CSE-2015 Strategy

Prelims (CSAT) General studies

History Ancient

NCERT(old)

NCERT, TMH Paper 1, Chronicle civil services (CCS)- special editions

Old NCERTS, DN Jha. (OLD NCERTS very good, no point missing.)

11th NCERT

NCERT 11/12

Byju class lectures by Mr Tariq Mohd.; Chronological events /Kingdoms/Culture in

each period; Wikipedia for in-depth understanding; Atlas (yes, atlas). The last few

pages have historical maps of India. It helps visualize the extent of various

kingdoms.

Gs manual TMH+NCERT

Old NCERT 11th class b) New NCERT 12th class c) Ancient India in Historical

Outline by DN Jha ) selected IGNOU material. I divided ancient history into

following parts and then prepared accordingly 1) Harappa civilization 2) Old+

new Vedic age (1500 BC to 500 BC) 3) 600 BC to 200 BC (Mahajanapadas,

dynasty, socio life) 4) Jainism and Buddhism 5) 200 BC to 200 AD (Invasion,

dynasties etc) 6) 200 AD to 700 AD ( Gupta Period etc)

NCERT

Wikipedia

Previous year questions

History Medieval

NCERT (Old)

Old NCERTS, Satish Chandra

11th NCERT

NCERT

Byju class lectures by Mr Tariq Mohd.; Tripartite struggle/ Rajputs/ Delhi

Sultanate/ Sufi /Vijaynagar and Bahamani Kingdom/Mughals Dynasty

Gs manual TMH+NCERT

NCERT 12th class; I covered only selected topics such as religious ideologies

(Shankaracharya , Guru Nanak, Sufi) , architecture, Mughal Raj

Wikipedia

Previous year questions

History Modern

NCERT (Old), Bipin Chandra’s struggle for independence

Bipin Chandra, TMH paper 1

Old ncerts, Bipin Chandra , spectrum book

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Spectrum: Brief history of modern India; Bipin Chandra: India’s struggle for

independence

Bipin Chandra; Spectrum

12th NCERT, Spectrum

Bipin Chandra, Spectrum

Byju class lecture by Mr Tariq Mohd.; Spectrum publication’s brief history of

modern India; Bipan Chandra notes of a friend (did not have time to read the

entire book). Read it now after exams and it is worthwhile to read if you have

time.

Bipin Chandra+manual

Spectrum publication’s brief history of Modern India

8th class NCERT; 12th class NCERT; India’s struggle for Independence by BIPIN

Chandra ( 2 readings)

Bipin Chandra + NCERT(for prior to 1857)

Bipin Chandra

Bipin Chandra, Spectrum and self-made notes), previous year questions

Spectrum + NCERT + Bipin Chandra (selected)

Culture society

Culture: crt.gov.in; Society: NCERT (1.Indian society; 2.Development and changes

in Indian society;)+ Since Sociology was my other optional, I didn’t concentrate

much

Chronicle civil services- special editions on art

Nitin singhania notes+ internet for better understanding.

Nitin singhania notes and Documentaries on internet

NIOS, IGNOU

NCERT; Trends in Indian Culture : DR Ausaaf Sayeed

Going chronologically what is the unique aspect of each kingdom; e.g. Pottery

type/ coins/ Guild system if any/ Sculptures/ Paintings; Suggest to read about

Dances of India (question on Tribhanga); And also about the various schools of

philosophy (Meemansa, samkhya etc.)

Nothing specially except spectrum

NCERT, IGNOU; GK today material

Wikipedia

NCERT sociology book, My optional, Spectrum Culture, CCRT India website

Srirams Notes

Polity (theory + current)

Indian polity: Lakshmikanth; Current: The Hindu, EPW(Economic and Political

Weekly)

Laxmikant- Indian Polity, PRS Blog, Newspaper

Laxmikanth+ PRS +frontline+ Hindu

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Laxmikanth + News Papers

Laxmikanth; DD Basu

D.D Basu, Sriram notes, newspapers

DD Basu + Newspapers

Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth- in and out – 3 iterations with all back questions

and previous years questions; Current – newspaper Polity events is helpful to link

theory to the real world.

Laxmikanth polity; Hindu+ chronicle

Indian Polity by Laxmikanth, Hindu, frontline, EPW

Theory : D.D. Basu; current: PRS, PIB, Newspapers, Internet websites, Mrunal

Laxmikanth + newspaper

D D BASU. Subhash Kashyap. Laxmikanth. you may skip Basu and Kashyap.

DD Basu, Coaching Notes, Political Science (NCERT), previous year questions

Laxmikanth/ Sriram’s Polity Notes

Economy (theory + current)

Shankar IAS book on core concepts; Current: The Hindu, Economic Survey, EPW

NCERT, Newspaper, Vajiram booklet on economy, Ramesh Singh- Indian economy

Ramesh singh+ vajirams class notes+ sriram printed(selected)+ mrunal+ some

current issue of a magazine like – cst, pd etc

MRUNAL , Indian Economy – Sanjeev Verma

Mrunal, Ramesh Singh, Eco Survey, India Year Book

Sriram notes, newspapers

Newspapers, NCERT + Economic Survey, Dutt Sundaram (selective)

Byju class lectures by Zulfiqar Sir; Current – Hindu Business Page; Mrunal Blogs on

Economy concepts + Current Events

Gs manual + my 9th 10th icse book; Mrunal.org

Mrunal.org, Ramesh singh, hindu, frontline, EPW

11th class NCERT; 12th class micro and Macro NCERTs; mrunal.org/Economy; RBI

website and speeches; RBI website and speeches; special emphasis on

employment, inflation, fiscal consolidation, monetary policy, growth, human

development, Financial inclusion by taking help from internet; Economic survey

(selected chapters)

Sriram + mrunal + newspaper

Shyamsundar sir notes, Mrunal

NCERT Books (11th and 12th), previous year questions, Economic Survey of India

(latest)

Sriram’s Notes

Science (theory + current)

NCERT (8th,9th,10th); nobelprize.org (popular summary of the past 5 years nobel

prize winning achievements); The Hindu; mrunal.org

Rajya sabha tv- science reporter, The Hindu

http://mrunal.org/economy

http://www.mrunal.org/economy

http://www.mrunal.org/economy

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9th , 10 th NCERTS, NEWSPAPERS, VAJIRAM NOTES FOR BOTH CURREN AS WELL

AS STATIC PART –(NANO, ROBO, SPACE, NUCLEAR, BIOTECT ), FRONTLINE-

(SCIENCE SECTION).

The hindu , MRUNAL

Manorama, Hindu S/T

NCERT books (6th to 10th)

Newspaper (Hindu Science section)

Science and Technology- Ashok Kumar Singh

Space | Defence | Nuclear | Nanotechnology | Biotechnology and class 10th Biology

– also YouTube Videos for many topics, ISRO Website; The Hindu S&T page is

becoming so redundant these days that I am skeptical to suggest it. Nevertheless,

you CANNOT rely solely on The Hindu for S&T

Hindu science tech page +Mrunal.org/snt +magazines

Hindu S&T, Frontline.

9th and 10th class NCERTs; daily news papers; Mrunal

Crack Ias + Hindu

Wikipedia, Mrunal

NCERT material till class 10th and selective part of 11th and 12th books (like

biotechnology, genetics, pollution, environmental topics etc), coaching notes for

biology

Environment (theory + current)

Shankar IAS book on environment; The Hindu

Gktoday GS manual – environment, Geography NCERT

HAD A SPECIAL ISSUE OF CHRONICLE- HELPED, WIKIPEDIA, DOWNTOEARTH.ORG

Ncert biology 12th (2003 edition ) last 4 chapters. BBC Documentary

Barucha

Newspapers, Mrunal.org, googled relevant topics

NIOS, Newspaper

Erach Barucha for getting an idea of Ecosystems; Class 10th ICSE books only a few

chapters; Environment Summits etc. from Mrunal.org; GKToday.in Notes for

Environment, Biodiversity and other topics like Vulnerable/IUCN Red List species

12th NCERT bio, national open school material downloaded from mrunal.org;

Magazines and newspapers

Mrunal.org, Hindu, frontline.

Mrunal.Org/enb; GK Today. Newspapers

NIOS

Wikipedia

NCERT Science, NCERT Geography and GS coverage based on News Paper,

magazine and internet

Geography Physical

NCERT: India: physical setting; India: people and resources

http://currentaffairs.gktoday.in/current-affairs/environment

http://mrunal.org/download

http://mrunal.org/snt

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NCERT

CLASS NOTES+ GOH CHENG LEONG+ ncerts

Majid Hussain – India and World Geography (TMH)

YouTube

NCERT (6th to 12th) and internet

NCERT, Goh Cheng Leong

NCERT; YouTube Videos to clarify many concepts specially of volcanism, plate

tectonics, wind systems, eclipses, phases of moon, equinoxes etc.

Gs manual + chronicle special issue

NCERTs from 6th class to 12th class number of times. For concepts such as

Monsoons, ocean currents, mineral resources, I relied on YouTube, govt.

websites resources.

NCERT + GCL

GC LEONG

NCERT Books + previous year GS Mains questions related to geography

NCERT XI XII + GC Leong

Geography India

NCERT

KHULLAR+ NCERTS



NCERT

NCERT


NCERT

NCERTs


NCERT

Geography World

NCERT

Mrunal.org



Goh Cheng Leong, NCERT

G C Leong


GCL


NCERT

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Other National/ International Current Affairs

The Hindu; EPW;

The hindu, CCS, Wikipedia

Hindu, frontline, cst/ chronicle

The Hindu,Indian Express

Frontline, Hindu

Newspapers, television debates (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha tv, CNN-IBN and

NDTV)

Newspapers, EPW, Frontline, World Focus (selectively), Pib.nic.in insightsonindia

Newspaper- make notes and revise them on and off

Hindu editorials + Followed realclearworld.

Hindu,

By 1) The hindu 2) PIB 3) G.k. today 4) Rajya sabha tv programmes 5) IDSA 6)

Mrunal.org 7) PRS for bills 7) PIB for policies and yojnas

Newspaper

Mrunal

News Paper and magazine (Chronicle, sometimes Frontline)

Newspaper+frontline+ GKT modules

Schemes, Policy & Filler Stuff

Not laid exclusive attention; with an in-depth reading of The Hindu, we can

manage most of these areas

PIB, India year book, economic survey, Yojana , Kurukshetra

PIB, PRS, The Hindu

Newspaper, government advertisement

Gov websites like PIB ,PRS

Newspapers, TV, internet

Yojana

India Year Book; For policies etc. relied on GKToday.in Compendium, but

fortunately not many questions from this area in Prelims 2013

Read all yearbook chapters as advised on Mrunal’s site. Followed prsindia.org

Yojana and other magazines.

Hindu, frontline, EPW

PRS for bills; PIB for policies and Yojanas; Govt websites such as MOEF, Planning

Commission etc.

India Year Book

Internet

News Paper and magazine (Chronicle), India Year Book, self-made notes based on

Newspaper reading, website such as Mrunal/GK Study

GKT

Prelims (CSAT) Aptitude

http://www.prsindia.org/

http://insightsonindia.com/

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx

http://www.frontline.in/

http://www.epw.in/

Maths

Just pick out the areas from which arithmetic questions are asked; Some prime

areas are time-work,distance-speed-time, seating arrangements, HCF-LCM, trai

problems, relative velocity,etc. Strengthen your basics and problem solving

abilities in these areas.

Cenage Learning- CSAT practice book, Mrunal articles on CSAT

R.S Aggarwal

RS Aggarwal

Byju; Previous years questions (even before 2011 there was a segment on

Aptitude)

Magical maths by M.K.Tyra, Mrunal’s articles. http://mrunal.org/aptitude; Practiced

questions from various magazines like csat chronicle, pd, cst,etc. and solved test

papers on internet.

TIME mock test

CL Test Papers

Selective practice from TMH book

R S Agarwal + sample mock papers

Reasoning

Practice alone helps


R.S Aggarwal

RS Aggarwal

Byju; Previous years questions

Few chapters from verbal and non verbal reasoning by R.S. Agarwal, Practiced

questions from various magazines like csat chronicle, pd, cst,etc. and solved test

papers on internet

TIME mock test

CL Test Papers


R S Agarwal + sample mock papers

Comprehension

Not to be considered as an exclusive area of Paper II. Instead, as and when you

prepare for Paper I or when you read newspaper, just make sure that you

understand each word verbatim and you’re able to grasp the core matter better.

Such a practice while reading ‘The Hindu’ editorials will really help.


TMH manual

Regular Tests

Byju; Few chapters of Norman Lewis book – How to Read Faster and Better

Practiced questions from various magazines like CSAT Chronicle, PD, CST, etc. and

solved test papers on internet

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http://mrunal.org/aptitude

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TIME mock test

CL Test Papers


Rcprep.com and previous year papers + mocks

Decision Making

Practice

TIME mock test


General Studies (Mains) paper 1

Culture

CCRT website. But I have not heard of a comprehensive resource for Culture. This

is quite a huge portion but I did a selective study of CCRT, some culture related

current affairs, PIB features on culture, etc.

CCS- special edition on art, Religion from spectrum.

Nitin Singhania notes+ ncert on culture (very good) + internet

Nitin Singhania notes; UNESCO videos on World Heritage sites of India

NCERT, Trends in Indian Culture, Friday Hindu

Nitin Singhania AIR -51 class notes; Byju class notes; Art and Culture New NCERT

(for class 11th); Wikipedia for all the form of art I found interesting –

dances/pottery/sculpture/literature

I used GK today notes along with ancient history prepared through NCERT books.

For Buddhism/Jainism/Sufi/ Sikhism and other religious ideologies, one can also

take help of IGNOU. I also took help of Google images to understand Paintings,

Architecture, sculptures etc.

Nitin Singhania Notes

Culture syllabus is unlimited. no matter how much you prepare, it’ll be

insufficient. but at the same time it’d be unwise to leave this topic entirely.

Ignore: queens, kings, battles etc.. prepare Architecture, religion, literature. Old

NCERT focus on the bold words, google them. As and where possible find google

images, that’ll help you memorize better. especially in Architecture. At max just

need 20-30 keywords. Then add grammar so you’ll reach the 100 words limit.

Spectrum Culture book, CCRT India website, A Cultural History of India – Bhasim

Indian history

Modern India NCERT; Bipan Chandra-‘India’s Struggle for independence’; This

book is very important to gain a proper perspective and hence I recommend it.


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Many of my friends read ‘Spectrum-Modern India’ but I found it somewhat boring.

So, stopped reading it. I would suggest reading original books rather than

compiled guide like stuff.

NCERT, Bipin Chandra.

Bipan chandra two books -1. Struggle for Independence (1857- 1947) 2. History of

modern india(1700 -1857)+ old ncerts

Spectrum: Brief history of modern India; Bipin Chandra: India’s struggle for

independence

12th NCERT and Spectrum; started reading Bipin Chandra after the exam; lots of

overlapping between NCERT, Spectrum and Bipin Chandra

Bipin Chandra

1757 – 1857 – Bipin Chandra /Old NCERT first 4 chapters; 1857 onwards -Same as

for prelims; Spectrum for Indian History

Spectrum’s brief history of Modern India

I covered NCERTs, Bipin chandra’s both books a)India’s struggle for

Independence b) India since independence. Apart from reading these books, one

must do analysis as what can be asked in say modern history such as a)

Nehruvian period b) Indira Gandhi era c) India’s relation with USA& Soviet Union,

d) Opposition parties etc and prepared notes on important events.

Bipin Chandra

Spectrum Publication: A brief History of Modern India (Rajiv Ahir)

NCERT + Spectrum

World History

Arjun Dev NCERT; I also prepared answers for around 100 world history questions

given by Shankar sir.

NCERT – 6th to 10th

World history baliyan sir class notes..(very helpful)+ vajiram new syllabus class

notes + normal lowe + history channel short summary of major events (helpful

even for optional) + random internet

Ncert 9th -10th (The story of civilization)

Old NCERT (9th and 10th); Sriram notes

Norman Lewis; Mrunal.org/history (especially Africa); NCERT questions

Arjun Dev NCERT (9th and 10th); YouTube Videos for all topics; Khan Academy

videos (Vietnam war/ French Revolution); After watching a 10-12 minutes video, I

would jot down important points on an A4 paper(folded midway). This would

contain pointers to elaborate on and would serve handy on the day before exam.

Crash course in world history by john green- you tube videos, Mrunal.org.

World history NCERT books. Internet material as many good pdfs are available. GK

today notes. Prepare 4-5 page notes on each topic given in syllabus. Mrunal sir

articles.

NCERT

http://mrunal.org/history

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Just wiki for those 7-8 core topics world history. additionally you may consult

Norman Lowe. time very less, so not much point in focusing too much here. better

spend that much time on Ethics.

World history notes by Prof BRA Rao

Stardust notes (pdf version) from forumias

Post-Independence India

Bipan Chandra-‘India since independence’; This book has better exam related

stuff than Guha’s ‘India after Gandhi’ which is more like a novel. Though I really

liked Guha’s book, I found the ‘Bipan Chandra’ to be more useful for the exam.

NCERT-‘politics in India since independence’-a must read; got some questions in

the exam directly from this. Personalities- Prepare some short note for all the

leading figures of the past 60 years of independent India..

State reorganization and land reforms from Bipin Chandra, 11th Political science

NCERT, a general timeline of post-Independence events from the internet

India since independence – bipan Chandra

Bipin Chandra: India after Independence

Bipin Chandra’s India after independence

Bipin Chandra’s India after independence

Integration of Princely states, Emergency from Bipan Chandra – India since

independence; Political Science NCERT – Politics in Indian after Independence;

Ramachandra Guha – India After Gandhi; ABP News Series – Pradhnanmantri

Ram Guha, India after Gandhi.

Bipin Chandra

Starting with NCERT then make summary notes on major events such as

Panchsheel, India-Pak, India-China, Green revolution, industrialization etc.

Class 12th – Politics in India post-independence, India After Gandhi

GKT material

Indian Society

NCERT-Indian society; News items and articles on social issues; EPW

IGNOU- Sociology (had to study for optional)

NCERTS – Two of them . not too sure ,but most probably +2, discussions and point

jotting , attended 3 lectures at vajirams as part of updated syllabus course +

social issues from hindu , frontline.

NCERT sociology books

Sociology NCERT 11, Newspaper

IGNOU has very good material on topic such as India’s diversity. One can register

on IGNOU and download material. Internet, Newspapers was used to prepare

remaining topics.

NCERT sociology Class 11 and 12. Beyond that keep an eye on Hindu editorials.

There is no need for any coaching material in this topic.

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Class 12th – Indian Society, Class 12th – Social Change and Development in India,

Class – 11th – Introducing Sociology and Class 11th – Understanding Society (all

NCERT)

Newspapers (current events) + GKT

Role of Women, Poverty etc.

IGNOU- Sociology + newspaper + Excellent book series GS 1 (I bought these small

books for all the papers just to cover any topic couldn’t find anywhere else)



social issues from hindu , frontline.

News papers,

Newspapers, internet, TV debates

Googled role of women- found a Delhi University Paper; poverty – Uma Kapila;

Dutt

1) Newspaper and Internet 2) discussion on Poverty by Amartya sen and

P.Sainath 3)Polcies and legislations for both of these topics



Covered in sociology NCERT books mentioned

above. http://wcd.nic.in/publication/AR201213_english.pdf

GKT

Globalization on Indian Society


books for all the papers just to cover any topic couldn’t find anywhere else)



social issues from Hindu , frontline+ Vajiram Handouts.

News papers , Wikipedia


Internet, Newspapers. Please remember definitions on globalization. Cover

various dimensions such as 1) economy 2) agriculture 3) culture and society 4)

urbanization 5) knowledge dissemination 6) diaspora 7) science and technology

while preparing globalization. Prepare 4-5 page notes



Covered in sociology NCERT books mentioned above

GKT

Communalism, Regionalism, Secularism


books for all the papers just to cover any topic couldn’t find anywhere else) +

halfmatr.com

http://wcd.nic.in/publication/AR201213_english.pdf

NCERTS – Two of them. not too sure ,but most probably +2, discussions and point

jotting , attended 3 lectures at Vajirams as part of updated syllabus course +

social issues from Hindu , frontline. + India since independence – Bipan Chandra

Bipin Chandra (Freedom struggle),Wikipedia


Sociology NCERT, Bipin Chandra(India since Independence)

Regarding communism, Socialism, capitalism, IGNOU material on

sociology( thinkers) can be used. Please make a table differentiating three

ideologies.



Covered in sociology NCERT books mentioned above + Political science Class

11th NCERT

GKT

World Geo Physical

NCERT + GC Leong

India and World geography (TMH )- Majid Hussain + NCERT class 11th (NEW one)

Sriram notes

Goh Cheng Leong, Atlas, NCERT

Climate Zones of the world (the chapters in Goh Cheng Leong)

Mexus videos in you tube.

NCERT + Goh Che Leong

Goh Che Leong’s certificate in physical geography. in that book, focus on part I.

No need to focus on part II that much.

NCERT Geography books + previous year papers

NCERT

Resource Distribution

Mrunal.org/Geography

NCERT + GC Leong

Vajiram booklet + mrunal

India and World geography (TMH )- Majid hussain

NCERT and Mrunal.org

Past years geography optional papers; Mrunal

Mrunal.org/geography combined with Atlas reading


Internet and govt websites are best resources. I tried to cover each resource in

following dimensrions a)Quantity b) location c) types d) world standing e)

exports percentages

NCERT + Vajiram printed notes

There are just a few theories to prepare.

NCERT Economics books as above

http://mrunal.org/geography






NCERT + Mrunal +learnt drawing maps of India, World in 20 secs for marking of

resources

Factors for Industrial Location

Mrunal.org/Geography; NCERT: India-people and resources; Models and theories-

Majid Hussain for Weber’s industry location theory, isodopane concepts, labour

cost contours, etc.

Vajiram booklet + mrunal

India and World geography (TMH )- Majid hussain+ NCERT

Mrunal

Mrunal.org/geography combined with Atlas reading

Mexus videos in you tube. + Mrunal

Mrunal coverage. NCERTS

NCERT + Mrunal.org/geography

There are just a few theories to prepare.

NCERT Geography books as above

Geography Instt. Notes (CBT ect) + Mrunal

Earthquake Tsunami etc

NCERT: Fundamentals of Physical geography; Physical Geography: Savindra

Singh- just give a light read on certain topics for GS

Wikipedia, YouTube animated videos, disaster management edition CCS

NCERT class 11th supplement on Disaster Managements

NCERT book on disaster management

Google- howstuffworks.com

NCERT 11th and 12th.


GKtoday material. Internet, as good pdfs are available.

NCERT

GC Leong.


NCERT + Newspapers

Impact on Flora-Fauna

4×4 report by NAPCC(GoI); IPCC summary; Newspaper articles

Internet

Nothing specific , only current affairs from news paper

NIOS, newspaper

I prepared closed to 20 flora-fauna by taking help from greenpeace, IPCC, UNDP

and other international websites. Cover newspapers . endangered species are

mentioned whenever there is threat to them.

NCERT

http://mrunal.org/download




General studies (Mains) paper 2

Indian Constitution, devolution, dispute redressal etc.

Lakshmikanth; ‘Constitution of India’ android app for articles verbatim; I’d

recommend the aspirants to exactly remember at least the first 50 articles(upto

DPSP) and other important articles(given in the back of Lakshmikanth); You can

use them while answering essays and other questions;

Laxmikant- Indian polity, vision IAS material

Lakshmikant + puri sir notes for polity updated course (very useful) + ncert

Indian administration – Rajni Goyal (Selected topics ); Laxmikanth

D.D Basu; Sriram notes

DD Basu; Laxmikanth

History of constitution – Laxmikanth chapter 1; in addition read history more

intently

Laxmikant’s Indian Polity; Granville Austin’s working of a democratic

constitution is excellent.

D.D. Basu

Laxmikanth

Laxmikanth. current events from Hindu. Various test series site upload mock

questions on their sites, do solve them.

DD Basu, For dispute resolution made notes from internet

Srirams Polity Notes

Comparing Constitution with World

Shankar sir’s class(comparison with US, UK, French, South African, Swiss

constitutions); NCERT-Constitution at work- Boxes articles highlighting the best

features of some constitutions;

Laxmikanth- Indian polity

Vajiram classes updated course (by Ravindran Sir) + vision IAS document

Chronicle class notes –Focused on US, UK, Switzerland

Mrunal competition.

Internet, Mrunal’s writing competition

Vision IAS

Notes from Ravindran Sir’s class.

DD Basu/Laxmikanth

GKT


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Parliament, State Legislatures

Laxmikanth


Laxmikanth + Puri sir notes for polity updated course (very useful) + NCERT

Indian Polity – Laxmikanth

D.D Basu

Laxmikanth

Laxmikanth

D.D. Basu. Newspapers were used to cover issues such as Ordinance. Please

listen to PRS discussions on its website. Anti-defection was lifted directly from

2009 discussion

Laxmikanth



DD Basu/Laxmikanth

Sriram’s Polity Notes

Executive-Judiciary

Laxmikanth


Laxmikanth + Puri sir notes for polity updated course (very useful) + NCERT

Indian Polity – Laxmikanth ,Indian administration – Rajni Goyal

D.D Basu

Laxmikanth + M. Puri class notes

Laxmikanth

D.D. Basu. Covered current articles such as balance, judicial overreach, judicial

independence etc with the help of newspapers and Internet. Use examples when

explain these issues

Laxmikanth



DD Basu/Laxmikanth

Sriram’s Polity Notes

Ministries Departments

I read some annual reports of some ministries; But I think it is like searching for a

needle in a haystack; After reading through 100 pages, you would find only 10

good points; Maybe, you can share this work among your friends;

India year book

Vajirams booklet

News paper





2nd ARC report

Govt. websites and Internet

Laxmikanth

Just basic features from India Yearbook. Don’t go in depth. Previously UPSC was

focused on ‘depth’, nowadays just ‘range’.

DD Basu/Laxmikanth, 15th ARC Report – State and district administration

India Year Book

Pressure groups, Informal Associations

Halfmatr.com, Wikipedia, IGNOU- sociology

Vajirams booklet + Sriram’s printed notes + Puri sir notes for polity updated

Wikipedia

Internet, newspapers

Insightsonindia

Internet and Newspapers. Please learn how they work and their implications on

issues ranging from macro-economy, lobbying, protests etc.

Laxmikanth

Hindu editorials. No need for separate preparation.

DD Basu/Laxmikanth

Representation of People’s Act

Newspaper(Supreme Court verdicts); Election commission of India- website(for

model code of conduct); PIB releases on elections;

Wikipedia, vision IAS material

Vajirams Booklet

S.K. Mishra sir’s notes

Just went through those sections that were in news

VisionIas handout

The Bare Act and its important articles(Taught in class by S.K. Mishra sir)

Google search

Mrunal’s writing competition series. Internet Newspapers

read the official act

Internet and Wikipedia. just focused on the basic provisions only. No need to go

through entire draft.

Election Commission website FAQ + original text of the RPA Act

Internet ppts

Various bodies: Constitutional, statutory..

Laxmikanth

Wikipedia, vision IAS material + Laxmikanth- Governance

Laxmikanth + VisionIas document

D.D Basu, internet, Sriram notes

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Vision IAS handout

Mrunal’s writing competition series. Internet. Newspapers. D.D. Basu

Laxmikanth



DD Basu/Laxmikanth, Internet

NGO, SHG etc

Shankar class notes

Wikipedia, vision IAS material + Internet

Vajirams booklet + Sriram’s printed notes + Puri sir notes for polity updated

Wikipedia

Internet, newspapers

Insightsonindia

Mohanty class notes for SHG

Internet and Newspapers. please learn how they work and their implications on

issues ranging from macro-economy, lobbying, protests etc. 4-5p age notes

Newspapers

Hindu editorials. No need for separate preparation.

DD Basu/Laxmikanth, Internet, ARC Report on Social Capital

Yojana

Welfare schemes, Bodies

Economic survey

Wikipedia, VisionIas material

Vajiram booklet (basics) + coverage of all schemes from a common source (like

chronicle etc) + coverage of all schemes from year book + current issues like mid

day meal scheme fiasco of Bihar from Hindu, frontline + critical analysis from EPW

other magazines online e.g. ICDS, MGNREGA.

News paper , 12th five year plan draft (Planning commission)

Draft 12th plan

Newspapers

Relied on newspaper reports / pib.nic.in

Hindu, economic survey

G.K. today material. PIB. Analyse pros, cons, design, challenges, reform aspects

when covered. internet and newspaper

India Year Book



Indian Economic Survey

GKT

Social Sector, Health, Edu, HRD




Economic survey;


Vajiram booklet (basics) + coverage of all schemes from a common source (like

chronicle etc) + coverage of all schemes from year book + current issues like mid

day meal scheme fiasco of Bihar from Hindu, frontline + critical analysis from EPW

other magazines online e.g. higher education, women health etc.

News paper , 12th five year plan draft (Planning commission )

Draft 12th plan

Newspapers

Relied on newspaper reports / pib.nic.in

Economic survey, planning commission draft plan.

Newspaper and Internet

12th FYP



Economic Survey, Science books NCERT

India Year Book

Governance, Transparency, Accountability


Vajirams class notes updated + Vajiram booklet+ vision IAS document

Newspaper, web site –www. Indiagovernance.com

2nd ARC reports

Vajiram notes, Laxmikanth(on Governance)

Common topic in Ethics paper 4

Economic survey, planning commission draft plan.

Internet

ARC report

ARC report on RTI, Ethics and Citizen Centric Administration

E-governance

Yojana special edition on e-Gov, 2nd ARC

Vajirams class notes updated + Vajiram booklet + VisionIas document

Newspaper, web site –www. Indiagovernance.com

2nd ARC reports

Mohit Bhattacharya (just that chapter, had it from pub ad optional last year)

2nd ARC Report on e-Gov

Internet- good pdfs are available on internet. Please include case studies when

you study them. Cover various dimensions when study this topic

ARC

On pib.nic.in search “E-governance” to find out various projects by various

ministries, How can it help implementing SEVOTTOMA etc.

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ARC report on e-governance

Role of Civil Service

Laxmikanth – governance + internet

Vajirams class notes updated + Vajiram booklet

2nd ARC reports

Vajiram notes

Vision IAS handout

2nd ARC; Laxmikant’s Public Administration book

Internet

ARC

Mohit Bhattacharya (Horizon of Public Administration) relevant chapter

India & Neighbours

Challenges and strategy: Rethinking India’s foreign policy by Rajiv Sikri; This book

is a very nice and I would recommend it strongly to understand the basis of

India’s foreign policy; India and its world: A talk show on Rajya Sabha TV- This

explains recent international issues very clearly; International news in ‘The Hindu’

IGNOU- India and world

Rajeev Sikri book + current from Hindu, frontline, the diplomat + world focus

(selected articles) + Puri sir ir class notes + chokhalingam sir class notes

News paper +MEA website, selected Article (G.Parthsarthy, C.Rajamohan etc. )

Newspapers

Newspapers, World Focus

Idsa.in articles. Focus on various dimensions of relationship between any two

countries-trade/strategic/power balance/energy security/people to people/cultural

links/history and then assessment of peculiar aspects with respect to both land

and maritime neighbours

Mrunal.org, Mrunal competition, Hindu; Pax Indica

Free book on IDSA website. IDSA. Newspaper editorial. Rajya Sabha tv programme

–India’s world. frontline’s world affairs articles

World Focus + Newspapers + idsa.in

Don’t waste time in old topics like NAM, Panchsheel etc. unless its finishing 50-60

question or some person in news. E.g. Death of Gujaral so, Gujaral doctrine was

asked. Nowadays UPSC is only asking current based straight forward questions. so

just focus on current issues from the Hindu.

Mainly newspaper and India’s Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri, IDSA

Used to make current affiairs based notes on IR + Map of India with border

countries

Bilateral/Global Grouping

Shankar material on International organisations; Official Websites of various

groupings;

Wikipedia, MEA website

Rajeev Sikri book + current from Hindu, frontline, the diplomat + world focus

(selected articles) + Puri Sir’s class notes + chokhalingam sir class notes

News Papers, MEA website, selected articles IDSA

Newspapers


Use Wikipedia and also the Group’s own website for

IBSA/SCO/BRICS/ASEAN/SAARC/G4/G8/G33 etc.

G.K. today notes. Internet






Internet, IDSA

Internet. Had a separate register for IR. Crisp, ready to read material.

Effect of Foreign Country Policies on Indian Interest

News articles

Rajiv Sikiri – Indian foreign policy

Rajeev Sikri book + current from hindu, frontline, thediplomat + world focus

(selected articles) + puri sir ir class notes + chokhalingam sir class notes

News paper


Suggest to read Shashi Tharoor’s book Pax Indica for an objective analysis of

relationship of India with other countries.

Newspapers, Indian external affair ministry website, PIB






Internet, IDSA

Diaspora

CCS – special edition + MEA website

Covered as part of Rajiv Sikri book..he talks about diaspora in a particular country

while talking of different countries + current

Not much prep- skipped it except for policies for diaspora- done from Ministry

website

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Chronicle class notes/ Vision IAS handout/ name of diaspora schemes from India

Yearbook

Newspapers, Indian external affair ministry website, PIB

IGNOU material uploaded on Mrunal.org/download





Read special coverage on Chronicle on Indian diaspora

International bodies- Structure Mandate

Shankar class notes

Wikipedia

Wikipedia and online material for general ones and the ones in news.

News Paper + Wikipedia (do only important organizations and organizations in

News)

Internet; websites of different bodies

Googled

Wiki.

Read Pratiyogita Darpan special edition simply for the lack of time. If you have

more time, suggest you to read on WTO/IMF etc.

Internet

WHO, UN and World bank group: prepare them in detail.beyond that just 15-17

bodies. Goto Wikipedia then one link leads to another and prepare basic features

only. don’t go in detail. only read introductory paragraph in Wikipedia. We don’t

have time to read everything and even if you do, you can’t memorize it much.

Internet

General studies (Mains) Paper 3Since this paper is mainly a current affairs oriented paper, I did not do a lot of specific

preparation for each topic. [Gautham]

Indian economy, resource mobilization

Newspaper

Ramesh Singh + economic survey + VisionIas material

Ramesh Singh + newspapers

Mrunal, Sanjeev Verma (Unique publication )

Newspapers, 12th plan

Dutt Sundaram

Byju class notes by Zulfiqar sir for Economy and its various aspects

Ramesh singh, Mrunal, draft plan, eco survey

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Economic surve, RBI website, Newspaper. Mrunal‘s coverage on Economic articles

is excellent. Reform aspects related to Taxation, expenditures, Inflation,

manufacturing, agriculture, banking, Financial inclusion, external economy must

be covered thoroughly. A typical search query on Google say Financial inclusion

can fetch you good material. Search query Example: Financial Inclusion and

inclusive growth+pdf/ppt/research papers/ editorials/speeches/essays. Financial

inclusion and challenges+ pdf/ppt. Financial Inclusion and committees. Financial

inclusion + Priority sector lending+ credit challenges. Financial Inclusion + e-

technology+ infrastructure challenges/ppt/pdfs/editorials. Search queries can be

varied to get different results. If you have time, please cover economic times

editorials. State of economy TV series on Rajya sabha Tv. Please visit

youtube.com/rajyasabhatv. “Macros with mythili “TV programme on ET now.

Browse Assocham, Ficci reports on various economic issues

Sriram

Mostly relied Mrunal and economic survey. No need to consult Economic Times

(ET), Financial Express or any such separate newspaper for economics.


Sriram’s Eco Notes + Mrunal articles on economy from the start. I was zero in

economics but this blog helped me become an aware citizen.

Inclusive Growth

VisionIas material + excellent book series paper 2

Sriram’s printed notes (very good)

12th five year plan draft

12th plan, Economic Survey

Dutt Sundaram + vision handout+ planning commission

Byju class notes by Zulfiqar sir for Economy and its various aspects

Draft plan, survey

Planning commission approach paper 2) Newspaper editorials 3) cover this article

through various dimensions such as a) Definition b) components of inclusive

growth c) Vulnerable sections and Inclusive growth d) challenges e) Welfare

schemes etc..Run typical search query to get pdfs on this topic.

Yojana




Budgeting

Shankar Sir’s Notes

VisionIas material + excellent book series paper 2 + Wikipedia

Ramesh Singh

Read from Laxmikanth (chapter on Parliament)

Union budget and newspaper reports; internet

VisionIas + planning commission (especially recommendations on changing the

budgeting process)

Theory: Lok Sabha website, D.D. Basu, Budget making process. Current:

contentious issues of fiscal, current deficit, taxation etc can be covered through

newspaper

ARC report




Major Crops, Irrigation

Shankar Notes

VisionIas material + excellent book series paper 2 + India Yearbook

Vajiram class notes (Manocha sir)

GKToday.in

NCERT geography

Past years geography optional solved

GKtoday Notes, Focus more on cropping pattern- like combination of crops grown

together rather than what we read in geography.

Majid Hussain Geography

NCERTs for traditional knowledge. Covered critical issues say a) Kharif crops and

challenges(water) b) climate change and agricultural sustainability c)crop

productivity d) Monsoon dependence f) Dry and wet agricultural crops-issues and

challenges g) irrigation types, methods, challenges, constraints etc. Relied

completely on Internet. Used google search query to fetch pdfs.

IGNOU(for basics) + internet

Class 11 and 12 NCERT Economics and Geography. India yearbook chapter on

agriculture

Coaching material + NCERT geography books

Agro-Produce – Storage, Marketing


Vajiram class notes

GKToday.in

Mrunal.org; newspaper items related to APMC act etc.

Vajiram notes

Vision IAS handout

Draft plan, survey

Newspaper and Internet is the best resource. Covered these topics through

various dimensions such as a) APMC act b) FDI c) infrastructure d) FCI control,

http://gktoday.in/

http://gktoday.in/

regulation and reform. Cover ‘Sukhpal singh- IIM professor’ articles on agriculture.

He has written on contract farming, APMC act reforms and other issues

Internet

Hindu and PIB


E-technology for Famers

Info from various sources- govt websites, news articles


Gk today

GKToday.in

Sriram material

Newspapers

GKToday Notes

Draft plan, survey

Internet. GK today notes

Internet

Hindu and PIB


Farm Subsidies, MSP


Vajiram class notes + Sriram’s printed

GKToday.in

Sriram material

Uma Kapila

Vision IAS handout

Draft plan, survey

Research papers(IIT, IIM professor). Newspaper editorials. Covered various

dimensions related to Swaminathan report, Macroeconomic and food inflation,

reforms, types of farm subsidies-water, electricity, fertilizers. One can cover other

dimensions depending upon the current events such as a) WTO restrictions and

India’s international obligations

IGNOU(for basics) +internet

Hindu and PIB


PDS, Buffer, Food Security


Vajiram class notes + Sriram’s printed

GKToday.in

Newspapers, Sriram material

Uma Kapila

http://gktoday.in/

http://gktoday.in/

http://gktoday.in/

Vision IAS handout

Draft plan, survey

IGNOU(for basics) + internet

Hindu and PIB

Coaching material + NCERT geography books + Indian Economy book NCERT

Technology Mission


GKToday.in

Internet

Googled

Vision IAS handout

Draft plan, survey

Mrunal, planning commission report

Newspaper

Hindu and PIB

Regular coverage of Newspaper

Animal Rearing Economics


GKToday.in

Mrunal (very good)Vajiram notes

Annual report of Department of Dairying, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries;

http://dahd.nic.in/dahd/default.aspx (Ministry of Agriculture)

Mrunal

Hindu and PIB


Food Processing

PIB features

VisionIas material + excellent book series paper 2 + food processing act

document + Yojana edition

Vajirams class notes + Mrunal

GKToday.in

Mrunal

Mrunal’s [Food processing] article series + Ministry website

Mrunal’s [food processing] article series under /economy; GKtoday Notes;

http://www.mofpi.nic.in/ (Ministry of Food Processing Industries)

Draft plan, survey

Mrunal’s coverage on this topic is excellent. No need to look further

Internet

http://www.mofpi.nic.in/



http://gktoday.in/

http://dahd.nic.in/dahd/default.aspx

http://gktoday.in/

http://gktoday.in/

Hindu and PIB

Coaching material (else Ministry of Food processing website)

Land Reforms

Bipan Chandra’s ‘India since independence’. Land acquisition problems. The new

legislation.


Vajirams class notes

Bipin Chandra (India after Independence)

Mrunal

Uma Kapila Indian Economy; Bipin Chandra(since independence)

12th Five year plan – concept of land banks, new titling policy etc.; Salient features

of Land Acquisition Bill from prsindia.org; Historical aspect of land reforms since

Independence

Majid Husain

Mrunal’s coverage on this topic is excellent. No need to look further

Bipin Chandra India since independence

Mrunal.org/Polity

“Indian Economy” book NCERT

Liberalization

Some points from Gurcharan Das’s ‘India Unbound’


NCERT (very nicely explained)

Mrunal, Sanjeev Verma (Indian Economy)

IGNOU material on economic reforms

Uma Kapila

Ramesh Singh

Traditional: 11th class economic NCERT. Current: newspapers where issues such

as globalization, FDI, IMF, rating agencies, WTO and their impact on Indian

economy(Liberalization impacts) can be covered.

VisionIas

Class 11 and 12 NCERT Economics and Hindu

“Indian Economy” book NCERT

Infrastructure


Vajirams class notes + internet + Ramesh Singh

Mrunal, Sanjeev Verma (Indian Economy)

12th plan

Newspaper, Eco survey

Draft plan, survey

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Newspaper. Assocham and Ficci reports. Cover separately Road, railway, Airport,

Port, Energy, Urban and social infrastructure

VisionIas

As such this is covered in Dutt Sundaram. But please avoid this book as it is

written for those with economics optional.

Planning commission approach paper – chapter on Energy and Infrastructure

Investment Models


Vajirams class notes + vision document

12th plan

Vision IAS handout, extensive Google

Mrunal’s writing series competition

VisionIas

As such this is covered in Dutt Sundaram. But please avoid this book as it is

written for those with economics optional.

Mrunal

Science Tech Day to Day life

The Hindu, Mrunal.org

CCS – special edition on S&T

Mrunal + frontline (science) + GKtoday

MRUNAL, GKtoday

Newspaper.

GK Today compilation

Hindu S&T, frontline

G. K. today notes

Hindu + Mrunal + VisionIas

Non-science students: prepare Class 7-10 (for prelims). NCERT class 12 biology

selective reading of cutting of science page from Hindu’s Thursday edition

Mrunal.org/S&T

Regular News coverage

Indian achievements in Sci-tech

CCS – special edition on S&T + Internet

Gk today

GKtoday

Newspapers

Google

GK Today compilation


G. K. today notes




Mrunal.org/S&T

Regular News coverage

Dept of science and tech

Awareness in IT, Space, Biotech, NanoTech, IPR

CCS – special edition on S&T

Vajiram science and tech class notes

Mrunal, GKtoday

Sriram material, internet, newspapers

Vajiram notes

chronicle class notes


G. K. today notes




Mrunal.org/S&T

NCERT book – biology book (has chapters on biotechnology)

Environmental Impact Assessment

Shankar Sir’s Notes

CCS – special edition on S&T + Wikipedia

Vajirams updated class notes (Manocha sir)

EIA from website of Ministry of environment and forest , CSE and some articles on

internet + current issues

Vajiram notes + Google

Mrunal competition

Downtoearth.org. Frontline. Newspapers. There is international organization and a

standard code along with other information is developed –International

association for impact assessment

Internet

NCERT book – biology book (has chapters on pollution, environment), Internet

search

Disaster Management

VisionIas material + CCS special edition on DM, 2nd ARC on disaster mgt, editorials

from the Uttarakhand incident

Many sources including GKtoday document of 27 pages and a Yojana issue + in

depth coverage of Phailin + NCERT on disaster

NCERT class 11th supplement on Disaster Management + notes from NDMA

website

NCERT book on disaster management

Yojana, special issue of Chronicle, Newspaper

Disaster Management chapter from 2nd ARC report

Mrunal competition

Yojana cover story. G.K. today notes. ARC report- selected chapters

IGNOU

Prepared only introductory part from NDMA’s official site. Whenever you can’t

understand any terminology just Google it.

ARC report on Disaster Management

Non state actors, Internal security

This entire area was taken last year by Mr.Suresh (2013 AIR 305). His classes

helped immensely. A lot of questions appeared directly from the areas he had

covered..

Internet + VisionIas material + excellent book series paper 3

Vajirams booklet(very good) + classes + IDSA website + random internet + Puri

sir notes

Annual Report Ministry of Home affairs + Vajiram Notes + News Papers

Annual report, Ministry of Home

Newspaper, IDSA

S.K. Mishra sir’s class notes

Mrunal competition

Internet (IDSA, IPSC web). Newspapers. GKtoday notes

Vajiram printed notes

Report of Home Ministry, and Pib.nic.in. Naxalism Wikipedia. Hindu editorial

ARC report on Public Order, Internal Security and Home ministry report on Border

Management

Internal security – role of media, social networking site

Internet + VisionIas material+ excellent book series paper 3


sir notes

Vajiram Notes + News Papers

Newspapers and TV debates

Newspaper, IDSA

S.K. Mishra sir’s class notes; GKtoday Notes

Mrunal competition

Internet b)Newspapers c) GKtoday notes

http://arc.gov.in/

Vajiram + internet


ARC report on Public Order, Internal Security

Cyber security


Vajirams booklet(very good) + classes + random internet + Puri sir notes

Vajiram Notes + News Papers

Newspapers and internet

Newspaper, IDSA


Mrunal competition

Internet (IDSA task force report etc.) b)Newspapers

Internet

Just basics from the ICERT official site

A report on cyber security by IDSA

Money laundering


Vajiram Notes + News Papers + wiki + internet


sir notes

Sriram material

Newspaper, IDSA


Mrunal competition

Internet (KPMG reports, PRS for bills, FATF website) b)Newspapers

Vajiram + internet

Arthpedia.in

Internet research

Border Management


Vajirams booklet(very good) + Puri sir notes

Vajiram Notes + News Papers + Annual Report Ministry of Home affairs

Sriram material

Ministry of Home, VisionIas handout


Mrunal competition

Mrunal ‘s writing series competition b) Newspaper c) Internet (IDSA)

a book on border issues was available on idsa.in so i downloaded the book n made

notes from the book

http://www.arthapedia.in/


Home ministry report on Border Management

Organized crime, terrorism



sir notes


Newspaper & Internet

Newspaper, internet


Mrunal competition

Internet b) Newspapers

Vajiram


ARC Report on Internal security and FAQ questions on it

Security agencies- structure mandate


Vajirams booklet(very good)


Sriram material

Vajiram handout


Mrunal competition

G. K. Today notes

Vajiram

Just the main 5-7 bodies from Wikipedia. no need for coaching material here.

Internet (made note on CBI, IB, and other intelligence agencies)

General Studies 4: Ethics, Integrity,

aptitude

Ethics and Interface, family, society, etc.

Halfmatr.com + CCS special editions on Paper 4 + VisionIas material + Wikipedia

+ internet+ 2nd ARC – ethics in governance + book on paper 4 (local publication-

had all the topics of paper 4)

Ethics class notes of Mohanty sir from Synergy; Sriram’s booklet

S.K. Mishra Sir’s notes + Chronicle Magazine

IGNOU material

BOUGHT Ethics, Integrity Aptitude By Retd. IAS Officers- G.Subba Rao And PN Roy

Chowdhary (for all ethics)


Internet

notes of Synergy & Vajiram & chronicle issues

Moral Lexicon by Chronicle.

IGNOU material

Attitude, Moral Influence etc.

Joseph(Officers’ IAS academy) sir’s classes



had all the topics of paper 4) + YouTube Mukul Pathak Class Videos


Sriram material


NCERT 12th class psychology, very good material is available on internet. Search

Google by varying your queries.



IGNOU material on attitude

Civil service: Integrity, Impartiality, Tolerance to weak

etc





2nd ARC report


Internet, b) prepared 1-2 page definition, characteristics on each quality and tried

to find their application in day to day application.



Relevant chapter (Administrative Ethics) in New horizons of Pub Adm : Mohit

Bhattacharya

Emotional Intelligence, its use in governance

KM Pathy’s notes; His blog ‘musings: reflections of a social nomad’ helped;




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S.K. Mishra Sir’s notes + Chronicle Magazine+ you tube interview of Daniel

Goleman

Sriram material


One document by Goleman. It appeared in Harvard business review. Only studied

that as he is the first-hand resource on this topic.

Notes of Synergy & Vajiram & chronicle issues


Online sources (there are websites which have summary of EI based on famous

book of Daniel Goleman)

Moral thinkers of India and world

Chronicle…. I prepared Buddha, Vivekananda, Tagore, Gandhi, Ambedkar, Plato,

Aristotle, Kant, Roseau,

I did 4-5 thinkers such as Buddha, Vivekananda, Gandhi, Nehru etc.

I did Confucius, Gandhi, Kautilya, and Buddha. While reading Freedom Struggle I

made a mental note of incidents where our leaders faced moral dilemmas and

noticed the choices they made. I tried to quote these examples in my answers.

Further Subba Rao has cited many thinkers while providing practical answers to

case studies; I went through these as well.

I focused on the qualities of these thinkers rather than learning about each of

them. Sociology class also helped to prepare quite a few thinkers. Chronicle had

provided a handout which was essentially a summary of IGNOU notes of the same

topic. I read those a couple of times.

Covered from chronicle magazine. They produced 4 issues on ethics papers; I

found them more useful, appropriate than any other coaching institute notes. I

covered close to 20 thinkers. They are covered very well in these magazine

issues.

I focused more on Indian thinkers.. Sriram notes were good.


Thinkers on Ethics IGNOU material. Mainly I prepared – Gandhi, Vivekananda,

Buddha, Arvind Ghosh, Bhagvat Geeta, Lokmanya Tilak among Indians and Kant,

Mill, Aristotle, John Rawls, Bentham among western thinkers

Ethics in Pub.Ad, Accountability, Laws, Rules etc.





2nd ARC reports

S.K. Mishra sir’s class notes; Ethics in Public Life ARC

Chronicle magazine, ARC report- selected chapters. One can listen to

CAG/dignitaries speeches to get fodder points.




ARC report on ethics, RTI

Corporate Governance





Internet

S.K. Mishra sir’s class notes;

Internet case studies with components, different component- principles,

framework, organizational challenges, various committee recommendations etc.

b) relied on Internet


Corporate social responsibility related provisions.

Notes from Wikipedia and some other online sources

Probity in Governance, Work Culture





2nd ARC reports


Internet, chronicle magazine



ARC report on ethics, RTI

Citizen Charter, Ethics Code, Work Culture etc.





2nd ARC reports

S.K. Mishra sir’s class notes; Citizen centric Administration ARC; Sevottam Model

ARC report – selected chapter for citizen charter, ethics code b) for work culture

relied on internet



Generally covered in other material

http://mrunal.org/2013/10/gs2-department-of-administrative-reforms-public-grievances-darpg-sevottam-framework-e-office.html#sevottam

Challenges of Corruption





2nd ARC reports


Chronicle magazine notes



IGNOU chapter on Ethics in administration

Case Studies on above topics

Halfmantr.com + CSE special edition


Googled, + Subbarao


Generated a standard template. You can also generate your own template which

can be tweaked and be fitted in almost every case study. Points of my template:

1. Short term solution vs long term solution

2. Use of words such as transparency, accountability, legality, probity, Integrity

depending upon the case

3. Trust, honest and confidence building exercises- write those activities which

generate these qualities

4. Personal v/s professional dilemma(Mostly found in many case studies)

5. People empowerment/interests are supreme.

6. Formal, professional conduct according to standard procedure, protocols.

7. Taking actions considering department, company’s vision and conduct rules

8. Reward, sanctions, regulation and monitoring actions (almost it happens in

every case study)


Mrunal case studies http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/cases.cfm

http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/cases.cfm

http://mrunal.org/ethics


CSE-2015 Strategy

Documents

Transcript of CSE-2015 Strategy