This year UPSC had combined the prelims for Civil Service Exam (CSE) and Indian Forest service exam (IFoS). But their mains were kept separate. IFoS has a combined question paper cum answer sheet (like UPSC plans to do for [...]
Prologue Functions of Pension department Pensioners' Portal Functions of DoPT Recruitment /Appointment boards Recruiting agency vs Personnel agency Reservation in recruitment Training Administrative Vigilance UNCAC Integrity Pact Stability of Tenure Commercial Employment RTI related work Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) [...]
Prologue Functions of department Administrative Reforms Sevottam Service Delivery National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) E-Office CPGRAM: Online Redressal Governance Knowledge Centre National E-Governance Conference Record Retention Schedule (RTI) Misc. Functions of DARPG e-Sugam Aarogyam Awards/conferences United Nations Public Service Awards [...]
Prologue No. of entries received Goodwill Contributions Top-12 3-Winners Top-25 Top-44 Other Notable Entries Rejected entries Download ZIP file Prologue A writing competition was held in September. (Last date to submit was 25th September 2013) All good entries combined [...]
Prologue Edible oil: Scope-Significance Edible oil: Location Upstream issues #1: Low supply of oilseed #2: Oil palm cultivation #3: Improve yields per hectare #4: Rice Bran #5: Tree borne oilseeds (TBO) @processing level Downstream issues #1: Tax Uncertainty #2: [...]
Prologue Tea: Scope Significance Tea Supply Chain: Upstream Tea Supply Chain: Downstream Tea Board of India Coffee: Scope/Significance Coffee Supply Chain: Upstream issues Coffee Supply Chain: Downstream Coffee Board of India Mock Questions Prologue Although I had planned this [...]
Here is the latest (official) update on SSC CGL 2013 Tier II exam: Yes, It will be held on 28th and 29th September, 2013 as per schedule. Hon’ble Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi in MA 2508/2013 in [...]
Prologue Essay-ish / Abstract Questions Ethics Case Studies / Role playing Questions Disobeying an informal order Returning unspent money Misleading for good purpose Private matter of Public employee? Political neutrality Political neutrality Part.2 Salary hike vs Team spirit Holding [...]
SSC CGL being held in 2014? SSC CGL 2015? SSC CGL being held in 2014? Since last few months, there had been fears, apprehensions and rumors that SSC CGL will not be held in 2014 because of "model code [...]
Prologue Poultry: Scope/significance Locations- Poultry Business Poultry Supply chain & Backward Integration Poultry@Upstream Maize (Poultry-Feed) Avian Influenza Contract Farming @Processing @Downstream Poultry Hygiene Taxation and Smuggling Export Demand Govt. schemes for poultry #1: Poultry Development Scheme #2: Poultry Venture [...]
Few weeks back, UPSC had uploaded Ethics case study sample questions for the GS paper IV click me. Continuing on that line, here are some more sample questions on "ethics". Although this article itself is full of not-so-ethical-behavior, because I [...]
Prologue Fisheries: Scope/significance EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone Fish Supply chain Saltwater@Upstream Freshwater@Upstream Aquaculture@upstream Shrimp-farming@Upstream @Processing @Downstream Government Policies/Schemes Comprehensive Marine Fishing Policy, 2004 National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) Government Schemes Fishermen Welfare Scheme International Support State governments Mock [...]
Prologue Scope-Significance of Dairy Sector Location: Dairy cooperatives Milk Supply Chain: Upstream Issues Low productivity of milch animals #1: Veterinary problems #2: Breeding issues #3: Fodder problems Azolla fern Milk Quality Milk Supply Chain: Processing Issues Regional imbalance Anand/Amul [...]