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Day 1 of 30 : Economic Survey and Budget

Today's Progress:

7:00 - 9:00 AM => Finished revising budget from Compass and QIP notes. Also made Data point notes.
9:00 - 9:55 AM => Break
9:55 - 10:25 AM => Chapter 1 of Volume II
10:25 - 11:15 AM => Nap
11:15 - 12:00 PM => Chapter 2 of Volume II
12:00 - 12:50 PM => Chapter 3 of Volume II
1:20 - 1:45 PM => Chapter 4 of Volume II
1:45 - 2:00 PM => Chapter 5 of Volume II
2:30 - 2:45 PM => Half of chapter 6 of Volume II
4:10 - 4:25 PM => Chapter 6 of Volume II
5:15 - 6:00 PM => Half of chapter 7 of Volume II
7:15 - 7:45 PM => Chapter 7 of Volume II
8:30 - 9:00 PM => Chapter 8 of Volume II
10:35 - 11:30 PM => Chapter 9 and 10 of Volume II
1:00 - 1:30 AM => Chapter 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Volume I without data points

 Total achieved # of study hours = 8 hours 30 minutes
Pointers for tomorrow:
  • Start a little early
  • Extend from 2 hours per session to 3 hours per session
  • Plan for a 2-hour break for dinner
  • minimize the break time to 30 - 45 minutes at most
Plan for tomorrow:

  •  Finish revising compass with data points for 4 hours
  •  Then tackle unit wise
  •  Cover compass, handouts, Civilsdaily for very limited topics, FOCUS
  •  MCQ videos at the end of the day
  • Try to squeeze in a test from Visions IAS if possible


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