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Paika Rebellion in Tamil

Recently Tamil Nadu Government announce the new Syllabus and curriculum for state board schools, the drafted new syllabus for Classes 1 to 12.
On behalf TNPSC aspirants need to study new syllabus books.

Paika Revolt:

India’s FIRST WAR FOR INDEPENDANCE happend in 1817 not in 1857 .

Yes , In middle school it must have been hard for you to memorize the event of Sepoy Mutiny , Meerut 1857 but now thanks to HRD Ministry, 2017 to give importance to “Paika Bidroha” .

Paika Bidroha or Paika Rebellion is unpopular event took place in Odisha in 1817 by group of “Paika’s” or peasants with Bakshi Jagabandhu as leader against East India Company.

The company had alienated the peasants , and various land reform policies were suppressed by new company laws , both zamidars and peasants were in struggle ,hardship . New rise in Taxes like Salt tax agitated the peasants. The company also abolished Cowrie Currency and mandated the tax to be paid in silver.

THE RAJA KHURDA in 1804 itself started planning the rebellion , Bakshi Jagabandhu was assigned leadership and in MARCH 1817 the rebellion broke out with wide support from peasants , chiefs of various Odia Society and common masses . While the revolt started from Khurda it soon spread out to various parts of Odisha like Puri , Pali , Cuttack and remote villages . Attacks on various government offices , police station , streets took place.

Soon Company Army realised the heat of situation and immediately the magistrate of Cuttack , E Impey ordered the forces to defend the revolt .

By May 1817 the British Company was able to re establish the province and situation was brought under control with capture of Raja of Khurda.

Though fight between heavily armed british soldiers and strong but ill equipped thousand people was one sided , still the message was clear to british company that the people would not accept their inhuman rule.

Union Government on request on Chief Minister of Odisha has directed the Educational Institutional to make changes in event of history and replace the first war of independence with ‘Paika Bidroha’ .

IMPORTANT DAYS FOR YOU (EXAM)

உலகின் முக்கிய தினங்கள்

*ஜனவரி*
01 - ஆங்கில வருடப் பிறப்பு / உலக வருட தினம்.
05 - உலக டீசல் எந்திர தினம்
06 - உலக வாக்காளர் தினம்
08 - உலக நாய்கள் தினம்
09 - உலக இரும்பு தினம்
12-தேசிய இளைஞர் தினம்
15-இராணுவ தினம்
26-இந்திய குடியரசு தினம்
26- உலக சுங்க தினம்
27 - World Fuckers Day
30- உலக தொழுநோய் ஒழிப்பு தினம்
30 -தியாகிகள் தினம்

*பிப்ரவரி*
01 - உலக கைப்பேசி தினம்
03 - உலக வங்கிகள் தினம்
14 - உலக காதலர் தினம்
15 - உலக யானைக்கால் நோய் தினம்
19 - உலக தலைக்கவச தினம்
24 - தேசிய காலால் வரி தினம்
25 - உலக வேலையற்றோர் தினம்
26 - உலக மதுபான தினம்
28- தேசிய அறிவியல் தினம்

*மார்ச்*
08 - உலக பெண்கள் தினம்
15 - உலக நுகர்வோர் தினம்
20 - உலக ஊனமுற்றோர் தினம்
21 - உலக வன தினம்
22 - உலக நீர் தினம்
23 - உலக வானிலை ஆய்வு தினம் / உலக புத்தக மற்றும் பதிப்புரிமை தினம்
24 - உலக காசநோய் தினம்
28 - உலக கால்நடை மருத்துவ தினம்
29 - உலக கப்பல் தினம்

*ஏப்ரல்*
01 - உலக முட்டாள்கள் தினம்
02 - உலக ஓரினச் சேர்க்கையாளர்கள்  தினம்
05 - உலக கடல் தினம்
05 - தேசிய கடற்படை தினம்
07 - உலக சுகாதார தினம்
12 - உலக வான் பயண தினம்
15 - உலக பசும்பால் தினம்
18 - உலக பரம்பரை தினம்
22 - உலக பூமி தினம்
30 - உலக குழந்தைத் தொழிலாளர் தினம்

*மே*
01 - உலக தொழிலாளர் தினம்
03 - உலக சக்தி தினம்
08 - உலக செஞ்சிலுவை தினம்
09 - உலக கணிப்பொறி தினம்
11 தேசிய தொழில் நுட்ப தினம்
12 - உலக செவிலியர் தினம்
14 - உலக அன்னையர் தினம்
15 - உலக குடும்ப தினம்
16 - உலக தொலைக்காட்சி தினம்
18 - உலக டெலஸ்கோப் தினம்
24 - உலக காமன்வெல்த் தினம்
27 - உலக சகோதரர்கள் தினம்
29 - உலக தம்பதியர் தினம்
30 - உலக முதிர்கன்னிகள் தினம்
31 - உலக புகையிலை ஒழிப்பு தினம்

*ஜீன்*
01 - உலக டயலசிஸ் தினம்
02 - உலக ஆப்பிள் தினம் (Apple Sys)
04 - உலக இளம் குழந்தைகள் தினம்
05 - உலக சுற்றுப்புற தினம்
10 - உலக அலிகள் தினம்
18 - உலக தந்தையர் தினம்
23 - உலக இறை வணக்க தினம்
25 - உலக புகையிலை தினம்
26 - உலக போதை ஒழிப்பு தினம்
27 - உலக நீரழிவாளர் தினம்
28 - உலக ஏழைகள் தினம்

*ஜீலை*
01 - உலக மருத்துவர்கள் தினம்
08 - உலக யானைகள் தினம்
10 - உலக வானூர்தி தினம்
11 - உலக மக்கள் தொகை தினம்
14 - உலக மஞ்சள் தினம் (Turmeric)
16 - உலக தக்காளி தினம் (பிரான்சில் தக்காளித் திருவிழை)

*ஆகஸ்ட்*
01 - உலக தாய்ப்பால் தினம்
03 - உலக நண்பர்கள் தினம்
06 - உலக ஹிரோஷிமா தினம்
09 -வெள்ளையனே வெளியேறு தினம்
09 - உலக நாகசாகி தினம்
18 - உலக உள்நாட்டு மக்களின் சர்வதேச தினம்
19 - உலக வெளிநாட்டு மக்களின் சர்வதேச தினம்
29 - உலக தேசிய விளையாட்டு தினம்
30 - மாநில விளையாட்டு தினம்

*செப்டம்பர்*
05 - ஆசிரியர் தினம் மற்றும் சமஸ்கிருத தினம்
06 - ஹிந்தி தினம்
07 - பெங்காளி தினம் ( இந்திய தேசியகீதம் எழுதப்பட்ட பெங்காளிய மொழி)
08 - உலக எழுத்தறிவு தினம்
10 - உலக பேனா தினம்
12 - உலக மின்சார தினம்
13 - உலக மாலைக்கண் நோய் தினம்
16 - உலக ஓசோன் தினம்
18 - உலக அறிவாளர் தினம்
20 - உலக எழுத்தாளர்கள் தினம்
21 - உலக பொறியியல் வல்லுனர்கள் தினம்
25 - உலக எரிசக்தி தினம்
26 - உலக ஊமை மற்றும் காது கேளாதோர் தினம்
27 - உலக சுற்றுலா தினம்
28 - உலக எரிமலை தினம்
29 - உலக குதிரைகள் தினம்

*அக்டோபர்*
01 - உலக மூத்தோர் தினம்
02 - உலக சைவ உணவாளர் தினம்
04 - உலக விலங்குகள் தினம்
05 - உலக இயற்கைச் சூழல் தினம்
08 - உலக இயற்கை சீரழிவு குறைப்பு தினம்
08 இந்திய விமானப்படை தினம்
09 - உலக தபால் தினம்
16 - உலக உணவு தினம்
17 - உலக வறுமை ஒழிப்பு தினம்
24 - உலக ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் சபை தினம்
30 - உலக சிந்தனை தினம்

*நவம்பர்*
14-குழந்தைகள் தினம்
18 - உலக மனநோயாளிகள் தினம்
19 - உலக குடியுரிமையாளர்கள் தினம்
26 - உலக சட்ட தினம்
27 - உலக காவலர்கள் தினம்
28 - உலக நீதித்துறை தினம்

*டிசம்பர்*
01 - உலக எய்ட்ஸ் தினம்
02 - உலக அடிமைத்தனம் ஒழிக்க ஐ.நா. சபையின் சர்வதேச தினம்
10 - உலக மனித உரிமைகள் தினம்
14 - உலக ஆற்றல் தினம்
15 - உலக சைக்கிள் தினம்
23 - விவசாயிகள் தினம்
25 - திருச்சபை தினம்

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important:

         All aspects related to implementation and working of GST (A question was asked in Mains 2017 on it)

Problems associated with GST

The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) raised much hope that it would herald the emergence of a ‘good and simple tax’ with ‘one nation, one market, one tax’There has been considerable concern with the new tax, both in its structure and operational details, including the ease of paying the tax and filing returns. Trade and industry have been grappling with the problem of payment, filing the returns and claiming input tax credit, and exporters have been facing liquidity crises

History of GST

GST is a standard policy recommendation for every country going in for the structural adjustment programme of the International Monetary Fund The GST has taken centre-stage in many countries and is considered important in view of the competitive reduction in corporation tax rates due to high mobility of capital of over 165 countries which have adopted GST in one form or another, only five have repealed it (Belize, Ghana, Grenada, Malta and Vietnam), but have reintroduced the tax later

Desirable features of GST

It is important not to have too low thresholds Reasonably high thresholds will reduce the compliance burden to a large number of small businesses without much impact on revenue In developing countries, a threshold closer to $100,000 would eliminate 75% of the taxpayers with a revenue loss of less than 4%

2. GST should have fewer rates

Multiple rates create classification problems, are harder to administer and would require the general rate of tax to be higher. It would also invite a lot of lobbying by special interest groups

3. It is important to prepare well before the plunge

Most countries take at least two years to prepare for the introduction of reform to ensure a smooth transition. This is particularly necessary for developing and testing the technology platform, educating the tax collectors and taxpayers and to avoid any anomalies in the structure of the tax

Indian version of GST

Given that the reform had to be evolved by taking into account the views of 29 States, two Union Territories with legislatures and the Union government, compromises are inevitableIt is impossible to expect the structure of the tax to be idealSome bad initial features may be an essential compromise to get the tax accepted in the first place. Having four tax rates and three rates of cesses should have been avoidedIt enormously complicates the technology platform to ensure input tax credit mechanism

Way Forward

Problems of transition to a major tax reform are unavoidable and most countries go through this all traders, in one way or the other, are being brought into the formal sector which would hurt some of them. It appears desirable to move immediately towards three slabs with the final goal of reducing the slabs to two
and to fix the threshold at ₹50 lakh.

PROFIT OF BITCOINS

Undeclared Bitcoins Profits?

Ready To Pay 200% Penalty!
Reports are emerging from reputed publications, regarding Govt. latest move to milk bitcoin profits from Indians, and no one will be spared it seems.

If we believe Business Standard, then a 30% capital gains tax can be mandated on all bitcoin profits, if they are held for less than 3 years, and 20% capital gains tax, if they are held for more than 36 months. A concept borrowed from stock trading.

A senior Govt. official close to the developments said,

“Bitcoin taxation is a grey area at the moment. We are yet to look into it in detail. A panel may examine each issue. There are no guidelines at the moment. A clarification may come,”
Besides, some heavy penalty has been devised for those, who fail to declare profits from bitcoins. A penalty of 50-200% is being devised for such instances, when a tax payee fails to declare bitcoin earnings in a financial year, besides levying an interest of 12% per year, for the same.

Govt. Committee Will Decide Fate Of Bitcoin Profits in India

The value of bitcoins has surged past $19,000 (currently $16,000), and this astronomical surge of over 1200% value within a year has clearly unsettled the Govt. and RBI.

Reports say that a special panel be would be established, which will decide how to tax bitcoin earnings, and more importantly, whether GST rules can be applied on bitcoin investments or not.

This is in directly contradiction to what RBI had recently said about bitcoins in India, while ‘warning’ Indians against its usage:

“it (RBI) has not given any licence or authorisation to any entity or company to operate such schemes or deal with Bitcoin or any VC.”
This was RBI’s 4th warning against bitcoin usage in the last few years, and it clearly shows that although RBI is not willing to allow bitcoins in India, they are not banning it as well. And now, they want to tax it as well.

But, to be fair to RBI, they have already admitted that blockchain is a technology which will immensely help banking system in coming years, and bitcoins are based on blockchain tech.

Pretty confusing situation for a person who is a bitcoin investor, and wants to be clean in the tax rules and regulations.

Supreme Court has already asked the Centre to respond to a plea regarding bitcoin regulation in India, and the matter is subjudice.

In April this year, there were rumors of taxation policies for bitcoin users in India, and now, with recent reports, it seems that Govt. wants to indirectly control bitcoins, but cannot come out in the open, and accept that bitcoins has the power to change everything.

INDIA'S BIGGEST OIL REFINERY

Thousands of farmers from Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra have been on the roads for the last five days opposing joint land measurement exercise by government officials marking the beginning of yet another long-drawn protest in Konkan, this time against India’s biggest oil refinery proposed on the western coastline.

The Issue

Over 15,000 acres in and around Nanar in Rajapur tehsil of the district has been notified as an industrial area under Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) Act, instead of Land Acquisition Act, 2013.

After going through the process of seeking objections from the villagers, the government has now begun the next step of joint measurement of land.


People ignored

The Act under which land is to be acquired is draconian and gives no voice to the people, who were not consulted on the project.

The villagers are concerned at the pollution caused by the refinery once it is operational.

The government, while announcing the project, had said this is green project.

Green word is being used to fool the people. No refinery in the world is green.

Over location

The refinery’s location is another cause for concern among locals.

It will stand next to world’s biggest nuclear power project, the proposed 9900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP).

A desiltation project and a 1,500 MW thermal power project are also proposed in the vicinity.

And this is disastrous and will completely kill the natural habitat of the region.

The Aadhar Act, 2016

The Governments Announcement

Bringing relief to millions of Non Resident Indians (NRIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs), the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has said that Aadhaar as an identity document should be sought only from those who are eligible for the unique ID as per the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016.

This means that government agencies can now exempt those belonging to these categories from furnishing Aadhaar identity for availing services as they are not eligible for enrolling for the unique ID.

The circular stated that the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2017 and the Income Tax Act, 1961 clearly stipulate that the linking of Bank Accounts and PAN respectively is for those persons who are eligible to enrol for Aadhaar as per the Aadhaar Act, 2016.

And individuals who were not assigned Aadhaar numbers shall be offered alternate and viable means of delivery of subsidy, benefit or service.

What was the need for this announcement?

What made the situation tricky for NRIs, PIOs and OCIs is that the Act as it stands today, allows only “residents” of India to enroll for the unique identity.

The circular said the UIDAI had received several representations from these sections, informing about difficulties faced by them as various authorities demanded Aadhaar from them in respect of various services/benefits etc like maintaining existing NRE and NRO bank accounts and appearance by students in different exams in India.

The Provisions of the Aadhar Act, 2016

The Act says every resident shall be entitled to obtain an Aadhaar number by submitting his demographic information and biometric information by undergoing the process of enrolment.

Who is a resident is further defined as an individual who has resided in India for a period or periods amounting in all to one hundred and eighty-two days or more in the twelve months immediately preceding the date of application for enrolment.

Source : The Hindu

THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT — 100 YEARS OF HISTORY

A timeline of the conflict which has its roots in the late 19th century.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has its roots in the late 19th century when Jews fleeing anti-Semitism in Russia and central Europe began emigrating to Palestine.

Here is the timeline:

A Jewish homeland promised
In 1917,during World War I,the British capture Palestine from the Ottomans and,in the Balfour Declaration of November 2,promise the Jews a "national home" there.

Oppositionfrom the Palestinians first emerges at a congress in Jerusalem in 1919.

In1922,the League of Nations sets out the obligations of a British mandate in Palestine,including securing "establishment of the Jewish national home",the future Israel.

Britaincrushes the great Arab revolt in Palestine of 1936-1939.

Palestinesplit
Palestine is partitioned into Jewish and Arab states under United Nations Resolution 181,approved in November 1947.Jerusalem is put under international control.

Inthe split,the West Bank including east Jerusalem goes to Jordan and the Gaza Strip to Egypt.

Thestate of Israel is finally created on May 14,1948,provoking an eight-month war with Arab states.

Morethan 400 Palestinian villages are razed by Israeli forces and around 760,000Palestinian refugees flee to the West Bank,Gaza and neighbouring Arab countries.

ThePalestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)is created in 1964.
Occupationand war
In the Six-Day War in June 1967,Israel defeats Egypt,Jordan and Syria and occupies east Jerusalem,the West Bank,the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights.

Jewishsettlement of the occupied territories starts shortly afterwards and continues in the West Bank,east Jerusalem and the Golan Heights today.

Arabstates attack Israel on October 6,1973,the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.Israel repels the attack.

Israelinvades civil war-wracked Lebanon on June 6,1982,to attack Palestinian militants after initially sending in its forces in 1978.Israeli-backed Lebanese militias kill hundreds in Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut.Israeli troops remain in southern Lebanon until May 2000.

Thefirst intifada,or Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule,rages from 1987 to 1993.

Abortivepeace process
In 1993,Israel and the PLO sign a declaration on principles for Palestinian autonomy after six months of secret negotiations in Oslo,launching an abortive peace process.

PLOleader Yasser Arafat returns to Gaza in July 1994 to create the Palestinian Authority.Self-rule is established for the first time in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho.

InSeptember 2000,right-wing Israeli opposition leader and future prime minister Ariel Sharon visits the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in east Jerusalem,a site holy to Muslims and Jews,who refer to it as the Temple Mount,sparking the first clashes of the second intifada.

Respondingto a wave of suicide bombings,Israel in 2002 invades the West Bank in its largest operation there since the 1967 war.

ModerateMahmud Abbas takes over the leadership of the Palestinian Authority in January 2005,after the death of Arafat.

Thelast Israeli forces leave Gaza after a 38-year occupation in September 2005.

Palestinianfactions
In June 2007,Islamist movement Hamas seizes control of the Gaza Strip after ferocious fighting with its rivals in the Fatah faction led by Abbas,who remains in power in the West Bank.

In2014,Israel launches a new operation against Gaza in an attempt to stop rocket fire and to destroy tunnels from the Palestinian territory.

Hamasand Fatah sign a reconciliation accord in October 2017 aimed at ending a decade of discord.

NEW REPORT ON MEASLES

According to a report by the the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United Nations Foundation, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), around 20.8 million children across the world are still missing their first measles vaccine dose

More than half these unvaccinated children live in six countries
(1) Nigeria (3.3 million), (2) India (2.9 million), (3) Pakistan (2.0 million), (4) Indonesia (1.2 million), (5) Ethiopia (0.9 million), and (6) Democratic Republic of the Congo (0.7 million)

India’s situation

India has the second highest population of children who haven’t been vaccinated against measles

It happened despite the government’s focused campaign to check the highly contagious infection

Measles

Measles is a highly contagious infection caused by the measles virus

• Initial signs and symptoms typically include fever, often greater than 40 °C (104.0 °F), cough, runny nose, and inflamed eyes

• Two or three days after the start of symptoms, small white spots may form inside the mouth, known as Koplik’s spots.

• A red, flat rash which usually starts on the face and then spreads to the rest of the body typically begins three to five days after the start of symptoms.

• Symptoms usually develop 10–12 days after exposure to an infected person and last 7–10 days.[5][6] Complications occur in about 30% and may include diarrhea, blindness, inflammation of the brain, and pneumonia among others

Rubella (German measles) and roseola are different diseases.

For more information refer:
https://www.healthline.com/health/measles#overview1

Electronic Voting Machine in INDIA

Difference of INDIAN EVM with other Countries



Free and fair elections are central to the democratic ethos of any country. This includes fair, accurate, and transparent electoral process with outcomes that can be independently verified. Conventional voting accomplishes many of these goals. However, electoral malpractices like bogus voting and booth capturing pose a serious threat to spirit of electoral democracy. It has, thus, been the endeavour of the Election Commission of India to make reforms in the electoral process to ensure free and fair elections. EVMs, devised and designed by Election Commission of India in collaboration with two Public Sector undertakings viz., Bharat Electronics Limited, Bangalore and Electronics Corporation of India Limited, Hyderabad, is a major step in this direction.

Electronic Voting Machines ("EVM") are being used in Indian General and State Elections to implement electronic voting in part from 1999 elections and in total since 2004 elections. The EVMs reduce the time in both casting a vote and ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES declaring the results compared to the old paper ballot system. Bogus voting and booth capturing can be greatly reduced by the use of EVMs. Illiterate people find EVMs easier than ballot paper system. They are easier to transport the EVMs compared to ballot boxes.

EVM has become the leitmotif of the world's largest democratic exercise and gets smarter with each avatar. Here is an attempt to briefly trace the evolution of the EVM and its use in the world's largest democracy.

EVMs were first used in 50 polling stations of Parur Assembly Constituency of Kerala in May 1982. These machines could not be used after 1983 after a Supreme Court ruling that necessitated legal backing for the use of Voting machines in elections. The law was amended by Parliament in December, 1988 and a new section 61A was inserted in the Representation of the People Act, 1951 empowering the Commission to use voting machines. On 24th March, 1992, necessary amendment to the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 was notified by the Government in the Ministry of Law and Justice. An Expert Committee was constituted by the Govt. of India which concluded that these machines are temper proof. Since, November 1998, EVMs have been using in each and every general/ bye elections to Parliamentary and Assembly Constituency. India turned into an e-democracy in General Elections 2004 when EVMs were used across all polling Stations in the country. Since then, all elections were conducted by EVMs .

The process of electronic voting can be of three types:

(i)Direct Recording Machines placed at designated polling station,

(ii)Internet Voting

Remote Online Voting

At Designated Polling Stations

(iii)Optical Scanners

Stand-alone

Networked for centralized counting of results

EVMs used in India fall under the first type of stand-alone direct recording machines with no possibility of any kind of network connectivity where voters cast their votes at an assigned polling station on the day of election under strict administrative security ensured by the ECI.

Difference from International EVM's

Even though ECI EVMs are also direct recording machines ECI EVMs are completely different from any of the EVMs used internationally either for direct recording or for internet voting or for optical scanning. This is clearly highlighted in the comparative analysis of ECI EVMs with the DRMs used in countries like Germany, Netherland, Ireland, and USA as follows:

Germany:

In Germany, the e-voting machines manufactured by NEDAP were used in between 2005 - 2009 before it came under criticism and finally discontinued. The Bundesverfassungsgericht (the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany) ordered the discontinuation of the use of NEDAP machines in 2009 because of the below-mentioned reasons:

The use of Nedap electronic voting machines violated the principle of the public nature of elections (Article 38 in conjunction with Article 20.1 and 20.2 of the Basic Law) that requires that all essential steps in the elections are subject

Target UPSC 2018

Follow these things to keep in mind for people who are all going to attempt UPSC 2018

✌commit and deliver 100% - No compromise here
stick to minimum resources and revise it again and again
- have "The Right Guru" to sail you through this journey - Good luck for all those who think they can do it by themselves.
- leave all ego issues: whether to join coaching or not
- control extreme thoughts
- stay calm, composed and relaxed all time! - It's a pretty long journey
- don't listen to too many people - they will spoil
- take one week time and decide the optional - once your decided there should be no turning back: whatsoever it be
- read the news paper or watch the news to stay abreast of all the recent developments.
- Preparing for UPSC completely using online is a complete hoax, Online is always like a complimentary thing in your preparation. Please engage with your guru's or your guide face to face. Don't waste your money buying some online program

That's it

If you do follow the above steps 100% you will definitely clear this exam! Even if it is 99.9 percent you won't clear it!

 So to know how your doing 100% is through tests and evaluations. Every-time you write prelims test series or mains answers - make sure your improving for every single test or answer!

Rules are simple - we should leave all our ego's and give it the respect this exam deserves.