General Studies-III: Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management:

📁 Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment.

📁 Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.

📁 Government Budgeting.(Current Based)

📁 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.(Current Based)

📁 Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology.(Current Based)

📁 Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.(Current Based)

📁 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.

📁 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 mandate. 

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