Rajnath releases `India 2017 Yearbook’

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New  Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on May 22, 2017, released  ‘ India 2017 Yearbook’ authored by the Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi here.  CEO, NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant was also present on the occasion. The book was published by the Mc Graw Hill Education India.

Rajnath praised the richness in contents and novelty of approach of the author and other panel contributors including Vasundhara Raje, Arvind Subramanium, Arvind Panagariya, Kamal Kishore, Rajiv Kumar, Ila Patnaik, Ruchir Sharma and Amitabh Kant who have earned names for themselves in their respective fields. He also said that the Book would be extremely useful for all competitive exams besides being a storehouse of knowledge stretching over a history of 300 years. He further said that every household should provide this book to children of 8th standard onwards so that they gain comprehensive knowledge of India’s history, economy, social fabric and current affairs, according to a PIB release.

The Union Home Minister said that the book is written in a very professional manner and have important persons on the panel of contributors. He further said that the approach of Mehrishi to handle different situations in a cool and calm manner with efficiency and accuracy reflects his time management abilities.A serving member of the Indian Administrative Service, thus, enters into the league of writers, who will be remembered as an intellectual apart from his administrative capabilities and long stint in Government service, he added.

Mehrishi said that the book is a comprehensive compendium of all data and facts related to the Indian Union including geographical information. He also said that the book is an honest endeavour on his behalf to provide a strong resource for civil services preparations with wide ranging study materials. CEO, NITI Aayog,  Amitabh Kant recalled his association with Mehrishi and praised his unparalleled acumen as a civil servant. He also said that the aspirants of Civil Services and other competitive examinations will be able to crack the exams just by referring this one stop repository of knowledge.

The chapters of the Book are divided into four broad groups covering Indian geography, history, polity, demography, economy, development schemes, environment, disaster management, media and communication, foreign policy, J&K and newsmakers in India, said the PIB release.