Mains Crash Course

• Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
• Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.
• Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions.
• Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other countries Parliament and State Legislatures structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these.
• 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.
• 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.

• India and its neighborhood- relations.
• Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate.
• 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.

• History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world wars.
• Indian Culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
• Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian subcontinent);
• factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in
• various parts of the world (including India)

Ethics Concepts + Case Studies

• • Redrawal of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism,
  • capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society.
  • Modern Indian History from about middle of the 18th until the present.
  • The Freedom struggle, its various stages and important contributors/ contributions from different parts of the country
  • Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc.,

geograpical features and their location- changes in critical geographical features (including waterbodies

• and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.

• Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.
• Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies.
• Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
• Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models,
• successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional
• and other measures.
• Role of civil services in a democracy.
• Development processes and the development industry- the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and
• associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders
• Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the
• performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the
• protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.

• Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
• Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
• Government Budgeting.
• 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

           Paper 4 Full Syllabus

       Paper 1 Full Syllabus

            Paper 2 (Full Syllabus)

Paper 3 Full Syllabus

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