UPSC IAS IPS Strategy Intro2IASFive Part article series on How to approach UPSC Civil Service IAS/IPS Exam: Prelims, Mains and Interview
BooksTips on Notes-making, Standard reference books, Yojana Kurukshetra etc. Explained here
Prelim-Mains-InterviewDetailed Strategy for General Studies, science-tech, yearbook, economy, history, polity, IR-Diplomacy with booklist, free study material given here.
Mains2013Strategy, Booklist, Free Studymaterial for the upcoming Mains 2013
DoubtsBasic doubts regarding Coaching, Working professional, time Management and Non-English medium
BackupSome guidelines for adopting career backup plans incase you can't make it to UPSC
SSC CGL
GK / GAHow to approach General Awareness for Tier-I, explained here with free study material download.
MathsHow to approach Maths, Quantitative Aptitude, Trigonometry, Geometry for Tier I and II? To-the-point strategy n tips given here +free study material
ReasoningGeneral Intelligence and Logical reasoninig for Tier I of SSC-CGL exam: booklist, tips shared here.
EnglishHow to tackle vocabulary, grammar and comprehension for Tier I and II.
SBI PO
GA/Computer/Marketingstrategy booklist for approaching General Awareness, Computer, Marketing, Current Affairs in SBI PO 2013, includes free material as well!
Reasoning (High)strategy booklist for approaching Higher Level Reasoning in SBI PO 2013
English (Descriptive)strategy, free studymaterial, essay list for the SBI PO English MCQ and Descriptive paper! RBI
RBI Officer PrelimsAfter long wait, RBI has notified 98 vacancies for 2013, this article provides strategy
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Others
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CSIRStudyplan + Free study material for CSIR combined Administrative services (CASE) exam
State PSCHow to approach RAS, MPSC etc explained here
CAPFHow to become an Assistant Commandant in BSF, CISF, CRPF: strategy, booklist, free studymaterial provided here.
SPIPAFor getting admission in SPIPA, Ahmedabad, which provides free coaching for IAS exam.(Gujarat Only)
ACIOAssistant Central Intelligence Officer recruitment: booklist, strategy
UPSC tips
India Yearbookhow to efficiently utilize INDIA Yearbook for UPSC prelims, mains, interview= explained in this 6 part series article.
5 LevelsExplains five types of players in UPSC competition and why daydreamers fail in this exam.
100 DaysWhy you can't succeed with vague strategies in UPSC Prelims, explained here.
Newspaper?How to read The Hindu/Indianexpress quickly and efficiently in less than one hour for Current Affairs?, explained here.
Art of Aptitude?3 Cardinal Rules on How to approach Aptitude section in any competitive exam.
QuotesMotivational and inspirational quotes for competitive exams.
Essay Tips How *not* to write an Essay in UPSC Mains exam, explained here
IRHow to prepare India World + International relations (IR) topic, explained + free download material
StatApproach to Statistics and Graphs portion of General Studies Mains Paper II+free study material
R.T.IHow to file R.T.I application to UPSC? explained here
Analysis
CSAT'12Analysis of the GS-Prelims paper and how it broke the backs of Coaching classes.
GSM-12Analysis of the General Studies (Mains) Paper I and II of 2012 and how they (again) broke the backs of Coaching classes.
Edu Tech
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Hindu ReaderHow to use Feedly (alternative of Google Reader) to efficiently read The Hindu online, for Free+list of important RSS links for UPSC Exam!.
OneNoteLearn to use Microsoft Onenote software to organized your notes on computer, quickly and efficiently!
ArchiveMonthly Archive Index page of everything I've published so far. (In the old articles, ignore advice written before Jan 2012, because UPSC trend has changed a lot.)
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[Studyplan] Rights Issue And Public Policy: What to prepare?
A question asked by many aspirants: What to prepare for “rights issues”?
UPSC syllabus for CSAT-2012 mentions following topics for paper 1 (General studies)
Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights issues, etc.
We all know how to prepare Indian polity, but what about the rights issue in public policy? What exactly is to be prepared under these topics?
- Rights Issues And Rights Commissions
- Public policy and rights issues
- Other important "rights Issues"
- About the book Governance in India by M.Laxmikanth
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Rights issue: Chapter 10 |
Rights commissions: Chapter 11 |
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Rights of women
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Rights of children
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Rights of SC/ST
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Rights of backward classes
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Rights of minorities
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Rights of disabled persons
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Rights of older persons
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Rights of consumers
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Rights to information
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Rights to education
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National human rights commission
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National commission for women
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National commission for protection of Child rights
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National commission for SC
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National commission for ST
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National commission for backward classes
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National commission for minorities
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Central Commissioner for disabled persons
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National consumer disputes redressal commission
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Central information commission
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Given in the appendix 1 of M.Laxmikant's book: Governance in India.
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National policy on voluntary organisations
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National policy on resettlement and rehabilitation
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National policy on women
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National policy on children
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National policy on Persons with disabilities
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National policy on older persons
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National youth policy
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National policy on child labour
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National policy on disaster management
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National tribal policy
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National on open standards for e-governance
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Central social welfare board
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Citizen's Charter
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Role of civil society.
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15 point programme for minorities.
M.Laxmikanth has written this book to cover three topics with one book
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To cover the “rights issue” (as shown above). He has covered these topics in his usual style: no lengthy paragraphs just numbered bullets 1,2,3,4… thus making the exam oriented preparation easier. Although he hasn’t gone in much depth, just overview and list.
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To acquaint the Non- Public Administration candidates, with the topics of “Administration”: What is the Administrative setup at Union, state and district level. How do the departments and offices function? What is the hierarchy? + E-governance, Good-Governance and Police Administration. These are indirectly important for the exam. (P.S. Candidates with Public Administration, will find lot of overlapping with his another book “Public Administration”.)
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To cover the “Yearbook” Stuff in general studies paper one. In the appendix he has given 120 words notes for the important regulatory councils, Commission. bodies and policies. + Recommendations of 2nd ARC, 6th Pay Commission etc in numbered 1,2,3,4 list.
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Here is the structure of his book. I’m highlighting the important topics. Whether you want to read this book, or not, that’s a different issue but make sure you have prepared these topics from one source or another. Irrespective of your optional subject, following topics are important for mains + interview.
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Ministries And Departments
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Prime Minister's Office(PMO)
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Boards And Commissions
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Public Enterprises
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All India And Centre Services
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Role Of All India Services
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UPSC And SSC: Powers and function
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Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)
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Minister – Civil Servant Relationship
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Budget – Concepts And Forms.
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Formulation And Enactment Of Budget.
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Deficit Financing.
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Public Debt
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Accounts And Auditing
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Legislative, Executive, Judicial, Citizen's Control
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State Secretariat
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Chief Secretary
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Directorates
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Board Of Revenue
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Divisional Commissioner
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Regional Offices in state administration.
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District Collector
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Departmental District Officials
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Administration Below The District
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District Rural Development Agency
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Extension Act Of 1996 (Pesa)
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Urban And Rural Local Governments
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Already Given The List
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Chapter 11 Rights Commission
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Already Given The List
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Delimitation Commission Of India
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Law Commission Of India
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Central Social Welfare Board
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Northeastern Council
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Good Governance
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E-Governance
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Citizen's Charter
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Disaster Management
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Civil Society
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People's Participation
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Admin Ethics
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Public Sector Reforms
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Corporate Governance
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Role Of Union Home Ministry
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Central Police Forces
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Central Police Organization
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Central Intelligence Agencies
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Central Investigation Agencies
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State Police Administration
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City Police Administration
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Role Of Home Guards
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Civil Defense Organization
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National Security Council
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Given In The Appendix Of His Book
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13th Finance Commission
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Second Administrative Reforms Commission
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Sixth Pay Commission
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Sachar Committee Recommendations.
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Hi Mrunal Sir,
Is the Right Issue recently added in the exam?
Mruanl ,
i guess the topic "right issues" in new syllabus is related to rights of persons with disability , children's right , human rights ..
Questions like
which among the following are Rights of persons with disability/human rights according to UN Declaration of Human rights / rights of children according to children rights convention etc ….
were asked in 2010 and 2011 ….wht is the source for this kind of questions …m referring to all UN website…. is there any other source compiled at single place ?
DEAR MRUNAL
THANK YOU
sir please add date of publishing to your articles. .random surfing of articles causes confusion.. thanks. .
check the top black colored menu bar, third item: “Notes”.
sir if we want to prepare this issue??
so which book we have to buy???
Hi Mrunal, In order to prepare these things, should we buy the book by Lakshmikanth?
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