Magazines by Govt.

Yojana
(for Govt. schemes / policies on poverty removal, energy, education etc)
Kurukshetra
(for rural Development , women,SC/ST empowerment must for those with
Public Administration optional)
How to subscribe?
you've to send Money order (100/- per year for each magazine)
to following address
Business Manager,
Publication Division ,
Ministry of I&B,
East block-IV
level -VII
R.K.Puram,
New Delhi - 110066
*thank you Pramod & annnoymous for pointing out the typing mistake in pin
code*
in the MO, specify your address and which magazine you want to subscribe
along with the language in which you want to read it. e.g. Yojana (English)
etc.
they've got a website but like all Govt. website- it lacks any customer
support lol
here it is
yojana.gov.in
once your money reaches there, it'll automatically start coming within 15
days.
Both of these magazines are not available generally in regular bookstore /
market except in government run libraries,
Hence its essential that you subscribe to them. Because they're important

from Essay + Mains General studies (and Public Administration) point of

view.

Competitive magazines for civil service exam.

There are many, like Chronicle , Wizard, Civil Service Times, Pratiyogita
Darpan, Competition success review etc.
Here I post the methods to subscribe to two of them.
You don't have to buy all of them, just keep one and stick with it.

Civil Service Chronicle.

same procedure as above but MO of 550 /- for 1 year.
do specify- which medium. because they too run in both Hindi/ English
address
Chronicle Publication Pvt Ltd.
A-26,
Sector 2
Noida (UP)-201301
phone-0120-2440265-66
once they get your money, they'll mail you the invoice via post and then
start sending the magazines.
generally it comes on 17th of Each month.
they've got a website too, but haven't updated it since 2006, so not
mentioning it.
they also offer to send you magazine via courier if you're living in a big city /
State capital (but you'll have to pay Rs.100/- for it) BUT its not required as
even in the normal post it comes regularly.
Competition Wizard
Its subscription procedure is a little cumbersome, since they don't accept
Money order but only DD (Demand Drafts)

For 1 years individual subscription you've to send them DD of Rs. 400/So actually its costlier than 400 Rs : count the 30 Rs. Of DD charged by
Bank+ Postal Stamp on envelope.
Favoring 'Competition Wizard', payable @ Delhi.
Address
Competition Wizard,
B-19,
ALS House,
Dr. Mukherjee Nagar,
Delhi-110009.
Ph- 27653714
I think Wizard comes only in English medium.
To Subscribe or to Buy from bookstand?
Advantage of Subscribing
1. Bookstand price of these magazines are mostly 50 60 Rs.
(depending on whether it's a Prelim Special issue or not.), so for 1
year it'd be about 50% more the amount than subscription price. So
you're saving lot money by subscribing.
2. You don't have to waste time in going to Bookstand every month. =
more money saved in petrol lol, environment is saved from pollution,
global warming, climate change, .. you can write an essay on it.
Advantage of buying from Bookstand
1. You've choice, because if you subscribe then you've to stick with one
and same magazine, for the year, despite its fluctuating quality. But
when you are buying from bookstand , you can chose the best for that
month. E.g. some months Chronicle makes better issue, and some
months Wizard published better issue.