It has been 11 years of the book, Indian Economy.
Stepping into the twelfth year brings back a flashback of memories about the time we, the editorial team of McGraw Hill and I, began working on the first edition. Consequently, the wide acceptance of the first few editions pushed us to publish a few more editions in the years to come, until the book grew into a bible on Indian Economy for the aspirants of Civil Services Examination.

सिविल सेवाओं की परीक्षाओं की तैयारी के लिए, एनसीईआरटी पुस्तकों का महत्व सर्वविदित है। हालाँकि विद्यार्थियों के लिए नई और पुरानी एनसीईआरटी के मध्य सामंजस्य बनाते हुए सीमित समय में इन पुस्तकों का अध्ययन सदैव चुनोतिपूर्ति रहा है।अतः मैक्ग्रा हिल NCERT पुस्तकों की एक विशेष श्रंखला जारी कर एक बहुप्रतीक्षित और तर्कसंगत अध्ययन सामग्री प्रस्तुत कर रहा है जो संघ एवं राज्य लोक सेवा आयोग के लिये अतिउपयोगी साबित होगी।

Let us try to understand the sections of IR in the vast syllabus prescribed by the UPSC. IR is crucial for all the three stages of the exam. It is directly mentioned in the syllabus of the Prelims (the first stage) and Mains (the second stage). In the Prelims exam, IR comes under the heading of the syllabus mentioned as “Current Affairs of National and International Importance”. A simple analysis of the past year Prelims exam papers will suggest any aspirant that the above-mentioned section is one of the most important sections of the syllabus, contributing nearly 35 to 40 questions per year. A further breakdown of the above section of the syllabus gives us a better picture. As per that, one can infer that on an annual basis, there are 10 to 12 questions in the Prelims exam that can be directly related to IR.