UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam, the first round of selection process for different All India Services like IAS, IPS etc, will be conducted on 19.05.2013 (SUNDAY), while the Civil Services Main Exam (written) will commence on 08.11.2013 (FRIDAY).The last date for receipt of Applications (Preliminary) will be 04.03.2013 (MONDAY). The details of the notification will be available in the UPSC website […]
Archives for January 2013
Fiscal Deficit and Current Account Deficit: The Twin Deficits
Fiscal Deficit, Fiscal Consolidation and Current Account Deficit are terms that we hear often from the Finance Minister and Prime Minister as the areas that needs prime attention. What is Fiscal Deficit? The fiscal deficit is the difference between the government’s total expenditure and its total receipts (excluding borrowing). Fiscal deficit in layman’s terms corresponds to the […]
REPO and CRR Rate Cuts – What Should You Understand?
Reserve Bank of India has cut REPO and CRR rates together for the first time in 9 months on Jan 29, 2013. The cut was by 25 basis points (.25%), and now the REPO rate stands at 7.75% while CRR stands at 4%. What is REPO rate? REPO denotes Re Purchase Option – the rate by which […]
Understanding CSAT – Civil Service Preliminary Exam Model Questions
Are you wondering ‘What is CSAT’? The term CSAT (Civil Service Aptitude Test) is not official from UPSC. You will not find this term anywhere in the UPSC notifications. But ever since UPSC changed the Civil Service Preliminary Exam structure in 2011, the term CSAT is in use. Most coaching centres call only the second paper […]
Books For CSAT Prelims (If You Are Running Short Of Time!)
Books For CSAT Prelims : Books needed for cracking CSAT prelims is a query we get often. Our team has already posted a list our useful books needed for Civil Services Exam including the links to buy them from Flipkart. There might be candidates who clear Civil Services Prelims by referring 100 books and other candidates who clear by […]
UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
At United Nations Millennium Summit (Sep 2000), world leaders agreed to eight specific and measurable development goals—later came to be known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). There were 8 MDGs, 18 targets and 48 indicators to measure the results. The target year was 2015. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty Achieve Universal Primary […]
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