[Explained] How to subscribe to Yojana, Kurukshetra, Chronicle, Wizard

[mrunal]

How to subscribe to Yojana, Kurukshetra, Chronicle, Wizard




For success in UPSC civil service IAS IPS exam, it Is necessary to refer to certain magazines.
Many friends have difficulties in finding out how to subscribe to them.
So I’m posting the subscription address , price etc


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 - 11003

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 with in 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.
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[saifnaik]

Hi Mrunal, a question completely side tracked from general discussions here, any idea if post offices are giving money orders any more or are just electronic money orders being accepted now? Electronic money orders do not allow the remitter to send any additional info but just a series of codes in that case how can a person ordering for books let his preference known? Also does Publications division only accept money orders or can a DD be sent?

May be ganesh ji can answer this if he still visits the forum

[mrunal]

@Saif
yes Publication division also accepts DD/IPO
- it should be drawn in favour of
Director - Publication division , Ministry of Information & broadcasting, New Delhi.

reading the electronic money order, I don't have much idea because in the post officer near my place- they've it but instead of using that, they still continue with the old form-paper stuff.

[saifnaik]

Thank you so much

[gsuresh]

But these subscriptions never work out properly due to postal delays.. I am suffering with this problem from past two months, i have applied for Yojana and chronicle in july , chronicle from october edition he started sending, the october edition which he has sent on sept 10th reached me on Oct 24th through ordinary post , i again went for registered post(paying an additional amount of Rs.210 +20 ) and even then still i didnt get the next edition . And i stay in hyderabad which can no where be called as a remote place. YOJANA , there is no response from them ... the money i ve spent for DD and posting is entirely into drain. The point i would like to clear is that , instead of this headache , better be the one to grab the magazines in the first two days of release everymonth.. Do not depend on the subscriptions. They dont work out as easy as it appears to be..

Warm regards
Suresh

[mrunal]

yojana etc Govt. magz. will take time because its Govt. machinary- especially when dealing with DDs.
instead use Money orders.


chronicle has been doing good service to me since last 2 years however i've problems with Wizard- they've not sent me last 2 months issues- everytime i call them they say they'll send but they don't.

[gsuresh]

But Yojana , i ve sent a money order only , its already 2 months , i dont have any hopes .. Is there any possibility that i can call them? and do they respond if i call?

[gauravias]

can i subscribe by by hand also?

[mrunal]

@Gsuresh

sorry to hear about that.
call the business manager on
26105590
26100207

or send fax 26175516
and if that doesn't help go for RTI.

[mrunal]

can i subscribe by by hand also?

yes you can go to their head or regional office and subscribe directly from it.