General Studies-III (for UPSC)

Economy:

• Growth and Resource mobilization:
  • Indian Economy (issues related to planning, mobilisation of resources, growth,  development and employment);
  • Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
• Government Budgeting
• Investment and Infrastructure:
  • Infrastructure (energy, ports, roads, airports, railways);
  • Investment models
• Liberalization:
  • Effects of Liberalisation on the economy;
  • Changes in Industrial policy & their effects on industrial growth.

Agriculture:

• Cropping-irrigation:
  • Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country,
  • Different types of irrigation and irrigation systems.
• Food processing and related industries in India (scope & significance, location, upstream-downstream requirements, supply chain management);
• Storage, transport & marketing of agro-produce and related issues & constraints;
• Economics of animal-rearing.
• Land Reforms in India
• MSP:
  • Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices
  • Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security;
• e-technology to aid farmers and Technology missions;

Science & Technology

• Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life.
• Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nanotechnology, bio-technology.
• issues relating to intellectual property rights.
• Achievement of Indians in science & technology;
• Indigenization of technology and developing new technology.

Bio Diversity :

• Conservation
• Environmental pollution and degradation
• Environmental impact assessment
• Disaster and disaster management.

Security:

• Terrorism, Extremists (LWE, NE):
  • Linkages between Development & spread of Extremism;
  • Linkages of Organized crime and Terrorism
• Cross border:
  • Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to
    internal security.
  • Security challenges and their management in border areas;
• Cyber security and social media:
  • Basics of cyber security;
  • Role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges,
  • Challenges to internal security through communication networks,
• Money-laundering and its prevention.
• Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate
• Find previous years’ questions on Security.