Answer Writing: Outlining the importance and approach of answer writing, especially in the mains. 

    The webinar will also have a Q&A session for specific queries.

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    This live webinar is going to be one of the best ways to start or rejuvenate your preparation in this subject. 

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    The webinar is absolutely free. 

    Date: 26/9/2021 (Sunday)

    Time: 7 P.M.

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    Asif sir is a serving officer and cleared the UP PSC exam.

  • [Sansad TV ] India and Persian Gulf Region

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    The Indian Air Force is a few months back has participated for the first time in Exercise Desert Flag-VI in UAE along with air forces of the United Arab Emirates, United States of America, France, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Bahrain.

    In this article, we will discuss and analyze various aspects of the strategic significance of the Persian Gulf Region for India.

    Context

    India’s relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, especially Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have witnessed a significant upswing since 2015, across the areas of trade, investments, counter-terrorism, and security cooperation.

    Regional and international developments, including the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS), China’s growing regional footprint, as well as heightened tensions over Iran’s nuclear program, also contributed to amplifying the importance of the GCC states in India’s foreign policy calculus.

    Persian Gulf: A backgrounder

    • Persian Gulf also called Arabian Gulf is a shallow marginal sea of the Indian Ocean that lies between the Arabian Peninsula and southwestern Iran.
    • It is bordered on the north, northeast, and east by Iran; on the southeast and south by part of Oman and by the United Arab Emirates; on the southwest and west by Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia; and on the northwest by Kuwait and Iraq.
    • The Shatt al-Arab river delta forms the northwest shoreline.

    Global fossil fuel depot

    • The Persian Gulf and its coastal areas are the world’s largest single source of petroleum, and related industries dominate the region. ‘
    • Safaniya Oil Field in Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest offshore oilfield, is located in the Persian Gulf.

    Conflicts in the Gulf

    • The Persian Gulf is a relatively constricted geographic area of great existing or potential volatility.
    • The smaller states of the gulf are particularly vulnerable, having limited indigenous populations and, in most cases, armed forces with little more than symbolic value to defend their countries against aggression.
    • All of them lack strategic depth, and their economies and oil industries depend on access to the sea.

    Various threats

    • Over the last decade, the Gulf has been in ferment — the fall of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt in the wake of the Arab Spring in 2011 deprived Saudi Arabia of its security partner and created in the kingdom a deep sense of strategic vulnerability.
    • It saw in Iran a hegemonic player in regional affairs and opted to challenge the expansion of Iran’s presence on a sectarian basis in the region that it considered its zone of exclusive influence.
    • This set up proxy conflicts between the two Islamic neighbours in Syria, Yemen and Iraq.

    What is the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)?

    • The GCC is a regional, intergovernmental political and economic union that consists of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
    • The Charter of the GCC was signed on 25 May 1981, formally establishing the institution.

    India-GCC engagement

    • The significant presence of the Indian community in the Gulf countries over the last 40 years and the role of Indian enterprises in the development of the region have taken place in the framework of important changes in bilateral political and economic relations.
    • The GCC countries also became India’s principal trade and investment partners.
    • The Gulf is an integral part of India’s ‘extended neighbourhood’, both by way of geographical proximity and as an area of expanded interests and growing Indian influence.

    Diplomatic Relations

    • The governments of the GCC members are India-friendly and Indian-friendly.
    • Many GCC members have outrightly ignored Pakistan’s foul cries regarding Kashmir in the OIC.
    • The Prime Minister of India has received the ‘Order of Zayed’, the highest civilian order of the UAE and the ‘King Hamad Order of the Renaissance’, the third-highest civilian order of Bahrain.

    Economic Relations

    • The GCC states are among India’s key suppliers of energy, and annual remittances from Indians in these countries are worth an estimated USD 4.8 billion.
    • The UAE and Saudi Arabia are India’s third and fourth-largest trading partners respectively and the total bilateral trade of the GCC countries with India for the year 2018-19 stood at USD 121.34 billion.
    • UAE also features in the top 10 sources of FDI inflows into India.

    Security Relations

    • Both India and the GCC are members of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
    • Apart from the participation of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, and others in India’s mega multilateral Milan Exercise, India also has bilateral exercises with most of them.

    Cultural relations

    • India’s relations with the peoples of the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula go back several millennia when Indian sailors, merchants, intellectuals and men of faith traversed the waters of the Indian Ocean, exchanging navigation skills, goods, ideas and belief systems.
    • They thus enriched each other materially and spiritually and created a shared ethos that endures to this day.

    India and Iran

    • India has always shared a friendly relationship with Iran.
    • But the India-Iran relation faces one of the most complex phases at all times due to the USA’s pressure which has politico-economic impacts.
    • In May 2018, the USA abandoned the nuclear deal and reinstated economic sanctions against Iran.

    Qatar Crisis and India

    • Qatar’s has connections with various terrorist and sectarian groups aimed at destabilising the region including the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and groups supported by Iran.
    • Such developments are likely to have significant implications for India, given that its citizens make up the largest expatriate group in the region.

    India’s importance to the Gulf

    • India has acquired a large and rewarding regional footprint, particularly as the preferred source of manpower, food products, pharmaceuticals, gem and jewellery, light engineering items, etc.
    • Indians are also the biggest stakeholders in Dubai’s real estate, tourism and Free Economic Zones.
    • Indian interests do not entail power projection but necessitate peace and regional stability. India has always avoided involvement in local or regional disputes in the region.

    India’s interests in the Gulf

    • There are around seven million people of Indian origin working in the Middle East. Security and stability in the region is hence of paramount importance for India.
    • Further, the Indian diaspora in the region remits around USD 40 billion a year.
    • These funds are immensely valuable as they help India manage its current account deficit. Energy is another critical area of engagement.
    • A fifth of India’s oil, and about 65 per cent of gas imports, comes from countries of the Middle East including Iran, Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and others.

    Future of Cooperation

    • Economic recovery after the pandemic and the building of ties on fresh bases will need to take into account that the pandemic has accelerated many of the trends in the world economy that were at nascent stage earlier.
    • These are a shift in favour of clean energy, digitisation and the attendant need for skilled manpower, and the paramount importance of connectivity, both physical, to explore new trade links, and digital, to shape new regional value chains.
    • Water conservation can be a new area for cooperation between India and the GCC countries to sustain a better quality of life over the long-term, given that both regions are facing water stress.
    • Food security is also a priority concern for all GCC nations, with the countries being particularly anxious about supply disruptions due to market or political volatilities.
    • Given India’s huge fruit and vegetable produce and vast quantities that are wasted due to poor storage, the food processing sector has the greatest potential for GCC-India cooperation, especially investments.

    Conclusion

    • Given the five millennia-old narrative of engagement that has defined India’s links with the Gulf, the pandemic has opened opportunities to reinvent our connections on new bases, as we have been doing over several centuries.
    • There will be a clear synergy in India and the GCC countries consolidating their traditional areas of cooperation — energy, trade and investment.
    • This will need adopting of an integrated and cohesive approach, backed by institutional support, to develop ties in the diverse areas set out above — renewables, water conservation, food security, digital technology and skills development.

  • Streak Daily Compilation of Questions & Videos – Sep 23, 2021

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    UPSC PRELIMS-2021 || Current Affairs Based Most Probable Questions on Geography – by Sukanya Rana

    Q1) Which of the following African countries fall within the Sahel Region?
    Senegal
    Mauritania
    Cameroon
    Egypt
    Ethiopia
    Kenya

    Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
    a. 1, 2,3 4 only
    b. 2,4,5,6 only
    c. 1,2,3,5 only
    d. All of the above

    Q2) Which of the following is not located in the state of Sikkim?
    Nathu La
    Gurudongmar Lake
    Mt. Khangchendzonga
    Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary

    Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
    a. 4 only
    b. 2 and 4 only
    c. 2, 3 and 4 only
    d. None of the above

    Q3) Consider the following statements with respect Polar Wandering
    It means migration of the magnetic poles over Earth’s surface through geologic time.
    True polar wandering represents the shift in the geographical poles relative to Earth’s surface, after accounting for the motion of the tectonic plates.

    Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
    a. 1 only
    b. 2 only
    c. Both 1 and 2
    d. Neither 1 nor 2

    Q4) Identify the pseudo volcanic feature/s from the following.
    Salt plug
    Meteorite craters
    Mud-volcanoes

    Select the correct option:
    a. 1 and 2 only
    b. 2 and 3 only
    c. 1 and 3 only
    d. All the above

  • Inflation in India

    Context

    Inflation for the last four months has been worryingly high. This is happening at a time when demand has been down, unemployment has been high, many have lost incomes and poverty has aggravated.

    Issues with the recent inflation data

    • The shock of lockdowns not only made data collection difficult but the consumption basket for calculating CPI should have been changed.
    • Issue with the base: In April and May 2020, data on production and prices could not be collected due to the strict lockdown.
    • As such, the official inflation figures for these months in 2021 do not reflect the true picture.
    • For calculating inflation, a single number is arrived at by assigning weights to different commodities and services.
    • Issue due to different consumption baskets: For WPI, the weights in production are used; for CPI, the consumption basket is used.
    • The consumption basket is vastly different for the poor, the middle classes, and the rich.
    • Hence, the CPI is different for each of these classes and a composite index requires averaging the baskets.
    • So, in a sense, it represents none of the categories.
    • Changed consumption pattern: During lockdown and unlock in 2020, people largely consumed essentials.
    •  RBI data show that consumer confidence fell drastically from 105 in January 2020 to 55.5 by January 2021.
    • While the consumption pattern of the well-off sections may have changed little, the poor and middle classes, especially those who lost jobs and incomes, would have had to cut back on their consumption.
    • Thus, the weights in the CPI would have changed and inflation required recalculation, but this has not been done.
    • Under-representation of services: Inflation data under-represents services in the consumption basket.
    • In production, services are about 55% of the GDP but have no representation in WPI and about 40% in CPI.
    • Increased health and education cost not captured: Health costs and education costs shot up during the pandemic, but this is not captured in inflation figures.
    • Many services were not used. Eating out and travel, for instance, should have been factored out.

    Impact of the inflation

    • If the income does not increase in proportion to inflation, for the middle classes, both consumption of less essential items and savings get reduced.
    • But the poor, who hardly save, have to curtail essential consumption.
    • Decline in demand: In India, 94% work in the unorganised sector and mostly earn low incomes and have little savings.
    • By definition, they cannot bargain for higher incomes as prices rise, further, due to lockdowns, the wages of many declined, both in the unorganised and organised sectors.
    • Consequently, demand has declined not only for non-essentials but even for essentials.
    • Impact on employment generation: In a vicious cycle, this is slowing down economic recovery and employment generation.
    •  Further, this impacts the government’s revenues and tends to increase the budgetary deficit.
    • This puts pressure on the government to cut back budgetary expenditures, especially on the social sector.
    • That aggravates poverty and reduces demand further.

    Factors leading to inflation

    • Tax on fuels: Increase in tax on fuel push up the prices of all goods and services.
    • This is an indirect tax, it is regressive and impacts the poor disproportionately more.
    • It also makes the RBI’s task of controlling inflation difficult.
    • Supply bottlenecks: The lockdowns disrupted supplies and that added to shortages and price rise.
    • Prices of medicines and medical equipment rose dramatically.
    • Prices of items of day-to-day consumption also rose.
    • International factors: Most major economies have recovered and demand for inputs has increased while supplies have remained disrupted (like chips for automobiles).

    Consider the question “What are the issues with measurement of inflation data in India? How inflation in times of low demand and reduced incomes leads to a vicious cycle?”

    Conclusion

    The current official inflation rate does not correctly measure price rise since the lockdown administered a shock to the economy. The method of calculating it needed modification.

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  • Is the fear of failure making you inconsistent?| Learn how to fight your fears and you will succeed!

    Is the fear of failure making you inconsistent?| Learn how to fight your fears and you will succeed!

    I feel scared because I am not able to complete my syllabus!

    I am afraid that even with all my efforts, I will fail the exam.

    What will happen if I can’t manage my time well?

    I don’t know how to plan my studies and I am afraid I will fail!

    I feel anxious because there is so much to study but so little time!

    Do these thoughts come to your mind often? We have spoken to over 8,000 UPSC aspirants in the last 3 years and most of them said that they were extremely scared of failing! This fear of failure becomes so dominant that they become nervous, anxious, and cannot concentrate on their studies. And this might be true for you too!

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    4. Financial pressure – A large number of students feel overwhelmed by the financial pressure. The study materials are expensive, the coaching institutes charge a lot, they have to manage living in different cities to study, etc. But, what if you had a dedicated mentor who provided you only the most important study material and coached you throughout the year? All you need is one mentor who knows how to guide you and fixed study material. Your financial burden will reduce drastically after that.
    5. Time management for working professionals – Working professionals often do not find sufficient time to study. The work pressure, office timings, and other responsibilities often keep them busy. With so little time, they often feel scared that they won’t be able to complete the syllabus. But, this is not something you should be scared of. You just need 3 things: A fixed study plan based on your schedule, a fixed study material that you can revise often, and a guide who keeps you motivated and on track. With just a little help, you can overcome this problem easily.
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  • 23rd Sept 2021 | Current Affairs Test 9

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  • National Parks, Biosphere Reserves, Wildlife Sanctuaries in India

    23th Sept 2021

     

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    NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES IN INDIA

    NATIONAL PARKSSTATES
    Papikonda National ParkAndhra Pradesh
    Rajiv Gandhi National ParkAndhra Pradesh
    Lanjamadugu Wildlife SanctuaryAndhra Pradesh
    Namdapha National ParkArunachal Pradesh
    Dibang Wildlife SanctuaryArunachal Pradesh
    Manas National Park (UNESCO)Assam
    Nameri National ParkAssam
    Rajiv Gandhi Orang National ParkAssam
    Kaziranga National Park (UNESCO)Assam
    Dibru Sai Khowa National ParkAssam
    Gautam Budha Wildlife SanctuaryBihar
    Valmild National ParkBihar
    Rajgir Wildlife SanctuaryBihar
    Indravati National ParkChhattisgarh
    Achanakmar Wildlife SanctuaryChhattisgarh
    Kanger Valley National ParkChhattisgarh
    Tamor Pingla Wildlife SanctuaryChhattisgarh
    Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay) National ParkChhattisgarh
    Gomarda Wildlife SanctuaryChhattisgarh
    Bhagwan Mahavir National ParkGoa
    Vansda National ParkGujarat
    Kutch Desert Wildlife SanctuaryGujarat
    Indian Wild Ass SanctuaryGujarat
    Marine National Park (First Marine National Park)Gujarat
    Black Buck National ParkGujarat
    Gir Forest National ParkGujarat
    Kalesar National ParkHaryana
    Sultanpur National ParkHaryana
    Lippa Asrang Wildlife SanctuaryHimachal Pradesh
    Tundah Wildlife SanctuaryHimachal Pradesh
    Inderkilla National ParkHimachal Pradesh
    Great Himalayan National ParkHimachal Pradesh
    Pin Valley National ParkHimachal Pradesh
    Khirganga National ParkHimachal Pradesh
    Simbalbara National ParkHimachal Pradesh
    Sechu Tuan Nala Wildlife SanctuaryHimachal Pradesh
    Salim All National ParkJammu & Kashmir
    Kishtwar National ParkJammu & Kashmir
    Hemis National Park (Largest in Area)Jammu & Kashmir
    Changtang Wildlife SanctuaryJammu & Kashmir
    Dachigam National ParkJammu & Kashmir
    Kara Koram Wildlife SanctuaryJammu & Kashmir
    Hirpora Wildlife SanctuaryJammu & Kashmir
    Lachipora Wildlife SanctuaryJammu & Kashmir
    Betla National ParkJharkhand
    Hazaribagh National ParkJharkhand
    Lawalong Wildlife SanctuaryJharkhand
    Nagarhole National ParkKarnataka
    Cauvery Wildlife SanctuaryKarnataka
    Kudremukh National ParkKarnataka
    Bannerghatta National ParkKarnataka
    Bandipur National ParkKarnataka
    Arabithittu Wildlife SanctuaryKarnataka
    Nugu Wildlife SanctuaryKarnataka
    Pushpagiri Wildlife SanctuaryKarnataka
    Chinnar Wild Life SanctuaryKerala
    Idukki Wildlife SanctuaryKerala
    Periyar National ParkKerala
    Silent Valley National ParkKerala
    Eravikulam National ParkKerala
    Parambikulam Wildlife SanctuaryKerala
    Malabar Wildlife SanctuaryKerala
    Anamudi Shola National ParkKerala
    Pampadum Shola National ParkKerala
    Pench National ParkMadhya Pradesh
    Bandhavgarh National Park (Highest Numbers of Tigers)Madhya Pradesh
    Kanha National ParkMadhya Pradesh
    Madhav National ParkMadhya Pradesh
    Panna National ParkMadhya Pradesh
    Satpura National ParkMadhya Pradesh
    Van Vihar National ParkMadhya Pradesh
    Gandhi Sagar SanctuaryMadhya Pradesh
    National Chambal SanctuaryMadhya Pradesh
    Mandla Plant Fossils National ParkMadhya Pradesh
    Pachmari Wildlife SanctuaryMadhya Pradesh
    Phen Wildlife SanctuaryMadhya Pradesh
    Ratapani Tiger ReserveMadhya Pradesh
    Sanjay National ParkMadhya Pradesh
    Chandoli National ParkMaharashtra
    Gugamal National ParkMaharashtra
    Sanjay Gandhi (Borivilli) National ParkMaharashtra
    Koyna Wildlife SanctuaryMaharashtra
    Navegaon National ParkMaharashtra
    Tadoba National ParkMaharashtra
    Dhakna Kolkaz Wildlife SanctuaryMaharashtra
    Phansad Wildlife SanctuaryMaharashtra
    Wain Ganga Wildlife SanctuaryMaharashtra
    Keibul Lamjao National ParkManipur
    Yagoupokpi Lokchao Wildlife SanctuaryManipur
    Nokrek National ParkMeghalaya
    Nongkhyllem Wildlife SanctuaryMeghalaya
    Balphakram National ParkMeghalaya
    Khawnglung Wildlife SanctuaryMizoram
    Murlen National ParkMizoram
    Ngengpui Wildlife SanctuaryMizoram
    Phawngpui Blue Mountain National ParkMizoram
    Pulebarze Wildlife SanctuaryNagaland
    Intanki National ParkNagaland
    Simplipal National ParkOrissa
    Chilka Wild Life SanctuaryOrissa
    Baisipalli Wildlife SanctuaryOrissa
    Bhitarkanika National ParkOrissa
    Debrigarh Wildlife SanctuaryOrissa
    Kuldiha Wildlife SanctuaryOrissa
    Ranthambore National ParkRajasthan
    Sariska National ParkRajasthan
    First National Park in the world, which was successfully adapted by Royal Bengal Tiger] 
    Darrah National ParkRajasthan
    Desert National ParkRajasthan
    Keoladeo National Park (UNESCO)Rajasthan
    Mount Abu Wildlife SanctuaryRajasthan
    Jawaharsagar Wildlife SanctuaryRajasthan
    Phulwari Wildlife SanctuaryRajasthan
     Keladevi Wildlife SanctuaryRajasthan
    Fambonglho Wildlife SanctuarySikkim
    Khangchendzonga National ParkSikkim
    Kyongnosla Alpine SanctuarySikkim
    Pangolakha Wildlife SanctuarySikkim
    Shingba Rhododendron SanctuarySikkim
    Mukurthi National ParkTamilnadu
    Shenbagathoppu Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife SanctuaryTamilnadu
    Satyamanglam wild Life SanctuaryTamilnadu
    Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National ParkTamilnadu
    Guindy National ParkTamilnadu
    Mudumalai National ParkTamilnadu
    Vettangundi Wildlife SanctuaryTamilnadu
    Gulf of Mannar Marine National ParkTamilnadu
    Mrugavani National ParkTelangana
    Sipahijola Wildlife SanctuaryTripura
    Bisan (Rajbari) National ParkTripura
    Gumti Wildlife SanctuaryTripura
    Clouded Leopard National ParkTripura
    Chandra Prabha Wildlife SanctuaryUttar Pradesh
    Dudhwa National ParkUttar Pradesh
    Ranipur SanctuaryUttar Pradesh
    Rajaji National ParkUttarakhand
    Gangotri National ParkUttarakhand
    Nanda Devi National Park (UNESCO)Uttarakhand
    Jim Corbett National Park (Oldest Park)Uttarakhand
    Valley of Flowers National Park (UNESCO)Uttarakhand
    Askot Musk Deer SanctuaryUttarakhand
    Govind Pashu ViharUttarakhand
    Kedarnath Wildlife SanctuaryUttarakhand
    Sundarbans National ParkWest Bengal
    Gorumara National ParkWest Bengal
    Buxa National ParkWest Bengal
    Jaldapara National ParkWest Bengal
    Neora Valley National ParkWest Bengal
    Singalila National ParkWest Bengal
    Mahatma Gandhi Marine National ParkAndaman & Nicobar Islands
    Rani Jhansi Marine National ParkAndaman & Nicobar Islands
    Saddle Peak National ParkAndaman & Nicobar Islands
    Middle Button Island National ParkAndaman & Nicobar Islands
    South Button Island National ParkAndaman &Nicobar Islands
    Mount Harriet National ParkAndaman &Nicobar Islands
    North Button Island National ParkAndaman & Nicobar Islands
    Campbell Bay National ParkAndaman & Nicobar Islands
    Galathea National ParkAndaman & Nicobar Islands

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  • Is your fear of failure is stopping you from cracking the UPSC exam? | Learn how to fight your fears and you will succeed!

    Is your fear of failure is stopping you from cracking the UPSC exam? | Learn how to fight your fears and you will succeed!

    I feel scared because I am not able to complete my syllabus!

    I am afraid that even with all my efforts, I will fail the exam.

    What will happen if I can’t manage my time well?

    I don’t know how to plan my studies and I am afraid I will fail!

    I feel anxious because there is so much to study but so little time!

    Do these thoughts come to your mind often? We have spoken to over 8,000 UPSC aspirants in the last 3 years and most of them said that they were extremely scared of failing! This fear of failure becomes so dominant that they become nervous, anxious, and cannot concentrate on their studies. And this might be true for you too!

    Remember: Fear of failure is just in your mind. You can learn how to remove it and YOU CAN remove it!

    This is what most of the students said when we talked about their fear of failure:

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    1. High competition – Over 10 lakh aspirants prepare for the exam but there are less than 1000 vacancies. Yes, it’s true that the competition is tough but this should not make you scared. Why? Because this exam is more about strategy and handwork than talent. If you have the right strategy and the right guidance, there is no force in the world that can stop you from succeeding!
    2. Vast syllabus – Coping with the syllabus is the scariest thing for the aspirants. There’s just too much to study, isn’t there? But the fact is that the you DON’T have to read everything! It is important that first you learn what to study and what not to study. This reduces your syllabus load by more than 30%. The moment you do this, you already have an advantage over other candidates. You get more time to study less and revise more.
    3. Competing with the top talents – Most aspirants fear that they are competing with IITians, people from IIM, doctors, etc. They fear that they do not have the talent to succeed. But if you analyse the syllabus, read only the most focused study material, and remain consistent, you have every opportunity to crack this exam. Remember, a good plan with execution is the key to success.
    4. Financial pressure – A large number of students feel overwhelmed by the financial pressure. The study materials are expensive, the coaching institutes charge a lot, they have to manage living in different cities to study, etc. But, what if you had a dedicated mentor who provided you only the most important study material and coached you throughout the year? All you need is one mentor who knows how to guide you and fixed study material. Your financial burden will reduce drastically after that.
    5. Time management for working professionals – Working professionals often do not find sufficient time to study. The work pressure, office timings, and other responsibilities often keep them busy. With so little time, they often feel scared that they won’t be able to complete the syllabus. But, this is not something you should be scared of. You just need 3 things: A fixed study plan based on your schedule, a fixed study material that you can revise often, and a guide who keeps you motivated and on track. With just a little help, you can overcome this problem easily.
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    Every fear you have can be solved. Everything that scares you can be handled. And everything that makes you anxious can be resolved. YOU CAN LEARN to fight your fears and if you feel that you need help and guidance you can speak with our mentors anytime. 

    Do not be afraid, don’t fear failing, our mentors can talk to you and teach you how to manage your anxiety. For practical solutions, just fill this form and our mentors will get in touch with you to help you FIGHT your FEAR so that you can become an IAS officer.

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