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(Success Story) UPSC 2022 TOPPER, AIR-21 Vaishali Jain’s Strategy to Crack UPSC Exams

In a rare passing of events, two sisters have cleared the coveted Union Public Service Commission’s Civil Service Examination in the same year. We are speaking of all-India rank 3 holder Ankita Jain and her sister all-India rank 22 Vaishali Jain. The Jain sisters have made their parents proud.

Vaishali’s Journey

A gold medallist in both her B.Tech and M.Tech, Vaishali has done her graduation from Delhi Technological University and her post-graduation in MTech from IIT Delhi. Having been a very bright student who never had to cope with failure in her entire academic career, Vaishali was heartbroken when she could not clear her first UPSC CSE attempt in 2019. But she quickly recovered with the help of her family and concentrated on her next attempt, achieving the ultimate success.

Vaishali’s Tips To Cracking UPSC CSE

1. A Happy Mind Is Key

A mind that is under constant pressure, unable to see a positive outcome, and overall congested with thoughts cannot help you study and retain information. Positive outlook and being surrounded by people who help you see the best of a situation while keeping you grounded in reality is necessary when undertaking a journey as arduous as the civil service examination.

A few things that can help in achieving this, that Vaishali believes helped her tremendously, spending quality time with your family. Vaishali mostly isolated herself from active social life, as is necessary for an exam with a massive workload such as UPSC CSE. However, she ensured she had access to regular and quality family time. Every day, she would have a meal with her family or join them for tea. This helped her keep up her spirits. She also practiced yoga to help her stay calm and feel good.

2. Time Management Is Everything

Every subject in UPSC CSE needs a certain dedication and commitment. Deciding on time comment for each of them based on what your strengths are and how vast the UPSC Syllabus is necessary in order to complete the whole syllabus in time. Breaking down your daily time commitment into manageable sections is how you ensure efficient preparation. Vaishali allotted 11-12 hours for her daily study routine. She chose to commit a higher number of hours so that she could easily commit at least 9 hours each day, even when she was having a bad day.

3. Set Targets

We all have the same end goal – cracking UPSC Civil Services Exam. However, no one can carry such a heavy burden without breaking it down into smaller chunks. For UPSC, those smaller chunks are sections of the syllabus. Pick a subject, study it, take tests and understand your strength and weakness, and modify upcoming targets accordingly.

4. Solving Previous Years’ Questions

Solving UPSC Previous Years’ Questions will help you understand what UPSC wants from you like nothing else. Use it to create your roadmap and targets.

Remember, almost every serious candidate starts off their preparation the same way. It is consistency and discipline that set the toppers apart from the rest of the crowd. Keep working hard and smart. Success will find you.

You will surely succeed. All the best!

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A policy by itself cannot solve problems: it has to be implemented and the implementation strategy requires to be meticulously planned which demands efficiency to implement a reform and what is more, institutionalize it. Mere acceptance of a report is not enough. As functionaries are accustomed to the older order of things there is always a risk of their reverting to past practices unless strong efforts are made to institutionalize reforms .Administrative reform must not be taken as a routine job: the ringing in of a new order requires extra effort and drive.

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(b) District Collector is the most important functionary in district administration in India. In light of the above statement, discuss the multidimensional responsibilities of District Collector in effecting coordinated developmental administration in India.

The office of the collector was called upon to play a prominent role in the implementation of development   programmes   in   free   India. Introduction of community development and national extension programme in 1952 and 1953 added further importance to the traditional prestige and position of the collector. This completely changed the emphasis of the duties of the collector. From regulatory activities the emphasis now shifted to development activities. The introduction of panchayati raj in 1959 added a new dimension to the developmental activities of the collector. The Balwantrai Mehta Committee recommended that the collector should be closely associated with the new institutions of panchayati raj and he should be the chairman of the Zila Parishad. When the different states interpreted the recommendations in different ways and prepared legislations for panchayati raj in their respective states, it was found that different roles were assigned to the collectors of different-states. A scholar can discern three different models of panchayati raj from the point of view of the role of the collector in it. In some of the states like Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the involvement of the collector is manifold. Starting from the Zila Parish ad to the gram panchayat level he is invested with wide and sweeping powers to exercise. He is the kingpin of development activities. He is the chairman of the District Development Council. At the other extreme falls the Maharashtra model where, as in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, the collector has been kept outside the Zila Parishad. The collector has nothing to do with the working of the Zila Parishad and is not even a member of it. In the third category come states like Assam, Gujarat, Punjab and Rajasthan. In these states the collector is a member of the Zila Parishad but without the right to vote. Legislation in these states postulates that the collector should be associated with the Zila Parishad in an advisory capacity and does not envisage any active involvement of the collector with the decision-making process. However, in Rajasthan, the collector has not been completely dissociated with development work The Rajasthan Panchayati Samitis and Zila Parishad Act has designated the   collector   as   the   District Development Officer.

Because of the introduction of the panchayati raj and assigning of development role to the panchayati raj institutions there arose a controversy during the sixties relating to the utility of the office of the collector in mid and late sixties. This controversy shook the citadel of the collector temporarily but it survived the shock.

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(a) The Preamble to the Constitution of India provides a foundational framework of ideals and values for the Indian administration. Discuss.

The most significant influence on the nature, structure and functioning of Indian administration is that of the Indian Constitution. The democratic context in which the Indian administrative system functions is closely linked to the Constitution. The influence of the  Constitution  on  public administration is broadly of two types: the formal or discernible influences that prescribe the configuration of the administrative system and the informal influences which determine the role, responsibility  and  responsiveness of  the administrative system, the character of governance and the behavior of administrators. Like  other Constitutions,  the  Indian Constitution also commences with a preamble, which reflects the aspirations and expectations of the people of India.

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