About this video: Lal Bahadur Shashtri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) located in Mussoorie trains the probationers of the most prestigious services of India - IAS, IPS and IFS who come through a gruelling 3 phase examination conducted by UPSC, considered as the 'mother of all exams'. This is one of the toughest exams in the world and only the best and brightest can make it to the coveted civil services. Of 4-5 lakhs candidates applying for this exam, only a few get through!!! However the people who succeed in this difficult exam are no different from the ordinary folks....this movie is aimed at showing the life of officer trainees in LBSNAA. (82nd Foundation Course).

The Union Public Service Commission will hold the Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2010 on September 19, 2010 for admission to Indian Military Academy, Naval Academy and Air Force Academy for the Courses commencing in July 2010 and Officers Training Academy, Chennai for the Courses (Men and Women) commencing in October, 2011.

For details regarding the eligibility conditions, syllabus and scheme of the examination, centers of examination, guidelines for filling up application form etc. aspirants must consult the detailed notice of the examination published in the Employment News/Rozgar Samachar dated April 17, 2010. Details are also available on UPSC website i.e.http://www.upsc.gov.in.

Candidates can apply Online using the link www.upsconline.nic.in. Details instructions for filling up on line applications are available on the website.

UPSC: Geologists Exam Work with the Geological Survey of India

THE Geologists’ Exam, a specialist one, is the only purely scientific service for which UPSC conducts an exam. A throwback to the colonial times, geologists form the core of administration’s ability to locate and exploit natural resources. Conducted at 19 centres across India, the exam is followed by a Personality Test conducted by UPSC for those shortlisted.

Eligibility:

The minimum educational qualification is a Master's degree in Geology or Applied Geology or Marine Geology from a recognised university.

Those with Diploma of Associateship in Applied geology can also apply. Candidates with Master's in Mineral Exploration are eligible for GSI only while Master’s degree holders in Hydrgeology are eligible only for CGWB.

Fees: Rs. 100 payable through a single Central Recruitment Fee Stamp. Fee is exempted for all SC & ST candidates.

The ONGC has done it again. Once again it has denied science and engineering graduates from Kerala an opportunity to appear for its All-India Graduate Trainee Recruitment Examination, for which the notification was issued on Wednesday, by not allowing an examination centre in the state.

The ONGC, the `Maharatna’ PSU in the country which provides highest salaries to its employees among the PSUs, has invited applications from science and engineering graduates from almost all disciplines for its executive graduate trainees at the entry level. Besides the four metro cities, it has allotted examination centres to Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Ranchi and Guwahati.

While it has allotted a centre to a city like Ranchi, it seems that it has not given a thought to providing an examination centre to Kerala, where there are large number of professional degree holders and science graduates who vie for a job in a Central PSU. In 2008, Kochi was a centre for the ONGC graduate trainee recruitment. In that exam, a large number of graduates and engineering degree holders got recruited from the state. This time, it has announced vacancies for 447 posts in Science, Engineering, Management, Finance and other disciplines.

The Central Administrative Tribunal has refused to interfere with the decision of the UPSC to defer the appointment of a person on compassionate ground saying it suffered from no legal infirmity.

The UPSC has announced the results of the Engineering Services Examination, 2009. The examination for these services was held in June 2009 and the interviews for Personality Test held in February – March 2009. A total of 469 candidates have been recommended for appointment. Of these, 205 candidates are in Civil Engineering Group,130 in Mechanical Engineering Group, 59 in Electrical Engineering Group and 75 are in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Group. They include 202 General, 144 Other Backward Classes, 78 Scheduled Castes and 45 Scheduled Tribes (including 10 candidates belonging to Physically Handicapped category) candidates.

Appointments will be made according to the number of vacancies available and keeping in view the amended Rules and with due consideration to the provisions contained in rule 5(b) and 16 of the rules for the examination relating to restrictions on the eligibility of candidates admitted to the examination under age concession and allotment of candidates to various services according to ranks obtained and preference of services expressed by them. The number of vacancies reported by the Govt. for Group ‘A’ posts’ to be filled in for Civil Engineering Group is 237 (121 General, 64 Other Backward Classes, 33 Scheduled Castes, 19 Scheduled Tribes & these include 05 vacancies for PH-1 candidate); for Mechanical Engineering Group is 150 (75 General, 41 Other Backward Classes; 23 Scheduled Castes and 11 Scheduled Tribes and these include 02 vacancies for PH-1 & 01 for PH-3 candidates); for Electrical Engineering Group is 72(36 General, 19 Other Backward Classes, 09 Scheduled Castes and 08 Scheduled Tribes ; for Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Group is 79 (39 General, 20 Other Backward Classes, 13 Scheduled Castes, 07 Scheduled Tribe and these include 02 vacancies for PH-1 candidate).

In accordance with Rule 13 (iv) and (v) of the Engineering Services Examination Rules 2009, the Commission is maintaining a consolidated Reserve List of candidates for each group as under:

(i) Civil Engineering Group: 64 candidates, which include 32 General, 28 Other Backward Classes, 02 Scheduled Castes & 02 Scheduled Tribes candidates.
(ii) Mechanical Engineering Group: 40 candidates, which include 20 General,18 Other Backward Classes , 01 Scheduled Castes and 01 Scheduled Tribes candidates.
(iii) Electrical Engineering Group: 26 candidates, which include 13 General, 11 Other Backward Classes, & 02 Scheduled Tribes candidates
(iv) Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Group: 08 candidates, which include 04 General, & 04 Other Backward Classes candidates.

Candidates may obtain any information/ clarification regarding their Examination/ recruitments at the UPSC ‘Facilitation Counter’ during working hours in person or over Telephone Nos.23385271 and 23381125. The result is available on the U.P.S.C. Website i.e. www.upsc.gov.in and also on PIB Website i.e. www.pib.nic.in.

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, inaugurated the Civil Services Day, 2010 in New Delhi today. Following is the text of the Prime Minister’s address on the occasion:

“It gives me great pleasure to participate in these celebrations of the fifth Civil Services Day. I compliment the Cabinet Secretary, Shri K.M. Chandrasekhar and his colleagues for organizing this function. I also congratulate all those who have received awards for excellence today. They have set an example for other civil servants to follow. I am sure their work will serve as an inspiration to others to strive for higher achievement in the service to the people of our country.

This annual function has now a special place in our administrative calendar. It gives a unique opportunity to officers belonging to various services, and to various states, to come together to share experience and exchange views on important issues of national concern. I hope that the deliberations of this conference will be held in a spirit of learning from each other and learning by doing and will result not only in better implementation of our policies but also in improved policy formulation itself.

Interview with V.P. Gupta of Rau’s IAS Study Circle.

V.P. Gupta: "Do not have any apprehensions about CSAT."

V.P. GUPTA of Rau’s IAS Study Circle has been a friend, philosopher and guide to many successful civil servants. He has a philosophy behind his work: to enjoy the journey of life. And his focus is on learning and education and bringing about a different approach to the business. Excerpts from an interview:
What are the proposed changes in the civil services examination?

There was a lot of speculation about the pattern of changes in the civil services examination for long, but no one knew when and what kind of changes would be there. This speculation was ended by the UPSC Chairman D.P. Agrawal himself while participating in the UPSC Foundation Lecture Series on “Governance and Public Services”.

Education Loans to Handicapped Students by NHFD

National Handicapped Finance & Development Corporation (NHFDC) provides education loan at concessional interest rates to handicapped students (fulfilling eligilibility critera to avail loan) to pursue higher studies in India upto Rs. 7.50 lakh and abroad upto Rs. 15 lakh.

The interest rates are:

(i) Upto Rs. 50,000/- -5% p.a.
(ii) Above Rs. 50,000/- -6% p.a. and upto Rs. 5 lakh
(iii) Above Rs. 5 lakh -8% p.a.

Also, a rebate of 1% on interest is given to women beneficiaries.

14 Handicapped students have availed education loans from NHFDC from 2007-2008 to 2009-10. NHFDC functions as an apex corporation and channelises its