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Integrated GS Course for 2021 Jatin Verma’s IAS Academy

Address: Building no. 39, First Floor, Samyak Tower, Opp. Metro Pillar no. 121, Karol Bagh

New Delhi 110005 Contact: +91-8882932364

E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.jatinverma.org

Integrated G.S. Course for UPSC CSE 2021

We are delighted to announce the launch of Integrated General Studies Course for civil services exam 2021. This course will be a one stop solution in an aspirant’s journey from Prelims till interview. It includes the coverage of all the General studies papers and the Essay paper. The syllabus has been divided into 12 Modules and each module covers a set of related classes. Besides, there will be tests at periodic intervals to enable the students to evaluate their progress. Moreover, the Students will have the facility of getting their doubts addressed on a weekly basis through virtual meetings with Mr. Jatin Verma. Our motto is to enable students to develop their own perspective on every topic given in the syllabus so that they can attempt any question in the exam situation and this is possible if we show the complete picture (prelims plus mains) to our students. What students will get:

• Complete coverage of the UPSC CSE syllabus; • Access to Live & Recorded classes till 1 year after the course completion; • Access to full year Prelims Test Series; • Concise and upto the mark study material called “JV’s Top-up.” • JV’s Current Affairs Magazine PDF; • Periodic Mains answer-writing sessions with personalised guidance; • Personalised Guidance & Mentorship sessions with Jatin Sir over Zoom call. • Live sessions will be conducted on JV’s website: www.jatinverma.org • Medium of instruction will be bilingual (English and Hindi). • PDFs will be in English. • Total Fee: Rupees 39,500/- • For Queries Call: 8882932364 • Note: If you have already enrolled for Comprehensive course on Indian Polity by

Jatin Verma, you will have to pay only the balance amount of fee.

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The Course has been divided into the following Modules:

S.no Module Title Relevance Days Hour

s/day T.

Hours Dates

1 M-1 Indian Polity P+M 63 2 126 7th Aug-21st Oct 2 M-2 Indian Economy P+M 56 2 108 7th Aug-10th Oct 3 M-3 Security P+M 15 2 30 2nd Nov-18th Nov 4 M-4 Disaster Management P+M 10 2 20 2nd Nov-12th Nov 5 M-5 Social Issues P+M 20 2 40 19th Nov – 11th Dec 6 M-6 Comprehensive Geography P+M 60 2 120 19th Nov – 8th Feb 7 M-7 Environment & Ecology P+M 29 2 58 17th Dec – 30th Jan 8 M-8 Science & Tech P+M 15 2 30 4th Feb – 20th Feb 9 M-9 International Relations P+M 20 2 40 15th Feb – 9th March

10 M-10 Essay writing Mains 8 2 16 10th June [Subject to UPSC Calendar]

11 M-11 Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude Mains 22 2 44 10th June – 5th Feb 12 M-12 Governance P+M 20 2 40 22nd Feb – 16th March 13 M-13 Daily Current Affairs P+M Daily 2 N/A Recurring 14 M-14 Prelims Test Series 2021 Prelims Refer to page No.17 for Index of test series.

Note: If you have already enrolled for Comprehensive course on Indian Polity by Jatin Verma, you will have to pay only the balance amount of fee.

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Modules

Module-1: Indian Polity Module-1: Indian Polity & Constitution This module will cover Indian polity topics- Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy in an In-depth manner. This module is the most comprehensive module for Indian Polity available online. Studying every topic by inter-linking it with the current affairs gives a holistic view to the students. UPSC has been asking the questions in this manner ever since the change of the pattern for prelims in 2011 and for mains in 2013. Besides the conventional topics, Jatin Verma will cover relevant sections of Second ARC, Sarkaria Commission on Centre-State relations, Punchhi Commission on Centre-State Relations and Law commission reports on issues like Death Penalty, Electoral Reforms.

Details of the Sessions Total no. of sessions: 63 Duration:2 hours

Course Starts: 7th August 2020

Module-1: Indian Polity S.

No. Topics Date Time

1. Basic Understanding of Indian Polity 07-Aug 8:30pm

2. Brief Introduction of Indian Constitution: Salient features, Parts, Schedules, Articles, Comparison 08-Aug 8:30pm

3. Structure of Indian Polity: Parliamentary Form of Government, Federal System 10-Aug 8:30pm 4. Preamble to the Constitution of India 1- Philosophy of Constitution 11-Aug 8:30pm 5. Preamble to the Constitution of India 2- Recent Controversies 12-Aug 8:30pm 6. Fundamental Rights-I: Introduction 13-Aug 8:30pm 7. Fundamental Rights-II: Articles 15, 16 Reservation Policy 14-Aug 8:30pm 8. Fundamental Rights-III: Articles, Reservation Policy, Indira Sawhney Case 15-Aug 8:30pm

9. Fundamental Rights-IV: Articles- 17,18, 19: Ban on Movies, Begging as a profession 17-Aug 8:30pm

10. Fundamental Rights-V: Articles- 20, 21 and 21-A: Right to Privacy, Euthanasia 18-Aug 8:30pm

11. Fundamental Rights-VI: Articles- 22, 23, 24, 25, 26: Religious Rights: Triple Talaq 19-Aug 8:30pm

12. Fundamental Rights-VII: Articles- 27, 28 20-Aug 8:30pm 13. Fundamental Rights-VIII: Articles- 29, 30, Spl. officer for Linguistic Minorities 21-Aug 8:30pm 14. DPSP- 1: Basics of Arts. 36 to 51 22-Aug 8:30pm 15. DPSP- 2: Means of Social Transformation 24-Aug 8:30pm 16. Fundamental Duties: Swaran Singh & Verma Committee Recommendations 25-Aug 8:30pm 17. President-1: Election, Qualification, Oath and Conditions, Term, Impeachment 26-Aug 8:30pm

18. President-2: Powers & Functions, Veto Power, Ordinance [Analysis], Pardoning power 27-Aug 8:30pm

19. Vice President- Election, Qualifications, Oath, Term, Vacancy, Powers and functions 28-Aug 8:30pm

20. Central Council of Ministers, Cabinet & Cabinet Committees 29-Aug 8:30pm 21. Parliament-1: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Duration, Composition, Membership 31-Aug 8:30pm

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22. Parliament-2: System of Elections in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha- FPTP etc. 01-Sep 8:30pm 23. Parliament-3: Speaker of Lok Sabha: Election, Role, Duties and controversy 02-Sep 8:30pm 24. Parliament-4: Sessions of Parliament, Legislative Process, Joint Sitting 03-Sep 8:30pm 25. Parliament-5: Budget in Parliament; Money Bill, Finance Bill Category-1 & 2 04-Sep 8:30pm 26. Parliament-6: Position of Rajya Sabha and Punchhi Commission 05-Sep 8:30pm

27. Parliament-7: Recent issues: Disruptions, Misuse of Money bill, Parliamentary Privileges 07-Sep 8:30pm

28. Anti-Defection Law: 10th Schedule and 52nd Amendment 08-Sep 8:30pm 29. Parliamentary Committees, Parliamentary Forum, Parliamentary Group 09-Sep 8:30pm

30. Governor-I: Appointment, Role & Duties, Pardoning Power, Relationship with CM 10-Sep 8:30pm

31. Governor-II: Controversies & Solutions: Sarkaria & Punchhi Commission 11-Sep 8:30pm 32. Chief Minister and State Council of Ministers 12-Sep 8:30pm

33. State Legislature-1: Organisation (Unicameral or Bicameral), Composition, Membership 14-Sep 8:30pm

34. State Legislature-2: Sessions, Legislative process, Privileges 15-Sep 8:30pm 35. State Legislature-3: Position of Legislative Council: Membership & Role 16-Sep 8:30pm 36. Union and Territory, Citizenship 17-Sep 8:30pm 37. Centre State Relations-1: Legislative & Administrative areas 18-Sep 8:30pm 38. Centre State Relations-2: Financial Relations after GST 19-Sep 8:30pm 39. Centre State Relations-3: Emerging issues- Special Category Status 21-Sep 8:30pm 40. Inter State Relations 22-Sep 8:30pm 41. Emergency Provisions: Article 352, 356 and 360 23-Sep 8:30pm

42. Supreme Court-I: Organisation, Independence, Powers and Jurisdiction; Attorney General 24-Sep 8:30pm

43. Supreme Court-II: Internal Functioning-Roster, appointment of judges 25-Sep 8:30pm 44. Judicial Review, Judicial Activism, PIL 26-Sep 8:30pm

45. High Courts- Organisation, Independence, Powers and Jurisdiction; Advocate General 28-Sep 8:30pm

46. Special status of J&K, Special provisions for some states 29-Sep 8:30pm

47. Panchayati Raj Bodies- 73rd Amendment Act and PESA; Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana 30-Sep 8:30pm

48. Municipalities- 74th Amendment Act, Problems & Prospects: Smart City Project 01-Oct 8:30pm

49. Local Bodies: 25 years of functioning: “Triple F” problem; Economic Survey 2018 findings 02-Oct 8:30pm

50. Scheduled & Tribal Areas: PESA 03-Oct 8:30pm

51. Election Commission: Composition, Independence, Powers, Recent issues and solutions 05-Oct 8:30pm

52. Lokpal & Lokayuktas; UPSC, SPSC- Part I 06-Oct 8:30pm 53. Lokpal & Lokayuktas; UPSC, SPSC- Part II 07-Oct 8:30pm 54. Finance Commission: Composition, Functions, Terms of Reference issue 08-Oct 8:30pm 55. NCSC, NCST, Special Office for Linguistic Minorities 09-Oct 8:30pm 56. CAG, Attorney General of India, Advocate General of the State 10-Oct 8:30pm

57. Non-Constitutional Bodies: Central Information Commission, State Information Commission, NITI Aayog 12-Oct 8:30pm

58. Co-operative Societies, Official Language 13-Oct 8:30pm 59. Public Service, Right and liabilities of the Government, Authoritative text 14-Oct 8:30pm

60. Session-1: Tribunals & Subordinate Courts- District Courts, Sessions Courts, Fast Track Courts 15-Oct 8:30pm

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61. Session-2: Tribunals & Subordinate Courts- District Courts, Sessions Courts, Fast Track Courts 16-Oct 8:30pm

62. Election Reforms, Pressure Groups, Foreign Policy 17-Oct 8:30pm 63. Amendment of the Constitution, Basic Structure of the Constitution 19-Oct 8:30pm

Module-2: Indian Economy

Module-2: Basics of Economics, Indian Economy and International Economic Institutions Economics is another challenging area for an aspirant who has never read economy ever. This module has been planned in a manner that an aspirant will easily be able to understand the tough concepts like appreciation and depreciation of Rupee vis-a-vis dollars, inflation, Fiscal deficit, GDRs/ADRs etc. Jatin Sir’s unique way of explaining economics through daily life examples will be a boon for the aspirants here. Besides the concepts, there are other sections of this section viz. Agriculture sectors, Industry, Infrastructure development and Investment models. Here again, Jatin Verma’s in-depth research approach will make the task easier for the aspirants, thereby enabling them to answer questions on topics like Make in India, Agricultural Reforms, Privatization of Railways and the like.


Course Starts: 7th August 2020

Module-2: Indian Economy S.

No. Topics Date Time

1 Orientation Session: Syllabus & How to approach Indian Economy for UPSC CSE 07-Aug 5:30pm

2 Indian Economy-I: Primary Sector, Secondary Sector, Tertiary Sector. 08-Aug 5:30pm 3 Indian Economy-II: Agriculture, Industry and Services: Relative Contribution 10-Aug 5:30pm 4 Theory of Demand & Supply 11-Aug 5:30pm 5 Economic Growth-I: A Contrast in concepts. 12-Aug 5:30pm

6 Economic Growth & Human Development: HDI, Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index. 13-Aug 5:30pm

7 Poverty: Measurement challenges- Tendulkar Committee etc. 14-Aug 5:30pm 8 National Income-I: GDP Calculation methods: GDP, GNP, NNP, Depreciation 15-Aug 5:30pm 9 Inflation: Mechanism; WPI; CPI; Supply-side & Demand-side factors 17-Aug 5:30pm 10 Monetary Policy-I: Monetary Policy: Repo Rate, Reverse Repo Rate, OMOs 18-Aug 5:30pm

11 Monetary Policy-II: Growth-Inflation Trade-off, Recent Developments: Monetary Policy Committee 19-Aug 5:30pm

12 Monetary Policy-III: Limitations, Urjit Panel Report 20-Aug 5:30pm

13 Fiscal Policy-I: Indian Tax Structure- Direct & Indirect Taxes- GST & related reforms 21-Aug 5:30pm

14 Fiscal Policy-II: Public Debt, Fiscal Deficit, Primary Deficit etc. 22-Aug 5:30pm 15 Fiscal Federalism: 14th & 15th Finance Commission; Art. 280 & 282 24-Aug 5:30pm 16 Fiscal Policy-III: Budget & Economic Survey, FRBM Act, N.K. Singh Panel. 25-Aug 5:30pm 17 Financial Markets: Money Market & Capital Markets 26-Aug 5:30pm

18 Money Market: Instruments: Treasury Bills; Commercial Paper; Certificate of deposit 27-Aug 5:30pm

19 Money Markets and the role of RBI 28-Aug 5:30pm

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20 Capital Markets: Introduction 29-Aug 5:30pm

21 Capital Market Instruments: Equity Shares & Bonds; Derivatives, Options & Futures 31-Aug 5:30pm

22 Banking-I: Role of Public Sector Banks In Indian Economy 01-Sep 5:30pm 23 Banking-II: Narasimham Committee; Evolution: Nationalisation- 2017 02-Sep 5:30pm 24 Banking-III: Recent Issues: Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, Problem of NPAs 03-Sep 5:30pm 25 Banking-IV: Prompt Corrective Action, RBI Governor and Government 04-Sep 5:30pm 26 Banking-V: Non-Banking Finance Companies, RBI reserves 05-Sep 5:30pm 27 Insurance Sector-I: Insurance and ULIPs, Mutual Funds, Pensions & PFRDA 07-Sep 5:30pm 28 Insurance Sector-II: Insurance Regulator-IRDAI; FSLRC Recommendations 08-Sep 5:30pm 29 Planning: NDC, Planning Commission TO NITI Aayog 09-Sep 5:30pm

30 Government Budgeting-I: Article 110; Political Economy & Budget- Pulls & Pressures 10-Sep 5:30pm

31 Union Budget 2020-21: Sectoral allocations: Agriculture, Welfare, Social Sector etc. 11-Sep 5:30pm

32 Economic Survey 2020: Session-I 12-Sep 5:30pm 33 Economic Survey 2020: Session-II 14-Sep 5:30pm 34 International Institutions-I: IMF and World Bank 15-Sep 5:30pm 35 International Institutions-II: IMF, SSRs, ADRs & GDRs 16-Sep 5:30pm 36 International Institutions-II: WTO- FTAs & PTAs 17-Sep 5:30pm

37 International Institutions-III: Rounds of WTO Ministerial: Doha Round, Bali Ministerial 18-Sep 5:30pm

38 International Institutions-IV: India’s interaction: Mains oriented analysis; FTAs, PTAs. 19-Sep 5:30pm

39 External Sector-I: Balance of Payments; Capital Account; Current Account; CAD 21-Sep 5:30pm

40 External Sector-II: Exports & Imports: Broad Trends; Direction of India’s Exports 22-Sep 5:30pm

41 External Sector-III: Recent Trends through Economic Survey-2020 23-Sep 5:30pm

42 India’s Foreign Trade-I: Prospects & Problems: Manufacturing sector; Act East Policy 24-Sep 5:30pm

43 India’s Foreign Trade-II: Domestic Policies: SEZ Act; NMIZ; Make In India, DTAAs, MNCs 25-Sep 5:30pm

44 FDI in India: MNCs, DTAAs, Angel Tax 26-Sep 5:30pm

45 Economic Reforms-1: Liberalisation, Privatisation & Globalisation of Indian Economy 28-Sep 5:30pm

46 Economic Reforms-2: Second Generation Reforms 29-Sep 5:30pm 47 Globalisation & its impact on Indian Economy 30-Sep 5:30pm 48 Industrial Sector: Problems & Prospects 01-Oct 5:30pm 49 Services Sector: Problems & Prospects 02-Oct 5:30pm 50 Agriculture-1: Recent Trends & Problems 03-Oct 5:30pm 51 Agriculture-2: Schemes, initiatives & programmes 05-Oct 5:30pm

52 Infrastructure-I: Infra-deficit- Extent of problem & its impact on Ease of Doing Business 06-Oct 5:30pm

53 Infrastructure-II: Railways, Airways, Shipping, Roadways etc. Rakesh Mohan Committee 07-Oct 5:30pm

54 Infrastructure-III: Govt’s efforts- Sovereign Wealth Funds etc. 08-Oct 5:30pm 55 Doubts & Discussion on Prelims & Mains Questions 09-Oct 5:30pm 56 Doubts & Discussion on Prelims & Mains Questions 10-Oct 5:30pm

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Module-3: Internal Security

Module-3: Internal Security Some topics of this Module are inter-connected with section of UPSC G.S. Mains paper 3 is linked with Indian Economy. Topics like Foreign Contribution Regulations Act, Money Laundering, Terror financing will be covered along with topics like Foreign Direct Investment, Angel tax of Module-2(Indian Economy). For Cyber security topic, we will be referring to National Cyber Security Policy, IDSA website, MeitY website documents. Likewise, the sessions on Security agencies and security in border areas, relevant sections of Second ARC Report-5 (Public Order), Annual report of Ministry of Home Affairs will be covered. Syllabus Topics

• Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security; • Linkages between development and spread of extremism; • Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking

sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention • Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate • Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized crime with terrorism


Course Starts: 2nd November 2020

Module-3: Internal Security S. No. Topics Date Time

1. Introduction to Security & related issues 02-Nov 5:30pm 2. Security agencies & their mandate 03-Nov 5:30pm 3. Terrorism & its linkage with Organised crime 04-Nov 5:30pm 4. Role of external state & non-state actors in internal security. 05-Nov 5:30pm 5. Linkages b/w development & spread of extremism. 06-Nov 5:30pm 6. Basics of cyber security 07-Nov 5:30pm 7. Cyber Security: Issues & Solutions 09-Nov 5:30pm 8. Role of media & social networking sites in internal security challenges 10-Nov 5:30pm 9. Money-laundering and its prevention 11-Nov 5:30pm 10. Insurgency in North East-I 12-Nov 5:30pm 11. Insurgency in North East-II 13-Nov 5:30pm 12. Naxalism in India: Causes & Solutions 14-Nov 5:30pm 13. Militancy in North East 16-Nov 5:30pm 14. Internal Security & International Relations Affairs linkage 17-Nov 5:30pm 15. Doubts & Discussion on Prelims & Mains Questions 18-Nov 5:30pm

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Module-4: Disaster Management Module-4: Disaster and disaster management This topic of Disaster Management is both-interesting and challenging at the same time. Jatin Sir’s coverage of this course will include National Disaster Management Act and its critical analysis; Government policy documents like National Disaster Management Policy, National Cybersecurity Policy etc.; Second ARC Report on Disaster Management, International institutions like Sendai framework; related topics from IGNOU notes and relevant news articles of last two- three years. Alongside, there will discussion classes on Previous years’ Mains questions and expected questions. Syllabus Topic(s): The official UPSC CSE syllabus broadly mentions this topic as “Disaster and disaster management.” Based on the previous years’ questions, we will cover the following dimensions of this section in our Live sessions:


Course Starts: 2nd November 2020

Module-4: Disaster Management

S. No. Topics Date Time 1. Introduction to Disaster Management 02-Nov 8:30pm 2. Types of Disasters: Classification 03-Nov 8:30pm 3. Occurrence of Disasters worldwide 04-Nov 8:30pm 4. India: Disaster Management Act & Apparatus [Evolution & Future] 05-Nov 8:30pm 5. National Disaster Management Plan-2016 06-Nov 8:30pm 6. International Organisations & Associations dealing with Disasters 07-Nov 8:30pm 7. Economic & Social impact of Disasters 09-Nov 8:30pm 8. Government Initiatives to reduce vulnerabilities 10-Nov 8:30pm 9. Application of ICT & Space Technology in Disaster Mitigation 11-Nov 8:30pm

10. Doubts & Discussions on Prelims & Mains Questions 12-Nov 8:30pm

Module-5: Social Issues [Relevance- General Studies Mains Paper-1] Module-5: Social Issues [Relevance- General Studies Mains Paper-1] This Module will cover the social issues section of UPSC syllabus which includes issues like Gender empowerment, Child rights, senior citizens, migrant workers, disabled and vulnerable sections of society. Questions have been asked from this section in both prelims and Mains.

Syllabus Topics: Salient aspects of Diversity of India and Indian Society, Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and remedies, Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.

What we will be covering: We will be covering the annual reports of Ministry of Women & Child Development, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, IGNOU notes and current affairs of last three years related to these topics.

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Course Starts: 19th November 2020: Topic wise breakdown is listed below

Module-5: Social Issues [Relevance- General Studies Mains Paper-1] S. No. Topics Date Time

1. Vulnerable Sections: Basic meaning & Indexes 19-Nov 5:30pm 2. Role of Women, NGOs and associations 20-Nov 5:30pm 3. Women: Laws and their analysis 21-Nov 5:30pm 4. Women: Schemes & Policies 23-Nov 5:30pm 5. Children: Laws & analysis 24-Nov 5:30pm 6. SCs/STs: Constitutional Safeguards and laws 25-Nov 5:30pm 7. Schemes & Policies related to SCs/STs. 26-Nov 5:30pm 8. Senior Citizens- Constitutional Provisions & Schemes 27-Nov 5:30pm 9. Judiciary and Vulnerable sections 28-Nov 5:30pm 10. LGBT: Legal status; jurisprudence and challenges 30-Nov 5:30pm 11. Discussion on Mains Answer writing 01-Dec 5:30pm 12. Disability and Disabled: Legal provisions & Challenges 02-Dec 5:30pm 13. Role of NGOs, SHGs, Donor agencies 03-Dec 5:30pm 14. Effects of Globalisation on Indian Society 04-Dec 5:30pm 15. Urbanisation: Problems & Solutions 05-Dec 5:30pm 16. Communalism, Regionalism & Secularism 07-Dec 5:30pm 17. Caste & Religion 08-Dec 5:30pm 18. Population issues: Decoding Census-2011 09-Dec 5:30pm 19. Doubts and Discussions on Mains Questions 10-Dec 5:30pm 20. Doubts and Discussions om Prelims Questions 11-Dec 5:30pm

Module 6: Comprehensive Geography

Module 6: Geography: This module will cover the complete syllabus of Geography for UPSC Prelims and mains along with relevant current affairs of Geography like recent volcanic eruptions, Earthquakes and terms in news like urban heat islands. This module has been divided into three blocks viz. Physical Geography, Indian Geography and World geography. Syllabus Topics: Distribution of key natural resources across the world including South Asia and the Indian sub-continent; factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world including India.

Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location- changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. Salient features of world’s physical geography


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Course Starts: 19th November 2020: This module will cover

Comprehensive Geography Module S. No. Topics Date Time

Block-1: Physical Geography 1. Earth- Basics, Latitudes & Longitudes 19-Nov 8:30pm 2. Motions of the Earth, Seasonality & heat belts 20-Nov 8:30pm 3. Earth’s Interiors & Continental Drift Theory 21-Nov 8:30pm 4. Sea-Floor Spreading & Convectional Current Theory 23-Nov 8:30pm 5. Plate Tectonic theory: Volcanoes & Earthquakes 24-Nov 8:30pm 6. Volcanicity & Volcanoes and Volcanic Landforms 25-Nov 8:30pm

7. Mountains & Plateaus building & Weathering and Mass Movement; Rocks and their types 26-Nov 8:30pm

8. Map-Study, Revision and Mains Questions discussion 27-Nov 8:30pm 9. Landforms: Types and characteristics 28-Nov 8:30pm

10. Climatology- Composition & Structure of Atmosphere 30-Nov 8:30pm

11. Atmospheric Circulations: Air Pressure- Hadley & Ferrel’s Model; Concept of Airmass 01-Dec 8:30pm

12. Humidity & Precipitation; Frontogenesis- Cyclones and Anti-Cyclones and Jet Streams-1 02-Dec 8:30pm

13. Humidity & Precipitation; Frontogenesis- Cyclones and Anti-Cyclones and Jet Streams-2 03-Dec 8:30pm

14. Climatic Patterns around the World & the reasons- 1 04-Dec 8:30pm 15. Climatic Patterns around the World & the reasons- 2 05-Dec 8:30pm 16. Climatic Patterns around the World & the reasons- 3 07-Dec 8:30pm 17. Oceanology- Reliefs of the Oceans 08-Dec 8:30pm 18. Ocean Currents: Reasons for Cold and Warm water Currents 09-Dec 8:30pm 19. Temperatures & Salinity of Oceans; Marine Resources. 10-Dec 8:30pm

20. Marine Resources: Polymetallic Nodules International Seabed Authority; UNCLOS; Coral Reefs & Concerns 11-Dec 8:30pm

21. Map-Study, Revision and Mains Questions discussion 12-Dec 8:30pm Block-2: Indian Geography

22. India: Geological Structure &Physiography -1 14-Dec 8:30pm 23. India: Geological Structure &Physiography -2 15-Dec 8:30pm 24. Drainage System of India-1: Rivers 16-Dec 8:30pm 25. Drainage System of India-2: Rivers 17-Dec 8:30pm 26. Climate of India-1 18-Dec 8:30pm 27. Climate of India-2 19-Dec 8:30pm 28. Climate of India-3 21-Dec 8:30pm 29. India: Soils & their types-1 22-Dec 8:30pm 30. India: Soils & their types-2 04-Jan 8:30pm 31. Agricultural Patterns in India 05-Jan 8:30pm 32. Water Resources & Irrigation 06-Jan 8:30pm 33. Map-Study, Revision and Mains Questions discussion 07-Jan 8:30pm 34. Minerals & Energy Resources of India-1 08-Jan 8:30pm 35. Minerals & Energy Resources of India-2 09-Jan 8:30pm 36. Minerals & Energy Resources of India-3 11-Jan 8:30pm 37. Location of Industries in India [Alfred Weber’s Theory] 12-Jan 8:30pm 38. Geographical Features of North East India & North India 13-Jan 8:30pm 39. Geographical Features of South India & West India 14-Jan 8:30pm

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40. Map-Study, Revision and Mains Questions discussion 15-Jan 8:30pm Block-3: World Geography

41. Geographical Features of Africa-1 16-Jan 8:30pm 42. Geographical Features of Africa-2 18-Jan 8:30pm 43. Geographical Features of Africa-3 19-Jan 8:30pm 44. Map-Study, Revision and Mains Questions discussion 20-Jan 8:30pm 45. Geographical Features of South America-1 21-Jan 8:30pm 46. Geographical Features of South America-2 22-Jan 8:30pm 47. Geographical Features of North America-1 23-Jan 8:30pm 48. Geographical Features of North America-2 25-Jan 8:30pm 49. Geographical Features of Europe-1 26-Jan 8:30pm 50. Geographical Features of Europe-2 27-Jan 8:30pm 51. Geographical Features of Asia-1 28-Jan 8:30pm 52. Geographical Features of Asia-2 29-Jan 8:30pm 53. Geographical Features of Australia 30-Jan 8:30pm 54. Economic Geography-1 01-Feb 8:30pm 55. Economic Geogralhy-2 02-Feb 8:30pm 56. Economic Geography-3 03-Feb 8:30pm 57. Human Geography-1 04-Feb 8:30pm 58. Human Geography-2 05-Feb 8:30pm 59. Map-Study, Revision and Mains Questions discussion 06-Feb 8:30pm 60. Map-Study, Revision and Mains Questions discussion 08-Feb 8:30pm

Module 7: Environment & Ecology

Module 7: Environment & Ecology: This section of UPSC CSE prelims has emerged as the most challenging esp. for the aspirants from non-science background. In both prelims and mains, questions have been framed around the topics like solid waste management, Ramsar Convention, Biodiversity and Climate change. JV’s module is going to cover this topic from the basic sources like Biology NCERTs, Environment book by Erach Barucha. For Current affairs related to environment and ecology, we will be referring to section of important magazines/journals/ websites like Centre for Science and Environment, Ministry of Environment & Climate Change, Geography and you, Science Reporter and Down to Earth.


Course Starts: 17th December 2020:

Module-7: Environment & Ecology S. No. Topics Date Time

1. Introduction to Environment & Ecology 17-Dec 5:30pm 2. Ecological Hierarchy: Habitat & Niche 18-Dec 5:30pm 3. Ecological Principles 19-Dec 5:30pm 4. Ecological Succession 21-Dec 5:30pm 5. Ecosystems Definition & Concept 22-Dec 5:30pm 6. Ecosystem Dynamics: Pyramids, Food web 04-Jan 5:30pm

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7. Biomagnification and Biochemical cycles 05-Jan 5:30pm 8. Biomes: Forests, Grasslands, Mountain & Desert Ecosystem 06-Jan 5:30pm 9. Aquatic Life: Zones of the Ocean, Coral Reefs & Mangroves 07-Jan 5:30pm 10. Aquatic Life: Conventions- Montreaux, Ramsar Convention 08-Jan 5:30pm 11. Biodiversity: Basics and Concepts 09-Jan 5:30pm 12. Biodiversity: Keystone, Indicator and Invasive species 11-Jan 5:30pm 13. Biodiversity Hotspots, Eco-regions & Megadiverse Regions 12-Jan 5:30pm 14. Biodiversity: Uses & Values 13-Jan 5:30pm 15. Biodiversity: Biogeographic Classification of India 14-Jan 5:30pm 16. Biodiversity: IUCN Classification & Red List 15-Jan 5:30pm 17. Biodiversity: Ex-situ & In-situ Conservation 16-Jan 5:30pm 18. Biodiversity: UNESCO, CBD & Cartagena Protocol 18-Jan 5:30pm 19. Biodiversity: Nagoya Protocol; Aichi Targets 19-Jan 5:30pm 20. Environment: Pollution-Air, Water; carcinogens 20-Jan 5:30pm 21. Environment Impact Assessment: Recent issues 21-Jan 5:30pm 22. Environmental Laws & Institutions 22-Jan 5:30pm 23. Environment: Schemes & Policies 23-Jan 5:30pm 24. International Environmental Governance 25-Jan 5:30pm 25. Climate Change: Basics & Concepts: GHG emissions 26-Jan 5:30pm 26. Climate Change: UNFCCC & Targets 27-Jan 5:30pm 27. Climate Change: Ozone Layer Depletion 28-Jan 5:30pm 28. Doubts & Discussions on Prelims Questions 29-Jan 5:30pm 29. Doubts & Discussions on Mains related Questions 30-Jan 5:30pm

Module-8: Science & Technology:

Module-8: Science & Technology: This science and technology module will cover the following topics: Details of the Sessions Total no. of sessions: 15 Duration:2 hours

Course Starts: 4th February 2021:

Module-8: Science & Technology S. No. Topics Date Time

1. Approach to S&T for UPSC: Analysis of Prelims & Mains Previous Year Questions; weightage of Marks 04-Feb 5:30pm

2. Basics of Physics: Applied Physics & Latest Developments 05-Feb 5:30pm 3. Space Technology & ISRO: Achievements so far 06-Feb 5:30pm 4. Space Technology: Recent & upcoming missions; Make in India 08-Feb 5:30pm 5. Nanotechnology & Robotics 09-Feb 5:30pm 6. Basics of Botany 10-Feb 5:30pm 7. Basics of Physiology 11-Feb 5:30pm 8. Disease & immunization 12-Feb 5:30pm 9. Basics of Biotechnology & Chemistry 13-Feb 5:30pm

10. Biopiracy, Ocean Technology Fuel Cells 15-Feb 5:30pm 11. Information Technology & IPR 16-Feb 5:30pm 12. Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing 17-Feb 5:30pm 13. Net Neutrality and Science & Governance 18-Feb 5:30pm

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14. Defence Technology-1 19-Feb 5:30pm 15. Defence Technology-2 20-Feb 5:30pm

Module 9: International Relations

Module 9: International Relations: This IR module will cover the International engagements of India with its neighbouring countries and extended neighborhood; India and its relations with Permanent-5 members of UN; India-European Union Relations in a focused manner. India's engagement with International Organisations will be covered in factual and analytical manner for both prelims and mains. Recent issues like- Vienna convention; International Criminal Court and International court of justice, UNCLOS; India's non-permanent membership of UNSC, G-20, RCEP, ASEAN, Wassenaar arrangement, Australia group will be from the highlights of this course.


Course Starts: 15th February 2021:

Module-9: International Relations S. No. Topics Date Time

1. India & its neighbours - 1 15-Feb 8:30pm 2. India & its neighbours - 2 16-Feb 8:30pm 3. India & its neighbours - 3 17-Feb 8:30pm 4. India & its neighbours - 4 18-Feb 8:30pm 5. India & its neighbours - 5 19-Feb 8:30pm 6. India & its neighbours - 6 20-Feb 8:30pm 7. India & Asian Nations Relations - 1 22-Feb 8:30pm 8. India & Asian Nations Relations - 2 23-Feb 8:30pm 9. India & Asian Nations Relations - 3 24-Feb 8:30pm 10. India & Asian Nations Relations - 4 25-Feb 8:30pm 11. India & Asian Nations Relations - 5 26-Feb 8:30pm 12. India & Asian Nations Relations - 6 27-Feb 8:30pm 13. India & Other Nations - 1 01-Mar 8:30pm 14. India & Other Nations - 2 02-Mar 8:30pm 15. India & Other Nations - 3 03-Mar 8:30pm 16. India & Other Nations - 4 04-Mar 8:30pm 17. India International Organisations - 1 05-Mar 8:30pm 18. India International Organisations - 2 06-Mar 8:30pm 19. India International Organisations - 3 08-Mar 8:30pm 20. India International Organisations - 4 09-Mar 8:30pm

Module-10 Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude

Module-10 Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude: JV’s module for G.S. Mains paper 4 will cover definitions and concepts deduced from the syllabus and previous years questions; Second ARC Report on the Ethics (Report-4) and Personnel Administration (Report-10); discussions on case studies and Western and Indian thinkers.

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Course Starts: 10th June 2021:

Module-10: Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude S. No. Topics Date Time

1. Fundamentals of Ethics, Morality & Legality 10-Jun 2pm 2. Determinants of Ethics & Ethics in Public Life 11-Jun 2pm 3. Dimensions/Branches of Ethics 12-Jun 2pm 4. Human Values: Values & Skills 14-Jun 2pm 5. Fundamental Values Vs. Instrumental Values 15-Jun 2pm 6. Aptitude & Foundational Values of Civil Services 16-Jun 2pm

7. Concepts of Neutrality, Anonymity and Commitment; Morality of Civil Servants 17-Jun 2pm

8. Contributions of Western Moral Thinkers-1 18-Jun 2pm 9. Contributions of Western Moral Thinkers-2 19-Jun 2pm 10. Contributions of Indian Thinkers-1 21-Jun 2pm 11. Contributions of Indian Religious Philosophy 22-Jun 2pm 12. Attitude: Types & Functions of Attitude 23-Jun 2pm

13. Ethics & Law: Enforcement of Ethics through Civil Services Conduct Rules & Code of Ethics 24-Jun 2pm

14. Ethics & the Law: RTI Act, Citizens’ Charters 25-Jun 2pm 15. The challenge of Corruption: Laws and Regulations 26-Jun 2pm 16. Probity in Governance 28-Jun 2pm 17. Emotional Intelligence 29-Jun 2pm 18. Components of Emotional competencies 30-Jun 2pm 19. Corporate Governance: Ethics and Probity 01-Jul 2pm 20. Case Studies Session-1: Tricks on how to answer in Mains 02-Jul 2pm 21. Case Studies Session-2: Tricks on how to answer in Mains 03-Jul 2pm 22. Ethics: Paper related Terms & Glossary 05-Jul 2pm

Module-11: Essay writing

Module-11 Essay writing: Essay paper forms a crucial part of scheme of the exam. In this module, we will take you through some of the techniques to write a good essay. Students will be made to write a few essays on a range of topics.


Course Starts: 10th June 2021:

Module 11 Essay Course S. No. Topics Date Time

1. Essay Paper: The Purpose; Steps to write a good essay; Structure of a good essay 10-Jun 5:30pm

2. Writing an essay on Philosophical & S&T topic 11-Jun 5:30pm 3. Writing an essay on Political & Economy related topic 12-Jun 5:30pm

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4. Practice of Essay- Session I 14-Jun 5:30pm 5. Practice of Essay- Session II 15-Jun 5:30pm 6. Practice of Essay- Session III 16-Jun 5:30pm 7. Practice of Essay- Session IV 17-Jun 5:30pm 8. Practice of Essay- Session V 18-Jun 5:30pm

Module-12: Governance

Module-12: Governance: Governance section of UPSC CSE syllabus forms a crucial part of G.S. Mains Paper-2. It deals with in-depth knowledge of working of administration, accountability and transparency. JV’s module on Governance will cover Second ARC Report on RTI and Social Capital. Relevant sections of Indian administration will also be covered in this module.


Course Starts: 22nd February 2021:

Module 12 Governance Course S. No. Topics Date Time

1. Governance: Meaning & Concepts 22-Feb 5:30pm 2. Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability 23-Feb 5:30pm 3. Ministries & Departments of Government 24-Feb 5:30pm 4. E- Governance- applications & models 25-Feb 5:30pm 5. E-Governance: Successes, limitations, and potential 26-Feb 5:30pm 6. Role of Civil Services in a Democracy 27-Feb 5:30pm 7. Transparency & Accountability: Meaning & Concepts 01-Mar 5:30pm

8. Transparency & Accountability: Citizens charters, RTI, institutional and other measures

02-Mar 5:30pm

9. Transparency & Accountability: Public Services Delivery Act, SEVOTTAM Model

03-Mar 5:30pm

10. Development processes and the development industry; the role of NGOs, SHGs,

04-Mar 5:30pm

11. Development processes: Various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders

05-Mar 5:30pm

12. Transparency & Accountability: Public Services Delivery Act, SEVOTTAM Model

06-Mar 5:30pm

13. Issues relating to poverty and hunger 08-Mar 5:30pm

14. Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources

09-Mar 5:30pm

15. Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States

10-Mar 5:30pm

16. Vulnerable sections: Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections

11-Mar 5:30pm

17. Schemes & Programmes: performance and evaluation 12-Mar 5:30pm 18. Representation of Peoples’ Act: ECI and Law Commission 13-Mar 5:30pm

19. Representation of peoples’ Act-2: Electoral Reforms; Political Parties and S.C. Judgements

15-Mar 5:30pm

20. Doubts and Mains Answer writing Session-1 16-Mar 5:30pm

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Module-13: Daily Current Affairs & Current Affairs Round up-365 Module 13: Daily Current Affairs and Current Affairs Round-Up-365 This module will cover daily editorials and news articles with background coverage and Prelims and Mains oriented Questions around the editorials. These daily sessions will help aspirants keep a tab on current affairs on a daily basis. The most important aspect of this course is enabling the students to have sufficient points (arguments in favor/arguments against) on every current affairs topic. This course will have Mains answer writing sessions, Prelims Questions around Current Affairs. From January 2021 onwards, the nature and orientation of this course will change and the focus will be on revision of Current Affairs from January 2020 onwards. The course will remain the same but its name will change to Current Affairs Round-Up 365 (for which Jatin Verma is popular amongst UPSC aspirants).

Module-14: Prelims Test Series 2021 – JV’s PT Master ™

Module-14: Prelims Test Series 2021 JV’s PT Master Test Series: There will be 16 sectional tests enabling the aspirants to evaluate themselves at periodic intervals. These tests have been planned in a manner that a student will get sufficient time to cover the relevant section of the syllabus before the date of the test. Though, students can write tests as per their own convenience, we would however expect them to be punctual. There will a detailed discussion of around two hours after every test. These simulation tests will be strictly according to UPSC pattern having 100 questions per test. The mixture of questions will be 60% static G.S. Section and 40% current affairs. Test schedule: Duration of Test: 2 hours. Every test will be followed by a detailed discussion of 2hours.

Date Timing Subject Topics Sources

10th Oct 2020 9pm to 11pm Indian Polity (To be shared after enrolment) JV’s class notes & PDFs

24th Oct 2020 9pm to 11pm Indian Polity-2 (To be shared after enrolment) JV’s class notes & PDFs

7th Nov 2020 9pm to 11pm Indian Economy-1 (To be shared after enrolment) JV’s class notes & PDFs

21nd Nov 2020 9pm to 11pm Indian Economy-2 (To be shared after enrolment) JV’s class notes & PDFs

12th Dec 2020 9pm to 11pm Geoography-1 (To be shared after enrolment) JV’s class notes & PDFs

26th Dec 2020 9pm to 11pm Geography-2 (To be shared after enrolment) JV’s class notes & PDFs

9th Jan 2021 9pm to 11pm Current Affairs-1 (To be shared after enrolment) JV’s class notes & PDFs

23rd Jan 2021 9pm to 11pm Environment-1 (To be shared after enrolment) JV’s class notes & PDFs

Module-13: Daily Current Affairs & Current Affairs Round up-365 S.no Topic Timing Date

1. Daily Current Affairs 17th Aug- 23rd Dec 2020 2. Current Affairs Round-up-365 4th Jan – 15th April 2021

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7th Feb 2021 9pm to 11pm Environment-2 (To be shared after enrolment) JV’s class notes & PDFs

20th Feb 2021 9pm to 11pm Science & Tech (To be shared after enrolment) JV’s class notes & PDFs

6th March 2021 9pm to 11pm Ancient History (To be shared after enrolment) JV’s class notes & PDFs

20th March 2021 9pm to 11pm Medieval History (To be shared after enrolment) JV’s class notes & PDFs

3rd April 2021 9pm to 11pm Modern History & Art & Culture (To be shared after enrolment) JV’s class notes &

PDFs

11th April 2021 9pm to 11pm Current Affairs: Schemes & Policies

Social issues, Schemes & Policies

JV’s class notes & PDFs

24th April 2021 9pm to 11pm Comprehensive Test-1 Full Syllabus JV’s class notes &

PDFs

8th May 2021 9pm to 11pm Comprehensive Test-2 Full syllabus JV’s class notes &

PDFs

20th May 2021 9pm to 11pm Current Affairs Test Full syllabus JV’s class notes &

PDFs

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