WBCS India Year Book 2011

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WBCS India Year Book 2011

This book is of 2011. Few data have changed , but mostly is ok. So it is very useful.
Read this book along with updated data.

Important Chapters in India Yearbook

India Year Book has data, which can overwhelm anyone. So, how to deal with it. Moreover, it has some chapters, which are not relevant, some are relevant for Prelims and Mains, some only for Mains, some only for Prelims, some are for relevant for Interview and some are relevant for Optionals. I will try to put in details which chapter to be used for which part of examination and what to read from it –

Table 1:

Code Definition
A Most Important
B Lesser Important than A
C Not important (If I mention only C, then it is not important for both Mains and Prelims). Otherwise I will provide details with the code)
D Eliminate/Selective Reading
E Essay
Table 2:

Ch. Chapter Name Code Comments
1 Land and the People A, E
2 National Symbols A
3 The Polity C for Prelims as you will be reading Indian Polity by Laxmikanth or some other book
B for Mains
4 Agriculture A for Prelims
C for Mains Traditional details, eliminate current data, facts and figures. Refer ES and Budget for current data
5 Art and Culture A, E Important from Essay point of view
6 Basic Economic Data B Just go through the trends
7 Commerce C for Prelims
A for Mains
8 Communications A for Prelims
C for Mains
9 Defence A
10 Education A
11 Energy A, E Have an Atlas handy
12 Environment A
13 Finance D
14 Corporate Affairs A
15 Food and Civil Supplies B for Prelims
D for Mains Focus on current, eliminate traditional details
16 Health and Family Welfare A
17 Housing C Only current relevance and government programs
18 Indian and the World B for Prelims
A for Mains Traditional aspects
19 Industry A for Prelims
C for Mains Focus on traditional, eliminate current details
20 Justice and Law A Cover along with Indian Polity part of syllabus
21 Labour D for Prelims
C for Mains
E
22 Mass Communication A
23 Planning A Only interesting info
24 Rural Development A, E
25 Scientific and Technological Developments A
26 Transport C With Atlas, Focus on Railways, Freight Corridors, etc
27 Water Resources C -Do-
28 Welfare A Be cautious while reading
29 Youth Affairs and Sports A+
30 States and Union Territories A (Mrunal Note: Your own state is important for “profile based Qs” in Interview)
31 Diary of National Events D (Mrunal Note: won’t be of much use if you use an older edition like 2010 or 11)
32 General Information B for Prelims
D for Mains
End of copy paste. Now input from my side

Apart from New Vishal, Many publication houses also release their own “remix” copy of India Yearbook for example Arihant Publication, Wizard, MnM etc. I call it “remix” copy because they contain some information from original IYB in tabulated and bulleted format.

So along with the India Yearbook, you should also visit the websites of each ministry mentioned in the book and see what latest schemes, acts and Committees are formed. Also keep an eye on the Yojana and Kurukshetra magazines.
Articles in the [Yearbook] category can be accessed through this link: www.wbcsmadeeasy.in
Another important use of IYB is the regulatory bodies and other Advistory and executive agencies (for example Silk Development council, food and nutrition board and so on. Such bodies and their functions are scattered around IYB’s chapters. However, you can find the consolidated information about all these bodies in M.Laxmikanth’s new book “Governance In india (TMH Publication)
” Appendix 6 (Page A.55) and Appendix 11 (page 11.1).
Same book of M.Laxmikanth, also available in Hindi, under the title “Bharatiya Shasan
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