 Amita, good afternoon and please sit down and we are very happy to see you coming before the mock interview board. You can remove this mask now. I would request my colleague to start with your interview or the personality test. Yes, Amita, tell me if you are happy to be here today? Yes, sir. How well prepared are you today? I would say around 80 percent, sir. 80 percent? Yes, sir. Okay. We will ask you a question within the 80 percent. Okay? Yes. So just don't be worried about the balanced ones. Yes, sir. So that leads you to the element of self confidence. Yes. Okay? Yes. Good. Okay, now here in exposure to the armed forces at that point of time. Yes. And you served in which department? So in medical services in the army branch. The army branch, very good. Okay, great. Now tell me if I will start off something with defence. After pretty long years, you know, the government of India has realized that we need to be self reliant for Atma Nirvana in defence. Yes. Okay? I believe it was there in very, very small scale, but now it's something like a rocket. Okay? Yes. Can you tell us how the salient points of this Atma Nirvana defence? So if we see the recent defence acquisition procedure as well in 2020, the main features there were to ensure that indigenous manufacturing is being done. For example, where if there is any foreign defence investor or manufacturers coming, we are pushing for at least 30% there for indigenous manufacturing. The second is, sir, even the foreign direct investment, we have increased from 49% to 74% right now in order to ensure that more ease of doing business is done in the defence sector. Thirdly, sir, ensuring that the local requirement is also increased so that the domestic manufacturing is increased. What is it? A couple of highlights. Okay. But just to tell you, some in the sense, first time the private becomes manufacturers are being increased. Yes. Otherwise it was the PSUs. Yes, sir. Even in the recent union budget, this was highlighted in the defence budget actually because previously that much of push was not given in the private sector. Exactly. And there is a huge amount of this thing out of 80,000 crores that was spent for different procurement. Yes, sir. 25% are dedicated for private procurement. Yes, sir. For the first time there is. Yes, sir. That is a significant step. Then there is an export target of $25 billion by 2025. So there are various parameters which the government has laid out. Okay. So these are very important issues. That is why the Atman-Ever depends on it. Yes, sir. Okay. Now your subject was what? Mechanical? Material science engineering. Material science. Yes, sir. Okay. If a material science is very close, it will take a lot of things of defence. Yes, sir. Now tell me which material is important as far as manufacture of aircrafts and such? Titanium and nickel. And? Cobalt as well, sir. No, but the major one, what is it? Airframes are made of what? Sir, right now aluminum. Aluminium. Aluminium, yes. Okay. And which is the state in the country which produces the largest amount of aluminum in the country? I am not aware of it. Not aware of it? Not. Tell me, sir. Public sector unit which deals with the manufacture of aluminum? Unable to recognize. No, you know it. You know it. Just take it. Take it. See, close to your state. Sir, I think it's Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu or? Oh, little dot of the linga. Or not east of the linga. Jharkan jathiskar. East. East. Go to the post. Odisha. Okay. Odisha. Right. That's one of the largest manufacture of aluminum. Yes. Okay. Okay. Good. Now first of all, you are very bright, but you need to have proper breakfast on the day of your interview so that you speak in a more articulate way. Yes. Okay. Yes, sir. And don't be scared. Yes. You've cracked it earlier. I don't know. Do several services examine services. Yes. Yes, sir. And I'm sure you are cut out for bigger things and going to be afraid. Yes. Now I noticed that you have, you've been a member of the women's selling team. Yes, sir. Now, do you think the services are, you know, gender neutral or are they, there is a gender bias in the services? What is your impression? Sir, I believe it's gender neutral. So as you said. So gender neutral, sir. I believe it's giving fair opportunity for everyone with respect to gender. No, one is, of course, that since the doors are open, it is there. But what is your perception, you know, you think that, you know, this is one of the areas that you have to work for to make the entire service because you see when you are also there, you become joined the IAS or the IPS as the case may be. And there are so many men, women who are your colleagues and people down below also who are observing you. So it's not that, you know, you can just do something and then, you know, people will forget it. People will see you, watch you, you know, all through your career. So if you do remarkably well, you'll be able to leave a mark that yes, I've seen the officer, she's like that. We should try and emulate. So from that perspective, what, how would you make the gender will you more conducive to women? Sir, two things, sir. One is in my own personal experience as a civil servant in the AFHC service. Louder, you see. I'm seriously thinking I have to go. There's something wrong with my ear. Okay. Yeah. Slightly louder. In my personal experience during the AFHC service, I have seen, in fact, the different perspective there where my voice was recognized and whatever decisions I was making were equally taken along with my main counterparts. Secondly, sir, as far as the other services are concerned, based on my interactions with my friends who have joined the service, I have observed that it was the same there. But I do understand that in Indian society, there is gender bias still there. That is the reality today. And I can also understand that that can be there in few isolated places in the services as well. So there, I would ensure for the conduciveness there for women, ensuring that I myself be as a role model where I work and make my mark there. And I believe based on that, it will serve the purpose there, apart from that also ensuring that if there are any other such instances, ensuring that proper action is being taken there. Yes. But that's the way that's something which I would like you to pursue all through your life because it holds a lot of promise. And I think we have a long way to go in that direction. Yes. So tell me something about the capital city that is being brought up for the capital complex that is coming up in Andhra. Yes. What are the pluses and minuses? What are the environmental issues, please? Yes. Five sentences. So there was three capital proposals. Sir, apart from that, Amravati was being made as a capital city. Sir, if you're talking about that, the three capital city formula. So one is the financial constraints are there and also the administrative issues as well because the executive judicial and then the other order of government will be in three different places. So the issue there might happen in the coordination. Apart from that, sir, and the pros if we see, one is that sir, because this is concentrated in three different regions, there is a chance that the development happens there more. Before bifurcation as well, one of the major concerns was the development happened very Hyderabad concentrated. It was not regional development or imbalances were very much prominent. So one pro that can we see here is that sir. The other advantage would be sir, ensuring that if there is any other issues, say if all three organs are in one place, the concern that everybody is saying is that because it will be distance is an issue and coordination is an issue. We are moving towards digital India. We are moving towards digital initiatives. So I believe end of the day governance and through online virtual needs, apart from the interactions on the offline, that can be very well managed. Good. Now, you know, we have unity in diversity. We have different languages in the states, but we are all Indians. Now, within that, you know, there is many states talk in terms of a sense of pride. There is also this concept of an Andhra pride. Now, today, what is happening is that it is my contention that Andhra pride is taking a beating. Other states are moving forward. One or two other states are moving forward. So you have opted for Telangana as your first choice. How would you instill that restoration of the confidence of your state of Telangana? To bring about what way? Language in itself has that emotional connection with people. So be it the dialect, even between Andhra and Telangana, that dialect difference also made a huge difference. But so we see, unfortunately, that language is also being taken as a tool in order to create conflict or any such divisions among the people. If I am posted as an officer there, I would ensure that it is seen only as a means to reach to the end, not as an end in itself. So a few steps would be persuading the people there. And yes, from my capacity, this is something that I would do. And if there are any other issues that I see, I would ensure that a peaceful resolution is done there, sir. Now, are you aware of the sedition law in our country? Yes. What is the position? What is the law with section of IPC and what are your views, plus and minus? So I believe it's section 124A, IPC 124A. So my views would be it's a colonial era law. And I believe India is one of the only countries in the world that we still have this law. So I would say that it should not be there, sir. The pros and cons, pros, of course, it helps, even how it helped during the British era as well, to suppress the independence movement at that time that was happening. And because post independence as well, even today we see that there are few disturbed areas within the country. That was the major reason why still it has been continuing. But sir, there are also other ways to contain the disturbed areas today. Good. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Amita. Yes, ma'am. What is the old name of Varangal? I'm not aware ma'am. One stone, Orugal. Orugal, yes, ma'am. Why was it called one stone? Ma'am, because it's... They say the city was made out of one stone. Yes, ma'am. What is the historical importance of Varangal? Ma'am, it has Kakati or Dynasties started from there. Yes, ma'am, it was the capital. Oh, the capital. So, you are giving sociology as your optional subject, right? What was Karl Marx's idea of sociology? Ma'am, it was Habs and Habnott's approach that he has used. So, if they are poor, then they are rich. And how there is a divide between them? Relations between workers, right? Yes ma'am, proletarians and bourgeois. You have opted for the foreign service. Fifth preference. Fifth preference, yes, I know what is going down. Do you know the phases of Indian foreign policy from 1947? Can you give the general trend? The basic principles continue, but what was the trend as the world also evolved and your politics? Ma'am, may I take a minute? Yes, please. You can go like 20 years from here. Okay, maybe you have to think about it. Ma'am, as far as the principles were mutual coexistence and keeping the territorial integrity as well as sovereignty in place, ma'am. So, it will always, India has taken a neutral approach, ma'am, from the beginning. And if we talk from ENAB that time onwards, we have not taken any one side and we have kept a neutral approach, ma'am. But there are phases, ma'am, important, like non-alarm, non-public. Yes. And the world was bipolar. The world was bipolar. Yes. You think about it? Yes, ma'am. There was a major conflict between two countries in 2020 over enclave. Do you know something about it? On a clave, ma'am. On a clave, a disputed piece of land. Ma'am, one is the religious place that was there in UP, if you're talking. So, in the world, there was a war in 2020. You've heard of Azerbaijan and Armenia. Yes, ma'am. And what did they fight over? A very famous enclave, which was autonomous. Yes, ma'am. I mean, declared autonomous. Yes. I know that there is a place, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. Do you know what was India's stance during that war? Because India has relations with both, particularly with Armenia. You talked of the neutral kind of approach we take. Approach. So, what do you think we would have taken at that time also? Ma'am. A balanced stand? Yes, ma'am. Even though I am not able to recollect, but I believe it was, again, a balanced stand only, ma'am, even in that case. You've heard of developing countries taking aid, right? Depending on the... In the context of India, does India give foreign aid? Ma'am, recently to Sri Lanka, it was an aid... So, the answer is yes. Yes. We do give. Yes, ma'am, we do give. And what is it part of our policy, foreign policy? To whom do we extend aid and in what ways? So, one is that we give to developing and poor nations, developing countries as well as poor countries as well, ma'am. It is part of South-South cooperation, right? South-South cooperation. Yes, ma'am. Okay, you learned about this. Yes, ma'am. Recently, in India, they launched the scrapping policy, national scrapping policy. What was it about? Ma'am, vehicle scrapping policy. And then what was it about? Yes, ma'am. It was... Because it was observed that even beyond 10 years or 15 years, the vehicles are still being used. So, an incentive was given so that vehicle scrapping can happen after 15 years for government vehicles and after 20 years for the private vehicles. Yes. Yes, ma'am. That was the main agenda there, ma'am. And also, green tax was also part of it. And what about setting up scrapping centres? No, no, you need... Manufacturing is processing it. Yes, ma'am. In order to process it. Scrapping signs of making. Yes, ma'am. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Something that really kind of burst out, which has created a problem. And what is the latest now? Sir, one is regarding the FDI issue. I mean the food, sorry, food related issue. So, wheat issue where the centre is not procuring. One was that issue. Meat or rice? So, rice and wheat, I guess. Or rice, sir. Barboil rice. Yes, barboil rice, sir. Barboil rice. So, one was that issue, sir. That was the recent one. Even before that as well, there was this whole thing about third front as well. Discussions about third front as well. Okay. The aim was to take a claim for being its leader. Yes, yes. But I think I seem to have somewhere registered that it is the local elections. BJP seems to have created a platform for that. Sir, even today... The local municipal elections? Sir, even today TR is the Telangana's political party. Even today that enjoys the majority, sir, overall. In the municipal elections, but BJP has made a lot of interruptions. Yes. In few municipal elections, BJP has been winning, sir. So, that is the only major opposition party as of there, apart from the Congress. So, yes, sir. What is happening in the adjoining states, which was a part of your state earlier? Recently, some developments have taken place. Yes, sir. Recently, some political developments have taken place. Are you following the... are you Delhi-based? Sir, I am actually from Mahabubabad. But where are you right now? Not here, I mean. I stay in Mahabubabad only, sir. Recently, I came to Delhi. Oh, that is it, sir? So, the creation of new districts in Anta? Yes, sir. They are planning to... they are planning to form new districts, sir, as far as I know. All that is valid. Yes, sir. They have... Is it adjoining state? There is this, you know, resignation and mass of the ministry and the... Okay, okay. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. One of my colleagues spoke of pride of Andhra. Yes, sir. Of which Telangana was part. There was a major political development due to that pride of Andhra having been hurt by a central leader. What was that? Sir, if you are talking about the bifurcation or political friend as well... You need to go... I will ask them. Okay. Sir, if you are talking about the recent times or... Not in some time. I am talking of more than 20 years. Oh. And then I am not always... Yes. Yes. K. Brahmanand Reddy was humiliated by one of the central... Yes. I think it was Rajiv Gandhi. Yes, sir. Question. Word. Okay. Some word. Pride. What is the Tengu word for pride? Pride. Jati Ratnam, they say, sir. That, sir, could be a difference. Anyway. And that's how the anti-Ramarao came up politically and became chief minister. Yes. Yes. But as an actor, there was... He had a great competitor and rival in another actor and at one time, movies only from these two actors will be shown, will be made in Telugu. Who was the other one? Sir, if you're talking about in Tamil Nadu side, it is Shivaji. I said Telugu. I am not talking about Tamil Nadu. Okay. He also made few Telugu movies, sir. But apart from that, Akini in Nagarjuna was also there during his time. So, who was the competitor for anti-Ramarao in films, Telugu films? So, during that time... Very simple question. During that time, I think it was... As far as I remember, it was Akini in Nagarjuna, sir. Who? No, sir. Akini in Nagarjuna. Nagarjuna. Nageshwar Rao. Nageshwar Rao. Yes, sir. Nageshwar Rao. He was a contemporary. He was a great competitor. One film from anti-Ramarao, one film from Nageshwar Rao. But he didn't join politics. No, no, no. He didn't. Okay. Okay. What were the highlights of governance by Ram Chandra... Ram Babu... Naidu. Naidu. Ram Chandra Babu. Chandra Babu Naidu. Yeah, Chandra Babu Naidu. Any highlights that comes to your mind? Sir, one is that IT initiatives he took, sir, in Hyderabad. Okay, IT initiatives. There are some very good initiatives here. Yes, sir. What were those initiatives? I don't remember specific details. Okay. You sent material signs from IIT Kanpur, 2016. Yes, sir. Your director also was from Metallurgy? During that time. Yes, sir. During that time only, I am saying? Yes, sir. What was his name? I... Actually, he was not there for the entire... Naidu, pardon me. He was not there for the entire four years, sir. I believe he was... Even if he was for two years, you ought to remember his name. Yes, yes, sir. Okay. At least do you remember where are the thorium deposits in India? Yes, sir. Majorly in Kerala. Kerala. And uranium? Uranium is also in the southern part only, sir. Southern part of what? Telangana? No, no, in the southern part of India. Where? Specifically, I... How come in IT and modern manufacturing, lithium and nickel have become crucial? Sir, one is for the battery purposes. Which one? Batteries... Which one of the two? I spoke of two, ma'am. Lithium. Lithium. Yes, sir. That is for... Lithium. How lithium... What is... How lithium is required in battery, making a battery, where it is placed? Specifically, I don't know. What about nickel? Nickel also, I am not aware, sir, specifically. In batteries, I think there are solar batteries and all that. Many countries are very sharp. They have already contracted the lithium mines and all in Africa. Which is that country? Okay. Your interview is over. Yes, sir. And we will give you some advice. Yes, sir. I hope it will help you. Okay. First of all, you take the CD and see it carefully. Okay. Fortunately, UPSC's room will be smaller. But even so, your delivery should be clear. Okay. Wherever you are in the interview or even outside, join the service. They are also with your colleagues, senior, junior. This quality will help you. Okay. Yes, sir. Then I think you ought to know much more about the geography, politics and everything about Andhra and nearby states. Okay. I don't know how much you know about Telangana. But I do know about Telangana. You were quite, you were well-briefed about Varangar. But Telangana and Andhra, you ought to know much more. And there was a question relating to production of a material mines in Elmunam. And you didn't seem to know if we had to tell you that look at north of the map, look at the east of the map, look at this. Yes, sir. So you have to work hard there. And of course, the newspaper, your daily, you have to read the newspaper very thoroughly. Yes, sir. The way sometimes you used to understand good textbooks. Just remaining 15 days, read it that way. Yes, sir. And if there are terms, phrases which you don't understand, refer to some encyclopedia like Wikipedia or anything like that. Yes. But don't leave it at that. Each and every phrase, sentence and all matters. And so anything can come up into you, not that you are expected to answer everything, nobody is expected to know everything. But then you have to know most of these things if you want to make it. Yes, sir. And I appreciate and admire your courage to have resigned from Armed Forces at quarter services. Yes, sir. But that's not enough. You have to make it for others, sir. And your answer, saying that you have not opted for these services, Indian Ordinal Services. You can't get away with it. You can't get away with it. Yes, sir. Actually, I thought maybe, sir, saw that service and then he was asking question. So I thought maybe I'll... No, no, no. You can't say that. Yes, yes, yes. It is prohibited. Yes, yes, yes. If somebody asks you about police reforms, you can't say that I have not opted for IPS. IPS, that's why. No, it happened for my birth. You have to be careful and you have to be thorough more than that. You see, you said that because you didn't know. And you thought this is a very simple answer. No, it is not simple. It is very loaded answer and it won't be acceptable to anyone. Yes, sir. So that is... These are the things that we... Then read something about Srimad Bhagavad Gita, some gist of it. Srimad Bhagavad Gita. Okay, sir. Major, you know, mythology books like Ram Charit, Manas Ram and a little bit... You should know. Okay. Then there is... This is the place in Tamil Nadu where the bridge to Sri Lanka was made. Ramnathpuram or... What is that, sir? No, Sri Lanka and India. But Rama... Yes, sir. We say to... So read about that. There was a controversy. Politicians said that there is all hoax. There was no bridge. And... Rama... So there is a nuclear power station being constructed in Tamil Nadu, not far from your state. There was a controversy about it and the same controversy about the environmental impact may come up about others. Read about that. Then the Greenpeace Foundation is a... that had become controversial that... NGO it is. Yeah, yes, sir. Okay. Tell me... Do read about this. Indians perform very well visually. But many of them lack when they perform in a team. There is some problem with Indians. They don't perform well in a team. So read about it. Thank you. If you want to ask something, you are welcome. No. Okay, thank you. Yes, thank you, sir. Have a good time.