General guidelines while using India Yearbook #1: Skipping sentences Any statement or table given in yearbook, is important

only IF it gives you one or more of the following information: 1. Some fact/ feature/reason that can be asked in MCQ, 2m or descriptive. 2. Some fancy name that can be asked in MCQ, 2m (e.g. Annapurna, Swadhar, Ujjwala etc.) 3. Some Fodder point that can be cited in descriptive answer, essay, interview ^if the statement doesnt contain any of these, then its a useless statement. Dont bother finishing the sentence, move to next sentence. Otherwise you cannot finish this 1200+ pages book in time, If youre going to read it line by line, word by word. some risk taking is also necessary. #2: Organizations In the introductory part of every chapter, the yearbook will tell you about the evolution that xyz ministry was earlier known as abc ministry and then it was renamed in 1989 and it was merged with def department and so on.skip evolution, just find what functions are performed by the ministry right now? The organization that affects more lives, is more important. Small time organizations are not really important. E.g. Rajiv Gandhi flight training academy etc. (cost benefit is not good + gives diminishing rate of returns + youve to take some risk, else you cant finish syllabus.) Whenever you read about an organization ask yourself 1. Where does it fall in the hierarchy? 2. What are the functions of this organizations? 3. What type of organization is it?= executive, statutory, constitutional, society etc.? 4. Who is the boss, how is he selected? (although not always relevant). #3: Schemes Whenever you read about a scheme/mission/project. Ask yourself following 1. Whos the boss? (implementing ministry) 2. Whos the beneficiary?(target group) 3. What benefits are given?

4. Is it cash (e.g. scholarship, pension, insurance) or is it kind (e.g. subsidized fertilizer, wheat, rice, kerosene, tools, training) or both? 5. Is It 100% centrally sponsored scheme? Dont bother with year unless some really big n important scheme. Otherwise just have the timeframe in mind (started in 80s, 90s, 2000s.)