PROSPECTUS                                                                                                                                                                        Material:  Other  than  Ramesh  Singh's  book  INDIAN  ECONOMY,  6th  Edition 
                                                                                                                                                                                                         (McGraw-Hill),  the  students  will  be  given  concise  notes  on  current  economy  
                       GS ECONOMY & ESSAY Mentor- McGraw-Hill writer Ramesh Singh                                                                                                                        including  the  new  ECONOMIC  SURVEY  2013-14,  Union  Budget  2014-15  and 
                       ECONOMY SYLLABUS COVERAGE: The classes will cover the whole syllabi of                                                                                                            Railway Budget 2014-15. 
                       the Prelim (Economic & Social Development) and Main (Economic Development)                                                                                                        NOTE: Students should practice the six MCQ sets which have been given in the book 
                       which are given below– the topics printed in BOLD are prescribed by the UPSC                                                                                                      INDIAN ECONOMY by Ramesh Singh, McGraw-Hill. For more practice on MCQ, students 
                       while rest of the topics (printed in NON-BOLD) are extra-coverage without which                                                                                                   may refer  the  book  1000  PLUS  QUESTIONS  ON  ECONOMIC  &  SOCIAL  DEVELOPMENT 
                       tackling questions in Prelim and Main exams is just not possible:                                                                                                                 (McGraw-Hill) by Ramesh Singh. 
                       -  Basics of Economics, Economic Systems, Neo-liberalism, National Income, etc.                                                                                                   ABOUT THE ESSAY COURSE  
                       -  Indian economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources,                                                                                                     The  course  is  designed  to  enable  the  students  to  write  'just'  any  essay  of 
                          Investment  Models,  Growth,  Deveopment  and  Employment,  Inclusive                                                                                                          different sizes which may be asked in the exams. Exhaustive and framework-
                          Growth and issues arising from it; Poverty, Population, Education, Healthcare,                                                                                                 based' analyses enable aspirants to not just understand the issue but make the 
                          Skill India, Demographic Dividend, etc (Social Sector/Human Development).                                                                                                      right format of the essays, too. 
                       -  Foundations of Indian economy.                                                                                                                                                 Performance: Students of the class performed very well in the CSE-2013- the 
                       -  Changes in Industrial policies & their impact (Industry).                                                                                                                      marks of the selected students range between 120 to 126 – with 155 (Kuldeep 
                       -  Effects of Liberalisation on the economy (Economic Reforms).                                                                                                                   Singh, Rank 247, IAS) being the best (it may be all India highest, about which we 
                       -  Infrastructure- energy, ports, roads, airports, railways, etc.                                                                                                                 are not confirmed yet). 
                       -  Land  Reforms,  PDS,  Buffer  Stock,  Food  Security,  Storage,  Transportation,                                                                                               Test: Course includes one 3 hrs Test in which students need to write two essays. 
                          Marketing,  Food  Processing,  Upstream  &  Downstream  requirements, 
                          Supply  Chain  Management,  Technology  Missions,  e-Technology,  Animal                                                                                                       Material: A copy of Ramesh Singh's book CONTEMORARY ESSAYS (McGraw-Hill) 
                          Rearing, Cropping Patterns, Irrigation, Farm Subsidies and MSP (Agriculture).                                                                                                  will  be  provided  for  dveloping  understanding  of  various  topics,  their  inter-
                       -  Inflation, its dynamics and related issues (Price Management).                                                                                                                 linkages and variety of essay formats.  
                       -  Banks, Insurance, MFs, Security & Forward Markets (Financial Market).                                                                                                          _______________________________________________________________ 
                       -  BoP & Forex, IMF, WB, WTO, OECD, BRICS Bank, etc (External Sector).                                                                                                            NOTE: For Ramesh Singh, 'dictation'/ 'spoon-feeding' is just no-no. His classes are 
                       -  Tax Reforms, VAT, GST, and related issues (Tax Structure).                                                                                                                     fully 'extempore'. Though he gives 'format' of Mains' answers but don't dictate them. 
                       -  Government Budgeting – fiscal policy related challenges (Public Finance).                                                                                                      He simply wants his students to  CREATE the answers on the basis of their own 
                       TEACHING TECHNIQUE: The classes are aimed at 'enabling' the students to                                                                                                           UNDERSTANDING. The UPSC has stopped testing your 'knowledge', it is trying to test 
                       develop a 'complete understanding' of the subject ECONOMICS and the INDIAN                                                                                                        your UNDERSTANDING– you are not required to CRAM and WRITE (vomit) answers 
                       ECONOMY. Being a dynamic subject, the lectures keep connecting to the current                                                                                                     but to CREATE them. Similarly, the Prelim exam has become 'applied' in nature. If 
                       happenings and other papers of the GS.                                                                                                                                            you  'understand'  things  only  then  you  can  be  able  to  CRACK  the  riddle  of  the 
                       Your Queries: QUERIES & QUESTIONS are allowed at the end of the lectures.                                                                                                         questions! 
                       Answer Writing Practice: Students do answer writing practice during the course.                                                                                                   Ramesh Singh believes in imparting 'ability' to the aspirants and tries to 'enable' 
                                                                                                                                                                                                         them in their pursuits – this is for which you go to coaching institutes! 
                       Tests: Provisions of MCQ and WRITTEN Tests with exhaustive discussion.                                                                                                            So tighten your seat belts!