To respected sir. In laxmikant, abolition or creation of Legislative councils in states-BY SIMPLE MAJORITY OF PARLIAMENT…but As per ur article “special majority of 2nd type…Which one is true????
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[Day5] Target Mains: Skill Enhancement Prog. IAS Mains 2016
- All questions on this series are available fore revision at – Target Mains
- The DNA (Demand and Approach) Framework for each question is updated at the end of day
Questions of the day
GS Paper I – [Economic Geography – Static + Dynamic]
“Inland waterways is a much cheaper & eco-friendly mode of transportation. Discuss the scope, advantage and limitations of Inland waterways in India.”
Read: https://www.civilsdaily.com/story/inland-waterways-converting-rivers-to-national-waterways/
Demand:
Direct question. It is asking to discuss basic requirements.
Approach:
Govt. recent project to move goods on a large scale over inland waterway to cut cost but except first five, rest have their own challenges.
- – Jalmarg Vikas Project
- – Impact on cost and environment
- – Future advantages of development
GS Paper II – [Governance – Highly Dynamic]
“The appointment of New RBI governor has been made on recommendation of Financial Sector Regulatory Appointments Search Committee (FSRASC) for the first time” Discuss.
Demand:
Impact on the system of appointment on policy making.
Approach:
- – This statement has to be discussed on the basis of pre-existing knowledge of appointment of previous RBI governor; current governor.
- – Role of committee and its importance has to be discussed in consonance with FSRASC.
GS Paper III – [Economic Development – Static + Dynamic]
“Government plan to interlink rivers has problems?” Discuss.
Demand:
Water reforms panel recently pointed out major problems. List out the problems of the same.
Approach:
- – It is a Direct question
- – First the problems have to be explained
- – Plausible solutions to be seen from the point of view of the problems.
GS Paper IV – [Dynamic]
“On Independence day yaatra, speeches, garlands, shouts and bikers ignoring helmet rule. Also, flags are seen on roads from next day onwards. One moral value is compromised at cost of ignoring the other.” Comment.
Demand:
Elaborate on – passing message to society on patriotism and taking others for granted.
Approach:
- – Role of responsible citizen
- – Understanding the importance of day and passing right message to next generation
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SO MUCH TO ACHIEVE, SO LITTLE TIME.
Hello everyone. I am preparing for CSE 2017 and it’s been roughly four months since I began my preparation. I recently joined a prestigious coaching center in Delhi for GS and Optional and I am happy with the pace at which the classes are proceeding and the quality of teaching in the classes. However, being a relatively amateur aspirant, I have my share of doubts and concerns that I’d like to share with you.
Firstly, it is the NCERTs. I covered most part of my NCERTs before my coaching began and I was fairly confident about all the major subjects. However, things changed after my classes began. Almost every teacher who teaches my batch lays special emphasis on covering all the NCERTs right from 6th to 12th. Here, I must add that I am quite confident my basics are clear in the subjects and I feel very comfortable reading the advanced level books. Still, with so much of extra attention being given to NCERTs in the class, I have started to doubt my strategy, which was to understand the basics, start with the advanced level books (if I felt comfortable, which I now do) and then in the end study the NCERTs again. Please share your views on this and let me know if you have any suggestions aor comments to make on this.
Secondly, the writing part. I have a nice command over English and have a decent vocabulary as well, still I find it very difficult to frame good answers, let alone structured answers. I know that perfection comes with practice but the thing is that I am unable to find the right start to my answer writing practice campaign because all the topics that I try to practice writing about demand a higher level of critical thinking and writing, which unfortunately I haven’t yet developed. That’s rather a very discouraging factor. Moreover it’s the time constraint. I think to begin with a dedicated answer writing practice campaign, one initially needs to devote 2-3 hours to it, which I am unable to do currently and this has led to mounting pressure on me. I fear this to get even worse soon. Kindly help me with this. -
Inspiration to tryst with destiny!
I joined Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in 2006. With an attire of khaadi kurta and pony-tail I soon got the name of “Rocky-sir” amongst students.
In 2007 August 15 I asked students to join us for a group discussion on the major problems in India and what “we” (i.e. you and me) can do towards it.
The squirrel from the Ramayana has always been one of my biggest inspirations. For those who may not know the story, in the epic Ramayana Lord Rama builds a bridge from Indian mainland to Sri Lanka. All the mighty animals from the jungle came to help the Lord.
Even a tiny squirrel did not let his size deter it and came to help. To have the maximum contribution it found a novel way. It would dip in ocean, then roll on sand and then shake off the sand on the bridge.
Pausing the story here I an just say that I have always believed that irrespective of our size we can contribute in our own ways. Few days after that group discussion one student came to meet me with a lot of his ideas.
We tried to work together on some of those which later gave rise to the Zero-Illiteracy-Zone (ZIZ) activities in the IIT where our students would teach the children from local schools over the weekends.
Long after that phase a few weeks back the same student asked me to discuss and muse over the problems of the nation and what can be done. And we had the first meeting over which we tried to discuss the major problems of the nation. And on this independence day blog I shall try to put down what I feel as the major issues in the nation right now.
One aspect we discussed was the range of welfare majors the government has been trying to take. Some tend to suggest that the government should not give anything for free. However, in a civilised society it is just inhumane to deny our own citizens the right to the bare minimum basic amenities like food and medical aid. However there are two major problems in these schemes. First of all many of these do not reach the intended sector because of corruption. And secondly many times those who get the benefit of things like free food choose not to work at all. Corruption is in lime light anyway. So we shall try to focus on the second problem of laziness. This comes when a person loses inspiration to improve his own lot.
The second biggest issue we found was “inequality” be it based on caste, religion or sex. Female foeticide and infanticide are still happening as we muse. Caste based politics and discrimination is still a big deterrent in many regions. That made me think of how things are different in South Africa and India. In SA they tend to think that the white minority is still successful because they have inherited lot of capital over generations. In India (and also in many cases in SA) the real inheritance is not money, rather heritage. Because my ancestors were of high caste, learned and respected I “believe I can do it as well”. So the actual problem we found (besides the usual age old stigma and the lack of education) was that we need to inspire people growing/living under oppressive environment that they can do it.
I do not want to tell that corruption or the lack of education is are not big problems. I just want to thrust that the real and the biggest challenge will be to “inspire” and make Indians “tryst with destiny”.
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Regarding mains writing
Sir,
Myself appeared in pre 2016 .want to attend your mains initiative.but my problem is though I opted for English as a medium of exam but I am unable to cope up with writing,lack of vocabulary,structuring of sentences is killing me.2017 will me my last chance …how to overcome this?should I start writing mains anyhow.please suggest is any homework is required before attempting question,as it seems difficult to write directly?what and how to improve ?first time i am trying my hands at mains though preparing since last three year.
Plz plz guide me sir! -
priya singh
hello, i am from hindi medium and i cant understand the hindu very well.plz tell me any the Hindu is necessary for upsc? And any other news paper for upsc?
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Ganga River Interlinking
As we know River Ganga is so polluted and it’s flowing above the danger level mark, what are some solutions to eradicate this problem?
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[Day4] Target Mains: Skill Enhancement Prog. IAS Mains 2016
Questions of the Day
GS Paper I (Indian Culture – Static)
Bring out the differences between Dyabhaga and Mitakhasa schools.Which part of public life are they related to?
Demand: Factual and direct question. Cater to the demand and stick to word limit.
Approach
Two schools of Hindu law have to be explained and their public life image.
GS Paper II (Governance – Analytical Dynamic)
Legislative is to frame, executive to execute and judiciary to interpret and protect laws. What are reasons for imbalance observed in Indian Polity?
Demand: Doctrine of checks and balances to be analysed in recent Indian context
Approach
- Definition of Doctrine
- Instances viz Keshawand Bharti , Rain Basera (work of executive), be cited
- Reasons : Country in transition,limited resources,overburdened offices
- But imbalance is checked by other organ
- NJAC striking down and criticized by other organ
GS Paper III (Economic Development – Static+Dynamic+Analytical = Once in a lifetime question Hurray 🙂 )
‘Monetary policy is like juggling six balls connected with elastics. Pulling one more impacts the other.’ Elucidate
Demand: Focus on macroeconomic parameters and it strikes right balance by RBI.
Approach
- – Write about the Credit Growth.
- – Long term Injure Reserve and Short term Injure Reserve holding,
- – Foreign reserves and it’s impact on Inflation.
- – Relevant examples and instances be cited
GS Paper IV (Dimension of Ethics in Public Life – Static+Dynamic)
Recently in a local daily, a regional activist blamed Indian politics of lacking role models post independence. Critically analyse his statement
Demand: Question wants one to analyse present political leaders in comparison to Bhagat Singh ,Lala Lajpat Rai.
Undue criticism of present day politics should not be done.
Approach
- – Political culture is world apart. Compare it.
- – Earlier fighting common enemy in Britishers but not ills of society.
- – Earlier icon /cult type culture but now moving towards issue based politics.
- – Healthy practices of politics.
- – Examples: GST Implementation
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