Spotlight/News Analysis (4 Mar):

• Topic of Discussion: National Safety Day
• Expert Panel: Dr. Avnish Singh (Dept. Director General, Factory Advise Service), Prashant Sood (I.A.N.S.)

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) disqualified 705 civil service aspirants in the Civil Services (Mains) Examination for flunking the class X-level language papers in 2011. Over 11,200 candidates had taken the test the same year. Half of the 705 candidates failed the English paper while another 272 failed in the Hindi paper.

Issue : February 2013
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Publisher : UPSCPORTAL.COM 

Table of Contents:

Articles:

• India is Ashamed
• Hybrid Desalination Plant at Kalpakkam
• India's Role in Promoting ASEAN Co-Operation
• Japnees Encephalitis in India
• The Misinterpretation and Misuse of Freedom in India
• Selected Articles from Various Newspapers & Journals

Current Affairs:

• National Issues
• International Issues
• Economy
• India & The World
• Science & Technology
• Sports
• Awards & Prizes
• Persons in News

Subject: Geology Paper - I

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Special Class Railway Apprentices Exam, 2013

General Ability Test Test Paper 2013

Special Class Railway Apprentices Exam, 2013

Physical Sciences Test Paper 2013

Special Class Railway Apprentices Exam, 2013

Mathematics Test Paper 2013

Content

• U.N. Vote makes Palestine an Observer State (Free Available)
• Complacency has no place in AIDS fight (Free Available)
• WHO Clearance could Boost Vaccine Exports (Only For Premium Members)
• RBI to Relax norms for Entry of Foreign Banks (Only For Premium Members)
• India could face crippling heat waves (Only For Premium Members)
• South Korean Election (Only For Premium Members)
• Great hope for Science (Only For Premium Members)
• Risky Futures that Banks can do Without (Only For Premium Members)
• Justice Kumar is NGT chief (Only For Premium Members)
• EU Promotes Potato to Replace Rice in Asia (Only For Premium Members)
• China Opens Longest High-speed Rail Line(Only For Premium Members)

U.N. VOTE MAKES PALESTINE AN OBSERVER STATE

The Palestinian bid to become a nonmember Observer State at the United Nations has been, as expected, approved by an overwhelming vote of 138 to nine, with 41 abstentions in the General Assembly. The vote implies global recognition of the relevant territory as a sovereign state and is a major step towards a two-state solution for historical Palestine. The new status amounts to less of an achievement than full U.N. membership, which the Security Council declined to consider in September 2011 on the grounds that the members were unable to make a “unanimous recommendation”, but the Palestinians can now participate in General Assembly debates. In sum, this is an important move towards Palestinian statehood, which 132 countries have already recognised. As for particular countries, one former colonial power, France, voted in favour, and the other state with a previous imperial connection to the region, the United Kingdom, abstained, as did Germany. Predictably, Israel’s biggest supporter, the United States, opposed the resolution, reconfirming its view that a negotiated settlement is the only way to establish a Palestinian state.

Subject: General English

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Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission State Service (Mains) Exam-2011 (Extended Date From 06/03/2013 To 13/03/2013)

Contents

• Higher education at the National Level (Free Available)
• Khasi Sacred Forests (Only For Premium Members)
• Nitrogen Fixing Techniques of the Angamis (Only For Premium Members)
• Recommendation of the High Level Committee (Only For Premium Members)
• Approach of XII Plan (Only For Premium Members)
• Perfromance of Farmers (Only For Premium Members)
• Entrepreneurship Development in India (Only For Premium Members)
• Developing Entrepreneurship in North East (Only For Premium Members)
• What’s FDI? (Only For Premium Members)
• North Eastern Rural Livelihood Project (Only For Premium Members)

HIGHER EDUCATION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL

The country presently (201112) possesses 634 universities and 33,023 colleges with the student strength of 1,69,75,000 (girls 70,49,000). The number of graduates coming out of technical colleges was slightly over 7,00,000 in the last year. However, 75 percent of technical graduates and more than 85 percent of general graduates are unemployable by India’s high growth global industries, including information technology. In the North-East states 40 universities and such institutions are present with Nagaland having 3, Assam 10, Meghalaya 9, Sikkim 5, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura each having 3. The small number of institutions in these states can be due to the small size of the states.

(यूपीएससी मुख्य परीक्षा से हटे वैकल्पिक विषय)

संघ लोकसेवा आयोग (यूपीएससी) 2013 की मुख्य परीक्षा में बदलाव को लेकर गठित निगवेकर समिति की लगभग सभी सिफारिशों को मान लिया गया है। अब यूपीएससी मुख्य परीक्षा में से 51 वैकल्पिक विषयों को हटा दिया गया है। इनकी जगह सामान्य अध्ययन आधारित चार अनिवार्य विषयों के शामिल होने की संभावना है।

Content

• Steps to Strengthen Panchayat Raj System (Free Available)

• Neutrino Observatory Project (Only For Premium Members)

• Present Status of JNNURM (Only For Premium Members)

• Inclusion of Western Ghats in UNESCO List (Only For Premium Members)

• Steps for Regulating theWorking of Contract Farming (Only For Premium Members)

STEPS TO STRENGTHEN PANCHAYAT RAJ SYSTEM

As ‘Panchayats’ is a State subject, the Panchayati Raj system is primarily the responsibility of the States. The Ministry of Panchayat Raj supports strengthening of Panchayats through its various schemes. It operates the Backward Regions Grants Fund (BRGF) in some identified backward districts of the country. Under the Scheme, untied funds are given for meeting critical gaps in local infrastructure and other development requirements. BRGF also aims to strengthen Panchayats through its capacity building component. Under the Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana (RGSY) financial assistance is provided to the non BRGF districts for capacity building and construction of Panchayat Ghars. The e-Panchayat scheme strengthens Panchayats by e-enabling. Panchayat Mahila Evam Yuva Shakti Abhiyan (PMEYSA) focuses especially on Elected Women Representatives. This information was given by the Minister of Panchayati Raj Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

Spotlight/News Analysis (28 Feb):

• Topic of Discussion: Budget 2013
• Expert Panel: D.C. Gupta (Former Finance Secretary), Shivaji Sirkar (Journalist)