IAS 2018

GS Mains TEST SERIES - 2018

Classroom Online Flexi Format

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> 2 Answer Writing Sessions.
> 20 Tests, including 12 Sectional and 8 Mock Tests.
> There are 12 Sectional Tests. Idea is to cover the
entire subject in its length and breadth.
> Questions would be designed to judge the
candidates conceptual and interdisciplinary
approach more than the factual knowledge.
Through 12 sectional tests we can touch each and
every aspect of the subjects.
> 8 Mock Tests will be conducted on the pattern of
UPSC.
> Model Answer Hints and Supplementary Notes
after every tests.
> Detailed Discussion (3-4 hours) on key concepts,
same day after the test.
> Discussion classes are designed in such a way that
they can provide value addition on the inter - related
topics of the respective test. It also includes answer
writing approach for every paper.
> Answer sheets will be evaluated by the experts only.
> Copy evaluation and feedback system is designed to
provide relevant insights and feedback to each
candidate as per his/her performance.
> Evaluation will be done within 14 days.
> One-to-one Discussion after copy evaluation with
respective faculty.
> Flexible module for aspirants joining classroom test
or online test.
> Flexi Timings in between 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Note: Discussion Classes will held only for Sectional
Tests. All Sectional Tests have to be written before
Prelims.

Test Starts Test Timings:

th 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

11 November
2017
Discussion:
12:30 PM

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ANSWER WRITING SESSIONS

Date Sessions Subject
11th November, 2017 Session-1 IAS Mains 2017 (GS Paper 1 & 2)

12th November, 2017 Session-2 IAS Mains 2017 (GS Paper 3 & 4)

CONCEPTUAL TESTS
Date Test Topics

18th November, 2017 Test 1 Governance

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25 November, 2017 Test 2 Culture + Modern India History & World History
nd
2 December, 2017 Test 3 Environment & Disaster Management
16th December, 2017 Test 4 Ethics Test - 1
rd
23 December, 2017 Test 5 Indian Society
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6 January, 2018 Test 6 Indian Polity
rd
13 January, 2018 Test 7 Science Tech. & Internal Security
20th January, 2018 Test 8 Ethics Test - 2
3rd February, 2018 Test 9 Geography
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10 February, 2018 Test 10 International Relations
th
17 February, 2018 Test 11 Indian Economy
rd
3 March, 2018 Test 12 Ethics Test - 3 (Case Studies)
MOCK TESTS (AFTER PRELIMS)
Test Topics
Test 23 Mock Paper 1
Test 24 Mock Paper 2
Test 25 Mock Paper 3
Test 26 Mock Paper 4
Test 27 Mock Paper 1
Test 28 Mock Paper 2
Test 29 Mock Paper 3
Test 30 Mock Paper 4

TEST STARTS: 11 NOVEMBER, 2017

9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
DISCUSSION
Discussion: 12:30 PM

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Governance

Sub-topic listing

1. Need and importance of Government Institutional Structure and organization

Policies Funding
! Growth and development  Micro Finance
! Human development and human capital Meaning and importance
formation Objectives
! Equality (interpersonal and interregional) Structure and Organization
and social justice Advantages
! Unity and integrity Micro Finance in India
! Trust between state and citizens  Non-Government Organizations
2. Effective Implementation What are NGOs?
! What is effective implementation? Best Difference between Non Government
outcomes in view of given time, resources Organizations (NGOs) and International
and constraints Non Government Organizations
(INGOs)
! Analysis of different important schemes
United Nations Criteria for INGO and
3. Government intervention
NGO
! Good Governance-Role of institutions,
NGOs and development projects
bureaucrats and other stakeholders
NGOs and Community development
! Transparency and accountability
NGOs involved in relief and
! Optimum use of resources- Right targeting, rehabilitation
plugging leakages and wasteful
NGOs involved in disaster
expenditure, use of available knowledge,
management
research and innovation.
NGOs and advocacy
! Monitoring and evaluation- Outcome
budget, zero base budgeting, input-output 5. Important aspects of governance,
analysis, cost-benefit analysis transparency and accountability
! Setting up institutions and regulatory ! Citizen centric governance
norms task forces, steering committees and ! Features of good governance
review committees. ! Legislative accountability
4. Development process and industry ! Administrative accountability
! Difference between Growth and ! Judicial accountability
Development ! Ombudsman
! Main Constraints of development ! Whistleblowers concept
! Main Stake holders in development ! Anti corruption machinery
process
! Role of citizens
 Self Help Groups
! Role of media
Meaning
! Social audit
Importance
! Systematic reforms
Objectives

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 6. e-Governance ! Powers and privileges of CAG (provided by
! Introduction constitution and different ACTs of
Parliament.)
! Applications
! Appointment of ECI ( procedure of
! Models appointment)- composition of ECI
! Successes ! Functions and responsibilities of ECI
! Limitations ! Powers and privileges of ECI (provided by
! Future prospects constitution and different ACTs of
7. Citizens Charters Parliament)
! Appointment to UPSC ( procedure of
! Introduction
appointment)- composition of UPSC
! Models
! Functions and responsibilities of UPSC
! Features
! Powers and privileges of UPSC (provided
! CC in India by constitution and different ACTs of
! Issues in CC implementation Parliament.)
! Reform needed ! Appointment to Finance commission (
procedure of appointment)- composition of
8. Role of civil services in a democracy
Finance commission
! Concept of civil services
! Functions and responsibilities of Finance
! Need for civil services commission
! Different role of civil services ! Powers and privileges of Finance
 Law making commission (provided by constitution and
 Policy formulation different ACTs of Parliament.)
! National commission for SCs and STs.
 Policy implementation
 Policy evaluation 11. Statutory, regulatory and various
quasi-judicial bodies
 Civil services as protector of democracy
! SEBI
 To protect minorities (religious and
linguistic) ! CVC
! CBI
 To promote Inclusive and sustainable
growth ! Planning Commission
9. Pressure groups and formal/informal ! NDC
associations and their role in the Polity ! PMO
! What are pressure groups? ! Zonal Council
! Types ! TRAI
! IRDA
! The significance of pressure groups in India
! National Human Rights Commission
! Differentiate between a pressure group and
a political party ! State Human Rights Commission
! Evaluation of pressure groups role ! Central Information Commission
! State Information Commission
Organisations
! National Consumer Disputes Redressal
10. Appointment to various Commission
Constitutional posts, powers, ! Tribunal
functions and responsibilities of ! Medical Council Of India
various Constitutional Bodies ! Pension Fund Regulatory And Development
! Appointment of CAG ( procedure of Authority
appointment)- composition of CAG
! Biodiversity Authority Of India
! Functions and responsibilities of CAG
! Press Council Of India

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 ! Forward Markets Commission ! Economic development and human
! Inland Waterways Authority Of India development
! Reforms needed
! RBI
! SDGs and India
Social Justice 3. Issues relating to poverty and hunger
1. Welfare schemes for vulnerable ! Poverty definition by different committees
sections of the population by the ! Poverty data in India
Centre and States ! Causes of poverty
! Constitutional arrangement ! Poverty and unemployment
! Women welfare ! Poverty and social conflict
! Child welfare ! Impact of LPG on poverty
! SC/ST welfare
! Linkage between poverty and
! OBC welfare development
! Minorities welfare ! Rural poverty
! Old age welfare ! Urban poverty
! Legislations ! Feminization of poverty
! Issues ! Poverty alleviation measures
! Reforms needed
! Problems in implementation of Poverty
2. Services relating to Health, alleviation programmes
Education, Human Resources ! Poverty and Hunger
! Education structure in India ! Food security programmes and issues
! Primary, secondary and higher education
! Hunger and health
! Initiatives taken by GOI in education
! Impact of hunger and poverty on economic
! Issues development of the nation
! Reforms needed ! Controversy related to poverty data
! Recommendations of committees estimation
! Future prospects in education sector 4. The Scheduled And Tribal Areas
! Skill development ! 5th Schedule Areas
! Health indicators ! 6th Schedule Areas
! Health structure in India ! Composition of autonomous councils
! Private and Public health structure
! Role and functions of councils
! Issues
! Role of Governor with respect to tribal areas
! Reforms needed
! Tribal sub plan
! NITI Aayog Report

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Culture + Modern India History &
world History
Sub-topic listing

Indian Culture 3. Early Resistance to British Rule

! Paleolithic art ! Tribal revolts
! Art & culture during Indus Valley civilization ! Civil rebellions and peasant revolts
! Religion and Indian philosophy ! Nature and significance of civil rebellions
! Architecture and sculpture Since Mauryan age ! Various peasant movements in India
! Indian paintings ! The Revolt of 1857
! Classical forms of dance 4. Nationalism in India-I
! Folk dance forms ! Rise of nationalism in India
! Classical music ! Social basis of Indian Nationalism
! Musical instruments ! Rise and growth of Indian National Congress
! Drama/theatre ! Policies and programmes of early nationalists
! Puppet forms of India ! Role of literature and news-media in freedom
! Indian pottery struggle
! Indian literature 5. Nationalism in India-II
! Government institutions related to art and culture ! Intensification of nationalist movement
! Culture and social change ! Home Rule League
Modern History ! Militants and Revolutionaries
1. British Conquest of India ! Gadar movement
! Decline of Mughal empire 6. Indian Freedom Struggle Under Gandhi
! Rise of regional politics ! Gandhi in South Africa
! India in Eighteenth Century ! Non- Co-operation Movement
! Advent of Europeans ! Civil Disobedience Movement
! Factors that led to conquest of India by ! Round Table Conference
Britishers ! Poona Pact
! Resistance of Indian powers and causes of
! 1939 Tripuri Session
failure
! August Offer
! Evolution of British paramount over princely
states ! Individual Satyagraha 1940-41
2. British Administration ! Quit India Movement
! British colonialism in India ! British Official response to national
! British policies in India movement
! British Economic Policies and their impact 7. Social Reforms in British India
! Rise of capitalist class ! Regeneration, Reform and Renaissance in
! Activities of Christian Missionaries India
! Governors- Generals and administration till ! Social reformers in India
1857 ! Reforms in western India
! Colonial administration till 1857 ! Role of reformers

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 ! Nature and limitation of 19th century 5. Problem of Caste and Social
renaissance Consolidation
! Caste movement in south India ! Caste practices in India
! Caste movements in northern and eastern ! Ambedkar Movement
India ! Constitutional provisions
8. Struggle by the Masses ! Recent government initiatives for
! Trade Union Movement in India emancipation of Scheduled Castes
! Issues of Manual Scavenging
! Peasant Movements in modern India
! The States Peoples Movements
6. Communalism & Social Consolidation
! Secularism
! Socialists and Left Bloc in Congress
! Causes of Communalism in India
! Naval mutiny of 1946
! Consequences of the communalism and
9. Partition of India social consolidation
! Rise and growth of communalism 7. Issue of Linguistic Minorities
! Partition of India and attainment of freedom ! Operational Inefficiency
! Wavell Plan ! Government initiatives
! Cabinet Mission Plan 8. Overview of Economic Development
! Mountbatten Plan Since Independence
Post Independence India ! Planning in India
! Agriculture
1. Re-organisation of states ! Industry
! Constitutional provisions related to State ! Service sector
formation ! Current challenges facing the Indian
! Factors that lead to merger economy
! Accession of the princely states 9. Agriculture
! Accession of States under France and ! Journey through Five Year Plans
Portuguese ! Land Reforms
! Accession of Sikkim ! Post Green Revolution Agricultural Issues
! Rehabilitation of the Refugees Agrarian Movements
! Federal crisis ! Achievements in Agriculture Since
Independence
! Regional aspirations, insurgencies and areas
! Recent Challenges
of tension
10. Industry
! Accommodation and national integration
! Industrial development since
2. Linguistic Regionalism In India independence
! Constitutional position and language policy ! Public sector since independence
! Language and regionalism ! Sectoral Development
! Recent controversy due to rise of Hindi ! Private Sector since Independence
3. Tribal Issue And Policy Consolidation ! Industrial Policy since Independence
! Make in India
! Issues & Present Status
11. New Economic Policy
! Policy consolidation
! Impact of New Economic Policy
4. Issue Of Women And Evolution Of
12. Post Independence Policy Of Science
Women Movement And Technology
! Issues & challenges ! Indias Policy in the Field of the Science
! Women movements and Technology
! Government policy response and legislation ! Institutional Framework for Science and
! Governmental schemes Technology Development

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 ! Science and Technology In Pre- Reform ! Analysis of major events of the war
Period ! Consequences of World War I
! Impact of Economic Reform on the Science ! Aftermath of World War I
and Technology in India:
! League of Nations
! New Policy Initiatives in the S&T
7. Russian Revolution
! Agenda of the Skill Training
! Major events in pre-revolution Russia
World History
! Causes
1. Industrial Revolution ! Course of revolution
! Decline of feudalism ! Consequences
! Beginning of Renaissance ! Aftermath of the war
! Pre-industrial Europe ! Post-Lenin Russia
! Agricultural Revolution 8. Inter-War Years (1919 To 1939)
! Factors that led to industrial revolution ! The Great Depression
! Impact of industrial revolution ! The Great Depression- an economic
2. French Revolution perspective
! Rise of Fascism in Italy
! Causes
! Rise of Nazism in Germany
! The revolution in France
! Soviet Union (USSR)
! France under Napoleon
! Impact of revolution 9. World War- II
! Significance of revolution ! Foundations of the war
3. Nationalism in Europe ! Course of the war
! Aftermath of war
! Rise of the nation- state system
! Analysis of the war
! Unification of Italy
! Decolonization phase
! Unification of Germany
4. Colonialism and Imperialism 10. Development In Middle East
! Democratic reforms in Middle East
! Colonialism
! Arab nationalism
! The age of Imperialism (1870-1914)
! Israel
! Imperialism in Asia
! Analysis of Colonialism 11. Cold War
5. Emergence of USA ! Cold War Era
! Impact in India
! Foundation of American Colonies
! Indian Policy
! The Independence of United States of America
! The American Revolutionary War 12. Post Cold-War World
! What was the impact of American Revolution? ! Global issues since 1991
! Political Effects of the Revolution ! Integration of Europe
! How did the American Revolution influence the ! European integration- a timeline
French Revolution? ! Rise of global Islamic terrorism
! US Civil War ! Rise of China
! Impact of Civil War on USA 13. Communism, Socialism and
! Global Impact of US Civil War Capitalism
! Impact on India
! Capitalism (concept, types and example)
6. World War-I ! Communism (concept, types, example)
! Major causes of the war ! Relevance of capitalism in present era
! Course of the war ! Socialism

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Environment & Disaster Management
Sub-topic listing
Environment
1. Biodiversity
! What is biodiversity?
! Types of biodiversity
! Importance of biodiversity
! Causes of biodiversity loss
! Impact of the loss of biodiversity
! Ecologically Sensitive area
2. Biodiversity conservation
! In situ and ex situ conservation
! New technologies for conservation
! Economic incentives for conservation **********
! Role of government
! Role of NGOs
! People participation
! Community forest management
! Eco tourism
! Traditional methods of biodiversity
conservation
! Initiatives in India
3. Water resource degradation
! Ocean resource degradation
! Groundwater degradation
! Surface water degradation
! Water management
4. Climate change and environment
! Causes
! Impact
! Initiatives
! Future initiatives
! Some new technologies to overcome
climate change
! National treaties
! International treaties
! Analysis of treaties
! Country specific initiatives (some important)
! Disparity between developed and non
developed on environment issues
! Climate changes and Ethics
5. Environment and urbanization
! Water degradation in urban areas
! Pollution in Metros
! e-waste Management and Handling
! Disposal of untreated sewage
! Real estate boom and environment
degradation
! Haphazard construction in hilly areas and
impact
! Environment clearance and development
issue
! Polythene bags and pollution
! Impact of tower radiation
6. Mining and environment
! Impact of mining on environmental
degradation
! Go and No-Go policy of government
! Forest clearance issues
! Issue of displacement
7. Agriculture and environment
! Green revolution and its impact
! GM food and its impact
! Irrigation issues
! Contamination of land and water
! Desertification
! Deforestation
8. Environmental Impact Assessment
! Process of EIA
! Process of EIA in India
! Organizations involved in EIA in India
! Advantages of EIA
! Economic development and EIA linkage
! Environment accounting
! Environment ethics
9. Concept of Sustainable Development
! What is sustainable development?
! Parameters of Sustainable development
! Global and regional dimensions
! Sustainable agriculture
! Sustainable forest management
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 ! Industrial waste management ! Man Made Disasters in India
! Water resource management ! Disaster Management Cycle
! Disaster Management Institutions in India
Disaster Management ! Emergency Response Mechanism
! Introduction ! Community Based Disaster Management
! Natural Disasters ! Leveraging Science & Technology in
Disaster Management

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Ethics Test - 1

Sub-topic listing
Ethics & Human Values ! Humility
! Adaptability
1. Ethics Basic Introduction
! Magnanimity
! Dimensions of Ethics ! Perseverance
! Essence of Ethics ! Impartiality and Non-Partisanship
! Approaches of Ethical Study as Indian ! Tolerance and compassion for the weaker
Perspective and Western Perspective section
! Basic concept of ethics morality and value ! Contribution to society
! Ethics in public life
4. India & World Thinkers
! Ethics in Economic Life
! Indian Thinkers
! Freedom and Discipline
 Mahatama Gandhi
! Duties and Rights
 Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
! Virtue Ethics
 Rabindranath Tagore
! Consequences of Ethics in Human Actions
 Swami Dayanand Saraswati
! Values and Ethics in Government: Legislature,
Executive and judiciary  Mahadeva Govinda Ranade
! Contribution of Family in Value Education  Sri Aurobindo
! Contribution of Society in Inculcating Values  Swami Vivekananda
! Role of Educational Institutions in Inculcating  Sardar Patel
Values  Buddha Bhim Rao Ambedkar
2. Human values  Raja Ram Mohan Roy
! Human value & Socialization  Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj
! Individual Personality and Value  Mother Teresa
! Values and Skill  Amitabha Chowdhury
! Fundamental and Instrumental Values  Aruna Roy
! Democratic values  T. N. Seshan
! Role of ethical value in governance and society  E. Sreedharan
! Significance of value in civil services ! Administrative Thinkers
! Aesthetic values  Max Weber
! Values in work life and professional ethics  Elton Mayo
 Peter Drucker
3. Aptitude and foundational values of
 Chestar Barnard
civil services
 Mary Parker Follet
! Aptitude
! World Thinkers
! Essential Aptitude for civil servants
 Plato
! Foundational Values of Civil Services
 Aristotle
! Neutrality
 Socrates
! Anonymity
 Jeremy Bentham
! Civil Services Accountability
 JS Mill
! Integrity

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  Thomas Hobbes  Isaac Newton
 John Locke  Elie Wiesel
 Jean Jacques Rousseau  King Ashoka
 John Rawls  Sun Yat Sen
 Immanuel Kant Ethics & Government
 Carol Gilligan
1. Attitude
 Jean Paul Sartre
! Components of Attitude
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
 Affective component
 Confucius
 Cognitive component
 Ren Descartes
 Behavioral component
 Karl Marx
! Functions of Attitude
 Adam Smith
 Adjustive Function
 Thomas Aquinas
 Ego-Defensive Function
 David Hume
 Value-Expressive Function
 Democritus
 Knowledge Function
 Galileo
! Attitude Formation Model
 Friedrich Nietzsche
! Impact of Beliefs and Values
 Montesquieu
! Group Influences
 Voltaire
! Social Influence
 Thomas Jefferson
! Persuasion Tactics
! Indian & World Leaders
! Tools of Persuasion
 Benjamin Franklin
! Moral Attitude formation
 Martin Luther King
! Political Attitude formation
 Dalai Lama
2. Emotional intelligence
 Nelson Mandela
! Theories Associated with Emotional
 Mahatma Gandhi Intelligence
 Siddhartha Gautama ! Can Emotional Intelligence be Developed?
 Aung San Suu Kyi ! Components of Emotional Competencies
 Swami Vivekanand  The Self-Awareness Cluster:
 Albert Einstein Understanding Feelings and Accurate
 Abraham Lincoln Self-Assessment
 Mother Teresa  The Self-Management Cluster: Managing
 J L Nehru Internal States, Impulses, and Resources
 Lee Kuan Yew  The Social Awareness Cluster: Reading
People and Groups Accurately
 Henry Ford
 The Relationship Management Cluster:
 Abdul Kalam
Inducing Desirable Responses in Others
 Muhammad Yunus
! Importance of Emotional Intelligence at
 Wangari Maathai Workplace
 Kofi Annan ! Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Civil
 Lech Walesa Services
 Desmond Tutu

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Indian Society

Sub-topic listing

Indian Society 6. Social empowerment

1. Salient features of Indian society
! Features of Indian society
! Changes within Indian society and their
repercussions
! Causes of changes
! Indian society today
2. Diversity of India
! What is diversity?
! Types of diversities in India
! Can diversity be equated with difference?
! The unity in diversity- a reality or a chimera
! Some examples
! Manner of reconciliation
3. Role of womens organizations
! Womens organizations in Indian history
! Types of womens organizations
! Level of penetration
! Womens organization a ray of hope few
case studies
! Problems faced by womens organizations
! Is a larger vocal role possible and ways to
achieve the same
! Role of SHGs, Micro finance Institutuions
4. Poverty and development issues
! Poverty
! Concept of development
! Sen vs Bhagwati model
! Crisis of development
! Certain case studies
! Governments initiatives and the five year
plans
! Role of civil society organizations
5. Effects of globalization on Indian
society
! What is the meaning of globalization
! Kinds of impact of globalization economic,
political, developmental and socio-cultural
! Is the impact solely positive or negative
! Meaning and concept of social
empowerment
! Why do we need social empowerment?
! Specific sections for whom social
empowerment is the life blood
! Social empowerment through the five year
plans
! Governments initiatives for empowerment
! Empowerment in reality and Indias
experience
! Other approaches /players/tools for social
empowerment and some case studies on
the same
7. Communalism
! Meaning and concept of communalism
! Historicity of communalism
! Recent incidents
! Role of third parties in inciting/perpetrating
communalism
! Communalism under the law
! Can communalism eradicated from the
Indian society completely
8. Secularism
! Meaning and concept of secularism
! Secularism through the vantage point of
Indian Constitution
! Comparisons of models Indian & Western
! Gandhi ji on religion
! Indian philosophy on secularism
! Threats on the secular spirit
! Is the Indian democracy mature enough to
handle the gravity of secularism
9. Regionalism
! Meaning and concept of regionalism
! Theories on regionalism
! Regionalism in its various manifestations
! Role of various players
! Recent incidents causing a wave of flurry
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 Social Issues in News
! Secularism, Regionalism
Communalism
 Secularism and Anti-Conversion
 Regionalism: Demand for smaller states
 Repercussions of making Hindi compulsory
 Socio-Economic Caste Census, 2011
! Issues related to Women
 Maternity benefit Amendment Bill
 Altruistic surrogacy in India
 Status of widows
 Acid Attacks
 SC banned Women Sterilization in India
 Issue of Sex ratio
 Issue of Triple Talaq
 Female Foeticide and Infanticide
 Reservation for Women in Legislature
 Women in Combat Duties
 Women in panchayats
 Women participation in Economy
 Challenges faced by Working Women
 Draft National Policy for Women, 2016
! Issues related to Children
 Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses
 Issue of malnutrition in India
 Amendments proposed in Child Labour Act
 Plight of street children
 Adoption Regulations, 2017
 National Child Policy
 Out of school children: Issues and Steps needed
 Cradle Baby Scheme
 Juvenile Justice System
 Child Marriages In India
 Draft bill on child abduction
 National Action Plan for Children, 2016
 Report on the Protection of Children (Inter-
Country Removal and Retention) Bill, 2016
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! Social issues
 Social stigma attached with HIV
&  Issues related to Transgender and Transgender
Persons Bill, 2015
 Euthanasia Issue: An Analysis
 Right to Privacy and Aadhaar
 Mental Health Care Bill
 Anti-Trafficking Bill, 2016
 Challenge of ageing with dignity
 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act
 Maintenance of Welfare of Parents and Senior
Citizens Act
 Manual Scavenging
 Mob lynching and Rule of Law
 Issue related to Undertrials
 Issues related to Sanitation
 Sharp reality of displacement
 Moral policing
 Income inequality in India
 Forest Rights Act: Analysis
! Health & Education
 Issue of poor infrastructure in schools
 No Detention Policy
 New Policy on Education
 Lancent Report on Healthcare spending
 New Health Policy, 2017
 Technology Adaptation in Health Care
 Food Fortification
! Government initiatives in social sector
 Progress Panchayat initiative
 National Sex Offender Registry
 Slum Re-development
 Issue of farmer suicide in India
 Anthropological Survey of India
 National Commission for Socially and
Educationally Backward Classes
 T.V.S.N. Prasad Report On Pellet Guns
 Uniform Civil Code
 Concept of Open Prison
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Indian Polity

Sub-topic listing

Values in the Constitution ! Right to Equality

1. Historical evolution and features
! Importance of Constitution
! Historical evolution of the Constitution
! Constituent Assembly
! Objectives of the Constitution
! Salient features of Indian Constitution
! Unitary features
! Federal features
! Parliamentary form of government
! Presidential form of government
! Parliamentary vs. Presidential system of
government
2. Preamble
! Preamble
 Basic features
 Value premises of constitution
 Terminologies as:
 Democratic
! Right to Freedom
! Right against Exploitation
! Right to Freedom of Religion
! Cultural and Educational Rights
! Right to Constitutional Remedies
! Difference between procedure established by
law and due process of law
! Writs and their uses
! Restrictive limitations on fundamental rights
4. DPSP
! Basic features
! Directives
! Economic and Social DPSP
! Gandhian DPSP
! Administrative DPSP
! DPSP related to International Peace
! Implementation of DPSP
! Fundamental Rights and the Directive
Principles of State Policy Controversy

 Sovereign
5. Fundamental duties
 socialist ! Features
 Secular ! Link of Fundamental Rights and Fundamental
 Republic
Duties
 Justice 6. Other principles
 Equality ! Process of law making in India
 Liberty ! Role of constitutional and extra constitutional
 Fraternity bodies in law making
 Integrity ! Basic structure: How it evolves?
2. Citizenship ! Different types of majorities required in Indian
constitution
! Basic constitutional features ! DPSP Fundamental Rights
! Methodology of getting citizenship ! Doctrines terminologies
! Modes of Losing the Citizenship of India 7. Separation of powers
! Concept of dual citizenship
! Features in American and UK constitution
! Citizenship provisions in J&K
! Checks and balances provisions in Indian
! Special privileges enjoyed by citizens in India constitution
3. Fundamental rights ! Judicial Review
! Significance of Fundamental Rights ! Concept of separation of powers

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 8. Comparison of the Indian ! Issues between Centre and State after 1990
constitutional scheme with that of reforms
other countries ! Foreign policy and Centre and State
Relations
! It should cover Comparison of USA, UK, India
3. Functions of Parliament
and neighbours
! Composition of Rajya Sabha
9. Election Commission
! Composition of Lok Sabha
! Election Commission of India -Appointment of ! Composition of Legislative assembly and
CEC- Need for a new committee system, like in Legislative Council
case of CVC
! Qualification and disqualification of MPs and
! Issue of paid news MLAs
! Electoral reforms- state funding ! Vacation of seats
! Model Code of Conduct- need for statutory ! Sessions of parliament
backup
! Law making procedure
10. Representation of Peoples Act ! Officers of Parliament and state legislature
! Salient features of the Representation of People ! Parliament Proceedings
Act, 1950 ! Motions and resolutions in Parliament
! Salient features of Representation of Peoples ! Powers and Privileges
Act, 1951
! Financial proceedings
! The Representation of the People (Amendment
! Comparison of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
and Validation) Act
! Comparison of Legislative assembly and
Executive, Legislature and Judiciary council
1. Functions and responsibilities of the ! Women reservation in Parliament and issues
Union and the States ! Lowering of Parliamentary powers
! Regulating functions of Government ! Parliamentary committees and their working
! Development functions of government ! Judicial activism and Parliament
! Service providing functions of government ! Delegated legislation and issues
! Problems in implementation 4. Structure, organization and
! Recommendations for improvement functioning of the Executive
! Interrelationship between union, state and ! President
local government in implementation of roles ! PM
! Constitutional provisions related to financial ! CoM
devolution ! Attorney General of India
! Issues of financial devolution ! Governor
2. Issues and challenges pertaining to ! Chief Minister
the federal structure ! Advocate-General
! Administrative relations ! Issues
! Legislative relations  Ordinance making power
! Financial relations  Passage of bills
! Misuse of Article 356 ! Misuse of emergency provisions
! Issues related to concurrent list  Pardon power
! Issues related to appointment of Governor  Coalition government
! Issues related to state formation
5. Ministries and Departments of the
! Poor devolution of finances Government
! Reserving bill for Presidential approval ! Functioning of Ministries
! Central sponsored schemes and issues ! Central Secretariat
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Political and Governance Issues in News
! Reforms needed
! International methodology ! Relevance of Rajya Sabha
! Special privileges to MPs and its implications
6. Panchayats
! Frequent disruption of Parliament and its impact
! Provisions of 73rd AA and 74th AA
! Anti-Defection Law
! Role and functions of different tiers
! Office of Profit issue
! Municipal Corporations
! Basics of Separation of Power in India
! Municipal Councils
! President Rule
! Nagar Panchayats
! Provisions related to Removal of Governors
! The steps taken towards womens
! Politicization of post of Governor
empowerment
! Political Parties and RTI
! Role of State Election commission
! Frequent promulgation of Ordinance
! Role of State Finance Commission
! Freebies Politics in India
! Smart City Mission & Municipal Governance
! NJAC declared unconstitutional by Supreme
7. Judiciary Court
! Supreme Court ! Concept of defamation in India
! The role of the Supreme Court of India as ! Contempt of Court
guardian of the Constitution and protector ! Public Interest Litigation
of Fundamental Rights
! Issue of Judicial over-reach
! Judicial Review
! Future challenges to Judiciary
! PIL
! Judicial reforms
! Judicial Activism
! Advocates amendment bill
! Judiciary appointment
! National Litigation Policy
! High Courts ! Simultaneous Elections
! Subordinate Courts ! Introduction of NOTA in Elections
! Appointments in higher Judiciary ! Provision of Compulsory Voting
! Collegiums System ! State funding in elections
! NJAC Controversy ! Voting rights to NRI
! National Court of Appeal ! Issue of Paid News
! Judicial Accountability ! New norms in corporate political funding
! Issues of corruption in judiciary ! Role of civil society in free and fair election
8. Dispute redressal mechanisms and ! Women voices in elections
institutions ! Issues with working of political parties
! What is Dispute redressal mechanism? ! NITI Aayog
! Need of Dispute redressal mechanisms ! Autonomy of CBI
! Administrative tribunal and issues ! Electoral Reforms
! Fast Track Courts and issues ! Right to Information
! Gram Nyalayas and issues ! MGNREGA
! Parivarik Mahila Lok Adalats and issues ! Accountability and transparency in NGOs
! Family Courts and issues ! Analysis of functioning of CAG
! Lok Adalat and issues ! Good Samaritans
! NALSA and issues ! Lobbying in India
! Dispute redressal for Weaker section ! Pro-Active Governance and Timely
Implementation (PRAGATI)
! Arbitration Mechanism
! Reforms needed in Indian Bureaucracy
! International Arbitrary Centre
! VIP culture
! Commercial Court

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 ! Media and censorship ! Special Category Status
! Direct Benefit Transfer ! Education qualification made mandatory for
! Model land leasing law prepared by Niti Aayog contesting Local Government Elections
! Safety of Aadhar data and privacy issues ! Reforms needed in Municipalities in Sync with
Urban development Missions
! Right Based Approach in policy making
! 14 th Finance Commission and Local
! SC makes national anthem mandatory
Governments Direct Benefit transfer
! NFSA implemented
! Issues with the Education System
! National Water Framework Bill
! Demographic Advantage
! Directly Elected Mayor
! Challenges faced by Working Women
! UT working (69th Constitutional Amendment
! Role of women in panchayat
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! Forest Rights Act
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Science Tech. & Internal Security

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Science & Technology ! E-governance: different initiatives by

government
1. S&T policy after independence 2003, ! National Policy on IT
2013 ! Cloud Computing
2. Nanotechnology ! Internet banking, M-Banking
! E-learning
! Applications
! National Knowledge Network
 In medicine
! Internet of Things
 In industry
4. Space
 In space
 In consumer goods ! Brief history of space technology in India
 In transport ! How a satellite works?
 In electronics ! Different parts of satellites in brief
 In environment ! ISRO and its achivements
 In textile ! Launch vehicle types
! Nano Mission of India ! Propulsion systems
! Nano knowledge city ! Cryogenic rockets and its significiance
! Indias missile programe
! Initiatives by different companies
! Submarines & its significance
! Challenges
! Reusable technology
! International cooperation
! International Space Station
3. Information Technology (IT)
! INSAT and its applications
! Computers and their Generations ! Examples of some latest INSAT satellites
! Supercomputers ! Remote Sensing Satellites and its
! Networking and types applications
! Internet ! Examples of some latest Remote sensing
! IPV6 Satellites
! IP Telephony ! Future programmes of India
! Social networking sites and its impact ! Tele education
! Computer crimes ! DTH
! Cyber laws ! International collaborations
! Types of computer viruses ! Space as a source of mass social
development
! Recent controversy on online content
! Environmental effects of satellites
! Digital signature
! UIDAI project: use of IT in fingerprinting, iris
5. Electronics
scanning etc ! How semiconductor works
! Net Neutrality, Big Data Initiative ! What are photovoltaic devices?
! Artificial Intelligence ! LED and OLED
! Digital Convergence ! Plasma

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 ! LCD, CFL, CRT  Tidal and wave energy
! HDTV  Biofuel, biogas, etc
! Triple play  Hydrogen fuel and its uses
! Lasers  Some new inventions
! 3-D & Animation 8. Biotechnology
! Superconductors ! What is biotechnology?
! Government initiatives for development of ! Branches of Biotechnology
electronic industry
! Bio fingerprinting
! Electronics Policy 2011
! Bio sensors
! Robotics
! Genetic engineering
! Laser
! Recombinant technology
! Superconductivity
! Gene mutation
6. Defence ! Human genome project
! Basic concepts as what is missile and how it ! Gene sequence of arhar, neemetc
works? ! Bio piracy
! Stealth technology with intro of RADAR ! Bio-grid
! Difference between ballistic and cruise ! Bt cotton
missile ! Bt Brinjal and controversy
! What is Mach speed? ! Cloning
! Division of types of missiles in relation with ! Stem cells
India missile programme
! Applications in agriculture, industry, food,
! Anti ballistic missiles and how it works health etc.
! BRAHMOS and its significance ! Institutional structure for dev of
! Different technological development in biotechnology in India
weapons and aircrafts for Air force ! Initiatives by government for the dev of
! Institutional structure for R & D in defence biotechnology
! Role of DRDO for overall dev of defence ! Bioinformatics
system other than weapons as frozen foods, ! International collaborations
Defense Technology Road Map of India
! Biotechnology & Ethics
! Submarines and its significance
! Biotechnology and society
7. Energy ! Biotechnology and environment
! Overview of fossil fuels as coal, crude oil 9. Nuclear technology
! New technologies to decrease its pollution ! Basic concepts as:
content
 What is radioactivity?
! Thermal power plants, how it works and
 Applications of radioactivity
disadvantages
 Nuclear fission
! Hydroelectric power plants, working and
drawbacks  Nuclear fusion
! Carbon sequestration  What is coolant, modulator, fuel used etc
! Carbon footprint concept  How nuclear power generates
! New policies of government to make fossil  Different types of nuclear reactors as fast
energy resources more greener breeder, boiling water reactor etc
! Renewable energy resources and its  Civilian and military use of nuclear
advantages over non renewable technology
 Solar energy ! Overview of different countries involved in
nuclear technology with intro of ITER.
 Wind energy
! Disadvantages with focus on nuclear
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nuclear technology in India
! India nuclear policy
! Nuclear programme
! Recent controversy of establishing nuclear
reactors
! Safety parameters issued by government
! Uranium mines in India
! Technologies and applications for societal
development in India
10. Telecommunication
! Basic concepts as:
 What is analog and digital?
 What are the different multiplexing
techniques?
 Optical fibre system
 Networking devices as Modem, ISDN,
PSTN, etc.
 What is spectrum?
 How mobile phone works?
! GSM and CDMA
! Different Generations of Mobile
! Types of mobile batteries
! Wi-Fi; Wimax; Bluetooth; WiBro; WAP; GPRS
! What are Broadband and its uses?
! Satellite Phone
! GPS navigation, NAVIC
! Radiation emission guidelines set for Mobile
Handsets, Mobile Base Stations
! Spectrum Licencing
! Telecomm applications for the socio-
economic dev of the masses
11. Science and Technology applications
and effects in everyday life: Daily
applications of science and its
penetration in life
12. Science and inclusive growth
13. Science and economic development
14. Science and governance
15. Innovation: Need of the hour
16. Achievements of Indians in science &
technology
Internal Security
1. Internal Security Challenges
! Social Diversity as Issues of Security Threat
! Challenges from within
! Neighbours as Issue of Security Threat
! Non-State Actors as Issue of Security Threat
! Global Indices and Measurement of
Vulnerability of a State Towards such Non-
State Actors
! Law and Order vs. Internal Security
2. Terrorism Threat to India
! Changing face of Terrorism
! Terror Threats Faced by India
! Broader Framework to Deal with Terrorism
! Drawbacks in Intelligence Infrastructure
3. Organized Crime
! Types of Organized Crime
! Problems in controlling organized crimes
! Combating organized crimes
! Linkage of Terrorism and Organized Crime
in India
4. Linkage between Development and
Spread of Extremism
! Stated Purpose of the Naxal Movement
! Why naxalism got huge support from
common man?
! Why naxalism is biggest threat to internal
security?
5. Insurgency in North-East
! Issues & Conflicts
! Assam Insurgency
6. Security Challenges in Border Areas
! Challenges to Border Management
! Issues Faced in Border Management
! Community Participation for Border
Management
7. Basics of Cyber Security
! Types of Cyber Crimes
! Impact and Steps needed
! Recent Incident: Ransomware
! The National Cyber Security Policy of India
2013
8. Cyber Warfare
! Factors Contributing/Aggravating Rise of
Cyber Attack
! Recent Initiatives for Tackling Cyber Warfare
9. Social Media and Internal Security
Threat
! Regulation of Social Media in India for
Internal Security
! Challenges in Monitoring Social Media
! Steps Needed
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! Meaning of Money Laundering
! Harmful Effects of Money Laundering
! Steps taken by the Government
11. Black Money in India
! Parallel Economy in India
! What are the various measures taken by
Government to curb Black Money?
! Impact of demonetisation on black money
! Criticisms
12. Police Reforms in India
! The Organisational Structure
! Duties and Responsibilities of the Police
! Centres Role in Policing
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! Traditional Security Challenges
! Non-Traditional Security Challenges (NTS)
! Recommendations for Police Reforms
! Police we Want in 21st Century
13. Various Security Forces and their
Mandate
! Assam Rifles
! Border Security Force (BSF)
! Indo-Tibetan Border Police
! Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
! Central Reserve Police Force
! National Security Guard
! Issues with Paramilitary Forces
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Ethics Test - 2

Sub-topic listing

Case Study ! Flaws in RTI and recommendations for

1. Values and ethics in public
administration
! Ethical Concerns in Public Institution
! Ethical Concerns in Private Institutions
! Ethical Dilemmas in Public and Private
Institutions
! Laws, Rules and Regulations as Source of
Ethical Guidance
! Accountability and Ethical Governance
! Strengthening of Ethical and Moral Values
in Governance
! Moral Judgments in International Relations
! Ethical Relation in Funding
! International Relations and concept of Moral
Responsibility
! Ethics in working of international
organizations
! What is Corporate Governance?
! Models of Corporate Social Responsibility
! Steps taken by World Bank for Good
Corporate Governance
! Norms for Corporate Government in India
! Concept of business ethics
2. Probity in governance
! Concept of Public Service
! Philosophical basis of Governance and
Probity
! Information Sharing,Transparency and Right
to Information
improvement
! Importance of vigilant citizens
! Information sharing and participation
! Importance of Code of ethics
! Code of Ethics in Professions
! Code of Conduct for Ministers; for Legislators;
for Civil Servants; for Regulators and for the
Judiciary
! Components of a Citizen Charter
! Steps in formulation of a Citizens Charter
! Concept of Work Culture
! The Indian Approach to Work
! Methods of improving Work Culture
! Quality of Service Delivery
! Utilisation of Public Funds
! Problems in Fund Release and Utilization
! Parliamentary Control on Expenditure
! Corruption in India: extent, dimension, and
response
! Corruption as a social evil
! Probity in public life
! Corrupt practice among civil servants and
official misconduct
! Exposing corruption: Civil Society initiatives
and role of Whistleblower Act
! Tackling corruption: Role of government and
institutions of governance
! Controlling corruption: Various approaches
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Geography

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Physical Geography (World & India) 5. Important Geophysical phenomena

! Earthquakes
Physical Geography (world) ! Tsunami
1. Geomorphology ! Volcanic activity
! Meaning & Scope of Geomorphology ! Cyclone
! Internal Structure of Earth 6. Geographical features and their location
! The Theory of Continental Drift ! Mountains
! Convection Current Hypothesis ! Plains
! Plate Tectonics theory ! Plateaus
! Rocks ! Other features
! A Classification of Forces affecting the ! Degradation due to human activities
landforms 7. Changes in critical geographical features
! Mountain Building ! Human impact on geographical features as
! Earthquakes & Tsunamis climate change, ocean acidification, water
! Volcanism depletion, pollution, deforestation,
! Plains and Plateau desertification, erosion.
! Lakes and Swamps Physical Geography (India)
! Theory of Isostacy 1. Space Relations of India with Neighbouring
! Weathering and Erosion Countries
! Landforms and their Evolution ! Sino-Indian Relations
2. Oceanography ! Indo-Pak Border Dispute
! Ocean Bottom Relief ! India Bangladesh Border
! Temperature and Salinity of Ocean Waters ! Structure and Relief
! Ocean Currents 2. Major Rock Systems of India
! Tides ! Archaean Group
! Coral Reefs ! The Purana Group
3. Climatology ! The Dravidian Group
! Earths Atmosphere ! The Aryan Group
! Weather and Climate ! The Tertiary System
! Air Mass, Fronts & Cyclones 3. Physiography of India
! Climate classification ! Physical Features
4. Bio-geography ! Physiographic Regions
! Soil Characteristics  Northern Mountains
! Factors Responsible for Soil Formation  The Great Northern Plains
! Stages of Soil Formation  The Peninsular Upland
! Soil Forming Processes  The Indian Coastal Plains
! Soil Profiles and Horizons  The Indian Islands
! Soil Classification 4. Drainage System
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! A Comparative Analysis of Himalayan and 9. Drought and Floods in India
Peninsular Rivers ! Floods in India
5. Indian Monsoon and Climatic Regions of ! Causes of Floods
India
! Flood Management
! Theories for Mechanism of Monsoon
! Droughts in India
! Role of Tibetan Plateau (TP)
! Drought Management
! Theory for Bursting of Monsoon
! Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP)
! Retreating Monsoon
! El Nio-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) effect
Economic Geography + Human
on Monsoon Geography + Resource
! Indian Ocean Dipole and Monsoon 1. Natural Resources and its Classification
! Rainfall Patterns in India ! Classification of Natural Resources
! Climatic Regions of India ! Land Resources
6. Indian Ocean ! Soil Resources
! Physiography and Geology ! Forest Resources
! India Submarine Features ! Water Resources
 Continental Rise, Slope, and Shelf ! Energy Resources
 Oceanic Ridges and Fracture Zones ! Mineral Resources
 Ocean Basins 2. Mineral resource
 Seamounts ! Types of minerals: Metallic minerals
 Trenches ! Non-metallic mineral
 Bottom Deposits ! Distribution of minerals and mining regions
! Climate in Indian Ocean Region ! Distribution, production and international
 Monsoon Zone trade of Metallic minerals
 Trade-winds Zone 3. Energy resources
 Subtropical and Temperate Zone ! Classification of energy
 Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Zone ! Production of conventional energy
! Economic Aspects of Indian Ocean ! General trends of energy production and
 Mineral Resources consumption
 Biological Resources ! Reserves and sources of energy
 Fisheries 4. Agriculture in India
! Trade and Transportation in Indian Ocean ! Role of Agriculture in Indian Economy
 Indian Ocean: Foreign Policy Objectives ! Problems of Indian agriculture
of India ! Infrastructure and institutional factors
 Major Objectives ! Cropping pattern and crop combination
 Specific Foreign Policy Objectives for ! Land Capability
Key Indian Ocean States and Regions
! The Green Revolution
! Geopolitics of Indian Ocean: Why the Indian
Ocean Matters? ! Dry Zone Agriculture
7. Soils of India ! Livestock Resources
! Soils of India and its General Characteristics ! Agro-Climate Regions
! Soil Erosion and Conservation 5. Industry
 Soil Erosion ! Locational factors of various Industries
 Effects of Soil Erosion  Cotton Industry
 Soil Conservation  Silk Industry
8. Natural Vegetation in India  Woolen Textile Industry
! Forest Resource of India  Readymade Garment
! Problems of Indian Forestry  Handloom Industry

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  Jute Industry
 Iron and Steel Industry
 Aluminum Industry
 Fertilizer Industry
 Paper Industry
 Chemical Industries
 Petro Chemicals Industries
 Automobile Industry
 Cottage Industry
! Industrial Regions
! New Industrial Policy
! New Manufacturing Policy
! Special Economic Zone (SEZ)
! Multinational Corporations Role
6. Geographical Indication (GI)
! What is Geographical Indication
! Significance of GI Tag
! India GI Tags
! Other Intellectual Property Rights
7. Transport
! Importance and development of transport
! Means of transport
! Transport costs and economic distance
! Operating costs in transport
! Relative importance of means of transport:
Railways, Roads, Pipeline, Oceans, Air
transport
! Profits and freight rates
! Government's transport policy
! Transport patterns in the world: Oceanic
transport
! Ocean transport routes
! Inland waterways
! Main regions of inland waterways
! Railways: Factors affecting the railroads
! Distribution of railroads in the world
! Factors influencing air transport
! Pipeline Transport
! Petroleum (oil) Pipelines
! Gas Pipelines
! Transport costs and specialization
! Transport and trade in the modern era
! Transport costs and scale economies
! Falling transport costs increase trade
between neighbours
! Failing transport costs lead to concentration
within countries
! Negative externalities of transport
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! Important issues
 Ownership and financing
 Pricing of Public utilities
 Infrastructure as avenues for investment
 Project delays-reasons and measures to
overcome
 Public Private Partnership and related
issues
 Operation and Maintenance of roads,
railways, irrigation and power projects-
Main problems and solutions
 Impact of Infrastructure-Economic
Impacts, impact on social development,
Environmental impacts
7. Human Geography
! Population and associated issues
 What is population- meaning and
concept
 Different components of population
 Problem of IMR, MMR and TFR
 International Targets(MDGs) and
Indias story
 Governments initiatives for the same
 Family planning and the problems
 Demographic dividend and the way
to capitalize it
! Urbanization , their problems and remedies
 Urbanization introduction through
census 2011
 Urbanization and issues
 Transport
 Waste disposal
 Rural-urban migration
 Sanitation
 Environment
 Housing
 Water depletion
 Pollution
 Steps taken by GOI
 Issues and reforms needed
! Census 2011
 FAQ on Census 2011
 Census 2011: Literacy in Indi
 Census 2011: Analysis on Health Data
 Census 2011: Sex Ratio Analysis
 Census 2011: Analysis on Status of Old Age
Population
 Family Planning and Population Policy of
India
 Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011
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International Relations
Sub-topic listing
India and Neighbours
1. India Nepal Relations
! Background of Relation
! Political
! Economic
! The Issue of Water and Hydropower
Cooperation
! Social
! Psychological
! The Recent Visit of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi
! Recommendations to Improve Relations
2. India and Bhutan
! Economy: A Broad Overview
! India, Bhutan and China: issues
! The Recent Landmark visit by Indian Prime
Minister
3. Indo-Afghan Bilateral Relations
! A Long History of Bilateral Relations
! The India-Afghanistan Development
Partnership
! Strategic factors undergirding Indias
Partnership with Afghanistan
! Afghanistan after NATO Withdrawal
! Options for India
4. India-Bangladesh Relations
! Development Partnership
! India-Bangladesh Relations in line with Look
East policy
! Recent Boundary Agreements and their
analysis
5. India-Maldives Relations
! Geostrategic Importance of Maldives
! Development Cooperation
! Security Risks
6. India-Sri Lanka Relations
! Commercial Relations
! Developmental Cooperation
! Fishermen Issue
7. India-Myanmar Relations
! Relation through ages
! Recent change in policy
! China Role
8. Indo-Pak Relations
! Major Crisis
! Water Dispute
! Current Internal Scenario
! Impact on India
! Developments in Last One Year
9. India-China Relations
! Economic Relation
! China India Water Related Issue
! String of Pearls Strategy
! Chinas Maritime Silk Route Implications for
India
10. South China Sea Dispute
! Main Disputes
! Resources as a Driver of Competition
! Attempts for Resolution
! India and South China Dispute
11. Security Challenges in the Indian
Ocean Region
! The Pivot to Asia US Policy Shift
! South China Sea- Issues of Mistrust
! Piracy off the Coast of Somalia
! Neighbourhood Issues and Terrorism
! Energy Routes
! Fisheries and Livelihood Issues
! Environmental Security
! Declaration of Indian Ocean as Zone of Peace
India and Asian Nations relations
12. CIS Countries of Central Asia
! India-Turkmenistan
! India-Kazakhstan
! India Tajikistan
! China And Central Asia
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 ! International North-South Transport Corridor
! Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
13. India-Mongolia
! India-Mongolia Bilateral Cooperation
! Deal on Uranium Supply
! Visit
14. India UAE Relations
! Political and economic relation
! Oil Economic Relation
15. India IRAN
! Iran Nuclear Deal and India
! India Iran Relations
! US-Geopolitical and Geo-Economic
Consideration in Iran
16. India ISRAEL
! Israel and Palestine
! India Israel Relations
17.India Saudi Arabia
! Areas of Cooperation
! Challenges in relations
18. Asia-Pacific Region
! Zones of Activity
! Regional Groupings
! Geopolitics of Asia Pacific
19. India-South East Asia
! Steps in Indo-ASEAN Relations
! India-ASEAN Security Co-operation
20. Indo-Japan Bilateral Relationship
! Economy Centric Relationship
! Contemporary Perspective
21. India South Korea
! India South Korea Relations
! Economic Partnership in Recent Years
22. India-Vietnam
! Economic Cooperation
! Strategic Cooperation
! Geo-political Issues concerning India-
Vietnam Energy Cooperation
! Chinas Response
! Indias Response
Indian Diaspora
23. Indian Diaspora
! Role played by Indian Diaspora
! Issue of safety of Indians abroad
! Schemes for Welfare of Overseas Indian
! Narendra Modi and Indian Diaspora
India and Other powers relation
1. India and Africa
! Historical Connections
! Gandhis Role
! Nehrus Role
! Strengthening of Ties
! South-south Engagement
! Current Dynamics
! Economic Cooperation
! Human resources development and
capacity building
! Energy Cooperation
! Military Security Co-operation
! Trade Policy under Modi
! Afro-Indian Trade
! Indian investment in Africa
! African investment in India
! Development cooperation and assistance
2. Indo-Australia Relationship
! Immigration Issue and Indian Diaspora
! Economic Relationship
! Issue of Nuclear Cooperation
3. India-Russia Bilateral Relationship
! Shanghai Co-operation Organization
! Warming Relationship between Pakistan and
Russia
4. France
! Strategic Partnership
! Prime Ministers Recent Visit to France
5. Germany
! Indian-Germany Economic Relations
6. United Kingdom
! Ties in Current Context
! Scotlands Referendum
! India & BREXIT
7. India-USA Relations
! Area of Co-operation: Strategic Consultations
! Area of Co-operation : Counter terrorism and
Internal Security
! Area of Co-operation : Trade and Economic
! Area of Co-operation : Energy and Climate
Change
! Area of Co-operation : Science & Technology
(S&T) and Space
! Area of Co-operation : People to People Ties
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8. The World Trade Organization
! Representation in the WTO and Economic
Groupings
! How the WTO takes Decisions
! The WTO Secretariat and Budget
! How Countries Join the WTO
! Assisting Developing and Transition
Economies
! Specialized Help for Export Promotion
! The WTOs Part in Global Economic Policy-
making
! Nairobi Package adopted at 10th WTO
Ministerial Conference
! WTO reportsrise in protectionism
! Why are certain countries opposing Indias
entry into NSG?
! Argument in favour for India Joining NSG
11. BRICS
! Economic Environment in BRICS Countries
! Last BRICS Summit in Goa, India
! BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit
12. BIMSTEC
! Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in
Criminal Matters
13. IBSA
! IBSA Potential
! Need for Revitalizing IBSA
! Indias Policy Options
! Technological Collaboration

9. International Monetary Fund 14. SAARC

! International Monetary Fund (IMF) ! Indo-Pak Conflict
! India gets more Voting Rights in IMF Reforms ! Problem of Resource Development
! Prospects For SAARC
10. Nuclear Security Summit
! The fourth Nuclear Security Summit: 2016 15. Relevance of Non-Alignment in
present India
! Threats of Nuclear Terrorism
! What is NAM?
! Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)
! Relevance in present era
! Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
! Recent Support for NSG Membership for
16. India-ASEAN Economic Cooperation
India ! Singapore
! Why is India seeking to become a member ! Vietnam
of NSG? ! Indonesia
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Indian Economy

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Core Economic Developments in India ! Meaning and concept of Inclusion

! Indias experience
1. Indian Economy and issues relating to ! Social sector initiatives and inclusion process
planning ! Ground reality and working of flagship schemes
! Indian Economy in Pre-independence Period ! Indias growth story in this context
! Economy on Eve of Independence ! Why Indias growth is not inclusive?
 Challenges ! Rural economy based growth.
 Features ! Need of Sustainable agriculture, food security
! Post-Independence India and resilience for growth.
 Issues ! Public distribution schemes: Way to inclusive
growth.
 Agriculture and its development so far
! Financial inclusion as an instrument of inclusive
 Industry
growth.
 Services
! Poverty Alleviation and Employment
! Phases of Economic Development in India Generation as a strategy for inclusive growth.
 Nehruvian Socialist Economy ! Social sector development as an instrument for
 Economic Reforms inclusive growth.
! Planning ! Public private partnership for inclusive growth.
 Objectives ! Industrial Integration for inclusive growth.
 Technical details ! Sectoral and regional diversification as a tool
 Planning History for inclusive growth.
 Analysis of each plan 4. Government Budgeting
2. Resource Mobilization ! Budget terminology
! Types of resources: Physical capital and finance ! Types of budget
capital ! Features of outcome budgeting
! Need for resource mobilization- Police State and ! Merger of Railway and General Budget
Democratic Welfare State ! Benefits of budgeting
! Sources of resource mobilization: Public Sector ! Flaws in budgeting process
and Private Sector
! Budget analysis
! Savings and investment over the five year plan
5. Investment models
! Budgetary resources: Tax and Non tax
! Role of Public Debt in resource mobilization and ! Measures of Investment
effects: Market borrowing, loans, grants, etc. ! Capital and investment
! Role of fiscal and monetary policies in resource ! Factors affecting investment
mobilization ! Classification of Investment
! Role of foreign investment in resource  FDI
mobilization, desirability and consequences
 Angel Investors and Start-ups
! Multilateral agencies and resource mobilization
 M&A
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 ! PPP (Public-Private Partnership) 11. Foreign trade & International
! Savings and Investment Trends Organisations
6. Fiscal policy ! International Trade
! Trade Policy
! Fiscal Policy in India
! Balance of Payments
! Important Budgetary Terms and Fiscal Concept
! Foreign Capital
! Government Revenues & Spending
! Impact of Globalization on Indian Economy
! Deficits
! International Monetary Fund
! Balance Sheet
! WTO
7. Taxation
! World Bank Group
! Taxation Meaning ! AIIB and NDB
! Principles of Taxation
! Objectives of Taxation
Economic Sectors: Agriculture,
! Taxation for Mobilization of Resources
Industry and Services
! Tax System in India 1. Role of Agriculture in Indian Economy
! Subsidies 2. Land resource
! Tax Reforms ! Land-use
! GST ! Land capability classification
8. Monetary policy in India ! Causes of Land Degradation
! Instruments of Monetary Policy ! Impact of Land Degradation
! Monetary policy in pre-reform Era (1948 1991) ! Steps taken by GOI
! Monetary Policy in Post-Reform Era (Since ! Sustainable Land Management
1991) 3. Land Reforms
! Urjit Patel Committee Report ! Objectives of Land Reforms in India
! Monetary Policy Committee and Inflation ! Progress of Land Reforms in India
Targeting ! Progress of Ceiling Legislation
9. Financial system ! NITI Aayog Report on Land Leasing
! Money Market in India 4. Agriculture Finance
! Capital Market in India ! Features of Agricultural Finance
! Indian Capital Market Regulatory Framework ! Criteria for Agricultural Credit
! Primary Market Reforms in India ! Need for Agricultural Finance
! Secondary Market Reforms in India ! Sources of Agricultural Finance
10. Banking ! Problems of Agricultural Finance
! Measures taken to improve credit flow to
! Indian Banking System
agriculture
! Functions of Commercial Banks
! Co-operative Credit Societies in India
! Challenges Faced by Commercial Banks in India
5. Agricultural Credit Institutions
! Nationalization of Banks in India
! Commercial Bank
! Banking Reforms in India
! Lead Bank Scheme
! New Bank Licence Criteria
! Multi Agency Approach
! Small Finance Banks and Payment Banks Criteria
! Regional Rural Banks
! Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC)
! National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
! Terminologies/Concepts Related to Banking in Development (NABARD)
India
! Reserve Bank of India
! Financial Inclusion
! Kisan Credit Card Scheme
! NPAs
! Self Help Group (SHG) Bank Linkage
! Bills relatied to Banking Programme

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 ! Rural Infrastructure Development Fund 10. Food Processing
(RIDF)
! Government Policy For Agricultural Credit
! Farmers Service Societies (FSS)
6. Crop Insurance in India
! Historical Background
! Issues Related to Crop Insurance
! Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
! Comparison with Earlier Crop Insurance
Schemes
! Challenges
7. Agriculture Marketing
! Process of Agricultural Marketing in India
11.
! Structure of Agricultural Marketing in India
! Importance of Proper Agriculture Marketing
! Government Measures to Improve
Agricultural Marketing in India
! Analysis of APMC Act
8. Subsidies
! Objectives of subsidies
! Transfer of resources from gainers from
12.
economic policies to losers from economic
policies
! Farm Subsidies
! Fertiliser subsidies
! Subsidy on power
! Subsidy on irrigation
! Rationale of Minimum Support Price
! Impact of MSP on inflation
! Public Distribution System: Objectives,
functioning, limitations,, revamping,
evolution from universal PDS to targeted
PDS, Targeted PDS, a critical analysis of cost
and benefit of PDS
! Buffer Stock policy and governments
intervention in food market to keep prices
under reasonable limits to help consumers
! Food Security bill, questions of resource
mobilization for the FSB, criticism of the FSB
! Important questions on the future of
subsidies
9. Agricultural Revolutions in India
! Green Revolution
! White Revolution Operation Flood
! Yellow Revolution
! Blue Revolution
! Golden Fiber Revolution: Jute
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! Processed Foods Scenario with respect to
Specific Sectors
! Policy Initiatives
! Infrastructure Development in Food
Processing Sector
! Issues in Food Processing Sector
! FDI Policy in Food Processing
! Notable Trends in the Indian Food Processing
Sector
! Strategies Adopted in Budget
! New foreign and domestic investment
! Sector-specific government policies
Industrial policy and industrial
development: Main Issues
! Mahalanobis strategy and Indias industrial
policy-Discussing Industrial policy resolution
1948 and 1956 critically
! New Economic Policy and Industrial policy
under the policy of liberalization,
privatization and globalization
! Phases of Industrial development
Main features of Industrial
development in India
! Roles of private sector and public sector,
Investment in the industrial sector,
employment, productivity, profit etc.
! Strategies for disinvestment and
privatization
! Role of Small, Medium and Micro enterprises,
Government Policy, main problems, effects
of globalization
! New Manufacturing Policy
! Industrial disbursal and Industrial corridors
! SEZs- Main issues like land use, relocation of
same industries that exist, exports earnings
vs loss of tax income
! Industrial sickness, institutional mechanism
to support the sick industries, exit policy
issues
! Main constraints in the industrial
development of India
! Effects of globalization on industries, Sub-
prime crisis and sovereign debt crisis on
Industry in India
! Industrial Finance in India: Role of
development banking, commercial banking,
venture capital, angel capital in
industrialization and promotion of
entrepreneurship
! Make in India achievements

Economic Issues in News
1. Finance
! Changes in Budget process in India
! Public Debt Management Cell
! IBBI and INSOLVENCY RULES
! Demonetization and its impact
! Goods and Services Tax
! Digital Payments scenario
! Task Force Releases draft Bill to establish a
Financial Data Management Cente
! Task Force report on Financial Redress Agency
Released
! Law Commission submits report on Income Tax
related to Minors
! Consumer get free hand on paying service
charge
! Monetary Policy Committee Review
! Report of Working Group on development of
Corporate Bond Market in India
! Concept of municipal bonds
! Lower taxes, higher compliance: implication on
economy
2. Banking
! Bank Consolidation: Pros and Cons
! Concept of willful defaulter
! Concept of bad bank
! Shadow banking
! Non Performing Assets
! Debate on RBI autonomy
! INDRADHANUSH Analysis
! MCLR regime
! Unified Payment Interface
! Indias Post payment bank
! Issue of Balance Sheet Syndrome
! Differentiated Bank Licenses
3. Industry
! Standing Committee submits report on
Industrial Policy
! Draft National Food Processing Policy Released
! Initiatives for Fund for start-ups
! Companies need to look beyond CSR
! Merger of telecoms
! National Company Law Tribunal
! Initiatives to support MSME sector
! Model Shop and Establishment Bill, 2016
! National Capital Goods Policy
! H1B visa rules and IT sector
! Ease of doing business initiatives in Realty sector
! Coal linkage policy
! Ministry releases Draft Labor Code on Social
Security
! Analysis of Competition Commission of India
4. Agriculture
! NITI Aayog report on Agriculture
! Agricultural Index by NITI Aayog
! Defects in Procurement Policy
! Reforming trade in agriculture products
! Report on incentivising production of pulses
released by Ministry of Finance
! Draft Model APMC Act, 2016 released
5. Infrastructure
! Sagarmala project
! Inland waterways in India
! Safety issues in Railways
! Draft policy for providing New Suburban Rail
Systems released
! NITI Aayog releases report on the impact of
social service obligations by Railways
! Indian Railway Tourism Policy
! Aviation Sector and Regional Connectivity
Scheme
! Air Service Agreement
! HELP
! Ministry of Power releases guidelines on cross-
border trading of electricity
! Supreme Court bans sale of vehicles not
compliant with BS IV standards
! Multi-Modal Transport System
6. External sector
! Model Bilateral investment treaty
! Phasing out of FIPB
! FDI status and issues
! Permanent residency status to foreign investors
! Dispute Settlement Mechanism in WTO
! Increase in International Trade Dispute
! FTP 2015-20
! Reforms in IMF quota
7. Committees
! FSLRC - Financial Sector Legislative Reforms
Commission: Analysis
! Nachiket Mor Committee Report
! P.J Nayak Committee
! Vijay Kelkar Committee on PPP
! Parthasarathi Shome committee on GAAR
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 ! Urjit Patel Committee Report on Monetary Policy 8. Miscellaneous
! Mahapatra Committee (NBFC Loan
! Unemployment survey
Restructuring)
! Indias first International Arbitration Centre
! Usha Thorat Committee
inaugurated.
! Debroy Committee on Railways
! Ponzi scheme and Issues
! N.K. Sing Panel Report on FRBM
! Fat tax: concept analysis
! Shanta Kumar Committee
! National Student Start Up Policy
! Ratan Watal Committee on Digital Payments

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