General Studies

•Fundamental rights, DPSP – application

• Supreme court, Judiciary and related reforms

• Indian constitution - Historical underpinnings

• Amendments;

• Issues & challenges related to Federal structure

 • Panchayti Raj institutions- issues and challenges

• Contemporary topics

 • Parliament and State Legislatures ‐ structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these

• Election reforms & RPA

• Constitution and Non Constitution Bodies – their role in contemporary India

• Statutory, Non statutory and contemporary bodies

• Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity.

• IYB 14 chapters

• Pressure groups
• Role of NGOs 
• Development processes 
• Social issues related to women 
• Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity. 
• IYB 14 chapters 
• Rural and Urban development
• Food and civil supplies 
• Water 
• Labour 
• 2 years CURRENT Topics of GOVERNANCE
 

• India’s foreign policy
• Nuclear doctrines of India and world 
• Export control regimes 
• India’s relations with South Asia, ASEAN, EU, East Asia, Central Asia, West Asia; 
• South –South Co-operation & related organizations
• I.N Org: BRICS, G-20, WORLD BANK, IMF AND SAARC
• Other International organizations 
• UNO and its Role 
• Agencies of UNO and their mandate 
• Policies of USA, Russia, China, EU, S.E Asia, Japan and their impact on India and world 
• India – Latin America, Africa, Indian ocean and pacific ocean

Paper-2 Composite

• 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;
• Innovations in Indian Agriculture
• Recent government policies on agriculture
• Contemporary problems in agriculture and solutions
• Planning and development.
• Issues relating to poverty and hunger.
• Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
• Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.Last 6 months Current issues like sugar pricing issue, banking reforms, tax reforms, budget etc..
• SDGS, HDI, and issues related
• Economic reforms and 2 years ofbudget and survey
• Pollution
• Sustainable agriculture
• Sustainable development

· 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.

Environment

• Envi Conservation, Environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.

 • Disaster and disaster management.

• EIA

• Current issues in environment – ESZ, World Ecological Areas, Ground water contamination, Tiger Conservation, Forest, conservation, Rhinoceros conservation, wild life board

• Disaster management

Internal security

 · Linkages between development and spread  of extremism.  

· Role of external 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; moneylaundering and its prevention.  

· Security challenges and their management  in border areas; linkages of organized crime with terrorism.  · Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate.

· 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, biotechnology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.

Paper-3 Composite

• Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian sub‐continent);

 • Factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India)

• Contemporary issues – related to geography

 • Salient features of world’s physical geography.

• Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc.,

• Geographical features and their location‐ changes in critical geographical features (including water‐bodies and ice‐caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.

• Biomes and characteristics Main thrust on Indian Human and Eco Geography

Modern History

World History

Indian Culture

Social Issues  

• Salient features of Indian Society

• Role of women

• Globalisation and impact over Indian societies

• Social Empowerment

• Communalism, regionalism, Secularism

• Related Contemporary issues

• Indian Society Post consolidation India

• Nehru Era – Shastri, Indira Gandhi era, Rajiv era

 • Rao, Gujral, Manmohan era, Modi era

 • Land reforms

• Industrial reforms

• Investment reforms

• Infrastructure

• Whole IYB

Paper-1 COMPOSITE

• Important aspects of Governance – Transparency and Accountability,

 • e-governance,

• Citizen Charter

• Role of Civil Services in Indian Democracy

 • Ethics and human interface

• Probity in Governance

• Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical basis of governance and probity;

• Information sharing and transparency in government, Right to Information,

• Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct, Citizen’s Charters, Work culture, Quality of service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption.

Case Studies on above issues.

• Political philosophies

 • Effect on society

• Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values.

 • Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world.

• Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behavior; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion.

• Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service , integrity, impartiality and non‐ partisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service, empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker‐sections.

• Emotional Intelligence‐concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance. • •Case studies

Ethics Composite Paper-4

ESSAY Paper with discussion

UPSC Mock : PAPER-1 & 2

 UPSC Mock : PAPER-3 & 4

Essay and Hindi