He cracked AIIMS exam at 16 and IAS at 22 and he's telling you how!

Roman Saini is giving out tips on how to crack IAS and Medical examinations as he did both at a very tender age. Roman cleared the medical examination at the age of 16 and became an IAS at the age of 22. He is the youngest IAS cum doctor in the country currently and he tells how he rose from being an average student to achieving so much in such a little time.

Roman is just 23 years old and he became a junior resident at AIIMS at the age of 16. He then cleared his IAS examination and was ranked 18th all over India in the IAS examination. His videos on YouTube and other social media platforms have gone viral.

He runs a YouTube channel named Unacademy which has almost 400 videos currently. He says that he wishes to bring tips and tricks to all those people who acnnot afford IAS coaching classes. Check out the video in which he talks about how he cracked these exams next.

Posted by Yasha Team on 23:07 in News highlights

Today, an electrician earns as much as an engineer

In a country where engineering degrees are chased by many an aspirant, salary statistics thrown up by a leading staffing solutions company come as an eye-opener.

The starting income of an electrician, who is unskilled and perhaps has just cleared Class XII, is Rs 11,300 per month while a desktop engineer, who is an engineering graduate, earns only around Rs 3,500 more. What's more, the desktop engineer's salary rises by about the same margin as the electrician's over a period of time—to about Rs 19,000 in five years, and around Rs 30,000 in eight years. So in about eight years, the electrician too would be comfortably earning over Rs 26,000 per month. Narrowing this salary gap is the severe shortage of workers like fitters, welders, electricians and plumbers on the one hand, and the growing number of engineers trying to get into the IT sector.

These are some of the startling findings in TeamLease's latest salary primer, which is a comprehensive overview of the labour market. "In the last 6-7 years that we have been studying salary patterns, the monthly incomes of electricians and other workers like plumbers and welders have only risen. On the other hand, entry-level salaries of engineers, especially IT engineers, have remained more or less the same," says Rituparna Chakraborty, co-founder & senior VP of TeamLease Services. The desktop engineer, incidentally, ranks the lowest in the tech sector.

When the IT boom started a decade ago, points out Chakraborty, there was a huge demand for engineers. The demand has remained the same—about 4 lakh—but the number of engineers trying to get into the IT sector has zoomed to over 15 lakh. "This has resulted in a mismatch," says Chakraborty, who is also president of the Indian Staffing Federation.

Sourcing of these skilled workers is becoming harder than before, agrees G R Dastoor, senior VP, industrial relations, Godrej & Boyce, which taps various sources like employee references, employment exchange and head-hunters. But head hunters are also finding it hard to locate workers with these skills.

"Of the 10 electricians required in the industry, we are finding it difficult to get even two. A large infrastructure company recently told us that if we could bring them one lakh welders, fitters, plumbers and electricians, the company would be happy to employ them. That's the kind of demand for these workers," says Chakraborty.

Now, with the infrastructure sector on the verge of a potential boom, the demand for electricians, plumbers, fitters and welders has grown exponentially. Tata Steel, for instance, is presently setting up a 6 million ton greenfield integrated steel project at Kalinganangar, Odisha. "These skills (electricians, welders, fitters and the like) are needed in large numbers during the construction of the steel plant—some for a short duration," says an official spokesperson of the company.

There are socio-cultural barriers that prevent youth in urban and semi- urban areas from acquiring vocational skills. Dastoor says the industry needs to work with communities along with the government and the NGOs to create a buzz around acquiring these skills and according them greater prestige and importance.

Godrej has embarked on an employability initiative called Disha, under which it partners with various NGOs and training institutes across the country to help train and enhance the skills of people in various trades. Tata Projects, on the other hand, provides vocational and entrepreneurship training to the youth. It found a dire need in the market for those with basic skills like welding, electrical fitting, fabrication, construction, painting and so on. A tie-up with international institutions like UK Welding Institute and International Paint institute was forged to ensure training courses for various tradesmen. "These are paid courses wherein corporates get their manpower trained," says Naresh Sharma, head, marketing communications, Tata Projects.



For Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), which specializes in executing complex projects in sectors such as hydel power, nuclear plants, bridges and tunnels, the requirements for labour force are significantly different. "We did not see a major gap between demand and supply because of the overall economic slowdown, specifically the negligible number of new infrastructure projects announced in the last few years. However, given the recent uptick in the economy, we can expect the demand for labour (skilled and unskilled) to increase," says Aditya Jain, group EVP-HR, HCC.

Moorthy K Uppaluri, CEO, Randstad India, says the rise in education levels across all strata of society has led to higher aspirations. "Typically, talent for these professions is mostly experience-based as there's no ready talent from colleges. The candidates that graduate from vocational training institutes prefer to work in companies like auto-manufacturing or go abroad to the Gulf countries," says Uppaluri. He adds that high demand and growing inflation have resulted in the salaries of workers going up by an annual average of 15-20%.

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New Army chief’s warning to Pakistan: Response to any beheading-like incidents will be intense and immediate

On his first day in office, Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag on Friday warned Pakistan that India’s response to any beheading-like incident in future would be “more than adequate, intense and immediate”.

“I can tell you that our response to any such act will be more than adequate in future. It will be intense and immediate,” he told reporters after his welcome Guard of Honour as Chief of Army Staff.

The new Army Chief was asked how did India give a ‘befitting reply’ to Pakistan after the beheading of Indian soldier Lance Naik Hemraj along the Line of Control in Poonch sector on January 8, 2013, by Pakistani troops.

Previous Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh had on Thursday stated that India had given a befitting reply to Pakistan after the beheading incident.

“It has been done. Please understand that when we use force, that use is from tactical to operational to strategic levels.

“When I mention that during that incident, it was aimed at operations at the tactical level, which have been undertaken. I think this has been done by the local commander, the Chiefs have nothing to do with it,” Gen Singh had said.

Pakistani Special Forces under the Border Area Teams (BAT) had carried out the operation of beheading Hemraj and mutilitating the body of Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh.

Later in August, they had also killed five Indian troops in the same sector in a joint attack by Pakistani Special Forces and LeT terrorists.

Gen Suhag also expressed his gratitude to the government “for reposing faith” in him.

BJP had earlier opposed the process of designating Gen Suhag as the new Chief by the UPA government in its last days in office in May.

But soon after NDA came in power, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley had said that the new government would continue with the appointment made during UPA’s tenure. Questions were also raised over his appointment by Union Minister and former Army Chief Gen V K Singh.

Listing out his focus areas, Gen Suhag said they “would be to enhance operational preparedness and the effectiveness of the Indian Army.

“Force modernisation, infrastructure development, optimisation of human resources, welfare of serving personnel and ex-servicemen are issues that are very close to my heart.”

He said he would do his best for the welfare of men behind the gun and “to provide them the required equipment and weapons for performing their assigned roles”.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 31ST JULY 2014)

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 31^ST JULY 2014)

1. INDAIN ARMY HAS NEW ARMY CHIEF (Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag)

a). New Army Chief Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag taken the charges.

b). 59-year-old Lieutenant General Suhag take the charges from General Singh today. The Lieutenant General Suhag, is a Gurkha officer who had participated in the 1987 Indian Peace Keeping Force operation in Sri Lanka, will have a 30-month tenure.
c). Before this designation Gen. Dalbir Sing is the Vice Chief of Army Staff in December last year before that he was the commander of Eastern Army.

2.  EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER SUSHMA AND JOHAN KERRY CO-CHAIR FIFTH STRATEGIC DIALOGUE.

a). U.S. Secretary of State Mr. John Kerry & Indian External Affairs Minister Mrs. Sushma Swaraj on Thursday co-chaired fifth Indo-US Strategic Dialogue. During this discussion the two sides discussed related to the “transformative initiatives” in key areas of security and energy.

b). The Two leader of US and India held nearly an hour-long restricted meeting before they were joined by their delegations comprising senior representatives from various ministries including energy and trade.

c). After this Strategic Dialogue discussion, Mr. Kerry along with Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker also met with Finance and Defence Minister of India Mr. Arun Jaitley.

3. PM IS GOING TO LAUNCH GOVT’S. FINANCIAL INCLUSION CAMPAIGN

a). Indian PM (Prime Minister) Mr. Modi will launch the Govt. campaign for financial inclusion to guarantee the banking service to 7.5 crore households in India.
b). While addressing a press conference in Delhi at Vigyan Bhawan today Indian Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley said that government objective is to reach every household possible and have at least two account holders in every house.

4). THIS YEAR NEW DELHI WILL HOST 3^RD INDIA AFRICA SUMMITT

a). This year the third India Africa Summitt (IAFS-III), will be hosted by New Delhi, on the 4^th, December this year. The Second Summit was held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa 2011.
b). While giving the information during Rajya Sabha session today, the External Affairs Minister Mrs. Sushma Swaraj said that preparations for the IAFS-III have begun in consultation with the African Union.  

5). THE PRICE OF PETROL IS CUT BY RS. 1.09 A LITER

a). All Indian Oil marketing companies have slashed retail selling price of petrol by Rs 1.09 a litre in Delhi, with a corresponding decrease in other states due to the strengthening of the Indian rupee vis-à-vis the US Dollar. The price cut will be effective from midnight July 31/August 1.

b). While the Oli Marketing companies increases the price of DIESEL by 0.56 for all customers in Delhi.

6). SOUTH AFRICA PLAYER KALLIS ANNOUCES HIS RETIERMENT FROM CRICKET

a). The start player of SA Jacques Kallis is one of the greatest all-rounders of all times. Today he announces his retirement from all formats of international cricket.

b). Jacques Kallis in the conference said that he is only retering from international cricket format and not retiring from cricket as he has a two-year contract with the Sydney Thunder. He also said that he would also help the Kolkata Knight Riders defend the IPL title.

7). ENGLAND BEAT INDIA IN THEIR 3^RD TEST MATCH BY 266 RUNS

a). India hast lost third 3^rd Test match against England at Southampton by 266 runs on Thursday. 

b). Now England have level the 5 Test match series by1-1 against India.
c). In the second inning Indian team were bowled out only for 178 runs before lunch. Spin bowler Moeen is the start player and he took four more wickets to his two from the previous evening and make his career-best figures of 6-67.

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Explained: What is the UPSC controversy

Following protests by civil services aspirants who have been demanding the scrapping of Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) calling it discriminatory against Humanities students and those with Hindi background, the Centre Tuesday asked the UPSC to postpone the preliminary examination slated for August 24.

What is the controversy?

* At the heart of the matter is the change of pattern the UPSC introduced in the Civil Services Preliminary Exam starting 2011. Till 2010, the exam used to have two papers — one on general studies and one on an optional subject where aspirants could choose one of 23 listed subjects. This was changed from 2011 onwards, when the UPSC decided to replace the optional subject paper with a paper that tests the aspirants’ aptitude. The syllabus for this paper, protesting aspirants allege, is heavily tilted in favour of those from the Science or, more specifically, Engineering background and is discriminatory against students from Humanities, particularly those who have studied in Hindi-medium.

What is the syllabus for this second paper?
* The second paper in the preliminary exam comprises comprehension, interpersonal skills including communication skills, logical reasoning and analytical ability, decision making and problem solving, general mental ability, basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc — Class X level), data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency, etc — Class X level) and English language comprehension skills (Class X level).

Why are the protesters calling this syllabus discriminatory?

* They feel it favours Science and \Engineering students. Questions related to mathematics, they feel, put students from Humanities at a disadvantage. They have also alleged that English language comprehension skills, which the second paper tests, is discriminatory against students from a Hindi-medium background. The protesters claim that since the changes were introduced in 2011, the number of Humanities students clearing the preliminary exam has fallen drastically, while the number of those with Science/Engineering background has shot up.

How is the government addressing the problem?

* The matter has been raised by several MPs in the ongoing Parliament session. On Tuesday, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said the government was urging the UPSC and the committee constituted to look into the matter to submit its report at the earliest. Singh also said UPSC should consider postponing the date of the exam. “We would write to the UPSC and the committee that has been constituted to submit this report to expedite the process, address their concerns judiciously and sympathetically and not let them (the aspirants) go with a feeling that they have been wronged on account of any bias towards any language… There should be no injustice regarding the language and the government does not support this,” the minister said.

Posted by Yasha Team on 00:42 in News highlights

Jaitley unveils Modi government’s first budget: I-T rates unchanged, cellphones get cheaper, defence and education get priority

The Budget for 2014-15 on Thursday left income tax rates unchanged but provided sops to small and marginal assessees by raising the threshold exemption limit from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh and investments under 80C by Rs 50,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh while promising not to bring tax changes with retrospective effect.
Presenting the maiden budget of the BJP-led NDA government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley raised the deduction limit on interest on housing loan for self-occupied property from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 2 lakh and free-baggage allowance for inbound passengers from Rs 35,000 to Rs 45,000.

LCD, LED TV to get cheaper
The Budget makes cigarettes, tobacco, pan-masala, gutka and cold-drinks costlier by raising excise duties while CRT TVs used by poor, LCD and LED TV panels of less than 19-inches will be cheaper through cuts in customs duties.

In encouraging signals to domestic and foreign investors, Jaitley announced that all fresh cases arising out of retrospective amendments of 2012 in respect of indirect transfers will be scrutinised by a high level committee to be constituted by the CBDT before any action is initiated.
“I hope the investor community both within India and abroad will repose confidence on our stated position and participate in the Indian growth story with renewed vigour,” he said, offering a stable and predictable tax regime.
He also said the government will revive the revised Direct Taxes Code (DTC) taking into account the comments of stakeholders.
FDI raised by 49%
The Finance Minister said government will promote FDI by raising the cap to 49 per cent in Defence and Insurance with full Indian management and control.

The direct tax proposals involve a sacrifice of Rs 22,200 crore while indirect tax proposal will yield a revenue of Rs 7,725 crore.
Defence Ministry gets 2.29 lakh crore
The Budget raises defence spending by 12.5 per cent to Rs 2.29 lakh crore. Non-plan expenditure for the current year has been estimated at Rs 12,19,892 crore with additional amount for fertiliser subsidy and capital expenditure for armed forces.
The total expenditure estimates stand at Rs 17,94,892 crore. Gross tax receipts will be Rs 13,64,524 crore, of which Centre’s share will Rs 9,77,258 crore. Non-tax revenues for current financial year will be Rs 2,12,505 crore and capital receipts other than borrowings will be Rs 73,952 crore.
The Budget pegs the fiscal deficit for the current fiscal at 4.1 per cent of the GDP and 3.6 and 3 per cent in 2015-16 and 2016-17 respectively.
‘Slow decision making led to challenging situation’
In an apparent reference to the previous government, Jaitley said slow decision making had resulted in a loss of opportunity and two years of sub-5 per cent growth in the economy has resulted in challenging situation.
He said government intends to usher in a policy regime that would bring the desired growth, lower inflation, sustained level of external sector balance and prudent policy stance.

The Finance Minister said the present situation presents a challenge of slow growth in manufacturing sector, in infrastructure and also the need to introduce fiscal prudence.
The tax to GDP ratio must be improved and non-tax revenue increased, he said while pruning the negative list for levy of service tax.
The government will constitute an Expenditure Management Commission to look into every aspect of expenditure reform. It will overhaul the subsidy regime while providing full protection to the marginalised.
GST to be introduced for higher revenue collection
Jaitely said the government would like to introduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to streamline tax administration, avoid harassment of business and ensure higher revenue collection.
Rs 8 lakh crore have been allotted for agriculture credit during the current year. (Source: Express Photo by Munis Raza)
The Budget proposes to infuse Rs 2.40 lakh crore in PSU banks in which citizens will be allowed direct shareholding.
The Budget sets a target of Rs 8 lakh crore for agriculture credit during the current year and will continue the interest subvention scheme and raise the corpus of rural infrastructure development fund (RIDF) to Rs 25,000 crore.
Restructuring FCI
Towards food security, the government commits itself to restructuring Food Corp of India (FCI), reducing transportation and distribution losses and efficacy of PDS.
Wheat and rice will be provided at reasonable prices to weaker sections.
In direct taxes, the Budget makes no changes in the rate of surcharge for any class of tax payer while continuing the education cess at 3 per cent for all.

Tax incentives for real estate
As a measure of encouraging infrastructure and construction sectors to revive growth and provide jobs, the Budget provides tax incentives for real estate investment trust and infrastructure investment trust.
In manufacturing, considering the need to incentivise smaller entrepreneurs, it provides investment allowance at the rate of 15 per cent to a manufacturing company that invests more than Rs 25 crore in a year in plant and machinery for three years.
To enhance the functioning of income tax department as facilitators, 60 more Ayaykar Seva Kendras will be opened to promote excellence in service delivery.
Taking note of the fact that power supply continues to a major area of concern in the country, the Budget proposes to extend the 10-year tax holiday to undertakings which begin generation, transmission and distribution by March 31, 2017, instead of annual extensions.
Special small savings instrument to cater to education and marriage of the girl child. (Source: Express Photo by Munis Raza)
Small savings instrument for girls
As part of financial inclusion mission, a special small savings instrument to cater to the requirement of education and marriage of the girl child will be introduced.
A National Savings Certificate with insurance cover will also be launched to provide additional benefits for small savers. In the PPF scheme, annual ceiling will be enhanced to Rs 1.5 lakh per annum from Rs 1 lakh at present.
In defence allocation, Rs 1000 crore has been set apart for implementing one-rank-one-pension policy. Capital outlay for defence has been raised by Rs 5,000 crore over the amount provided in the interim budget.
Jaitley also announced the construction of a War Memorial and museum at the Prince’s Park near the India Gate. (Source: Express Photo by Munis Raza)
War memorial, war museum to be set up
The Finance Minister also announced setting up a war memorial, war museum and a national police memorial. For modernisation of state police forces, Rs 3,000 crore has been allocated.
NRI fund for Ganga
An integrated Ganga conservation mission, called ‘Namami Gange’ is proposed to be set up with an outlay of Rs 2,037 crore for this year.
An NRI fund for Ganga will be set up which will finance special projects. Rs 100 crore have been set aside for ghat development and beautification of river front at Kedarnath, Varnasi, Haridwar, Kanpur, Allahabad, Patna and Delhi.
Rs 100 crore have been set aside for ghat development. (Source: Express Photo by Apurva Singh)
A 1,620-km Ganga inland waterway development from Haridwar to Haldia is planned to be completed in 6 years at a cost of Rs 4,200 crore, Jaitley said.

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Union Budget 2014-15: Highlights

Following are the highlights of the Union Budget 2014-15 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament today:

• Income tax exemption limit raised by Rs 50,000 to Rs 2.5 lakh and for senior citizens to Rs 3 lakh
• Exemption limit for investment in financial instruments under 80C raised to Rs 1.5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh.
• Investment limit in PPF raised to Rs 1.5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh
• Deduction limit on interest on loan for self-occupied house raised to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 1.5 lakh.
• Committee to look into all fresh tax demands for indirect transfer of assets in wake of retrospective tax amendments of 2012
• Fiscal deficit target retained at 4.1 pc of GDP for current fiscal and 3.6 pc in FY 16
• Rs 150 crore allocated for increasing safety of women in large cities
• LCD, LED TV become cheaper
• Cigarettes, pan masala, tobacco, aerated drinks become costlier
• 5 IIMs to be opened in HP, Punjab, Bihar, Odisha and Rajasthan
• 5 more IITs in Jammu, Chattisgarh, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
• 4 more AIIMS like institutions to come up in AP, West Bengal, Vidarbha in Maharashtra and Poorvanchal in UP
• Govt proposes to launch Digital India' programme to ensure broad band connectivity at village level
• National Rural Internet and Technology Mission for services in villages and schools, training in IT skills proposed
• Rs 100 cr scheme to support about 600 new and existing Community Radio Stations
• Rs 100 cr for metro projects in Lucknow and Ahmedabad
• Govt expects Rs 9.77 lakh crore revenue crore from taxes
• Govt's plan expenditure pegged at Rs 5.75 lakh crore and non-plan at Rs 12.19 lakh crore.
• Rs 2,037 crore set aside for Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission called 'Namami Gange'.
• Kisan Vikas Patra to be reintroduced, National Savings Certificate with insurance cover to be launched
• FDI limit to be hiked at 49 pc in defence, insurance
• Disinvestment target fixed at Rs 58,425 crore
• Gross borrowings pegged at Rs 6 lakh crore
• Contours of GST to be finalised this fiscal; Govt to look into DTC proposal.
• 'Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya New Teachers Training Programme' launched with initial sum of Rs 500 crore
• Govt provides Rs 500 crore for rehabilitation of displaced Kashmiri migrants
• Set aside Rs 11,200 crore for PSU banks capitalisation
• Govt in favour of consolidation of PSU banks
• Govt considering giving greater autonomy to PSU banks while making them accountable
• Rs 7,060 crore for setting up 100 Smart Cities
• A project on the river Ganga called ‘Jal Marg Vikas’ for inland waterways between Allahabad and Haldia; Rs 4,200 crore set aside for the purpose.
• Govt proposes Ultra Modern Super Critical Coal Based Thermal Power Technology
• Expenditure management commission to be setup; will look into food and fertilizer subsides
• Impasse in coal sector will be resolved; coal will be provided to power plants already commissioned or to be commissioned by March 2015
• Long term capial gain tax for mutual funds doubled to 20 pc; lock-in period increased to 3 years
• Rs 4,000 cr set aside to increase flow of cheaper credit for affordable housing to the urban poor/EWS/LIG segment.
• EPFO to launch the 'Uniform Account Number' service to facilitate portability of Provident Fund accounts
• Mandatory wage ceiling of subscription to EPS (Employee Pension Scheme) raised from Rs 6,500 to Rs 15,000
• Minimum pension increased to Rs 1,000 per month
• War memorial to be set up along with a war museum; Rs 100 crore set aside for this
• Income from foreign portfolio investors to be treated as capital gains
• Investment allowance to manufacturing companies, to incentivise small entrepreneurs
• Rs 100 crore for development of organic farming
• Indian Custom Single Window Project to be taken up for facilitating trade
• Clean Energy cess increased from Rs. 50/ tonne to Rs 100/tonne
• Excise duty on footwear reduced from 12 pc to 6 pc
• Net effect of direct tax proposals is revenue loss of Rs 22,200 cr
• Tax proposals on indirect tax front would yield Rs. 7,525 crore
• Free baggage allowance increased from Rs 35,000 to Rs 45,000
• PSUs to invest to over Rs 2.47 lakh crore this fiscal.

Posted by Yasha Team on 22:47 in News highlights