Fund of Funds for funding support to Start-ups

In order to boost entrepreneurship in the country government came up with the start up India programme earlier this year. Startup India aims at promoting bank financing for start-up ventures to boost entrepreneurship and encourage start ups with jobs creation. A startup is an entity that is headquartered in India which was opened less than five years ago and has an annual turnover less than ?25 crore. The Start Up India campaign is focused on to restrict role of States in policy domain and to get rid of "license raj" and hindrances like in land permissions, foreign investment proposal, environmental clearances. It was organized by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). Start up India mission includes:

• Launch social ventures in a way that they can scale
• Scale social ventures in a way that they generate impact
• Seed first-generation social entrepreneurs in last-mile communities
• Catalyze the influence and resources of business, government and media towards fostering many more social ventures

Despite the startup India campaign, startups is India face several challenges. Important among them are given below:

• limited availability of domestic risk capital;
• constraints of conventional bank finance;
• information asymmetry and lack of hand holding support from credible agencies.

International Solar Alliance Cell and World Bank Signs Declaration for Promoting Solar Energy

International Solar Alliance is part of Prime Minister’s vision to bring clean and affordable energy within the reach of all and create a sustainable world. International solar alliance is a common platform for cooperation among solar resource rich countries lying fully or practically between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. The alliance includes around 120 countries that support the declaration on the occasion to launch the international solar alliance of countries dedicated to the promotion of solar energy. Sustainable development, universal energy access, and energy security are critical to the shared prosperity and future of our planet, and acknowledging that clean and renewable energy needs to be made affordable for all. India and France have launched an International Solar Alliance to boost solar energy in developing countries. The initiative was launched at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris on 30 November by Indian Prime Minister Narendera Modi and French President Francois Hollande.

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(DAF) UPSC Indian Forest Service (Main) Exam - 2016

Exam Name: Indian Forest Service (Main) Exam

Year: 2016

Period for filling up DAF:

• From: 21-09-2016
• To: 06-10-2016

Free UPSC Coaching for Minorities by Osmania University

Centre for Educational Development of Minorities, Osmania University, has invited applications from minority students who have been qualified in UPSC Civil Services (Prelims) and are interested to appear in Civil Service (Mains) exams, to provide them free coaching.

Eligible candidates whose family annual income is not more than 2 lakh can submit their applications at Director CEDM, Nizam College, Campus, Hyderabad, on or before September 27, 2016.

(Download) UPSC Mains 2014 Optional Exam Papers (Geology Paper - 1)

Subject: Geology Paper - 1

Exam Date: 19th December 2014

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(Result) UPSC: Recruitment of 139 Posts of Assistant Geologists in Geological Survey of India - 2016

Recruitment to 139 posts of Assistant Geologists in Geological Survey of India, Ministry of Mines. [Advt. No. 15/2015 published on 24.10.2015, Vacancy No. 15101506624, Item No. 6]

1. A Computer based Recruitment test for the above post was held on 22.05.2016 to shortlist the candidates to be called for interview. RT result was declared on 30.06.2016 and 468 candidates were declared shortlisted provisionally, subject to eligibility. All the shortlisted candidates were asked to furnish the requisite documents to verify their claims made in the Online Recruitment Application.

(Download) UPSC Mains 2014 Optional Exam Papers (Geography Paper -1)

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(Download) UPSC Mains 2014 Optional Exam Papers (Electrical Engineering Paper - 1 & Paper - 2)

Subject: Electrical Engineering (Paper - 1 & Paper - 2)

Exam Date: 19th December 2014

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(News) Smt. Alka Sirohi appointed as new Chairman of UPSC

The President has appointed Smt. Alka Sirohi, Member, Union Public Service Commission to perform the duties of the post of Chairman, Union Public Service Commission, with effect from the September 21, 2016 (Forenoon). The appointment is till further orders or till completion of her term as Member on January 03, 2017, whichever is earlier.

The post of Chairman. UPSC will fall vacant on 20.09.2016, consequent upon demitting of office by Sh. Deepak Gupta on attaining 65 years of age.

(Download) UPSC Mains 2014 Optional Exam Papers (Economics Paper - 1 & Paper - 2)

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(BREAKING NEWS) UPSC IAS (Pre.) 2016 Result Declared

On the basis of the result of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2016 held on 07.08.2016, the candidates with the following Roll Numbers have qualified for admission to the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2016.

The candidature of these candidates is provisional. In accordance with the Rules of the Examination, all these candidates have to apply again in the Detailed Application Form, DAF (CSM), for Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2016, which would be available on the website of the Union Public Service Commission www.upsc.gov.inHYPERLINK "http://www.upsc.gov.in/". All the qualified candidates are advised to fill up the DAF (CSM) online and submit the same ONLINE for admission to the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2016 to be held from Saturday, the 3rd December, 2016. The DAF (CSM) will be available on the website of the Commission from 7th October, 2016 to 20th October, 2016 till 6.00 P.M. Important instructions for filling up of the DAF (CSM) and for submitting the completely filled application form ONLINE, to the Commission, would also be available on the website. The candidates who have been declared successful have to first get themselves registered on the relevant page of the website before filling up the ONLINE DAF. The qualified candidates are further advised to refer to the Rules of the Civil Services Examination, 2016 published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary) of Department of Personnel and Training Notification dated 07.08.2016, which is also available on the Website of the Commission.

(Download) UPSC Mains 2014 Optional Exam Papers (Civil Engineering Paper - 1 & Paper - 2)

Subject: Civil Engineering Paper - 1 & Paper - 2

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