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Case study:Techno Serve,aa non profit company,helped coffee farmers of Araku valley to create FPOs.Farmers' revenues increased by 500%,large institutional buyers like Starbucks and Blue Tokai buy the coffee.Walmart Foundation (philanthropic arm)funds this project . Usage gs1 fpo,s, cooperatives,Gs3 remunerative agriculture,market linkage,gs4 CSR,trusteeship principle,ethical profits #FPO #cooperatives #doubling_farmers_income Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Case study:"The Dupatta killer",Mahanand Naik,Goa's serial killer,murdered 16 women by strangulating them by dupatta.He would give a false promise of marriage and ask them to wear jewelleries to introduce them to his family,then killing and robbing them. Usage gs4 disvalues,improper socialization,negative attitude,lack of ethics, compassion, empathy. Friends it's time to get out of cliche examples of Satyam Scam,2 G Scam!Please give the examiner a break. #bad_character #negative_attitude Kindly share our content of you like it . Sharing our initiative  won't lead you all to the risk of paying GST!☺️ Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Case study,Best practice:Jain irrigation,(has plant in Jalgaon, Maharashtra)one of the leading processors of mango and perhaps the largest.Uses drip irrigation for mangoes,bananas etc.Export quality products,selected by government for Horticulture Cluster Development Program,subsidy by government given to develop pre production and processing facilities.The company will provide quality seeds,micro irrigation etc.CDP will also create cluster-specific brands, while helping the economy, to integrate them into national and global value chains, thereby providing higher remuneration to farmers,will benefit around 10 lakh farmers.CDP aims to improve exports of targeted crops by about 20%. Usage Gs1 questions of horticulture,sustainable farming,cluster farming,gs3 drip irrigation,food processing,gs4 case studies and essay on similar themes. We work hard to bring you quality content,so please do support us.Don't procrastinate  sharing our initiative.Be a Karmayogi.😊

Case study,Best practice:Jain irrigation,(has plant in Jalgaon, Maharashtra)one of the leading processors of mango and perhaps the largest.Uses drip irrigation for mangoes,bananas etc.Export quality products,selected by government for Horticulture Cluster Development Program,subsidy by government given to develop pre production and processing facilities.The company will provide quality seeds,micro irrigation etc.CDP will also create cluster-specific brands, while helping the economy, to integrate them into national and global value chains, thereby providing higher remuneration to farmers,will benefit around 10 lakh farmers.CDP aims to improve exports of targeted crops by about 20%. Usage Gs1 questions of horticulture,sustainable farming,cluster farming,gs3 drip irrigation,food processing,gs4 case studies and essay on similar themes. We work hard to bring you quality content,so please do support us.Don't procrastinate sharing our initiative.Be a Karmayogi.😊 Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Case study,Best practice:Mosque in Ernakulam district as a good will gesture announces death of a 75 year old Hindu,idea to share the pain when grieving, secular message. Usage gs1 secularism, peaceful coexistence,social capital,gs4 fraternity,human values,essay #secularism #social_harmony Share our content if you like it.In the past also our content has helped the selected candidates 'slightly' to get a decent rank.Let others get benefitted too. Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

B Raghu Kiran, IRS: Realising that most citizens don’t know if a trader is supposed to collect GST in the first place, techie-turned-IRS officer utilised his own money and off-duty hours to develop an app (called GSTVerify). Every time one shops/eats /buys, they can simply check the bill and use the app to verify whether or not a trader is authorised to collect the tax! (Revision) This case study in gs4 questions of utmost dedication towards duty,exemplary behaviour,citizen centric governance,attitude,work ethics,e-governance,use of technology for simplifying governance,gs2 questions of governance. Please share our initiative if our content helps you. #exemplary_behaviour #dedication #good_governance #work_ethics Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Case studies,Best practices: Dr. Lakshmi Priya M S,Deputy Commissioner,Bongaigaon in Assam,IAS. Public welfare as the heart of good governance. Launched Project Saubhagya-realtime monitoring of pregnancy, Mission Sampoorna-to fight malnutrition in the district (gave 3 eggs to children everyday), procured LED bulbs from EESL at one of  the lowest rate of Rupees 50 and distributed to poor children. (Revision) This example can be used in gs1 questions of hunger,malnutrition,women health,gs4 questions of good governance,qualities of a civil servant and similar topics in the essay paper. #hunger #malnutrition #women_health #good_civilservant Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

संशयात्मा विनश्यति Those who are of a doubting nature, suffer a downfall.                    -Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 4, Verse 40. (Revision) Bottom line:One should have faith to achieve success.The question is faith on whom.Faith may be on a teacher,mentor,supernatural force,God,parents,books,great personalities and above one should have faith on oneself.If you don't trust yourself how will others trust you. Usage Gs4,Essay #self_confidence #mentor Friends,keep revising the quotes,suktis,case studies at frequent intervals.Please choose selectively from our content,because you can't remember all of it.Reading new content everyday without consolidation of previous one is futile.Sometimes,we don't post content,on that very day we expect you revise the content posted. Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Case study:Asur tv series, Nikhil Nair,a forensic expert was given option to save his daughter or save three religious leaders locked in a closed chamber with limited oxygen.His spirit of self sacrifice and his ethical standards guided him to sacrifice his daughter. #ethics_in_life #selflessness Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

"Diversity in Dimensions" in Internal Security:Narco terrorism,drug abuse related to HIV as there is correlation with IDU's(Injecting Drug users).Increasing percentage in female sex workers so 'Feminization of the epidemic'india wedged between Golden Crescent and golden Triangle so it is both a destination and a transit route.Even licit cultivation of opium crop for medicinal purposes is diverted for making heroin.Illicit cultivation in Kashmir,Himachal Pradesh,Yaba tablets,phensedyl,codeine based cough syrup,ATS etc. smuggled from India.Poor,marginalised people are used as vehicles to smuggle by local smugglers. #drugs_abuse #narco_terrorism Please do share our humble initiative with your friends.Let them get benefitted too.Spread our work. Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Case study:Breathe web series of R.Madhavan,he kills other organ donors so that his son receives the lungs.This represents conflict between ethics and morality. (Revision) Usage gs4 questions of morality,ethics,Essay #ethics #morality Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

मन के हारे हार है मन के जीते जीत । कहे कबीर हरि पाइए मन ही की परतीत । (Revision) If you think you are defeated you will be defeated,if you think you are winner then you will win Kabir says just like communion with God is a state of mind. This doha is of Saint Kabir Das. Bottom line: Success and failure are a state of mind and it differs person to person.If a person thinks he/she is defeated then it is most likely they will be defeated.If one has a postive mindset then even after failures in different spheres one shall not get discouraged.Often people after achieving success in their public life don't feel the inner happiness.This is because happiness is a state of mind. This doha can be used in gs4 questions of attitude,success,life skills, emotional intelligence,case studies and similar topics in the essay paper. Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

"I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any."                                  -Mahatma Gandhi Usage in essays of modernization, westernisation, globalisation,self discovery, multiculturalism,tolerance. #globalisation #multiculturalism Long live India l,long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

"Tribal development model should be based on "asmita,astitva and vikas",meaning identity,existence and development. PM Janjatiya Vikas mIssion is ensuring it.Van Dhan Kendras and Van Dhan Self Help Groups are key institutional mechanisms for tribal development.Eklavya Model residential Schools also promote intangible cultural heritage of tribals apart from capability enhancement and skill development. Usage Gs1 questions of tribal debelopment,Gs3 inclusive growth,Gs2 social justice,Gs4 good governance,case studies for development,Essay Please do share our humble initiative. Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

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Dear friends,The Civil Services Prelims Results has been declared and would have evoked reactions from your side depending on which side are you fall.Most of us question our preparation when we fail to clear prelims and are filled with self doubt.Should I quit the preparation? seems the most common question.But friends just remember that UPSC preparation process is sticky and requires perseverance.The element of unpredictability in prelims has increased and it may happen you flunk it.The key idea should be to prepare for mains so well that once you clear the prelims your rank is assured.If you have failed to clear prelims take a break for few days and do things which you like,Then gather courage and bounce back correcting the mistakes in this attempt.Recognition of mistakes and rectification is very important.Those who have cleared prelims heartiest congratulations to them.However,picture abhi baaki hai...The real hurdle is Mains and you need to be precise and sharp.To quote from Sun Tzu's Art of the War seems appropriate at this juncture:“If you know the enemy and you know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle”. Reach us out at thesteelframeacademy@gmail.com or telegram, WhatsApp on 9311972407 in case you need any help in Prelims or Mains. Warm regards Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Best practice,NITI Aayog:Mulching: Harvesting Many Benefits in Cardamom,Place of implementation: Western Ghats,by The Indian Cardamom Research Institute (ICRI), Organic material on the  round to protect roots of plants from soil crusting, erosion, or freezing is known as Mulch,cardamom fields replanted with new suckers in 8-10 years of cultivation. But mulching helped in retaining the plantation successfully for 17 years with compact clumps,mulching helps to conserve moisture,nitrogen fixation,no need for weeding. Usage Gs1,Gs3 sustainable agriculture,climate resilience,Integrated farming system #sustainable_agriculture #green_practice Please share our humble initiative with your friends.Help us reach them too. Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

“उत्तिष्ठत जाग्रत प्राप्य वरान्निबोधत ।”                          -Kathopanishad Arise,awake and attain knowledge from great persons. Bottom line:These lines were said by Yama to Nachiketa,the son Gautam Rishi.Nachiketa was given three boons by yama but he asked for knowledge.The knowledge of Brahma,the ultimate knowledge was given by Yama to Nachiketa.These lines have been used by Swami Vivekananda too for asking the youth to take actions to transform their life. Usage gs4 questions of attitude,persuasion,social influence,knowledge,youth power,case studies and essay. #knowledge #social_influence Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.