HOW FOOL PROOF IS INDIA’S DISASTER MANAGEMENT……Reply to Mr P.Shanker

Mr P. Shanker wrote:
Dear Mr Manmauji,
I appreciate the humane concern of all the bloggers who have empathize with the plights of all the innocent people who have not only loss the lives and assets but also have become a victim of the devastating floods occurred in southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra..
I don’t want to go far back in history but just in April 2009 when India achieved another laurel by putting up RISAT-2 in space by PSLV-C12. RISAT-2 was presumed to be an all weather satellite capable of taking images of earth during day, night and cloudy conditions. It was termed as an “all weather spy satellite”. The basic purpose of RISAT-2 was to enhance India’s capability in earth observation especially during floods, cyclones, landslides and disaster management.
My question to all the readers of this blog is that have RISAT-2 been able to provide its required purpose of enhancing India’s capability in disaster management. Are we able to offer time help to all the victims who are fighting with their destiny? Are we still relying on “fire-fight approach” on disaster management? What we have learned from December 2004 tsunami which took away Indira Point from us?
It is evident that India is vulnerable to various natural disaster management on account of its geo-climatic conditions. There are various disaster management authorities, national policies and programmes to tackle with this unforeseen evil. How far they have been able to prevent this or provide timely relief.

Neutralviews :
Hello Mr P. Shanker, thanks for your visit on the blog…..I wish that you continue to send articles like this one to enrich me as well as the dear readers of this blog…. you rightly mentioned the drawbacks in India’s disaster management which is evident from the current crisis….It is true that We have state of the art technology and adequate number of satellites in the sky but the problem is of the dissemination of the information received and coordination between the plethora of the agencies exist…The lack of the co-ordination between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh government can be evident from the allegations made by the TRS Chief [Telangana Rashtra Samiti] [published in THE Hindu,Page-14, Oct8,2009]….the co-ordination problem is all pervasive in India’s institutional arrangement be it IB,CBI,CID,RAW and home ministry on intelligence issue which was evident at numerous occasions…to solve it, incumbent home minister has made some institutional arrangement to share the real time intelligence and quick dissemination to all the stake holders…This type of arrangement can be made for disaster management too….keep blogging…..

Guidelines for filling the first page of CSE mains answersheet….. Reply to Mr Rajesh

Hello Mr Rajesh, thanks for your visit on the blog….you have a valid doubt which many of the CSE candidates have…The right way is…as soon as you get the answer booklet , fill the questioner number column starting from 1 to 8 [in optional] and up to 12 or 15 [in GS] or depending on the number of questions you have in the question paper…..then fill the page number according to the attempt e.g. If you start with Q 3, then write in page no. column 1 in front of Q no 3 row….this will save your time…..no need to write page numbers separately for the sub parts of a question as it is advisable to attempt all the sub parts of a single question at one place e.g. if Q 4 contains 4[a],[b] &[c] part and you start it at page no-8, then write only 8 in page no column in front of Q 4 row….Always remember to draw a line after the completion of a answer and start new answer on fresh page….I hope I have made my point clearly…further query is welcome…keep blogging….

Institutes for Economis & Commerce optionals...Reply to Miss kritika Batra

Hello Miss kritika Batra, thanks for your visit on the blog and kind words about it….You rightly mentioned that Commerce and Economics are rare optional…..There are few institutes in Delhi which are providing guidance in these optional e.g. for commerce Vaji Ram & Ravi and RS Agarwal in Ranker’s classes [Kings way camp] and for Economics, Axiom in Rajinder Nagar…..However you need to check the veracity of the faculty available by attending introductory classes…Besides, you can regularly go through The Hindu news paper where all these Institutes are placing their advertisement and their future programmes, contact numbers, etc…..good luck for CSE-2011….further query is welcome…keep blogging…

Few tips on answer writing skills for CSE-09 Mains.....Reply to Mr Rajesh

Hello Mr Rajesh, thanks for your visit on the blog…Regarding the answer writing skills in mains…few things should be kept in mind:
[1] Answer should be strictly according to the question….for e.g. if question is on impact of PRI [Panchayati Raj] on silent social revolution comes….then focus only social aspects of PRI provisions with some live examples…no need to write on the provisions of Election commission, Finance commission, etc…..answers in General studies should be written straight forwardly e.g Discuss 3 stage nuclear power programme of India?….Answer should start as follows: India’s 3 stage power programme is as follows…stage [1]…stage [2]…stage [3]…no need of intro…you can write few lines in conclusion…..The answer can be in the form of points [in GS specially] or paragraph or points and paragraphs depending on the content and time availability.
[2] Language should be simple and writing should be neat and clean with minimum cutting.
[3] Focus on content rather than size of the answers.
[4]For socio, pub ad or any other optional, figures, maps or diagrams can be inserted only if context, situation and matter demands so…unnecessary diagrams and figures may harm your chance.
[5] Underlining of the key points and concepts can be done with the same ink or different ink…butt it should not be too much as it is a time consuming process.
[6] Selection of the questions is very important…choose easy and straight questions or those on which you have enough content…no need to select question out of the box….
[7] last but not the least, maintain your cool and calm during the examination hour as creativity comes in tranquil mind…..even if some questions or some papers get spoiled, don’t loose the battle….miracles happen in UPSC….
Further query is welcome…good luck for CSE-2009 mains….keep blogging……

Reply to Mr Srinivas

Hello Mr Srinivas, thanks for your visit on the blog and kind words about the post….thanks for updating my knowledge about the flood situation….I wish that you will constantly update me as well as our dear readers of the blog about the relief and rehabilitation measures undergoing in the flood affected areas….keep blogging…..

Reply to Mr Dilip

Hello Mr Dilip, thanks for your visit on the blog….you said rightly about the duration of the magazine…..apart from the regular issue, you can buy bumper issue of the magazine and regular study of the news papers e.g. The Hindu, Times of India and Hindustan Times will be a great help at the both the stage of the examination…..further query is welcome…keep blogging….