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UPSC Coaching In Delhi Comes At A Cost: ‘Big-City Expenses, Usurious Fees, Skipped Meals’

Held for recruitment to the All-India Services, among others, the civil services exam ranks on top of the middle class’ list of aspirational jobs, right alongside engineering and medicine.

It won’t be much of an overstatement to say that cracking the UPSC civil services exam is the goal that gets Gaurav Pandey out of bed every day. But it’s also true that the quest to fulfil his dream comes with a constant battle against his conscience – a battle that intensifies with every failed attempt. It’s been seven years since Pandey from Gorakhpur moved to Delhi for coaching to clear the notoriously tough exam. He is painfully aware of the financial strain this

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