Cutoffs for UPSC CSAT-2012 Preliminary Exam Comparison of Cutoffs: 2011 vs 2012 Yep, the official cut-offs for CSAT-2012 (preliminary exam) are now available (without having to file RTI!) Because UPSC has revamped their result-PDF generating script. So now whenever [...]
Prologue Overall Final cutoffs Highest & lowest scores in written and interview Overall Vacancies Final Ranking: Scheduled Castes (SC-Non-PH) Final Ranking: Scheduled Tribes (ST) Final Ranking: Other Backward Classes (OBC-Non-PH) Final Ranking: General Category (Non-PH) Final Ranking: PH1 Final [...]
Scheduled Castes Scholarships: Higher Education (SC+ST) Protection of Civil Rights Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) Manual Scavenging 11th FYP: SC welfare 12th FYP: SC welfare goals/targets Scheduled Tribes Constitutional provisions States without ST communities PESA 1996 PESA: problems? [...]
Prologue Human Development Index (HDI) HDI=Geometric Mean HDR: last three reports HDI index 2012 Tie in HDI? Experimental Indexes #1: Inequality adjusted HDI (IHDI) #2: Gender Inequality Index? #3: Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Poverty Tendulkar vs Saxena? Saxena vs [...]
Bio Coaching Inception Information Study Momentum Hours Strategy: CSAT (Aptitude) Strategy: GS Mains 2013 Optional Subject: Sociology Optional Subject: Public Administration Optional Subject in Mains 2013? Compulsory papers Essay Previous Attempts Insecurity about “Profile” Career Backup Family and Friends [...]
Climate financing Taxation Subsidies Funds and Technology Transfers International Funds Desi Funds Market Based PAT RPO REC Cap n Trade vs Carbon Tax Green National Accounts Clean Energy challanges Nuclear Wind Power Solar Power Mock Questions Climate financing In [...]
Industries Eco-industrial parks (EIP) Steel Cement Thermal Power Vs Solar power? Coal gasification Transport Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Programme Rail freight Water-Borne Freight Public transport Green Building Codes Energy Conservation Building Code ADARSH GRIHA Sva-GRIHA Electrical appliances Bachat Lamp Yojana [...]
Prologue What is sustainable development? India and GHG India and Sustainable development National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) Solar Energy Water Agro Green India (forest) Habitat Knowledge Himalayan Ecosystem Hill Areas Hill areas: challenges and solutions Sustainable Agriculture [...]
3 COPS under UNFCC 17th COP, Durban (2011)? 18th COP Doha (2012) Outcomes? Kyoto extended Agreement for 2020 Misc outcomes in DOHACOP11 1.Gender balance, 2.Vulnerable junta 3.LDCs, 4.Web registry 5.PR, 6.Forestry 7.Capture n Store, 8.Tech transfer 9.Fallout Problem/Challenges @DohaCOP18 [...]
Intro COP Conferences under CBD India and CBD COP11(HYDCBD): Outcomes/ Agreements #1: CASH #2: Ocean #3 Online forum #4: Bushmeat #5: Champions and their pledges #6: Nagoya Ratification #7:Misc Intro When it comes to environment protection, climate change, wildlife [...]
Bio Coaching Inception Information Momentum Hours Strategy: CSAT (Aptitude) Strategy: General studies Mains 2013 Optional Subject #1 (Geography) Optional Subject #2 (Sociology) Optional Subject in Mains 2013? Compulsory papers Essay Previous Attempts Insecurity about “Profile” Backup Family and Friends [...]
Electricity The Electricity Act,2003 Central Electricity Authority (CEA), PSU under Power Ministry Statutory bodies under Power Ministry Ultra Mega Power Project Initiatives National Grid Nuke Sites in India Hydropower North-East: power problems Rural Electrification RGGVY Private sector participation Finance [...]
Prologue Infra India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) Elasticity of energy use Consumption pattern Energy Pricing Petroleum products pricing Gas pricing Coal Pricing Coal Sector Types of Coal Peat Lignite / Brown coal Bituminous/ Black-Coal Anthracite / hard coal [...]