Perks Of Mini Ratna

I work in a Mini-Ratna PSU for the last five years. Being a PSU, it has its own perks and limitations.

But the question is specifically asking regarding the perks pertaining to my job, so I would name a few:

• Job Security
• Nothing is more dear to anyone working professionally than is job security. I think I have that.
• Job security becomes even more important during this extraordinary situation like pandemics.
• So, I am glad I enjoy this perk.
• Working in a core discipline
• I am an electrical engineer by degree and I am working in a core discipline related to my field of study only.
• Some people developed better skills of programming and some got management skills. But I am quite satisfied with a few years of experience in the discipline I invested four years of college.
• Although I am not much enjoying the nature of the job itself. But it is one of the perks.
• Decent Salary
• My salary is decent. My in-hand salary is quite decent. It is not as much many well-earning friends but my take-home salary is quite comparable to a decent package.
• Based on my qualifications and skills, the salary I am earning is good.
• I have started investing in learning skills that can boost my income in the future.
• 8–5 Job
• Many people have started criticizing this 9–5 culture and think this is bad, but being an entrepreneur is a cool idea. (I don’t criticize anyone)
• But I have 8–5 jobs, six days a week. It amounts to 54 hours a week.
• But 8–5 job has its own perks— I get up at 6 ideal times, breakfast at 7:45, lunch at 1300 and dinner at 2100 everything according to the timetable.
• I have an evening to spare which I try to make productive by reading books, exercising, and talking to friends.
• Township
• The one thing which I like the most about this job is the township.
• Nothing can be better than a close community of colleagues staying together in the small township where everyone knows everyone else
• The lush green township is filled with peacocks and you can always listen to the chirping of the birds in the background.
• The township has a market complex, ATM, post office, three big playgrounds, a hospital, a marriage hall, two clubs, one gym, one swimming pool, two small libraries, etc.
• Social Relevance
• Sarkari Naukari is a sarkari naukari. No matter how bad it is.
• People respect you once you tell them you work in a PSU, small or big.
• Sometimes people judge you positively- Hosiyar Hoga tabi Sarkari Naukri Lagi hai.
• Easy loans/ Credits
• I can easily apply for loans or credit cards.
• Perks of PSU extend to the facilities provided by the banks-loans, cards, etc.
• I even got discounts when I bought my personal vehicle.
• Medical Care
• The company provides an excellent medical reimbursement policy in which the money gets reimbursed within a month.
• Yearly medical checkups.
• The company arranged for camps for vaccination in the colony itself. My mother got vaccinated without any trouble.

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Township and Medical facilities are the two of the most important perks that I enjoy in this job.

I don’t like the job profile itself, and sometimes force myself in the morning to go to the office. These are the perks and this extraordinary circumstance has made me reconsider my decision of leaving this job.

Thanks for reading this answer.

PS. I have put some photos of my township.

My front gate door.

Road in the township.

My alley.

My small kitchen Garden

 

-Pankaj Prasad Working At National Fertilizers Limited, Btech

It's not about being good or bad in studying. It's about how focused you're in studying. For example, you're reading a thriller. You're so focused and interested in reading that book that you forget everything else. Studying for any competitive exam, including the IAS, demands the same sort of focus and concentration.

If you have studied subjects like history, geography and political science, either in school or college, it definitely helps. Now you may not all be interested in studying some subjects for the IAS. You may consider them dull and insipid. For example, the majority of students in my class were least interested in Biology and would barely pass. Those who were interested would invariably score excellent marks.

I started studying for a tough professional exam six years after graduation while in a full-time job. I was doing self study and did not find the subjects very interesting. I had studied most of the subjects in college but the six year gap after graduation and a full-time job were not conducive to studies. The only option to not studying was to remain in a clerical position all my life. This was not acceptable and I put heart and soul into studies. Since I refused to embrace mediocrity, I did well. Today after retirement, I lead a comfortable life thanks to those four years of hardship.

The only motivating factor in life is not only a comfortable future, but to lead a life where you do not have to scrounge for pennies and you have respect for yourself. If you do not have respect for yourself, you cannot expect respect from others.

Self-motivation is an important ingredient for success. You must have faith in yourself that you are capable of achieving your goals, whatever those might be.

Good luck 🍀

- Balasubramanian Viswanathan,B.Com(Hons.), LL.B., FCS1977

IFS Office

It differs from place to place.

In Bucharest, my office looks like this:

-Rahul Shrivastava, IFS, MCA, BSc-Chemistry

 Most civil service aspirants in India are from middle-class or lower middle class. This is true of IFS, too. Therefore, when you join the IFS, you’ll be like everyone else rather than being an exception. If you are from a lower middle class family, you should always remember the hardships that you have gone through when you join IFS or any civil service and use your position to make life better for those who are in difficulty.

  -Rahul Shrivastava

 I come from a small town in Uttar Pradesh. I was born and brought up in a lower-middle-class family. But I studied hard and made my way to the two prestigious leagues of colleges in our country – IIT & IIM.

How has my life changed? A lot. During my school, I was in the company of friends who had no aspirations in their life. But IIT & IIM gave me access to one of the smartest & the most hard-working people who served as an inspiration for my life. I experienced severe knowledge transfer in their company, which imparted me skills I would have never thought.

I am not only financially better off now but also have learned how to look at life differently. With the adoption of newer habits, embracing health and fitness as a journey, and putting extra effort in whatever I do, my perspective on life has completely changed.

For me, studying is not just a gateway to knowledge but also a source of access to intelligent minds. I can appreciate the principles given in the best seller books because I have elevated my mind to synchronize with their thoughts.

Think again when you lose motivation to study. Do you want a normal life or you want to be among the leaders? By saying so, I am, in no way, telling, you can’t do anything without studying. But studying puts you on a better footing. And I am not restricting the concept of learning to academic books; you can learn about your passion and make your career in that direction.

Visualize the future you want to see, and if studying can help you reach there, don’t ever lose your motivation for studying.

-Krishna Khadelwal,IIM,IIT

I have several rules in my life, few of them specifically for studying. I am sharing them below, hoping you will benefit from the same:

 

# 1 Study while you study, play while you play

• Don’t mix your studies with chatting with your friend, or listening to a song, or watching a viral video.
• A study has confirmed that it takes an average of about 25 minutes (23 minutes and 15 seconds, to be exact) to return to the original task after an interruption.
• Don’t let your focus break by the notification on your phone.

# 2 Take notes wherever possible

• Your brain is not like a hard disk where data remains intact once you have stored it. Within an hour, you forget an average of 50% of the information you received, which increases to 90% by the end of the week.
• During the exams, the notes you have taken during class are going to be your savior. And it is not just for the exams; it will remain with you forever.

# 3 Revise the concepts often

• If you are studying for an exam, revision is the most important thing.
• If you have revised the concepts in 5 repetitions (first repetition – Within a day, Second repetition – After a few days, Third repetition – After a week, Fourth Repetition – After a month, and Fifth Repetition – After a few months), you will permanently remember 95% of the information

# 4 Practice different types of questions

• Your learning actually completes when you can apply a concept to a real-life problem.
• Don’t just learn the formula; try to understand the logic behind it.
• Practicing a variety of questions not only reinforces the learned concepts, but also you remember the concepts for a long-time.

# 5 Don’t just depend on coaching

• Coaching institutes will help and guide you, but you will never learn until you study and practice on your own.
• Don’t spend your entire day making trips to the school and coaching.
• Keep a good chunk of time for your self-study, and you will realize you might be going ahead than coaching students.

I am not boasting when I am saying that I qualified IIT-JEE (AIR 2752), GATE (AIR 21), and CAT (99.19 percentile) based on self-study. I bought coaching materials and joined their All-India Test Series but never enrolled in their classroom programme.

It is not true that you can’t crack competitive exams without coaching. With a proper mindset and strategy, and self-study, it is definitely possible.

Be confident and apply these golden study rules, and you will succeed in every exam of your life.

  -Krishna Khandelwal,IIM,IIT