Mains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread

@sat_009I changes my optional.Now its sociology

@kuttaall the best for ur optional

@al_birunihistory optional wale ho kya bhai?

@kuttaResources sabhi ke pas nhi h na hi level playing field h for the underprivileged.

@vvvikas0078212high speed net sake pass hai.Use zyada kya hi chahiye aajkal.

@al_biruniI M not sure but I believe this is not the way it works (if u look at ads for recruitment in employment news).1st 50 percent seats r alloted to quotas.remaining are 450.Now from this 450 ews will get 10% I. e 45.
This is my personal opinion.Baaki to result aane ke baad ki pata chalega

The 10% quota is applied to total number of vacancies, IE. 10% of 896= 90. So out of 450 seats fir UR , the effective number of seats for general category will be 360. Still even if you want to enter top services, then this will be meaningless. I mean suppose you get a rank of 75 and IAS closes at 70, you'll still get IPS/IFS/IRS etc, so effectively those who get a rank between 360-450 would anyways not be getting good services. I know many people are willing to enter any service, and I see that it's unfair for them , but if you're aspiring to be an IAS/IPS/IFS then this 10% EWS reservation should not be our concern.

@Chanakyait means for unreserved category candidates competition is same as last year. Last year too unreserved seats were around 360 n this year too..

Govt committee bolti hai ki 1500 vacancy sirf IAS me ( sab mila ke to kafi zyada hongi) hai...Lekin bc govt seat nikalegi just few.
Wtf ...seats kyu nhi increase krte ye log

Jitendra Singh said that although there are 1500 IAS vacancies but currently we don't have capacity to intake 1500 trainees in one go. LBSNAA is already facing issues of over-occupancy

Increasing competition is not a myth. Wow. Have the number of applicants for similar number of positions not increased over the years? Will that not also mean that the number of hard working candidates as a ratio similar to the overall applicants has also increased?@kutta

@zombielandyeah I think I remember that when govt introduced EWS reservation they mentioned that all vacancies in jobs and educational institutions will be increased in proportion to ensure that seats reserved for general category are not reduced. So perhaps this increase in seats from last year is just to balance out the EWS seats.

@ChanakyaUpsc didn't factor that in. That increase in seats issue was taken up during counseling process of educational institutions.

@Yes_I_am_inab ye log midlevel par direct lateral entry ki policy rakhna chahte hai

This is only for educational institutions not jobs.@Chanakya

Yeah I just checked, it's only for educational institutions.

@Chanakyaphir to jai ho Modi ji ki...

Let's not get political here, reservation policy ki baat aayi toh bahut door takk jaayegi

@Minimumwagefor ur info the number of candidates registering for exam have fallen from 9 lakh in 2017 to 5 lakh now with only 3 lakh attempting.
So decrease in number of candidates wrt decrease in number of seats is the same

@Chanakyasuccess guru ji cut off kya hai iss saal