I recieved this useful info from Chisty, am just copy pasting it here. hope it helps you all.

" Hi, I would like to bring to your notice that Planning Department of Karnataka is giving away free Economic Survey Reports to those selected for KPSC Gazetted Probationers Mains Exam. All you need to do is give a copy of your Mains application form and a letter requesting for a copy of the Economic Survey Report. The Letter is to be addressed to The Director, ADB Division, Planning Department, MS Buildings, Bangalore. It is suggested that a personal visit may be better than a communication by mail. Please bring this to the attention of your readers. This book is expected to be of major help for the upcoming KPSC Mains exams.
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Thank you so much Chisty

Regards,
AshviniSekar

Rural Development Optional books

I came to know through internet that these are the books for rural development optional Subject.I have not gone through any of these books Except Yojana and Kurukshetra , but over internet these were the mostly mentioned ones for RD.

Rural Sociology - K.singh
Rural Development in India - Vasanth Desai
Rural Development in India - Venkata Reddy
Agricultural Economics and Rural Development - B.P Tyagi
Cooperation theory and Practice - B.S.Mathur
Karnataka Panchayath Raj Manual
Karnataka Economy
Some selected topics from IGNOU Booklets/Study material for Rural Development.
Yojana and Kurukshetra periodicals should be referred.

Note: Yojana is available in kannada also. You can subscribe for the same from Bangalore regional Office(Kannada Yojana only) For English you have to approach Delhi Off.

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KPSC KAS Prelims 2011 Results are out

List   of  the  candidates  eligible for  Main examination for recruitment to Gazetted Probationers Group 'A' & 'B' services, 2011 for which the Preliminary examination was conducted by KPSC on 22-04-2012
is available now at:

http://kpsc.kar.nic.in/ELGLIST%20GP2011.HTM

Wish you all the best for results.

Foreign Direct investment:

Foreign direct investment is investing by buying a company in another country or extending its operations in other country's.

More simply we can say Investing in another country for profit reasons. FDI in India has played an important role in developing our economy to a great extent.

There are 2 ways through which others can invest in India.

1.Automatic Route & 2.Govt Route

Automatic route:

Investment in these areas do not require prior approval either by the Government or RBI.

Govt Route:

FDI in activities not covered under the automatic route requires prior approval of the Government which are considered by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance.

Sectors Prohibited for FDI in India:

FDI is prohibited under the Government Route as well as the Automatic Route in the following sectors:
i)  Retail Trading (except single brand product retailing)

ii) Atomic Energy

iii) Lottery Business

iv) Gambling and Betting

v) Business of Chit Fund

vi) Nidhi Company

vii) Agricultural (excluding Floriculture, Horticulture, Development of seeds, Animal Husbandry, Pisciculture and cultivation of vegetables, mushrooms, etc. under controlled conditions and services related to agro and allied sectors) and Plantations activities (other than Tea Plantations)

viii) Housing and Real Estate business (except development of townships, construction of residen­tial/commercial premises, roads or bridges to the  extent specified by Govt.

ix) Trading in Transferable Development Rights (TDRs).

x ) Manufacture  of cigars , cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes , of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes.