The IAS Mains 2021 candidates were in for a surprise last year when all the topics in the Essay paper were philosophical statements. Earlier, there used to be at the most one or two topics that were philosophical statement-based. 51 Philosophical Essays is an outcome of the critical situation described above and has been prepared after a lot of team research. With a clear understanding of the philosophical topics, the relevant philosophers, the context, and the meaning of the statement, we believe, this book will serve the candidates best. It will equip them with the necessary themes and the philosophical jargon(s) to crack the toughest nut they may be served with. The 51 Topics cover a wide range of themes from Eastern and Western philosophers to Rationalists, Empiricists, and Kant. While many topics are well known to the students especially if they are from a philosophical background, there are many others that are quite unheard of. A clear understanding of these statements will equip the candidates with sufficient arsenal to successfully ace the Civil Services Essay Paper. The book also provides a note on ‘How to write a Philosophical Essay?’

Internal Security of India - Challenges & Management for UPSC Civil Services Exams The book Internal Security & Disasters - Challenges & Management has been written with a purpose of fulfilling the changing pattern of UPSC. The book is powered with an Online Video Course which aims at discussing the Conceptual inputs of Internal Security which will help the aspirants in deep understanding of the subject. # Internal security is one of the most important and scoring section of GS PAPER 3. But is not limited to GS paper 3 only, it rather finds its applications in some sections of History, Polity, Geography, Economy and International Relations. The book captures these applications in the various chapters. # The book covers 17 Chapters in all. Each chapter covers detailed discussions along with Past Year Mains Questions & Practice Questions. # Few chapters like Police Reforms, Crime against Women Disaster Management, New Age Warfare are of immense importance. # Few unique features such as video analysis, Mind Maps at end of each chapter and Case Studies make this book more meaningful for Mains Answer Writing. # In this book all the dimensions of syllabus provided by UPSC are completely covered. Mind Maps are provided for quick revision of entire book. # Case Studies have also been incorporated to help aspirants in analysing the concurrent issue and will help you in better decision making. # Authentic sources like PRS, PIB, INDIAN EXPRESS & Annual report of various ministries are referred to refine our content.

India has fallen far and fast from the runaway growth rates it enjoyed in the first decade of the twenty-first century. In order to reverse this trend, New Delhi must seriously reflect on its policy choices across a wide range of issue areas. Getting India Back on Track broadly coincides with the 2014 Indian elections to spur a public debate about the program that the next government should pursue in order to return the country to a path of high growth. It convenes some of India's most accomplished analysts to recommend policies in every major sector of the Indian economy. Taken together, these seventeen focused and concise memoranda offer policymakers and the general public alike a clear blueprint for India's future. Contents Foreword Ratan N. Tata (Chairman, Tata Trusts) Introduction Ashley J. Tellis and Reece Trevor (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) 1. Maintaining Macroeconomic Stability Ila Patnaik (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy) 2. Dismantling the Welfare State Surjit Bhalla (Oxus Investments) 3. Revamping Agriculture and the Public Distribution System Ashok Gulati (Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices) 4. Revisiting Manufacturing Policy Rajiv Kumar (Centre for Policy Research) 5. Generating Employment Omkar Goswami (Corporate and Economic Research Group) 6. Expanding Education and Skills Laveesh Bhandari (Indicus Analytics) 7. Confronting Health Challenges A. K. Shiva Kumar (National Advisory Council) 8. Accelerating Infrastructure Modernization Rajiv Lall and Ritu Anand (IDFC Limited) 9. Managing Urbanization Somik Lall and Tara Vishwanath (World Bank) 10. Renovating Land Management Barun S. Mitra (Liberty Institute) and Madhumita D. Mitra (consultant) 11. Addressing Water Management Tushaar Shah (International Water Management Institute) and Shilp Verma (independent researcher) 12. Reforming Energy Policy and Pricing Sunjoy Joshi (Observer Research Foundation) 13. Managing the Environment Ligia Noronha (Energy and Resources Institute) 14. Strengthening Rule of Law Devesh Kapur (University of Pennsylvania) and Milan Vaishnav (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) 15. Correcting the Administrative Deficit Bibek Debroy (Centre for Policy Research) 16. Building Advanced Technology Capacity for Competitive Arms Acquisition Ravinder Pal Singh (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) 17. Rejuvenating Foreign Policy C. Raja Mohan (Observer Research Foundation and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace