Indian Economy

• Issues related to planning

• Mobilization of resources

• Growth

• Development

• Employment

Inclusive Growth

• Inclusive growth

• Issues arising from or related to inclusive growth

Budgeting

• Government Budgeting

Major Crops and Cropping Patterns

• Major crops and cropping pattern in different parts of the country

• Different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage

• Transport and marketing of agricultural produce

• Issues related to transport and marketing of agricultural produce

• E- technology in the aid of farmers

Subsidies, Poverty Alleviation and Agricultural Technology

• Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies

• Issues related to Minimum Support Prices

• Public Distribution System

  • Objectives

  • Functioning

  • Limitations

  • Revamp

• Issues related to buffer stocks and food security

• Technology missions

• Economics of Animal rearing

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Food Processing and Related Industries

• Food processing and related industries in India

  • Scope and significance

  • Location

  • Upstream and downstream requirements

• Supply chain management

Land Reforms

• Land reforms in India

 

Liberalization

• Effects of Liberalization on the economy

• Changes in industrial policy

• Effects of changes in industrial policy on industrial growth

 

Infrastructure

• Energy

• Ports

• Roads

• Airports

• Railways etc.

Investment

• Investment models such as Public-Private Partnerships, Build Operate Transfer etc.

 

Science and Technology

• Developments in Science and Technology

• Applications of scientific developments in everyday life

• Effects of scientific developments in everyday life

Achievements of Indians in Science and Technology

• Important contributions of Indians in Science and Technology

• Indigenization of technology

• Developing new technology indigenously

General Awareness

• Awareness in the following fields:

  • IT

  • Space

  • Computers

  • Robotics

  • Nanotechnology

  • Biotechnology

• Issues related to Intellectual Property

• Rights in these fields

 

Environment

• Conservation

• Environmental pollution and degradation

• Environmental Impact Assessment

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Disaster Management

• Disasters

• Disaster Management

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Security

• Linkages between development and spread of extremism

• Role of state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security

• Challenges to Internal Security through communication networks:

  • Role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges

• Basics of Cyber Security

• Money laundering and its prevention

• Security challenges and their management in border areas:

  • Linkages of organized crime with terrorism

  • Various Security forces and agencies and their mandates