Wednesday 13 January 2016

UPSC aspirants to get Rs 10K per month


The Maharashtra government has decided to give scholarships to encourage students to clear their Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam. The decision was taken at the cabinet meeting on Tuesday .
The state government has six coaching centres in Mumbai, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Amravati, Aurangabad and Nashik where 600 students are going to be trained. The government plans to give aspirants a sum of Rs 10,000 per month.

The government has made a provision of Rs 23.46 crore for the same. The civil services exam is conducted by the UPSC annually in three stages--preliminary , main and interview--to select officers of Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service and Indian Police Service, among others.

Over 15,000 people qualified the 2015 civil services preliminary exam across India. In 2015, a record 9,45,908 candidates applied for the exam, but only 4.63 lakh appeared for the test on August 23.

The scholarship will be given for all three stages (preexam, main test and final interview). Every year, roughly 15,000 from the state take the UPSC exam but only 80-100 students clear it. “The government should also create an atmosphere along with the scholarship. There is need to set up an upgraded library with more reference books.The state should make more reading rooms available for students,“ said Ajit Padwal, director of Lakshya Academy , which trains UPSC aspirants.


Source::: Jan 13 2016 : The Times of India, p.5,
http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31804&articlexml=UPSC-aspirants-to-get-Rs-10K-per-month-13012016005028

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