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 The pandemic has exposed the fragile health ecosystem in India. Health occupies public consciousness and it force us to rethink and re-strategies health ecosystem in country which has been neglected in both public discourse and government expenditure. The parliamentary panel on Home Affairs on Management of COVID-19 on its report made detailed assessment at four aspect:- a)Country's preparedness b)Augmentation of public infrastructure c) social impact d) economic impact 1) Country's preparedness- a)Committee noted that migrant labour, daily wage earner were the worst affected as there were not proper dissemination of information about arrangement being made for their shelter and food in the district which lead to chaos and anxiety and  their large scale movement. b) Committee recommended that a national plan and guideline under NDMA ACT,2005 and Epidemic Disease Act,1897 and separated wing under NDMA to specialise in pandemic related issue in future c) Committee also noted t...

In a meeting of Finance Ministry with FICCI for the preparation of Budget. FICCI recommended few measures to follow: Budget should focus on  growth alongside look at fiscal management for three years. Centre expenditure should be prioritise in three area- Health, Infrastructure and Sustainability. Government health expenditure to increase to 3% in three year period. Budget should address critical area of private investment and providing support for employment generation(Sustainability). India need strong financial sector to achieve the vision of $5Tn Economy. For this government need to bringdown its stake on PSB to below 50% through market route except for 3 to 4 large PSB such as SBI, BOB, BOI etc. There is need to form government owned Development Finance Institution to finance key sector of economy. DFIs can be established on line with KFW Germany, Brazil Development Bank and this could be achieved by financing NABARD for financing agriculture and rural sector and SIDBI for fin...

 You may wonder what is the utility of his recommendation in UPSC. However if You seriously went through toppers copy and previous year question paper, you may find it useful. It can be used in giving recommendation in essay related to centre-state and GS-2 paper. Besides it also provide us with insight about the and new perspective to see this issue. Having said that what are his recommendation? R ationalisation of central sponsored scheme( currently there are around 211 scheme and sub-scheme under 29 core umbrella scheme costing around 1.2% of GDP). A high powered committee need to be established to have a relook on schedule 7 of the constitution. The committee need to take into account change in technology, global interdependence and national priorities. The fiscal deficit target need to be set based on Expenditure outcome rather than point based target. States keen to have different kind of consultative forum beyond NITI AYOG and NDC. Hence we need to give serious consideratio...

 Internal Working Group(IWG) of RBI in a report recommended large corporate and Industrial house allowed ownership of private bank. IWG has been constituted by RBI to review ownership guideline and corporate structure for Indian private Bank. What are the prospect of allowing Corporate in Banking sector? Indian Banking sector is struggling to meet the credit demand of growing Economy. for eg-       a) The total balance sheet of banks in India is less than 70% of GDP even after three decades of rapid growth in India which is much less than other countries like China where it is 150%.            b)The domestic Bank credit to private sector is around 50% of GDP which is much less than other countries like USA, CHINA, S.KOREA where it is more than 150% of GDP. Indian banks are less cost efficient as compared to global peers because of high NPA and interest rate in the economy. Covid19 has already cut government hand in providing capital...

 Internal working group of RBI headed by P.K Mohanty has recommended series of reform in banking. Committee has been constituted by RBI  to examine and review the licensing and regulatory guideline relating to ownership and control, corporate structure and other related issues. some of them are following;- The cap on promoter stake to be increased in long run(15 year) from currently 15% to 26% of the paid up voting capital of Bank. On non promoter shareholding to have a uniform cap of 15% of the paid up voting capital of bank of all type of shareholder. For the payment bank intended to convert to small finance bank track record of 3 years is suffice to consider. Small Finance Bank and Payment Bank may be listed within 6 years from the date of reaching net worth of equivalent to prevalent entry capital prescribed for Universal Bank or 10 years from the date of commencement of operation, whichever is earlier. The  minimum initial paid up capital requirement for licensing n...

 Indian Administration 1. Evolution of Indian Administration : Kautilya Arthashastra; Mughal administration; Legacy of British rule in politics and administration Indianization of Public services, revenue administration, district Administration, local self Government. . 2. Philosophical and Constitutional framework ofGovernment : Salient features and value premises; Constitutionalism; Political culture; Bureaucracy and democracy; Bureaucracy and development. 3. Public Sector Undertakings : Public sector in modern India; Forms of Public Sector Undertakings; Problems of autonomy, accountability and control; Impact of liberalization and privatization. 4. Union Government and Administration : Executive, Parliament, Judiciary-structure, functions, work processes; Recent trends; Intra-governmental relations; Cabinet Secretariat; Prime Minister’s Office; Central Secretariat; Ministries and Departments; Boards; Commissions; Attached offices; Field organizations. 5. Plans and Priorities : M...

  PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Administration Theory 1. Introduction : Meaning, scope and significance of Public Administration, Wilson’s vision of Public Administration, Evolution of the discipline and its present status. New Public Administration,  Public Choice approach; Challenges of liberalization, Privatisation, Globalisation; Good Governance:  concept and application; New Public Management.  2. Administrative Thought : Scientific Management and Scientific Management movement; Classical Theory; Weber’s bureaucratic model its critique and post-Weberian Developments; Dynamic Administration (Mary  Parker Follett); Human Relations School (Elton Mayo and others); Functions of the Executive (C.I.  Barnard); Simon’s decision-making theory; Participative Management (R. Likert, C. Argyris, D.  McGregor.)  3. Administrative Behaviour : Process and techniques of decision-making; Communication; Morale; Motivation Theories content, process and contemporary;...

To give UPSC(CSE) EXAM you have to be atleast 21 year old. And based on your category you can give attempt for eg- general category has 6 attempt and 32 year age limit.Its a good thing to start preparing for it early because the preparation require one and half year.So by 21 year you are ready to give exam with confidence and probably clear it like TINA DHABI.   To see syllabus of prelims click here--> Prelims (syllabus)

  INDIAN SOCIETY : STRUCTURE AND CHANGE A. Introducing Indian Society : (i) Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society : (a) Indology (G.S. Ghure). (b) Structural functionalism (M. N. Srinivas). (c) Marxist sociology (A. R. Desai). (ii) Impact of colonial rule on Indian society : (a) Social background of Indian nationalism. (b) Modernization of Indian tradition. (c) Protests and movements during the colonial period. (d) Social reforms. B. Social Structure: (i) Rural and Agrarian Social Structure: (a) The idea of Indian village and village studies. (b) Agrarian social structure— evolution of land tenure system, land reforms. (ii) Caste System: (a) Perspectives on the study of caste systems: G. S. Ghurye, M. N. Srinivas, Louis Dumont, Andre Beteille.  (b) Features of caste system. (c) Untouchability-forms and perspectives (iii) Tribal Communities in India: (a) Definitional problems. (b) Geographical spread. (c) Colonial policies and tribes. (d) Issues of integration and aut...

  FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCIOLOGY 1. Sociology - The Discipline: (a) Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of Sociology. (b) Scope of the subject and comparison with other social sciences. (c) Sociology and common sense. 2. Sociology as Science: (a) Science, scientific method and critique. (b) Major theoretical strands of research methodology. (c) Positivism and its critique. (d) Fact value and objectivity. ( e) Non-positivist methodologies. 3. Research Methods and Analysis: (a) Qualitative and quantitative methods. (b) Techniques of data collection. (c ) Variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability and validity. 4. Sociological Thinkers: (a) Karl Marx - Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle. (b) Emile Durkhteim - Division of labour, social fact, suicide, religion and society. (c) Max Weber - Social action, ideal types, authority, bureaucracy, protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism.  (d) Talcolt Parsons - Social system, pattern...

 UPSC recently released results of UPSC (CSE) PRELIMS 2020 result To see click here---> for cse(2020)-----> https://www.upsc.gov.in/whats-new/Civil%20Services%20%28Preliminary%29%20Examination%2C%202020/Result For UPSC(IFOS)---->  https://www.upsc.gov.in/whats-new/Indian%20Forest%20Service%20%28Preliminary%29%20Examination%2C%202020%20through%20CS%28P%29%20Examination%202020/Result

  Comparative Politics and International Relations Comparative Political Analysis and International Politics : 1. Comparative Politics : Nature and major approaches; Political economy and political sociology perspectives; Limitations of the comparative method. 2. State in Comparative Perspective : Characteristics and changing nature of the State in capitalist and socialist economies, and advanced industrial and developing societies.  3. Politics of Representation and Participation : Political parties, pressure groups and social movements in advanced industrial and developing societies. 4. Globalisation : Responses from developed and developing societies. 5. Approaches to the Study of International Relations : Idealist, Realist, Marxist, Functionalist and Systems theory. 6. Key Concepts in International Relations : National interest, security and power; Balance of power and deterrence; Transational actors and collective security; World capitalist economy and globalisation. 7. C...

UPSC has released marksheet of CSE2019. Pradeep Singh ( first rank) has secured 52% or 1072  marks in the exam. He secured 914 out of 1750 marks in written exam(mains) and 158 marks in Interview. Jatin kishore (second rank) secured 1063 marks. He secured 878 marks in written exam and 185 marks in Interview. While Pratibha Verma ( Third rank) scored  869 marks in written exam(mains) and 193 marks in Interview. To see  UPSC CSE2019 MARKSHEET CLICK HERE------>  https://www.upsc.gov.in/whats-new/Civil%20Services%20Examination%202019/Mark%20Sheet

  Political Theory and Indian Politics : 1. Political Theory: meaning and approaches. 2. Theories of state : Liberal, Neo-liberal, Marxist, Pluiralist, post-colonial and Feminist 3. Justice : Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl’s theory of justice and its communitarian critiques. 4. Equality : Social, political and economic; relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative action. 5. Rights : Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; Concept of Human Rights. 6. Democracy : Classical and contemporary theories; different models of democracy—representative, participatory and deliberative. 7. Concept of power : hegemony, ideology and legitimacy. 8. Political Ideologies : Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism, Gandhism and Feminism. 9. Indian Political Thought: Dharamshastra, Arthashastra and Buddhist Traditions; Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Sri Aurobindo, M. K. Gandhi, B. R. Ambedkar, M. N. Roy. 10. Western Political Thought : Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hob...

  Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude This paper will include questions to test the candidates’ attitude and approach to issues  relating to integrity, probity in public life and his problem solving approach to various issues and  conflicts faced by him in dealing with society. Questions may utilise the case study approach to  determine these aspects. The following broad areas will be covered : Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics - in private and public relationships. Human Values -lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family society and educational institutions in inculcating values. Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion.  Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service, integrity, impartiality and non-p...