Syllabus - Mains, GS-3

UPSC

  • Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment.
  • Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
  • Government Budgeting.
  • Major crops-cropping patterns in various parts of the country, - different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers.
  • 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; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing.
  • Food processing and related industries in India- scope’ and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management.
  • Land reforms in India.
  • Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.
  • Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
  • Investment models.
  • Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life.
  • Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology..
  • Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.
  • Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
  • Disaster and disaster management.
  • Linkages between development and spread of extremism.
  • Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security.
  • Security challenges and their management in border areas - linkages of organized crime with terrorism.
  • Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    • Planning
    • Meaning and Objective of Planning.
    • Need of Planning in Economic development.
    • Types: Imperative, Indicative and Structural.
    • Indian Planning: History, Achievements and Failures.
    • NITI Aayog v/s Planning Commission.
    • Mobilisation of Resources
    • Types – Financial-Human-Natural resources.
    • Need for Resource Mobilisation.
    • Role of Savings & Investment.
    • Banking Sector & NBFCs.
    • Capital Market.
    • Internal and External Sources – FDI, FII, QFI etc.
    • Challenges associated with resource mobilization.
    • Growth & Development
    • Difference between Development & Growth
    • Dimensions of Development
    • Measurement & Indicators of Development
    • Challenges to Development & Growth
    • Inclusive Growth.
    • Need for and Indicators of Inclusive Growth
    • Indicators of Inclusive Growth
    • Employment
    • Formal and Informal sectors.
    • Terms Associated to Employment:
    • Labour Force Participation Rate, Employment Rate, Working Age Population etc.
    • Unemployment and associated issues.
    • Government Initiatives for Employment Creation.
    • Govt. Budgeting
    • Budgetary Process
    • Components of the Government Budget
    • Revenue Account
    • Capita; Account
    • Fiscal policy
    • Revenue deficit, Fiscal deficit, Primary deficit etc.
    • Deficit financing
    • FRBM Act
    • Land reforms
    • Why land reforms?
    • Impact of land reforms.
    • Analysis – Success or failure.
    • Related Initiatives - Land Leasing, Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation & Resettlement Act, etc.
  • Liberalisation and its impacts different sectors.
    • Industrial policy: Changes and their effects on industrial growth
    • Industrial Policy- Before and After 1991
    • Phases of Industrial Growth
    • Success and Failures of Industrial Policies
    • National Manufacturing Policy
    • Special Economic Zones
    • Make in India
    • Infrastructure development.
    • Energy, Ports, Roads, Railways, Airports etc.
    • Infrastructure as a driver of growth.
    • Constraints associated with land acquisition etc.
    • Investment Models:
    • Need for and Sources of Investment
    • Domestic Investment
    • Public Investment
    • Private Investment
    • Public Private Partnership Model
    • Foreign Investment Models:
    • FDI
    • FII, etc.

AGRICULTURE

    • Major cropping patterns
    • Types of Cropping Pattern and their location
    • Importance of Cropping Pattern
    • Reasons Why Cropping Pattern Differ
    • Factors Influencing Cropping Pattern
    • Emerging Trends in Cropping Pattern
    • Long-Run Effects of Current Trends in Cropping Pattern
    • Irrigation:
    • Modes and Sources of Irrigation
    • Problems Associated with Irrigation
    • Environmental Effects of Irrigation
    • National water policy
    • Transport and marketing of agricultural produce
    • Regulated Markets
    • Cooperative Marketing
    • Contract Farming
    • Role of FCI
    • Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC)
    • National Agricultutral Market (NAM)
    • Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO)
    • Issues and constraints related to transport and marketing
  • E-technology in the aid of farmers
    • Direct and indirect farm subsidies
    • Agricultural Pricing Policy
    • Rationale for Subsidies
    • Types of Subsidies
    • Minimum support price (MSP)
    • Effectiveness of Subsidies
    • Clash with WTO Agreements
    • Issues associated with farm subsidies and MSP
    • Public distribution system
    • Objectives, functioning, limitations
    • Ration cards and AADHAR linking
    • Buffer stock and food security
  • Animal rearing
    • Food processing and related industries
    • Significance, Scope & Potential in India
    • Constraints and Challenges
    • Government Policies and Initiatives – SAMPADA, 12th FYP, etc.