The Gujral Doctrine: This doctrine is expression of the foreign policy initiated by Inder Kumar Gujral, the Foreign Minister in Deve Gowda Government which assumed office in June 1996. Gujral himself later became Prime Minister. The Gujral Doctrine is a set of five principles to guide the conduct of foreign relations with India’s immediate neighbours as spelt out by I.K. Gujral, first as India’s External Affairs Minister and later as the Prime Minister.

These principles are:

1. With neighbours like Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, India does not ask for reciprocity, but gives and accommodates what it can in good faith and trust.
2. No South Asian country should allow its territory to be used against the interest of another country of the region. (Second Principle of Panchsheel- Mutual non-aggression)
3. No country should interfere in the internal affairs of another. (Third Principle of Panchsheel- Mutual non-interference in each other's internal affairs)
4. All South Asian countries must respect each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. (First Principle of Panchsheel- Mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty)
5. They should settle all their disputes through peaceful bilateral negotiations. (Fourth and Fifth Principles of Panchsheel- Equality and mutual benefit & Peaceful co-existence)

Essence of Gujral Doctrine: The essence of Gujral Doctrine is that being the largest country in South Asia, India decided on 'extension of unilateral concessions to neighbours in the sub-continent'.

Genesis of the Doctrine: Among other factors, these five principles arise from the belief that India’s stature and strength cannot be divorced from the quality of its relations with its neighbours.

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UPSC Aspirants Can Now Choose Indian Languages For Interview

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has informed the Bombay high court that candidates, who opt for an Indian language medium (other than Hindi) for the written Civil Services exam, can henceforth either choose the same Indian language, English or Hindi for the interview. Similarly, even those candidates, who give the main exam in English, can now choose English, Hindi or any other Indian language for the interview, opted by them for the compulsory Indian language paper in the written part of the test, UPSC said, in an affidavit, recently.

The affidavit was submitted in response to a PIL filed by IAS aspirant Chittaranjan Kumar, challenging the existing rule that requires a candidate to give the interview in English, if he had appeared for the main examination in that language.

The much-awaited Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) finally happened on June 12. CSAT, which replaced the optional paper in UPSC Prelims (Civil Services Exam) had given rise to much speculation and anxiety among students. Aspirants preparing to appear for 2012 and the subsequent years also had a keen eye on the paper. There have been reports from various centres that as many as half of the registered candidates did not turn up for the examination. But for those who actually attempted the paper, it was a pleasant surprise with most questions coming under the 'attemptable' category. There were ample questions based on common sense and generic aptitude and with reasonable preparation it would have been possible for most candidates to do well.

UPSC had to walk the tight rope between bringing in relevant aspects of testing for the first time into UPSC entrance examination formats while not favouring or jeopardising any particular section of the candidates. The balance act, we have to say was done to perfection.

Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam, 2011

General Studies Paper - II

Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam, 2011

General Studies Paper - I

Engineering Services Exam, 2011

(Conventional Papers)

 E & T Engineering Paper - II

Engineering Services Exam, 2011

(Conventional Papers)

 E & T Engineering Paper - I

Engineering Services Exam, 2011

(Conventional Papers)

 Electrical Engineering Paper - II

Q1. What is the basic reason for Public Administration becoming so popular among the aspirants of Civil Services and State Services ?
Ans. Public Administration is pragmatic in nature dealing also with Indian Administrative System, which facilitates the success of candidates at each and every stage of examination, that is, Preliminary, Mains and Interview. As compared to other social sciences, humanities, Public Administration is more dependable and manageable within a specified time period subject to the condition that a systematic approach is adopted during the course of preparation to meet the requirements of the examination.

Q.2. What is the best way to understand the contributions of the thinkers in a right perspective?
Ans. Learn basic theories and techniques of Managements relevant to the subject matter of Public Administration. This is important because most of the thinkers have been primarily concerned with developing theories to improve the management of private sector. First of all, try to understand the essential ingredients of any theory and also understand the contemporary socio-eco-political conditions prevailing at the time of the crystallization of the theories.After this, the second step should be to understand the contributions of respective thinkers under specific theories.

Q.3. What specific suggestions you can offer to prepare the Mains with Public Administration?
Ans. (a) The syllabus comprises of two papers, but it is never desirable to prepare the two papers separately. The integrated approach to the completion of syllabus is always desirable. This saves time and provides in-depth understanding of the subject matter in a realistic manner.

“If a person works hard towards his goal, then the whole Universe conspires to help him” – Paulo Coelho (‘The Alchemist’)

Performance of Public Administration in CSE 2010

As per the recent trend suggests, Public Administration is the optional subject with maximum number of successes in the Civil Services Examination. The last three IAS toppers- Shubhra Saxena (AIR 1, CSE 2008); Shah Faesal (AIR 1, CSE 2009) and now, S Divyadharshini (AIR 1, CSE 2010) has made the Public Administration as one of their optional.

Look at top 25 and you will find 16 candidates having Public Administration as one optional in year 2010.

S Divyadharshini (AIR 1, CSE 2010), Sweta Mohanty (AIR 2, CSE 2010), R V Vinay Kumar (AIR 3, CSE 2010), Pulkit Khare (AIR 5, CSE 2010), Ravi Dhawan (AIR 6, CSE 2010), M Arvind (AIR 8, CSE 2010), Amit Kharti (AIR 11, CSE 2010), K V N Chakradhara Babu (AIR 12, CSE 2010), Anirudh Sravan P (AIR 13, CSE 2010), Vinay Pratap Singh (AIR 14, CSE 2010), Shruti (AIR 16, CSE 2010), Sindhu B (AIR 17, CSE 2010), Pommala Sunil Kumar (AIR 18, CSE 2010), Gokul G R (AIR 19, CSE 2010), Hephsiba Rani Korlapati (AIR 20, CSE 2010) and K Vijayakarthikeyan (AIR 22, CSE 2010) are others among top 25 successful candidates who achieved success with Public Administration as one optional Subject.

The relevance of Public Administration can also be conceived in the context of three sections of newly added CSAT -Preliminary Examination: