Civil Services' Surgicals

(SCROLL DOWN FOR THE TEXT OF THE NOTIFICATION) Civil Services Examination 2013 notification released. As expected, there's a change in the pattern of Mains examination. But UPSC has infact went steps further.  1) Increased weightage of General Studies,  2) reduced weightage of Optionals and Personality Test,  3) English paper is no more just a qualifying paper. Now Comprehension and Precis will have a weightage with the essay paper. 4) No mention of any language paper. 5) Now there will be 4 papers of General Studies, implying weightage to all the sections. The expectations from aspirants have certainly been pushed uphill by the UPSC. Al the best aspirants.. Since the UPSC website is down with traffic, here's a mirror of the notification Notification - Civil Services Preliminary Examination, 2013 by Ankit Rajvanshi

"Preamble is a microcosm of the Constitution and is a key to the constitution" "Poor people who wander about, find no work, no wages and starve, whose lives are a continual mud of sore affliction and pinching poverty, cannot be proud of the constitution or its law."   - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan on Democratic Society "The only possible, real object that we, in common with other nations, can have is the object of co-operating in building up some kind of a world structure, call it one world, call it what you like."  - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on Fraternity "Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity which are not to be treated as separate items in a trinity. They form a union of trinity in the sense that to divorce one from the other is to defeat the very purpose of democracy. Liberty cannot be divorced fro...

CONSTITUTION OF INDIA WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens : Justice , social, economic and political; Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; Equality of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all Fraternity assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the nation; IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION. Backlinks IAS Notes : Preamble to the constitution of India - http://www.ankitrajvanshi.in/2012/11/preamble-notes.html Important Quotes : Preamble to the Consitution of India - http://www.ankitrajvanshi.in/2012/11/preamble-quotes.html IAS Notes - Indian Polity - http://www.ankitrajvanshi.in/2012/11/polity-notes.html

Backlinks dynamic post Constitution of India - Preamble -  http://www.ankitrajvanshi.in/2012/11/preamble-notes.html

Pic courtesy : http://hyderabad-india-online.com/ Preamble - Bare -  http://www.ankitrajvanshi.in/2012/11/preamble-bare.html "Preamble is a microcosm of the constitution and is a key to the constitution." Preamble is not enforceable Words socialist, secular and integrity  was added by the 42nd constitutional amendment of 1976 Preambular values Sovereignity : Sovereignity is a characteristic of the government. It means that there is no authority above the government either outside or inside the country. ** Preamble of India establishes popular sovereignity and not parliamentary sovereignity. Socialist : Socialism means ownership of productive forces by the government so that they benefit people equitably. Secular : Secularism means separation of religion from politics. Religion is private while politics is public. Democracy : Democracy means rule by the people. Republic : Republic is a political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citiz...

[Updated : 15 Nov 2012 03:15 PM] Indian Polity -  http://www.ankitrajvanshi.in/2012/11/polity-notes.html Friends, I am restarting the preparation and will by studying WITH all of you. Starting today, I'll be posting chapterwise notes as well Before every subject, I'll be creating a dynamic post such as this one. It'll be updated regularly with the chapter post backlinks on the blog. I'm starting with Indian Polity. Will be starting with Constitution. Check this space or the blog for new posts. Will also be posting questionnaires after each chapter. Keep studying, Keep dreaming, Keep rocking.. Happy Diwali!!