Textbooks Reference - Mains 2013 1) CULTURE

Spectrum - Facts of Indian culture R S Sharma - Ancient India (old NCERT) Medieval India (old NCERT) Modern India (NCERT, Bipin Chandra) Spectrum - Modern India Grover and Grover Contemporary world history World History 12th standard NCERT

2) Geography
Class 11th and 12th NCERT (2 books from each class) G C Leong (Land forms, Climatology) 6th, 7th and 8th class NCERT D R Khuller Contemporary issues related to geography (The Hindu)

3) Indian Polity

 Democracy of India NCERT (old version) Indian Constitution at work (NCERT) Democracy at work in India (12th standard NCERT) Laxmikanth - Indian Polity Laxmikanth (Public administration book) - Comparison of Indian constitution with other constitutions ARC reports (ethics, corruption, security, governance, civil service reforms)

4) Social Issues
NCERT 11th standard - Sociology India development and social change (12th standard NCERT) The Hindu - Aarti Dhar articles India Year Book - Welfare; Planning; Rural and Urban development Parakram Magazine - last 5 issues and the upcoming issues

5) Indian Economy
India Year Book - Finance; Agriculture; Economic data; Commerce; Planning; Food and civil supplies Economic policy and performance - Uma Kapila Newspaper cutting from November 2012 to November 2013

 12th 5 year plan approach paper 6 chapters of economic survey (name of the chapters to be updated soon)

6) International relations and International organisation

Newspaper cuttings from November 2012 to November 2013 Spectrum - International organisations Last 5 issues and the upcoming issues of Parakram magazine

Ministry of External Affairs website

7) Science and Technology

Parakram Magazines India Year Book - Science and technology Ministry of Science and technology Website ISRO DRDO Newspaper cuttings from November 2012 to November 2013

8) Internal security related issue

India Year Book - IT

 Ministry of Home affairs website Parakram Magazines Aspire class notes

9) Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude

Facebook page of Aspire IAS (400 topics will be covered by November) NCERT - Contemporary world politics; Indian politics after independence; Indian Polity (10th NCERT) Bipin Chandra - India after independence; Consolidation of India (Part l, ll, lll, lV)