Books for new season - UPSC prelims, SSC CGL and PMRDF

Yearbook published by Information ministry
The latest version is now available on flipkart. click on the link below to visit the page.
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PS: I will update new books as they come along.

PMRDF Season over

The season was over for almost 9000 students when the AICAT cut-offs were announced and now it is over for the 800 odd who have not crossed the final cut-off barrier. There might be some hope for select few in the 2nd list, though. Since our last unofficial information, most selected students have either accepted the course provisionally or plan do so within this week.

The entire examination process was somewhat haphazard and mired with student outrage at almost all stages of the process. One more thing that has come to our notice that written/essay scores were actually based on work-ex and profile. A close scrutiny of marks of over 40 candidates confirms this with 90 percent accuracy, for rest 10 percent data on public forum might be incomplete. We have written about this to the TISS but don't expect any answers. Transparency was almost non-existent. In fact, we sent around 10 mails for releasing just the cut-offs, which was known approximately anyways.

Lets see what happens next year. I hope to see many of you, if not all. Till then, We would utilize this blog space for other similar competitive exams or any similar fellowship or job opportunity.


Additional news - from next year and the year after that, at least, hundreds of veterans (those whose attempts are legitimately over) would be allowed to attempt UPSC civil services again for 2 years. This would certainly cost about 3000 seats in mains and 500-600 seats in interview for youngsters, especially general category students as other category faces veteran competition every year anyways.
so, all hopes on this year's mains. i have added a counter for mains result date on right side.


UPDATE: 2nd list was announced well on time, for a change. the list had 16 names, several names were from the reserved category. A guy with barely .7 marks from cutoff did not make 2nd list in general category.

Documents required for verification PMRDF final

For Proof of Date of Birth (Any one of the following)
1. Birth certificate issued by a Municipal Authority or any office authorized to issue Birth and Death
Certificate by the Registrar of Births & Deaths.
2. School leaving certificate / Secondary School leaving certificate/ Certificate of Recognized Boards
from the school last attended by the applicant or any other recognized educational institution
3. Passport

NOTE: one guy has informed that 10th class CBSE marksheet is also valid for this purpose as told to him upon inquiry.


Temporary Address Proof (At least ONE) -
1. Rent Agreement:
2. Telephone (Land-line/ Post paid Mobile) Bill
3. Electricity Bill
4. Water Bill
5. House owner's Certification along with 2,3 or 4.

NOTE: Actually, you don't need one. Just state that you have moved to permanent residence recently.


Permanent Address Proof : (At least ONE)
1. Election Commission Photo ID Card
2. Passport
3. Driving License
4. Ration Card
5. Adhar Card
6. Telephone (land-line or post paid mobile bill) / Electricity bill/ Water Bill
7. One year statement (with transactions)/ Passbook of running bank account (Public Sector Banks only)
8. Income Tax Assessment Order
9. Proof of Gas Connection
10.Certificate from Employer of reputed companies on letter head
11.Spouse's passport copy (First and last page including family details), (provided the applicant's present
address matches the address mentioned in the spouses passport)
12.Applicant's current and valid ration card

Please Note -
· (For Document No. 4) : If any applicant submits only ration card as proof of address, it should
be accompanied by one more proof of address out of the given categories.
· (For Document No. 6) : At least 2 bills are required - One bill should of last year and the other bill of
current year.
· (For Document No. 7) : To view the list of banks whose passbook/statement is acceptable as proof
of address,
· (For Document No. 10) : Only public limited companies can give address proof on company letter
head along with seal. Computerised print-outs shall not be entertained.
· (For Document No. 12) : If your Aadhaar card issuance date is less than a year it should be
accompanied by one more proof of address out of the given categories.


NOTE: there is little confusion over the address proof for people whose permanent residence and domicile state are different.


D) Experience Certificate :
· Please provide the experience certificate which is duly signed by the employer or the reporting officer
from the organisation where you have worked and have mentioned in your online form.

E) Caste Certificate : The candidate belonging to the SC/ ST community has to present the caste certificate
duly signed by the competent authority.

NOTE: This is same as done by you in all competitive exams. Nothing extraordinary.

F) Fitness Certificate : A fitness certificate is to be obtained from a medical practitioner attached to a
government institution with a recognised degree from the Medical Council of India.

NOTE: since no detailed or descriptive requirement is stated, one can get a general fitness certificate that states - "the person is physically fit for carrying out physical activities and does not suffer from any major ailments/disease." Regarding where to go for such certificate, don't worry I have got such certificate done from 5 cities during my student life. Just go to any govt hospital and take help of any ward boy/ peon/ clerk etc. they get such requests on a daily basis. be ready to "tip" them.

Graduation etc.proof - marks card would be enough for 10th and 12th. if you dont have graduation certificate/degree available yet, dont worry, get a provisional one.

Official final Cut-Off for PMRDF 2013

The Final cut-off after considering the score of all three components was declared by the PMRDF/TISS for the year 2013 batch. The course will be conducted in 2 batches in february and May 2014, post which they would be assigned to rural areas.

Cutoff for the General Merit List is 69.4311, cutoff for the SC category is 63.9218 and cutoff for the ST category is 61.6352.

UPDATE: Second list will be announced after 17th Feb according to the official site.