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UPSC Civil Services Exam 2016 Notification is out!

 The notification which is much awaited! UPSC has published the notification for Civil Services Exam 2016, popularly known as ‘IAS exam’. The Civil Services Exam(CSE) notification starts the exam cycle, which is almost 1 year long. As of now, applications are invited for the first stage, ie Preliminary Exam....

PARYATAK MITRA

It will target college-going students including those enrolled with the NCC& NSS, in the age group of 18-28 years. Each course will be of 10 days duration. The programme will be implemented by the Indian Institute of Tourism & Travel Management, first at destinations identified under the PRASAD scheme of the Ministry of Tourism.

Disabled student and SSA

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Disabled students and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan SSA Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) ensures that every child with Special Needs (CWSN), irrespective of the kind, category and degree of disability, is provided meaningful and quality education. Hence, SSA has adopted a zero rejection policy. This means that no child having special needs should be deprived of the right to education and they should be taught in an environment, which is best suited to his/her learning needs. Under SSA, out of the total of 31.49 lakhs CWSN identified, 26.93 lakhs CWSN are enrolled in schools

GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISION OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

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GEOGRAPHICAL   DIVISION OF JAMMU KASHMIR  Where is Jammu and Kashmir? What are its physical division of Jammu and Kashmir? All your query will be answered here. ;) Jammu Kashmir is the northern most state of India. It is located between latitude 32’.15’ north and 37’5’ north, longitude 72’.35’east and 80’.20’ east. It is one of the disputed territory between india and Pakistan, making it very sensitive, politically, jammu and Kashmir is under India, Pakistan and china.   Jammu Kashmir is surrounded by Pakistan (azad Kashmir and Gilgit) to east, china to the west, Afghanistan in north, and in south it share boundary with Indian mainland. Punjab and Himachal Pradesh are Indian state which share boundary with it, the Ravi river form a rough boundary between jammu Kashmir and other two states. Jammu and Kashmir was one of the princely state under British India, before independence, after the treaty of Amritsar between maharaja Gulab Singh and britishers, and by that treaty, Ra

BEST IAS COACHING IN DELHI

Every one want to study in best coaching center, but every aspirant face acute dilemma of choice. there are many IAS CSE coaching centers in Delhi .  there are some institutions with high success rate ,and here is the list of those coaching institutes that can guide teach and train for  CSE exam. Vajiram & Ravi-          Old Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi – 110009. ALS IAS -                   Mukherjee nagar near batra cinema, New Delhi – 110009. SRIRAM IAS -            GTB nagar and Old Rajinder Nagar. Chanakya IAS -            Outram Lane / Mukherjee nagar, New Delhi – 110009. Drishti IAS-                   Mukherjee nagar in next article, we will post their respective fees structure too.

IAS overview

Marks scoring and evaluation of CSAT : There were two parts of the IAS prelims paper. Paper 1 consisted of questions of General Studies (GS). CSAT paper 2 had questions to test the general aptitude of candidate. Both the papers had multiple choice questions and were of two hours each. It was declared last year by UPSC that marks of English Comprehension section in CSAT paper 2 will not be considered. This section did not have Hindi translation available, and to maintain uniformity will be discarded. Thus, the maximum marks of CSAT paper 1 is 200. Marks of CSAT paper 2 will be 200 minus the marks for english comprehension questions. The questions also carry negative marks for incorrect answer. Total number of UPSC IAS applicants 9,45,908 Total candidates that appeared for the IAS prelims exam 4,65,882 Qualified for written test 15,037 (approx) for IAS Mains and 11,272 (approx) for IFS Mains Shortlisted for personality test (To be announced) Last year 3308

Banking terms CRR SLR REPO BANK RATE

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Here we will try to make you understand about these banking terms,which are frequently used and we find them little confusing, lets enter the world of banking! LAF LIQUIDITY ADJUSTMENT FACILITY, this is term of monitory policy, this is used by central bank (RBI) to help and assist banks, by two ways Repo Rate and Reverse Repo Rate Repo rate  Bank borrow money from central bank (RBI), for short term, ranging from 7 days to 15 days. Repo rate is derived from term “Repurchase Option”, origin from USA. Current repo rate is 6.50%. Repo rate is used by RBI to control inflation, the tight and high Repo rate means, cost borrow will rise for banks and hence flow of capital will be regulated, and by this indirectly inflation will be controlled. Reverse Repo rate In this case, RBI borrows money from banks, but at lower rate than repo rate, its an monitory policy to control flow of capital in market, again it is used to control inflation.  Current Reverse Repo rate is 6%. Bank

Dogra and Jammu architecture

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  Incredibly diverse culture and climate, from outer plains in south to the great Pir Panjal ranges in the north, that gave a distinct identity to jammu . Jammu enjoys a long history of human settlement illustrated by the “Manda” in Akhnoor, which was the northern extension of Harappa civilization, which gives it, a wide and long history of settlement and way of making buildings.   Jammu a hub, where cultures came and mixed together, and formed a distinct culture, called as   Dogra culture. Architect of a place is always tandem with climate, economy   , ruler, and primarily climate , jammu plain lies in sub-tropical region and hilly regions enjoy temperate climate. These factors played a prominent role in Jammu architect. Jammu was setup by raja jambulochan, and Bahu fort of Jammu was made by Bahulochan, about 3000 year ago according to jammu historians. When maharaja gulab Singh made the Raja of jammu, by Sikh ruler, jammu witnessed a new phase of urbanization and increase in tra

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POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA

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  “Executive power of state shall be vested in the president” says article 53. President is a head of union, but a ceremonial head of state, just like the queen in England. Administrative powers He is a formal head of the state, every executive action, are done under the name of president of India, every officers of various departments, will work as   subordinate of president, he should be briefed about every action of government. A president enjoys the power to appoint or remove high dignitaries of state ,   he appoints Prime Minister   of India , Union Ministers,   the Attorney General of India , the Comptroller   and Auditor General of India,   Judges of Supreme court , High Courts, Governors of the state,   the Finance Commission , UPSC    and Joint Commission   ,   appointment   of   the   Chief of Election Commission is also under his jurisdiction. Officers for Schedule Tribe and Schedule Caste , Commission for notifying schedule areas, Backward Classes,

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Triangle Trade

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Best Books For HISTORY

In market you will find thousands of books, but choosing one out of them for garnering more knowledge, is a tough task and often leads to wrong choice, which can be avoided. here I am suggesting some History Books, which can help you, for preparation of IAS Preliminary and for Mains too. 1 - ANCIENT INDIA BY D N Jha 2- INDIA ANCIENT PAST by R S      Sharma . 3- Medieval india by satish chandra 4 - Medieval india by J L Mehta 5- Medival India by Mukherjee 6 - history Modern India by Bipin chandra 7- From Plassey to Partition. NOTE: suggestions by reader will be respectfully accepted. 

why IAS ?

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what IAS means? IAS (Indian administrative services), used interchangeably for IAS, IPS, IFS in india, every year UPSC ( union public service commission) conduct entrance exam  called as CSE. Every year about 5 lakhs   of aspirant try their luck, about 18,000 pass in Preliminary exam, and   only 3000 make into mains, and some 500 and after interview, only handful get into services, makes it one of the toughest examination in India. why IAS ? why, a man aspire to be an IAS officer? there can be number of answers to this question, reasons vary with each aspirant, PARENTS FACTOR- in india, mostly,  parents want there children in "sarkari" job, and qualifying IAS directly propels you to "sarkari Babu" post, by this splendid feat, you will defeat neighbors, so called "sharma ji ka beta" feats, albeit you become roll model for many. PRIVILEGE-  you get a "lal batti" car, with many incentives, many benefits, you enter into elite segment o