Key Points
Private UPSC coaching centres are part of an estimated Rs 3,000 crore industry in India, and many of the tutors are insanely popular among aspirants and have even become YouTube influencers..
West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi are just some of the state governments that are running their own UPSC coaching centres not as businesses but as a strategy to diversify the pool of aspirants..
And it seems to be working.Twenty-year old Diksha Singh walks 2-3 kilometres from her house in Jewars Rampur Bangar to reach the bus stop that will take her to the Noida UPSC coaching centre opened under the Mukhyamantri Abhyuday Yojana launched by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh in February 2o21..
Its the route Delhi has taken under the Jai Bhim Mukhyamantri Pratibha Vikas Yojana, which sponsors students from the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Caste (ST) category as well as those from economically weaker sections of society.Instead of running coaching centres, the scheme pays for the expenses of selected students so that they can enroll in top empanelled institutions such as KD Campus Pvt Ltd and Sachdeva Colleges Ltd to prepare for entrance examinations..
Indians with wasted youth dont want to return empty-handedIt comes down to resultsEvery year, private coaching institutes sell the faces of successful students to the lakhs of young men and women who dream of becoming IAS officers..
