Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Maharashtra Plans Free Online UPSC Coaching After Modi Push
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the government would provide free online coaching for competitive exams.
He said coaching classes can be too expensive for poor and middle-class families.
Maharashtra already runs offline UPSC training for students.
This training is offered at six centres across the state.
Now, the state wants to see how the classes could be provided online.
A six-member committee has been created to study the idea.
The online programme could help up to 5,000 students.
The committee will prepare a report about how to provide good training to students who need it.
Maharashtra has formed a committee to study expanding UPSC coaching online.
The proposed online service could reach 5,000 students.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced plans for free online coaching in his Independence Day speech.
The state currently offers offline UPSC training through six Pre-IAS centres.
The committee will be led by the Director of the State Institute for Administrative Careers.
- Who
- Maharashtra’s Higher Education Department, following a push from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and UPSC aspirants.
- What
- A six-member committee will study a policy to expand Maharashtra’s offline UPSC coaching service to online training for 5,000 students.
- When
- The committee was announced in a circular issued on August 19, after Modi’s Independence Day speech.
- Where
- Maharashtra, which currently operates centres in Amravati, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nashik, Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar.
- Why
- To explore quality online coaching for needy aspirants and address the cost burden of coaching classes.
- Proposed reach
- 5,000 students
- Current programme
- Offline UPSC training
- Existing centres
- Six Pre-IAS training centres
- Centre locations
- Amravati, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nashik, Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar
- Committee size
- Six members
- Committee head
- Director of the State Institute for Administrative Careers
- Announcement date
- August 19