Start Here: What This Planner Does
How to use the kit: 30 minutes today, a booklist this week, then the weekly tracker until May.
The Exam in Numbers
Three stages, both Prelims papers decoded, the nine Mains papers, the 2025-mark math and the official cut-offs at every stage.
The Official 2027 Timeline
All five dates that matter, the recent vacancy trend, and how the selection funnel actually narrows.
Are You Eligible?
Age and relaxations, attempts by category, the one-paper rule, degrees, final-year rules and fees.
The 8-Month Roadmap
Four phases with monthly milestones: NCERTs to mock season, ending in the taper that protects your attempt.
The Booklist: One Book Per Subject
The NCERT base, the standard books, and the rules that stop the book pile before it starts.
Choosing Your Optional
The five-question test and the hard 31 October deadline that saves your Mains year.
Three Daily Timetables
Full-time, working professional and college student — blocks, anchors and honest hour budgets.
The Current-Affairs Workflow
One newspaper, one-line notes, static linkage and the monthly consolidation system.
The CSAT Safety Plan
The 66-mark bar, the three question families and the weekly dose that protects GS-strong candidates.
Prelims MCQ Strategy
The attempt math table — attempts versus accuracy — four elimination habits and the exam-day protocol.
Notes & Revision: The Recall System
The three-layer note method and the spaced calendar that turns one reading into three revisions.
Answer Writing & the Fifteen Fatal Mistakes
The writing ramp from November, and the fifteen beginner mistakes with their fixes.
The Application Window
OTR to submission: the 13 January–2 February checklist, photo and ID traps, and the fee rules.
The Other Two Stages
Mains and Interview demystified early — what your plan must protect for 20 August 2027 and after.
Your Weekly Tracker
The Sunday-evening template plus the first-seven-days action plan you can start today.
FAQs & Official Resources
Straight answers on time, coaching and language — plus every official link you will ever need.
