I am sure most of you who have clicked on the link to this post must have some inclination towards the Government sector but the only problem is "we do not know how to go about it". We share the common fascination for Lal aur nilli batti wali gadi, we want to have a life where in we have people working for us and we want to have a single workplace where we are recognised nationally or globally for our work. The daily politics of corporate sector have rusted us and there are some days when we just hate going to office. Friends, here in this article I have tried to clear most of your doubts through whatever understanding I have for the efforts that need to be required to enter the public sector.
First of all let me summarise your doubts. While interacting most of the like minded people, I have realised that there are some common set of fears, doubts and queries. The most common being is that of dreaded 'maths' which has consistently haunted us in school like anything and we wanted to end that torture on minds as soon as possible. The next being the rumours or grapevine that we have heard from the one who have appeared in few of such exams and could not clear it. "IAS bada mushkil exam hai", "Sirf IIT or IIM ke students hi IAS clear karte hain" , "Usne 4 attempt diye par usse interview mein nikal diya"...such things we often come across. I am not saying that this is not true but this is not absolutely true.
Usually the students with not so high-profile academic background but having a clear thought process get through such exams. For the last 4 years, I am seeing the students of 3 year graduation programmes from Delhi or any central university dominating IAS, IPS, Bank P.O., Custom Inspector and other such services.
So let's start with some basic understanding. The central services which belong to central government are divided into 3 broad categories like Group A, Group B and Group C. The most lucrative and obviously on top of the hierarchy are Group A jobs.
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conduct exams for Group A jobs and whenever movies like Airlift and Gangajal fascinates you towards becoming an Indian Foreign Service or an Indian Police Service officer you know whom to approach. For your information UPSC inducts aspirants for Group A profile till the age of 32 years (General category), it gives you 6 attempts and guess what- they do not grill you for that haunted maths. Rather they ask you questions which are related to 'General Mental Ability' which just require a little bit of practice. But 'General Studies' is indispensable for this exam and you need to be the Aryabhatta or Chanakya of this. There is no need to worry, it is still not that grilling.
Further you need to take a subject which could be your graduation subject like political science, geography or you can take some interesting subjects like psychology, sociology and public administration. The list is endless. So complete General studies (be prepared for a journey wherein you would get an opportunity to get acquainted with anything which is under the sun), a little bit of General mental ability and a thorough study of one subject of your choice is all you need to become an IAS or IPS.
You would be surprised to know that the similar exam at the state level have provision to induct aspirants uptil the age of 40 years (General category) however pattern may differ with respect to a particular state. States such as Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh are most favoured by aspirants of Northern India.
I would like to end this section by a few lines from a poem written by late Dr.. Abdul Kalam Azad, which goes like this:
"Dream, Dream ,Dream.Dreams transform into thoughts and thoughts result in action"
# Group B Jobs shall be covered in Part -B of this section.
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