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It is important to note that the Indian Government does not publish the Yojana Magazine for the Civil Services aspirants so that they may clear the Civil Services Exam successfully. However, when you consider the Exam perspective, reading some parts of the Magazine is likely to leave a highly good impact on your preparation for the Civil Services Exam.

Also, in case if you have not been making and/or compiling notes for the socio-economic issues, reading the Yojana Magazine would make up a great deal for the same.

Opting for a preparation strategy including reading the Yojana Magazine should take care of:

• Reading at least 12-15 publications of the Magazine helps considerably while preparing for the Civil Services Exam. For example, the Mains for CSE, UPSC is to be conducted in the month of September in the year 2020. Thus, it is advisable to read the Yojana Magazine beginning from the July 2019 issues till the current date.
• As already stated above, each of the issues of the Magazine carries a specific theme, the reader not only gets a detailed information, but also a critical insight into the same. If you want to optimize your reading, it is advisable that you read NCERT books as well to gain crystal clear concepts for all the basics. Writing down notes including the relevant points from both, the Magazine as well as the NCERT books would be an added advantage.
• It is good to read the note from the desk of the Chief Editor. You would find it in the beginning of every issue. It might help set the tone for your reading the entire issue. Besides, the note establishes a lucid link among various issues and the various initiatives taken by the government. And, to top it all, the entire content of the Magazine is well balanced as per the theme and the various perspectives.
• It is advisable to read and re-read every issue of the Magazine several times. Besides, it would help considerable if you focus on the:
• headings,
• sub-headings,
• bulleted and
• highlighted points in

all of the articles multiple times.

• It would be in the best interests of an IAS aspirant to go through the past years’ question papers first so that they get a broad idea of the type of questions that can be asked. Thus, it would help you read the Magazine from the same perspective, optimizing your reading, every time you read it.
• First of all, it is only logical that you identify various topics. Then proceed further reading the sub-topics and the keywords. Now, categorize the same as per various papers of the Mains, Civil Services Exam.

For example, if an edition of the Magazine focuses upon the theme of unemployment in India, various articles in it might be partially or completely concerned with:

• the demographic dividend
• various government initiatives for direct or indirect promotion of employment (MSME growth, Skill certification, etc.)
• organised and unorganised sectors in the Indian economy and the problems therein
• co-relation of health and education with employment, etc.
• employment scenarios analysed in the rural-urban dichotomy or continuum

Besides, it is worth noting that various development issues are also covered by the UPSC syllabus for GS-I. In the same vein, various Government schemes form a part of the syllabus for the GS-II. Similarly, Indian economy is a part of the syllabus for GS-III. Moreover, the entire socio-economic platform for the development of a country cannot be ignored when we talk of various perspectives for the Essay paper.

Besides, reading the Yojana Magazine contributes a lot when you are preparing for the Prelims and the Interview. However, while you prepare for various Papers for the Mains, reading the Yojana Magazine leaves a tremendous impact. It is already made clear above concerning the GS Papers and the Essay Paper for the mains.