Hours of note making, every day
You retype the same paragraph from three different papers before you even reach the syllabus mapping.
Current affairs for UPSCVol. 01 · Pilot Edition
Read the news once. Remember it on exam day.
Granvaya turns daily current affairs into syllabus linked notes, then revises them with you on Day 1, 3, 7 and 21 — so nothing you read is wasted.
21-day
spaced revision cycle, built in
The daily brief
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§ 01The leak
Current affairs is where most preparation leaks.
The same story, five places
One event, five write ups, zero clarity about which version to trust on exam day.
Read in March, forgotten by May
Without a revision schedule, even good notes decay. Prelims doesn't wait for you to catch up.
§ 02The method
From newspaper to memory, in three steps.
Answer sheet · Day 7
▲ 14d● 320
| Executive | Oath administered by | Grounds of removal as per the constitution | Removal proceedings initiated in | Conduction of election after vacancy in office by removal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | I: Vice President | III: Violation of Constitution | V: Lok Sabha | VII: Within 6 months |
| Vice President | II: President | IV: Violation of constitution | VI: Rajya Sabha | VIII: Within 6 months |
Refer to the matrix above. How many of the entries from I to VIII are incorrect?
§ 03The toolkit
Built around how UPSC actually asks.
No. 01
One story, one timeline
Updates are added to the same page with dates, never duplicated.
No. 02
Mapped to GS 1–4
Every note sits under its syllabus topic, with cross links across papers.
No. 03
Prelims traps flagged
A marker flags facts examiners like to twist: ministry, statutory status, membership, firsts.
No. 04
Mains-ready points
Keyword, explanation and a fresh example for each point; ready to write, not just read.
No. 05
Spaced revision with streaks
Day 1, 3, 7 and 21 quizzes, coins and a daily time budget you set.
No. 06
My Map
See what you've mastered, what's due, what is weak and what is fading.
§ 04Inside the press
Every story sorted, filed and linked.
Watch a day's papers go in. Most of it is dropped. What matters becomes one note on one timeline, filed under its syllabus topic and linked to the rest.
Illustration · sample stories, not live data
§ 05Know what deserves your time
Every topic carries a High, Medium or Low tag.
Based on how often it returns in the news and how the exam has treated similar topics before. Tap a level to see how we'd score today's top story.
We publish our predictions before the exam, and check them openly after.
High
Importance gauge
Returns across papers, close to a past year pattern, or actively developing. Revise first.
CRZ notification amendments: third GS 3 appearance this year.
§ 06Made by an aspirant, for aspirants
Granvaya started as one founder's own daily note making system for UPSC preparation, refined over more than a year of actual use. It's now being built into an app with a small engineering team out of IIT IIM Founders.
What you can hold us to
1
Every note is checked by a human
Software helps us sort and link the news, but a person reviews every note before it reaches you.
2
Mistakes are corrected openly
In a public changelog: no silent edits, no pretending we got it right the first time.
3
Importance is published before the exam
Not after. You can hold our High/Medium/Low calls against how the paper actually turns out.
4
Free sample notes, always
Judge the quality yourself before you commit a single rupee.
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§ 07Letters to the editor
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The pilot is free. Pricing will be announced before launch, and early access members get a locked in founder rate.
§ 08In plain words
What is Granvaya?
Granvaya is a UPSC current-affairs notes and revision app for Civil Services aspirants. Each day it turns the newspaper into notes filed under the exact GS syllabus topic, keeps every story on one timeline, and revises it with you on Day 1, 3, 7 and 21, so what you read stays with you.
It is currently in a free early-access pilot, so it is not a finished public product yet. It is an independent study aid, not affiliated with UPSC, and it cannot promise exam results.
- Who it's for
- UPSC Civil Services aspirants preparing for Prelims and Mains
- What it does
- Turns daily current affairs into syllabus-linked notes, then revises them with spaced quizzes
- Sources in the pilot
- The Hindu, The Indian Express and PIB
- Syllabus mapping
- GS 1 to GS 4, with cross-links across papers
- Cost
- Free during the pilot. Pricing will be announced before launch.
- Status
- Early-access pilot. Join the pilot above to get a seat as they open.