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Topic-Wise UPSC Syllabus

  • Prehistory
  • Indus Valley Civilisation
  • Vedic Period
  • Buddhism and Jainism
  • Age of Mahajanpadas
  • Mauryan Empire
  • Post Mauryan Period
  • Sangam Period
  • Gupta Period
  • Post Gupta Period
  • Early Medieval Dynasties
  • Southern India (850 - 1200 CE)
  • Northern India (1000- 1200 CE)
  • Delhi Sultanate
  • Vijayanagar and Bahamani Kingdoms
  • Deccan Sultanate
  • Provincial Kingdoms of Medieval India
  • Mughal Period
  • The Marathas
  • Bhakti and Sufi Movements
  • Advent of the Europeans
  • British Administration & Policies Before 1857 & Their Impact
  • People’s Resistance Against British Before 1857 & Revolt Of 1857
  • Socio-Religious Reform Movements & Key Personalities
  • Political Awakening and Moderate Era (1885 - 1905)
  • Extremist Era (1905-18)
  • Era of Mass Nationalism (1919-39)
  • Towards Freedom and Partition (1939-47)
  • Macro-Analysis of British Rule in India
  • Age of Enlightenment
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Economic System
  • American Revolution
  • Rise of Socialist Ideas
  • French Revolution
  • Redrawal of Boundaries
  • Russian Revolution (1917)
  • World Wars
  • Post World War Era
  • Stone Age
  • Indus Valley Civilisation
  • Rock cut Caves
  • Stupa, Pillars and Rock Edicts
  • Temple Architecture: Rock cut and Structural Temples
  • Indo-Islamic Architecture
  • British
  • Indus Valley Civilisation Sculptures
  • Mauryan Sculptures
  • Sculpture Related to Temples,Stupas,Caves
  • Sculpture Schools
  • Monolithic Statues
  • Indus Valley Civilisation: Red and Black Ware(RBW)
  • Vedic Era: Painted Gray Ware(PGW)
  • Mauryan Age: Northern Black Polished Ware(NBPW)
  • Petroglyphs(Stone Age cave paintings)
  • Murals(wall paintings)
  • Temple Paintings
  • Miniature Paintings
  • Modern
  • Folk Paintings
  • Indian Music
  • Bhakti and Sufi Movement Related
  • Folk Music
  • 8 Classical Dances
  • Hinduism
  • Heterodox Schools
  • Orthodox Schools
  • Bhakti and Sufi Movements
  • Hindi and Sanskrit Literature
  • Tamil Literature
  • Secular Literature
  • Mughal Literature
  • Accounts of travellers
  • Martial Arts
  • Puppetry
  • Theatre
  • Festivals of India
  • UNESCO’S List of Tangible & Intangible Cultural Heritage
  • Coins in Ancient and Medieval India
  • Other Cultural Institutions/ events in news
  • Evolution of Constitution
  • Sources of the Indian Constitution
  • Making of Constitution
  • Salient Features of Constitution
  • Preamble
  • Union and Its Territory
  • Citizenship
  • Amendment of the Constitution
  • Basic Structure of the Constitution
  • Fundamental Rights
  • Directive Principles of State Policy
  • Fundamental Duties
  • Parliamentary System and Presidential System
  • Federal System
  • Centre-State Relations - Administrative, Financial and Legislative
  • Inter-State Relations
  • Inter-State Relations
  • President
  • Vice President
  • Prime Minister
  • Council of Ministers
  • Cabinet Committees
  • Lok Sabha
  • Rajya Sabha
  • Parliamentary Committees
  • Governor
  • Chief Minister
  • State Council of Ministers
  • Provisions for Some States
  • Supreme Court, Judicial Review, Activism, PIL
  • High Court
  • Subordinate Courts
  • Tribunals and Lok Adalat
  • Panchayati Raj
  • Municipalities
  • Union Territories
  • Scheduled and Tribal Areas
  • Elections, Political Parties, Electoral Reforms
  • Representation of Peoples Act (1950,1951)
  • Constitutional Bodies
  • Non-Constitutional Bodies
  • Co-operative Societies
  • Official Languages
  • National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution
  • Important Constitutional Amendments
  • Origin and Meaning of Governance
  • Historical evolution of Governance
  • Concept of Good Governance
  • About e-Governance
  • Types of e-Governance
  • e-Governance in India
  • Sevottam Model
  • Citizen's Charters
  • Social Audits
  • Right to Information Act (RTI)
  • Lokayukta and Lokpal and its role
  • Characteristics of Civil Services
  • Significance of Civil Services in a Democracy
  • Limitations of Civil Services in a Democracy
  • Reforms in Civil Services in India
  • Mission Karmayogi
  • Definition and Overview of NGOs
  • Emergence and Growth of NGOs
  • Significance of NGOs in Governance
  • Challenges Faced by NGOs in Governance
  • About Pressure group
  • About Self help group
  • Successful NGO-Government Collaborations
  • Central Administration: Central Secretariat, Cabinet Secretariat, PMO, Ministries and Departments
  • State Administration: State Secretariat, Chief Secretary, Divisional Administration, District Administration
  • Personnel Administration
  • Financial Administration
  • Law and Order Administration
  • Theories of International Relations
  • Determinants of Foreign Policy
  • Evolution of India’s Foreign Policy
  • India and Its Neighbours: An Overview
  • India-China
  • India-Pakistan
  • India-Afghanistan
  • India-Bangladesh
  • India-Nepal
  • India-Bhutan
  • India-Sri-Lanka
  • India-Myanmar
  • India-Maldives Relations
  • India and Central Asia
  • India and West Asia
  • India and East Asia
  • India-USA
  • India-Russia
  • India-Japan
  • India-UK
  • India-Canada
  • India-France
  • India-EU
  • India-Latin America
  • African Union
  • India-Carribean
  • India and Indo-Pacific Region
  • UN and Specialised Agencies
  • Groupings and Various Institutions
  • Treaties and Conventions
  • India and Its Diaspora Relations
  • Soft Power
  • Global and Regional Conflicts
  • Insurgency in the North-East
  • Insurgency in Punjab - Khalistan Movement
  • Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958
  • Left-Wing Extremism/ Naxalism
  • Communal Violence
  • Initiatives to deal with Internal Security threats
  • Jammu and Kashmir Militancy
  • Terrorism
  • About Money Laundering
  • About Drug Trafficking in India
  • About Human Trafficking
  • About Arms and Ammunition Trafficking etc
  • PMLA Act
  • Role of Social Media
  • Cyber Crimes
  • India’s Cyber Security Infrastructure
  • Land Boundary Disputes with Neighbours
  • India’s border challenges and their management
  • Maritime security challenges
  • Various initiatives and Committees
  • Indian Armed Forces
  • Central Forces
  • National Maritime Security
  • Types of Economy
  • National Income and it’s measurement
  • GDP, Growth Rate and Methods of Calculation
  • Strategies of Planning in India: Planning Commission to NITI Aayog
  • Five-Year Plans: Pre-1991 and Post-1991 reforms
  • Economic Reforms since 1991
  • Liberalization, Privatization, Globalization (LPG)
  • Concept of Money: Evolution and Supply
  • Reserve Bank of India (RBI): Structure, role, and history
  • Monetary Policy in India
  • Banking System in India: Issues and Reforms
  • Legislations: SARFAESI, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016
  • Indian Budget
  • India’s Tax System and Tax Reforms
  • Public Debt: Management and implications
  • FRBM Act
  • Concept & Meaning
  • Related concepts: Deflation, Disinflation, Stagflation, Reflation, Skewflation
  • Rate-Wise: Creeping, Walking, Running, Hyperinflation
  • Cause-Wise: Demand-Pull, Cost-Push
  • Measurement: CPI, WPI, GDP Deflator
  • Money Market: Short-term instruments
  • Capital Market: Equity and Debt Instruments, Primary vs. Secondary Markets
  • Regulatory Framework
  • Stock Exchanges
  • Compliance and Rating
  • Industrial Sector and Liberalization: Public Sector in India, Industrial Policies, New Economic Policy 1991, Vision of a New India.
  • Infrastructure: Issues in Indian Infrastructure, Key Challenges, Indian Railways
  • Investment Models: Traditional Models, Neo-Investment Models, Public Private Partnership (PPP)
  • Corporate Governance: Companies Act, 2013, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • World Trade Organization (WTO) and related issues
  • World Bank Group and IMF
  • Other Multilateral Institutions
  • Poverty
  • Unemployment
  • Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development
  • Foreign Trade and Investment in India
  • Foreign Exchange Management
  • Agriculture
  • Food Processing Sector
  • Livestock, Fisheries
  • Issues and Challenges in these Sectors
  • Policies,Growth Rate and Targets in these Sectors
  • Government Initiatives in these Sectors
  • Land Reforms
  • Subsidies and its types in India
  • MSP
  • Basic Concepts: Genetic engineering, DNA profiling, gene therapy, CRISPR-Cas9.
  • GM crops, stem cell research, cloning, surrogacy
  • Environmental and Food Biotechnology
  • Health Biotechnology
  • Intellectual Property Rights
  • Fundamentals
  • Social and Ethical Impacts
  • Basic concepts
  • Space Missions
  • Energy Policy: Civilian and military uses
  • Three-stage reactor policy
  • Concerns: Radioactive pollution, waste management
  • IT Infrastructure: Evolution of computing, cloud computing, big data
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Telecommunications
  • Defence Indigenisation
  • Startups
  • Important Institution
  • J.C Bose
  • C.V Raman
  • Vikram Sarabhai
  • Homi Jehangir Bhabha
  • S.Chandrashekhar
  • S.N Bose
  • A.P.J Abdul Kalam
  • Others
  • Ethics and Human Interface
  • Ethics and Morality
  • Dimensions of Ethics
  • Virtue Ethics: Socrates, Aristotle, Plato
  • Normative Ethics: Virtue Ethics, Deontology, Teleology/ Consequentialism
  • The ABC model of attitude
  • Attitude formation
  • Functions of attitude
  • Attitude – behavior
  • Cognitive dissonance
  • Attitude change
  • Aptitude
  • Foundational Values for Civil Service
  • Emotional Intelligence - Concepts
  • Daniel Goleman’s Model
  • Emotional Quotients vs Intelligence Quotient
  • Utilities and Application in Administration and Governance
  • Key Thinkers and Philosophers
  • Ethical Dilemmas and Concerns in Government and Private Institutions
  • Laws, Rules, Regulations and Conscience as Sources of Ethical Guidance
  • Accountability and Ethical Governance
  • Committees and Recommendations
  • Ethics in IR
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Corporate Governance Principles
  • Committees on Corporate Governance
  • Concept of Public Service
  • Information Sharing and Transparency in Government
  • Philosophical Basis of Governance and Probity
  • Utilization of Public Funds
  • Challenges of Corruption
  • Quality of Service Delivery
  • Work Culture
  • Right to Information
  • Codes of Ethics
  • Codes of Conduct
  • Citizen’s Charter
  • Ethical Dilemma
  • Values Involved
  • Legal Dimensions
  • Public Interest
  • Religious pluralism
  • Linguistic Diversity
  • Ethnic & Racial diversity
  • Unity in diversity
  • History of Caste System: colonial and post colonial times
  • Functional importance of Castes
  • Manifestations of Caste in Indian society
  • Caste based discrimination
  • Caste and politics
  • Transformation in the caste system
  • Concept of Class
  • Middle Class in India
  • Caste-class-gender nexus
  • Religion in politics
  • Religious minorities and their issues
  • Sects and cults
  • Religious fundamentalism
  • Secularism
  • Concept of race, ethnicity
  • Ethnic groups in India
  • Racial groups in India
  • Race vs Ethnicity
  • Linguistic groups in India
  • Definition
  • Constitutional provisions related to Tribes
  • Legislative provisions
  • Issues faced by tribes
  • Models of Tribal development: Assimilation , integration debate
  • Government efforts for tribal development
  • Family
  • Concept, features, functions,
  • Types of Family
  • Impact of Globalization on Family System
  • Urban India
  • Effects of urbanisation
  • Government initiatives
  • Rural India
  • Agrarian structure: caste and class in rural India
  • Impact of land reforms
  • Green revolution and its social consequences
  • Unemployment and protests
  • Poverty in India
  • Poverty, Hunger & associated issues
  • Growth & development
  • Globalization & its features
  • Traditionalism, Modernization and Westernization
  • Effects of globalisation
  • Impact on institutions
  • Impact on Sections: women, ageing, youth, children, identity, tribals, dalits, labour class, transgenders, poor
  • Globalisation of culture
  • Homogenisation, retreat of cultural nationalism, migration, McDonaldization, hybridization
  • Female foeticide & infanticide, child marriage
  • Domestic violence & dowry deaths, Sexual harassment, Cybercrime, Gender discrimination
  • Feminisation of poverty, Feminisation of agriculture
  • Issues concerning children and Bonded labour
  • Issues concerning transgender
  • Issues concerning old people/aged/senior citizens
  • Minorities, SCs, and STs
  • Differently abled people
  • Meaning
  • Models
  • Hindrances
  • Efforts to address
  • Primary, Secondary and Tertiary healthcare
  • Nutrition and Sanitation
  • Problems associated with institutional structure
  • Evolution of Education system in India(Historical Perspective)
  • Comparison of Indian and Western Education systems
  • Challenges associated with Education system
  • Education policies and other Government interventions
  • Concept of Social Movement
  • Farmers Movement in India
  • Women’s movement
  • Backward class and Dalit movement
  • Ethnicity and Identity movement
  • Introduction to Solar System and Earth
  • Geomorphology
  • Climatology
  • Oceanography
  • Biogeography
  • World Mapping
  • Introduction to Indian Geography
  • Geological structure of India
  • Physiography of India
  • Drainage system of India
  • Climate of India
  • Natural Vegetation of India
  • Soils of India
  • Introduction to Economic Geography
  • Agriculture
  • Mineral and Energy Resources
  • Industries
  • Transport and Communication
  • Trade
  • Human Resources
  • Urbanization
  • Tourism
  • Human Race
  • Population, tribes
  • Growth and development
  • Settlements, urbanization
  • Functional classification of Towns
  • Million-cities and megacities
  • Environment and Ecology
  • Ecosystems and their Function
  • Ecological Succession
  • Bio Geo Chemical Cycles
  • Major Biomes
  • Terrestrial Ecosystem
  • Aquatic Ecosystem
  • Wetlands, Mangroves and Corals
  • Pollution
  • Solid Waste Management (Rules and Technologies)
  • Bio- Remediation
  • Environmental Pollution and Health
  • Sand Mining, Palm Oil cultivation issues, Colony Collapse Disorder, etc.
  • Human-wildlife Conflicts
  • Renewable Energy
  • Policies and efforts
  • Biodiversity: Animal Diversity & Plant Diversity, IUCN Status
  • Protected Area Network
  • Conservation Efforts
  • Global Warming
  • Green House Gases
  • Ocean Acidification
  • Ozone Depletion
  • Dead Zones
  • Mitigation Strategies
  • Climate Change Organisations
  • Green Economy
  • Circular Economy
  • Geo-Engineering
  • Carbon Sequestration
  • India
  • International
  • CAMPA
  • National Wildlife Action Plan
  • National Forest Policy
  • Schedule Tribe and Forest Dwellers Act, 2006
  • Coastal Regulation Zones
  • Environment Impact Assessment
  • National Biodiversity Act, 2002
  • WPA, 1972(Wildlife Protection Act) & other Acts and Policies
  • International Conventions
  • Environment and Ecology
  • Ecosystems and their Function
  • Ecological Succession
  • Bio Geo Chemical Cycles
  • Major Biomes
  • Terrestrial Ecosystem
  • Aquatic Ecosystem
  • Wetlands, Mangroves and Corals.
  • Natural Disasters
  • Man made Disasters
  • Disaster Management Cycle
  • Government Initiatives
  • International Frameworks
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Topic-Wise UPSC Syllabus

  • Prehistory
  • Indus Valley Civilisation
  • Vedic Period
  • Buddhism and Jainism
  • Age of Mahajanpadas
  • Mauryan Empire
  • Post Mauryan Period
  • Sangam Period
  • Gupta Period
  • Post Gupta Period

  • Early Medieval Dynasties
  • Southern India (850 - 1200 CE)
  • Northern India (1000- 1200 CE)
  • Delhi Sultanate
  • Vijayanagar and Bahamani Kingdoms
  • Deccan Sultanate
  • Provincial Kingdoms of Medieval India
  • Mughal Period
  • The Marathas
  • Bhakti and Sufi Movements

  • Advent of the Europeans
  • British Administration & Policies Before 1857 & Their Impact
  • People’s Resistance Against British Before 1857 & Revolt Of 1857
  • Socio-Religious Reform Movements & Key Personalities
  • Political Awakening and Moderate Era (1885 - 1905)
  • Extremist Era (1905-18)
  • Era of Mass Nationalism (1919-39)
  • Towards Freedom and Partition (1939-47)
  • Macro-Analysis of British Rule in India

  • Age of Enlightenment
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Economic System
  • American Revolution
  • Rise of Socialist Ideas
  • French Revolution
  • Redrawal of Boundaries
  • Russian Revolution (1917)
  • World Wars
  • Post World War Era

  • Stone Age
  • Indus Valley Civilisation

  • Rock cut Caves
  • Stupa, Pillars and Rock Edicts
  • Temple Architecture: Rock cut and Structural Temples
  • Indo-Islamic Architecture
  • British

  • Indus Valley Civilisation Sculptures
  • Mauryan Sculptures
  • Sculpture Related to Temples,Stupas,Caves
  • Sculpture Schools
  • Monolithic Statues

  • Indus Valley Civilisation: Red and Black Ware(RBW)
  • Vedic Era: Painted Gray Ware(PGW)
  • Mauryan Age: Northern Black Polished Ware(NBPW)

  • Petroglyphs(Stone Age cave paintings)
  • Murals(wall paintings)
  • Temple Paintings
  • Miniature Paintings
  • Modern
  • Folk Paintings

  • Indian Music
  • Bhakti and Sufi Movement Related
  • Folk Music

  • 8 Classical Dances

  • Hinduism
  • Heterodox Schools
  • Orthodox Schools
  • Bhakti and Sufi Movements

  • Hindi and Sanskrit Literature
  • Tamil Literature
  • Secular Literature
  • Mughal Literature
  • Accounts of travellers

  • Martial Arts
  • Puppetry
  • Theatre
  • Festivals of India
  • UNESCO’S List of Tangible & Intangible Cultural Heritage
  • Coins in Ancient and Medieval India
  • Other Cultural Institutions/ events in news

  • Evolution of Constitution
  • Sources of the Indian Constitution
  • Making of Constitution

  • Salient Features of Constitution
  • Preamble
  • Union and Its Territory
  • Citizenship
  • Amendment of the Constitution
  • Basic Structure of the Constitution

  • Fundamental Rights
  • Directive Principles of State Policy
  • Fundamental Duties

  • Parliamentary System and Presidential System
  • Federal System
  • Centre-State Relations - Administrative, Financial and Legislative
  • Inter-State Relations
  • Inter-State Relations

  • President
  • Vice President
  • Prime Minister
  • Council of Ministers
  • Cabinet Committees

  • Lok Sabha
  • Rajya Sabha
  • Parliamentary Committees

  • Governor
  • Chief Minister
  • State Council of Ministers
  • Provisions for Some States

  • Supreme Court, Judicial Review, Activism, PIL
  • High Court
  • Subordinate Courts
  • Tribunals and Lok Adalat

  • Panchayati Raj
  • Municipalities

  • Union Territories
  • Scheduled and Tribal Areas

  • Elections, Political Parties, Electoral Reforms
  • Representation of Peoples Act (1950,1951)

  • Constitutional Bodies
  • Non-Constitutional Bodies

  • Co-operative Societies
  • Official Languages
  • National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution
  • Important Constitutional Amendments

  • Origin and Meaning of Governance
  • Historical evolution of Governance
  • Concept of Good Governance

  • About e-Governance
  • Types of e-Governance
  • e-Governance in India
  • Sevottam Model

  • Citizen's Charters
  • Social Audits
  • Right to Information Act (RTI)
  • Lokayukta and Lokpal and its role

  • Characteristics of Civil Services
  • Significance of Civil Services in a Democracy
  • Limitations of Civil Services in a Democracy
  • Reforms in Civil Services in India
  • Mission Karmayogi

  • Definition and Overview of NGOs
  • Emergence and Growth of NGOs
  • Significance of NGOs in Governance
  • Challenges Faced by NGOs in Governance
  • About Pressure group
  • About Self help group
  • Successful NGO-Government Collaborations

  • Central Administration: Central Secretariat, Cabinet Secretariat, PMO, Ministries and Departments
  • State Administration: State Secretariat, Chief Secretary, Divisional Administration, District Administration
  • Personnel Administration
  • Financial Administration
  • Law and Order Administration

  • Theories of International Relations
  • Determinants of Foreign Policy
  • Evolution of India’s Foreign Policy

  • India and Its Neighbours: An Overview
  • India-China
  • India-Pakistan
  • India-Afghanistan
  • India-Bangladesh
  • India-Nepal
  • India-Bhutan
  • India-Sri-Lanka
  • India-Myanmar
  • India-Maldives Relations

  • India and Central Asia
  • India and West Asia
  • India and East Asia

  • India-USA
  • India-Russia
  • India-Japan
  • India-UK
  • India-Canada
  • India-France
  • India-EU

  • India-Latin America
  • African Union
  • India-Carribean
  • India and Indo-Pacific Region

  • UN and Specialised Agencies
  • Groupings and Various Institutions
  • Treaties and Conventions

  • India and Its Diaspora Relations
  • Soft Power

  • Global and Regional Conflicts

  • Insurgency in the North-East
  • Insurgency in Punjab - Khalistan Movement
  • Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958
  • Left-Wing Extremism/ Naxalism
  • Communal Violence
  • Initiatives to deal with Internal Security threats

  • Jammu and Kashmir Militancy
  • Terrorism

  • About Money Laundering
  • About Drug Trafficking in India
  • About Human Trafficking
  • About Arms and Ammunition Trafficking etc
  • PMLA Act

  • Role of Social Media
  • Cyber Crimes
  • India’s Cyber Security Infrastructure

  • Land Boundary Disputes with Neighbours
  • India’s border challenges and their management
  • Maritime security challenges
  • Various initiatives and Committees

  • Indian Armed Forces
  • Central Forces
  • National Maritime Security

  • Types of Economy
  • National Income and it’s measurement
  • GDP, Growth Rate and Methods of Calculation

  • Strategies of Planning in India: Planning Commission to NITI Aayog
  • Five-Year Plans: Pre-1991 and Post-1991 reforms
  • Economic Reforms since 1991
  • Liberalization, Privatization, Globalization (LPG)

  • Concept of Money: Evolution and Supply
  • Reserve Bank of India (RBI): Structure, role, and history
  • Monetary Policy in India
  • Banking System in India: Issues and Reforms
  • Legislations: SARFAESI, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016

  • Indian Budget
  • India’s Tax System and Tax Reforms
  • Public Debt: Management and implications
  • FRBM Act

  • Concept & Meaning
  • Related concepts: Deflation, Disinflation, Stagflation, Reflation, Skewflation
  • Rate-Wise: Creeping, Walking, Running, Hyperinflation
  • Cause-Wise: Demand-Pull, Cost-Push
  • Measurement: CPI, WPI, GDP Deflator

  • Money Market: Short-term instruments
  • Capital Market: Equity and Debt Instruments, Primary vs. Secondary Markets
  • Regulatory Framework
  • Stock Exchanges
  • Compliance and Rating

  • Industrial Sector and Liberalization: Public Sector in India, Industrial Policies, New Economic Policy 1991, Vision of a New India.
  • Infrastructure: Issues in Indian Infrastructure, Key Challenges, Indian Railways
  • Investment Models: Traditional Models, Neo-Investment Models, Public Private Partnership (PPP)
  • Corporate Governance: Companies Act, 2013, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

  • World Trade Organization (WTO) and related issues
  • World Bank Group and IMF
  • Other Multilateral Institutions

  • Poverty
  • Unemployment
  • Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development

  • Foreign Trade and Investment in India
  • Foreign Exchange Management

  • Agriculture
  • Food Processing Sector
  • Livestock, Fisheries
  • Issues and Challenges in these Sectors
  • Policies,Growth Rate and Targets in these Sectors
  • Government Initiatives in these Sectors
  • Land Reforms

  • Subsidies and its types in India
  • MSP

  • Basic Concepts: Genetic engineering, DNA profiling, gene therapy, CRISPR-Cas9.
  • GM crops, stem cell research, cloning, surrogacy
  • Environmental and Food Biotechnology
  • Health Biotechnology
  • Intellectual Property Rights

  • Fundamentals
  • Social and Ethical Impacts

  • Basic concepts
  • Space Missions

  • Energy Policy: Civilian and military uses
  • Three-stage reactor policy
  • Concerns: Radioactive pollution, waste management

  • IT Infrastructure: Evolution of computing, cloud computing, big data
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Telecommunications

  • Defence Indigenisation
  • Startups
  • Important Institution

  • J.C Bose
  • C.V Raman
  • Vikram Sarabhai
  • Homi Jehangir Bhabha
  • S.Chandrashekhar
  • S.N Bose
  • A.P.J Abdul Kalam
  • Others

  • Ethics and Human Interface
  • Ethics and Morality
  • Dimensions of Ethics
  • Virtue Ethics: Socrates, Aristotle, Plato
  • Normative Ethics: Virtue Ethics, Deontology, Teleology/ Consequentialism

  • The ABC model of attitude
  • Attitude formation
  • Functions of attitude
  • Attitude – behavior
  • Cognitive dissonance
  • Attitude change

  • Aptitude
  • Foundational Values for Civil Service

  • Emotional Intelligence - Concepts
  • Daniel Goleman’s Model
  • Emotional Quotients vs Intelligence Quotient
  • Utilities and Application in Administration and Governance

  • Key Thinkers and Philosophers

  • Ethical Dilemmas and Concerns in Government and Private Institutions
  • Laws, Rules, Regulations and Conscience as Sources of Ethical Guidance
  • Accountability and Ethical Governance
  • Committees and Recommendations

  • Ethics in IR
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Corporate Governance Principles
  • Committees on Corporate Governance

  • Concept of Public Service
  • Information Sharing and Transparency in Government
  • Philosophical Basis of Governance and Probity
  • Utilization of Public Funds
  • Challenges of Corruption
  • Quality of Service Delivery
  • Work Culture
  • Right to Information
  • Codes of Ethics
  • Codes of Conduct
  • Citizen’s Charter

  • Ethical Dilemma
  • Values Involved
  • Legal Dimensions
  • Public Interest

  • Religious pluralism
  • Linguistic Diversity
  • Ethnic & Racial diversity
  • Unity in diversity

  • History of Caste System: colonial and post colonial times
  • Functional importance of Castes
  • Manifestations of Caste in Indian society
  • Caste based discrimination
  • Caste and politics
  • Transformation in the caste system

  • Concept of Class
  • Middle Class in India
  • Caste-class-gender nexus

  • Religion in politics
  • Religious minorities and their issues
  • Sects and cults
  • Religious fundamentalism
  • Secularism

  • Concept of race, ethnicity
  • Ethnic groups in India
  • Racial groups in India
  • Race vs Ethnicity
  • Linguistic groups in India

  • Definition
  • Constitutional provisions related to Tribes
  • Legislative provisions
  • Issues faced by tribes
  • Models of Tribal development: Assimilation , integration debate
  • Government efforts for tribal development

  • Family
  • Concept, features, functions,
  • Types of Family
  • Impact of Globalization on Family System

  • Urban India
  • Effects of urbanisation
  • Government initiatives
  • Rural India
  • Agrarian structure: caste and class in rural India
  • Impact of land reforms
  • Green revolution and its social consequences
  • Unemployment and protests

  • Poverty in India
  • Poverty, Hunger & associated issues
  • Growth & development

  • Globalization & its features
  • Traditionalism, Modernization and Westernization
  • Effects of globalisation
  • Impact on institutions
  • Impact on Sections: women, ageing, youth, children, identity, tribals, dalits, labour class, transgenders, poor
  • Globalisation of culture
  • Homogenisation, retreat of cultural nationalism, migration, McDonaldization, hybridization

  • Female foeticide & infanticide, child marriage
  • Domestic violence & dowry deaths, Sexual harassment, Cybercrime, Gender discrimination
  • Feminisation of poverty, Feminisation of agriculture
  • Issues concerning children and Bonded labour
  • Issues concerning transgender
  • Issues concerning old people/aged/senior citizens
  • Minorities, SCs, and STs
  • Differently abled people

  • Meaning
  • Models
  • Hindrances
  • Efforts to address

  • Primary, Secondary and Tertiary healthcare
  • Nutrition and Sanitation
  • Problems associated with institutional structure

  • Evolution of Education system in India(Historical Perspective)
  • Comparison of Indian and Western Education systems
  • Challenges associated with Education system
  • Education policies and other Government interventions

  • Concept of Social Movement
  • Farmers Movement in India
  • Women’s movement
  • Backward class and Dalit movement
  • Ethnicity and Identity movement

  • Introduction to Solar System and Earth
  • Geomorphology
  • Climatology
  • Oceanography
  • Biogeography
  • World Mapping

  • Introduction to Indian Geography
  • Geological structure of India
  • Physiography of India
  • Drainage system of India
  • Climate of India
  • Natural Vegetation of India
  • Soils of India

  • Introduction to Economic Geography
  • Agriculture
  • Mineral and Energy Resources
  • Industries
  • Transport and Communication
  • Trade
  • Human Resources
  • Urbanization
  • Tourism

  • Human Race
  • Population, tribes
  • Growth and development
  • Settlements, urbanization
  • Functional classification of Towns
  • Million-cities and megacities

  • Environment and Ecology
  • Ecosystems and their Function
  • Ecological Succession
  • Bio Geo Chemical Cycles
  • Major Biomes
  • Terrestrial Ecosystem
  • Aquatic Ecosystem
  • Wetlands, Mangroves and Corals

  • Pollution
  • Solid Waste Management (Rules and Technologies)
  • Bio- Remediation
  • Environmental Pollution and Health
  • Sand Mining, Palm Oil cultivation issues, Colony Collapse Disorder, etc.
  • Human-wildlife Conflicts
  • Renewable Energy
  • Policies and efforts

  • Biodiversity: Animal Diversity & Plant Diversity, IUCN Status
  • Protected Area Network
  • Conservation Efforts

  • Global Warming
  • Green House Gases
  • Ocean Acidification
  • Ozone Depletion
  • Dead Zones
  • Mitigation Strategies
  • Climate Change Organisations
  • Green Economy
  • Circular Economy
  • Geo-Engineering
  • Carbon Sequestration

  • India
  • International

  • CAMPA
  • National Wildlife Action Plan
  • National Forest Policy
  • Schedule Tribe and Forest Dwellers Act, 2006
  • Coastal Regulation Zones
  • Environment Impact Assessment
  • National Biodiversity Act, 2002
  • WPA, 1972(Wildlife Protection Act) & other Acts and Policies
  • International Conventions

  • Environment and Ecology
  • Ecosystems and their Function
  • Ecological Succession
  • Bio Geo Chemical Cycles
  • Major Biomes
  • Terrestrial Ecosystem
  • Aquatic Ecosystem
  • Wetlands, Mangroves and Corals.

  • Natural Disasters
  • Man made Disasters

  • Disaster Management Cycle
  • Government Initiatives
  • International Frameworks
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