CID report of KPSC scam

CID report on KPSC scam released by Loksatta party Available online @

http://loksattakarnataka.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/KPSC-11-CID-Report-30th-Sept.pdf

Millennium Development Goals

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were officially established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. All 189 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve these goals by the year 2015. 

The goals are:

1. Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger,
2. Achieving universal primary education,
3. Promoting gender equality and empowering women,
4. Reducing child mortality rates,
5. Improving maternal health,
6. Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases,
7. Ensuring environmental sustainability, and
8. Developing a global partnership for development.

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Goals in Detail: 

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

• Halve the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day by 2015
• Achieve Decent Employment for Women, Men, and Young People
• Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by 2015

Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education

• By 2015, all children can complete a full course of primary schooling, girls and boys

Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

• Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015

Goal 4: Reduce child mortality rates

• Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate

Goal 5: Improve maternal health

• Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio
• Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health

Goal 6: 

Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

• Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs; reverse loss of environmental resources
• Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss
• Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation 
• By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum-dwellers

Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

• Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system
• Address the Special Needs of the Least Developed Countries (LDC)
• Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing States
• Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term
• In co-operation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable, essential drugs in developing countries
• In co-operation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications

Source: Internet

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Interview Marks of 2011 KAS

KPSC Gazetted probationers 2011-2012 exam Interview Marks of Candidates is Available at:

http://kpsc.kar.nic.in/InterviewMarksList%20gp2011.htm

KPSC KAS Exams full of uncertainty and What to do Next?

I am Quite disappointed with the KPSC's Commitments to conduct the exams within a stipulated time period. Not only me but many of the serious candidates who infact are dedicated for Civil services alone I guess...

The last time the KPSC called for exams was in 2011 November but the Prelims scheduled in Feb 2012 was conducted in April and then Mains Dragged on for long period finally Done between Dec 2012 and Jan 2013 and Now the interview postponed indefinitely... Every step taken by KPSC was Questioned by some or the other Individual or organisation in the Courts...  What a tragedy that Recruitment to the Administrators Posts are met with so many complexities... What does this show ??? Govt or the Recruitment body not addressing the issues or not Taking any steps in Creating Proper guidelines of recruitment.

Is it so much difficult to frame rules , I am sure Thats why have it as an independent body, and It can very well work on removing the loopholes in the Process...  I feel KPSC is too old fashioned and slow progress making for some one who is Fast and growing according to the world... 

Or is it that Karnataka state has already made tremendous progress and there is no need to hurry up in recruiting administrators at all... 

Oops !!!

Anyways KPSC... KAS Exams are full of uncertainty and what should one do till they call for next prelims... 

In a situation where am not seeing any clues that Prelims will be conducted before August or september this year... But You never know... anything can happen.

Even if KPSC members work day and night and call for Prelims next month itself, Exams will be certainly be mostly be with a gap of 3 months... But looking at the slight complexity introduced in Prelims i.e Negative marking from this year, we cant take any chances and 4 months from today also is not sufficient for an average student like me... So currently am regretting for the days i wasted by not reading... Now i am realising that i actually lost control over my studies and the rate at which I read has reduced a lot. So I am hoping to recover fast... :( 

Guys If you have wasted time like me... Wake up before its too late ,the board might come up any time with the Date of exams... 

One should not completely keep away from books for a long time... It becomes little tough to get that seriousness... Hope You will not do the same mistake...

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Aakash Tablet

Aakash PC tablet is an low cost computing device, developed jointly by Datawind a british company and IIT  Rajasthan.

Background: 

National Mission on Education through Information and Communication technology ( i.e NME  ICT) Under 11th five year plan which aims to tap the potential of ICT in improving the knowledge module and to reduce the Digital divide to an extent, and Ministry of HRD which realised Aakash  as one such Solution to the problem of Learning in India.

Under this programme there is a provision for providing 50 % subsidy to colleges and universities for Procuring computing devices like Aakash as per their requirement and then the colleges and Universities in turn can issue them to Financially weaker students. 

Wall street journal termed this as the Worlds cheapest Tablet.

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Note:

I am just Copy pasting the Below content from an Article in Hindu about Aakash Tablet:

 Datawind, a Canadian company, won the tender to provide tablets at a cost of less than $35. Its first version failed miserably because of poor hardware. The newer version seemed more promising, but it looks like Datawind will default on its promise to deliver 1,00,000 units by March 31.

Even if the government somehow, however difficult it may seem, is able to get access to cheap tablets, they are not going to help achieve its aims. Can a laptop overcome the negative impact of a bad teacher or poor school? Can it make children smarter despite the lack of electricity, water, toilets or playgrounds? Can it overcome the limitations of stunted growth among the malnourished? Can Aakash increase productivity of the workforce to counterbalance the money invested in it?

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Cut off for KAS Interview

KPSC has announced the Cutoff  for Interview i.e Last Candidate from Each category eligible for appearing in Interview. You can check it at http://kpsc.kar.nic.in/Cut_off%20Percentage.htm

Eligibility List for KAS Personality test 2011

KPSC has announced KAS Interview or Personality test Eligibility list for Gazetted probationers 2011-2012 exams.

You can check it @ http://kpsc.kar.nic.in/ELGLIST%20GP%20MAIN%202011.HTM

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Reform movement in KPSC

I just signed the petition "Honorable Governor Govt. of Karnataka.: FEW REFORMS IN KPSC" on Change.org.

It's important. Will you sign it too? Here's the link:

http://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/honorable-governor-govt-of-karnataka-few-reforms-in-kpsc


Try to search Reform KPSC movement in Facebook and join the group. Your support is valuable and will help in cleansing the system . Thanks in Advance.

Please check it now...Link is correct now.( Earlier was pointing to Rediff.com. )

Results Mains 2011 Analysis

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KPSC KAS mains 2011 2012 results

KPSC Mains 2011 results which were conducted in December 2012 are out.You can check it @

http://kpsc.kar.nic.in/GP_2011_RESULTS.pdf

Congrats to all those who have cleared and those who have not cleared Dont loose heart... Work hard for next Prelims... 

For all Women aspirants....

deepika asked onMarch 9, 2013 at 4:41 PM

......... pl gives some good tips for the people who are married and haing baby . . .this is my first attempt 

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AshviniSekar Writes: 

For all those women who have this question and keep on asking how to manage time for studies, I have Family and Kid and so on .... :) :) :) 

" Kitni shiddat se tumhe paane ki koshish ki hai.. Ki har zarre ne mujhe tumse milane ki saazish ki hai..
Kehte hain agar kisi cheez ko agar dil se chaho to saari kayanath tumhe usse milane ki koshish me lag jaati hai.. "  - Om Shanti Om

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” 
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist 

Even the Blog Title Above has Quotation "Desire is the starting point of all achievement..."  All of the Above Explains Everything you asked for....

Its the desire in your heart that will help you plan for your studies... First of all How will it make any difference for us to study at home with family kids etc, If we are serious enough... Many have already done that then why cant we...
I know it is little Tough to read all the time , But Believe me Its not that Difficult also, You yourself will find new ways to manage your time well for Studies... All That needs is Willingness to Start...
I understand that Not everybody's Family will be that co operative or will motivate you for studies... But to fulfill our dreams we should not expect an outsider to motivate us...  

Anyways the tips remain same as i already mentioned in General and applicable to all not just for women:

• Firstly be Determined and firm in your Decision that No matter what happens I will Study till i achieve.

• Be Proud of Yourself and tell yourself Constantly in your mind that " Achievement without any problem is just Success and Succeeding even with problems is creating History" ... 

• Make a note of all your daily work and see which is your free time and use it effectively in reading some basic books atleast, Just like some Ladies read Fashion books We might be reading NCERT's or General Knowledge books. :)

• No matter What Happens in a day try to read at-least Newspaper and Make important points from that.

• Avoid Parties and Functions If you feel that It will divert Your study mindset (i.e Put an end to Not so important Outings, It will be temporary, Once you have reached your goal, can resume all such things.) I know How it is difficult to avoid a Lot of invitations on various occasions , specially when you are no more a bachelor, But Try to Attend the Most important ones. I know that some will even Talk about us saying see she is not coming to this function that bla bla an all... Just Ignore the bugs...

• Most importantly Be free in your thinking and thoughts and Explain to your Family members about, How its important that you need to Study an all... I suppose they will Understand... If not Don't worry Nothing changes except that You need to spend some extra hours on Study By:                                                               

Waking up early or sleep Late, Anything your willing to but Sacrifice your time for Studies... (Some Family members who may not encourage you in the beginning , may also Melt down after seeing your Hard-work slowly... Even they will all co operate with you provided You work Hard) 

Even If i go on writing Pages together on this Subject it can only be Concluded that :
Determination and Efficient time planning alone are things you should be Working on constantly, about responsibilities on Ur shoulder , they always exist... some times we should enjoy the difficulties also... 

Belated Happy Women's Day to all the Readers... 

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KAS Mains Pattern changes may look like UPSC pattern of 2013

Highlights:
Only one Optional Subject to be chosen for this time for mains and it has 2 Papers each of 250 Marks.
Literature subject should be chosen only if the candidate has graduated from that subject.
New Paper of Aptitude Comprehension is introduced...

Note: Since KPSC has earlier has said that will conduct Mains Examination as per UPSC pattern, you can also expect the Similar flow in KAS mains Examination from this year. So we are at-least sure on how can we prepare for KAS mains now...  
If not completely ... You can expect that There will be only one optional to read :) thats the Happy side of this notification. 

Pattern of Main Examination for 2013 is as Below Notified by UPSC

The written examination will consist of the following papers:

Paper-I

Section 1 Essay 200 Marks
Section 2 English Comprehension & English Précis 100 Marks

(Of Matriculation/ Xth standard level)

Paper-II

General Studies–I 250Marks (Indian Heritage and Culture,History and Geography of the World and Society)

Paper-III
General Studies –II 250 Marks (Governance, Constitution,Polity, Social Justice and International relations)

Paper-IV
General Studies –III 250 Marks  (Technology, Economic Development,Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)

Paper-V
General Studies –IV 250 Marks (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)

Paper-VI
Optional Subject – Paper 1 250 Marks

Paper-VII
Optional Subject – Paper 2 250 Marks

Sub Total (Written test) 1800 Marks

Personality Test 275 Marks.

Grand Total 2075 Marks

Note: {Candidates may choose any optional subject from amongst the list of subjects given in para 2 below (Group 1).
However, a candidate can opt for the literatures of a language, indicated in Group-2 below para 2, as an optional
subject, only if the candidate has graduated in the literature of that particular language as the main subject}. List of Literature Subjects are available in UPSC site. 

List of optional subjects for Main Examination:

Group-1
(i) Agriculture
(ii) Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
(iii) Anthropology
(iv) Botany
(v) Chemistry
(vi) Civil Engineering
(vii) Commerce and Accountancy
(viii) Economics
(ix) Electrical Engineering
(x) Geography
(xi) Geology
(xii) History
(xiii) Law
(xiv) Management
(xv) Mathematics
(xvi) Mechanical Engineering
(xvii) Medical Science
(xviii) Philosophy
(xix) Physics
(xx) Political Science and International Relations
(xxi) Psychology
(xxii) Public Administration
(xxiii) Sociology
(xxiv) Statistics
(xxv) Zoology

Note: Above is only from UPSC list of subjects, and the purpose of the post is to Just say that KPSC may also come up with similar changes. So as of now KAS aspirants can also concentrate on preparing for only one optional subject, and stress more on the General studies. So have an approximate plan with answers for all If's and But's now itself, Since Getting an opportunity write KAS itself is big as it might drag on for 2 years also..... Like am regretting for not appearing Previous KAS exam, almost 1.5 yrs of time wasted in just waiting for Notification itself... 

No of Page Views is increasing....

I am Very Happy to see the Number of Page views on this Blog to cross more than One Lac 15 thousands as of today and am sure will grow further... 

Though It is not so important to share my personal views in this platform...I will take some privileges being an author to use small space to share my thoughts... 

When i initially started the blog Hardly 10 Page views a day... but now its grown to several hundreds... 

Its a good thing that we all are Exchanging ideas on easy to access and common platform for Karnataka state civil service Aspirants. I am sad a Little also that , so much is unknown to me to answer to most of the user queries... But many Readers nowadays are coming out with Solutions to others Queries... 

I am truly thankful to them all... Any Organisation whether small or big can be created, but not be maintained by a Single Person... 

Its Existence the path which takes everything depends on the Creator and Most importantly Viewers Contributors... 

Whenever i look at the pages of this blog i feel  that, Only little is to read here ... I could have done much better ... I will try to concentrate on improving in coming days... Its Genuineness is a responsibility on all our shoulders... Thanks Once again...

Bharath Nirman

Bharath Nirman:

Bharat Nirman is a scheme implemented by the Government of India aimed to provide some basic amenities to the rural India.

Bharat Nirman, a programme to build rural infrastructure, was launched by the Government of India in 2005. 

• Phase I of the programme was implemented in the period 2005-06 to 2008-09. 

• Phase II is being implemented from 2009-10 to 2011-12. 

Some of the objectives of the plan are as following:

• Providing safe drinking water to all the under developed areas in India by 2012 

• Develop housing facilities for the poor .The Ministry of Rural Development through the Indira Awaas Yojana undertakes this activity as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme where the cost is shared between the Center and States on 75:25 basis. 

• To cover 40% of the rural area with telecommunication by 2014 and provide broadband coverage to all the Panchayats by 2012

• To construct all weather roads by 2012 in order to connect all the villages of India having a minimum population of 1000 ( 500 in case of hilly or tribal areas).i.e through Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

• To provide electricity to every village by the year 2012 i.e the programme instrument of Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana.

• To provide an additional one crore hectare of irrigational land by the year 2012

Note: While studying we can add some more latest data to this and read.

Bhoo Chetana

Bhoo Chetana is a Programme introduced by the Govt of Karnataka in 2009.

What is it?

Bhoo Means Land and Chetana means Rejuvenation or simply Soil Enrichment...It is an initiative to revive agriculture by Introducing Dry land Farming...
To improve the Drought hit Farming Community... i.e in order to increase the Dry land Crop production with the application of micro nutrients and use of technology

Background:

Karnataka is the second largest Dry land area in India after Rajasthan.Agricultural growth in the state was low in previous years due to depleted soils and Water deficiency.
Hence the need for holistic programme for Efficiently managing the natural resources and increase food production. Bhoo Chetana is the step Taken in this regard.

Who are Involved?

State Govt in collaboration with the ICRISAT i.e International crops research institute in semi arid tropics (is at Hyderabad.)

Karnataka State Department of Agriculture is the Nodal department for Programme. 
ICRISAT is the Technical Support provider and will help in implementation along with the State agricultural universities.

Some of the Features:

• To achieve 20% enhancement in the yield of dry land crops of the state and to cover 55 Lakh hectares and to benefit 45 lakh farmers in a period of four years from 2009 to 2013-2014.
• To Identify and adapt best management practices for the selected crops
• Guiding farmers in Propagation of efficient water usage  micro nutrients, seed treatment with bio pesticide and fungicides also Balanced Application of nutrients and disbursement of improved seeds to farmers.
• Important feature is that Technological Information is made available to farmers at their door steps through Farmer Facilitators (Village level farmer officers) and Agricultural Extension Personnel and other inputs at Cluster level ( group of 2 or 3 villages).
• Creating Awareness through wide publicity through wall writing, village meetings, posters and through mass media.
• In 2009-10 project was implemented in 6 districts Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Dharwad, Haveri,Chitradurga and Tumkur and by 2012-13 implemented in all 30 Districts. and in 2012 -13 target was set for 50 Lakh Hectares.
• Since its implementation Productivity and incomes are increased by 20 to 25 and Agricultural Growth increased by 6%

Source: The Hindu and Karnataka Success stories
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KAS Mains 2012 GS Question Papers

I came to know through Bedre foundation Blog the Question papers of GS. i.e papers of KAS GS mains Exam , Which was conducted on Dec 16th 2012. It was in Kannada Hence here had to translate the Questions to English. I could not translate all the questions But Done as much i could... Questions are not in any order. If you want In order Can go through Bedre blog. 

KPSC anyways Will publish the papers but not sure When... till then ... ???

Thanks To Bedre Foundation Website, in a period when no one has time to publish the Questions Papers to help the needy, at least they have put up Kannada version of the same. 

For those who want to Prepare in Respect of Mains Exam, can analyse the areas from where Questions are being asked.

GS Paper 1:

Any 2 in 200 to 250 words = 2 X 20

Question on Congress decision to contest elections of 1937..

Response of Karnataka people towards Poorna swaraj

Brahma Samaj's contribution in Socio-economic development

Question on consequences of linguistic re-organisation of states, on Karnataka

Some of the 2 Marks Questions included:

Importance of Millers committee report in Mysore state

Meerut Conspiracy case

Rani Chennamma

Santhal; revolt  etc 
Paid news

Millennium development goals

Pampa award

Ajmal Kasab 

Some of the 10 Marks Questions included:

Quit India movement in Karnataka
19th century reformers initial efforts on Women education
Harijan movement by Gandhiji
Swadeshi movement
Question on Extremists their methods and your view
Question on Gandhiji's message from Hind swaraj 
Role of INA in freedom movement
Question on Ambedkar's in support of Separate Electorates 

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Question on Kudankulam Protests and measures taken by Govt in resolving the issue. - 20 Marks

Corruption hindrance to national growth? Criticize -20 Marks

Sustainable Development - 10 marks

India - Malaysia Free trade agreement  -10 marks

Importance of Rain water harvesting -5 marks

RBI policy 2012 -2013- 5 Marks

Hnour killing? -5 marks

Question related to Nationalizing Primary and Secondary education - 20 Marks

Some Questions were on Statistics...

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GS Paper 2:

2 Marks Questions included:

Acid Rain

Dolly the sheep

Soil Erosion

Bio-metric instruments

Air pollution

Science and Science Education at District Levels as well as Rural Karnataka 

13th Finance commission recommendations

Privatization of Higher Education

Young India

Social Security systems in Karnataka

Employment programmes in Karnataka

Petroleum subsidy

New industrial policy of Karnataka

Justice Somashekar Committee Report

Transparency in Governance

D. M Najundappa committee

Civil Society

D Devaraj Urs

Sarojini Mahishi report

Some of 10 marks Questions included:

Genetically modified crops and food

Solar power

Regional imbalances with respect to FDI in Karnataka 

Important Provisions of Karnataka State Budget 2012-13

Question on Karnataka Biodiversity conservation and Management

Question related to Fuel crisis in India and Suggest Measures for same

Mineral Resources in Karnataka

Karnataka Lokayukta related Question

State Legislature Structure functions etc 

Backward class movement in Karnataka

Some 20 marks Questions included:

Karnataka River system 

Karnataka Information Tech policy 2011 (I hope its correctly translated)

Karnataka Human development and Regional Imbalances related Question

National Food security bill Question

e - Governance and Karnataka Question

Some 5 Marks Questions:

Reasons for fall of Rupee Against dollar

Important Features of Karnataka Public distribution System

Suggest Measures for Tourism development

Question on Climate change and India's Plans in tackling the problems of same

Impact of Euro crisis on India

What is Sakala? Importance 

Examine Decentralization of power in Karnataka as per the 73rd Amendment

Provisions for Minorities in Constitution

Right to Freedom of Religion Provisions in Constitution

Center-state Financial relations

Question on National Human rights commission structure and Function

Correct me If anything is wrongly Translated...

Negative Marks in Prelims from 2013

Prelims Hereafter will have Negative Marking, The state cabinet's decision will come to effect from coming preliminary Exam itself. 

From The Hindu Dated 'BANGALORE, February 1, 2013'

The Cabinet approved changes in the written examination for the Gazetted Probationers (leading to KAS) conducted by the Karnataka Public Service Commission and henceforth it will be on the same lines as that conducted by the Union Public Service Commission wherein in the preliminary examinations wrong answers will attract negative marks.

It Means Some percentage of Marks will be deducted for every wrong answer (How much? will be known soon). Earlier You could answer all the questions, with the hope that some answers might come out correct. Now should be careful.

Hence Please prepare Carefully and also Better Practice at home, seriousness in avoiding to answer Questions by guessing methodology. Out of Enthusiasm we tend to attend the Questions even if not sure of the exact answer. At times It will be costlier t do so...

It looks very simple but If we neglect we may have to pay heavily. You will get to know live examples from UPSC champs who have paid for Negative Marking. 

Step 1 for Prelims 2013

Since KAS prelims for 2015 is expected , Have to start our preparation and i felt it should be started with Analyzing the Previous Question paper .

Prelims 2011-2012 Question paper Analysis:

Prelims Conducted on April 22 2012 with the new pattern coming into force Had the following Elements:

• Paper 1 had 100 Questions and
• Paper 2 100 Questions

Paper 1:

• 40 Questions were from Current Affairs 
• History around 14 Questions
• Geography 17 Questions
• Polity 15 questions
• Economy 10 Questions
• Socio-Economic Development around 4 to 5 questions
• General Science some questions which were current affairs based i guess

Current affairs Included

• Various Summits or Conferences in world or Indian platform Eg: Literature fest or Energy summit
• Environment Based questions like National parks etc any chemicals in news for some reason related to environment Animal reserves like tiger etc
• Sports affairs like Tennis
• Birth anniversaries of famous personalities
• River Treaty
• Various social indicators like Infant mortality rate etc.

History:

Questions were mostly from the Freedom movement 

Ancient had hardly 2 or 3 questions

Geography:

Ocean currents, Rocks formation, Soil related questions, Vegetation type,Atmosphere related some famous lakes river related questions

Polity:

Questions related to Rajya sabha Lok sabha president, Important Cases like Minerva mills case etc. Important Committees Etc 

Economy:

Questions were mostly current affairs based

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Paper 2:

Most of the Questions were from Economic survey and rest of the questions included Socio-Economic indicators like IMR or Census data and various schemes by Karnataka Govt
Simple reasoning questions like Venn diagram based graphical representation and passage reading and answering from the same. 

Note:

• One can not Expect the same pattern of questions this year also, but the basic structure may not change, i.e one should not ignore the basic subjects like History geography polity economy, though questions asked may be less but cant take the chance.
• Current affairs should be given importance specially the Socio economic concepts. Hence Make notes from news paper without fail. 

Current Affairs 2013

Book  “Walking with Lions : Tales from a Diplomatic Past” written by Shri K. Natwar Singh, former Union Minister for External Affairs 

March 8 2013:

Cabinet approves the Rights of citizens for timebound delivery of Goods and services & redressal of their Grievances Bill 2011 and will have to passed by Parliament to become Law now

Bill Aims to promote Transparency and accountability in the Govt's Service Delivery system. 

Includes Constituional bodies Statutory bodies, Public Private Partnerships, NGO's funded by Govt Etc 

This will Direct the Public authorities to Publish the Citizen Charter detailing the services they offer, Quality of services to be provided and Timeline for   Delivery.

Note: We can Recall here the Karnataka Gurantee of Services to Citizens Act or Sakala Here. 

Opposition Critising the bill that its in line with the Spirit of Federation, saying that Centre should only provide the model and not dictate the states, also that Many states like J&K, UP, Himachal, Rajasthan have already enacted Citizen Charter Acts. 

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First Annual Tagore Award was presented to Sitar Maestro Latee Pandit Ravishankar by President.

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D.H Waghela has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, He succeeded Justice Vikramajit Sen.

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Jan 2013:

1.Wind power in Karnataka 
    (Source: The hindu)

• According to a Study conducted by Center for study of science Technology and policy (CSTEP) Wastelands are a potential source of Wind power 

• CSTEP and Bangalore based research institute has estimated that on-shore wind power potential of Karnataka can go up several times if Turbines powered by Taller Windmills are installed.

• Its said that report is more authentic as Geographical information system was used to map out the wastelands as well as areas rich in Wind potential.

• Wastelands in Karnataka Could generate at-least power capacity of 50,000 MW of wind energy with turbines fitted with a height of 80 meters,according to the study.

• The identified districts with good wind power potential are Bellary, Chitradurga Chamarajnagar, Chikkaballapur, and parts of Hasan, Koppal , Bijapur,Chikmagalur and Kolar

• Study revealed that 5% of the Wind rich agricultural lands could amount to 20,000 MW wind power generation.

• Also its said that Together Andhrapradesh and Karnataka Amount for a fourth of country's wind power potential.

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when is the exam, what are the books etc etc.

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KAS mains Exams Over

KPSC has successfully conducted Mains exam for gazetted probationers. My wishes for all those who have written the exam. Also i read in prajavani paper which said next Prelims will be conducted after UPSC Prelims. Hence you May Expect the call by March. so do prepare well. Also It would be of great help if Persons who have attended mains share some tips or suggestions to next levels or mains.