(Content) Study Kit for General Studies for IAS Mains
Content of Study Kit for General Studies for IAS Mains
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Paper 2: (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)
- CULTURE
- MODERN HISTORY
- THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE
- POST INDEPENDENCE
- HISTORY OF WORLD
- ROLE OF WOMEN
- EFFECT OF GLOBALISATION ON INDIAN SOCIETY
- SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT
- SALIENT FEATURES
- DISTRIBUTION OF KEY NATURAL RESOURCES
- IMPORTANT GEOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA
Paper 3: (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)
- INDIAN CONSTITUTION
- FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNION AND THE STATES
- SEPARATION OF POWERS
- COMPARISON OF INDIAN CONSTITUTIONAL
- PARLIAMENT AND STATE LEGISLATURES
- STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING
- SALIENT FEATURE OF THE REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE’S ACT
- APPOINTMENT TO VARIOUS CONSTITUTIONAL POSTS
- STATUTORY, REGULATORY AND VARIOUS QUASI JUDICIAL BODIES
- GOVERNMENT POLICIES & INTERVENTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT
- DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
- WELFARE SCHEMES
- ISSUE RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT
- ISSUES RELATING TO POVERTY
- IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF GOVERNANCE
- ROLE OF CIVIL SERVICES IN DEMOCRACY
- INDIA AND ITS NEIBOURHOOD-RELATIONS
- BILTATERAL, REGIONAL AND GLOBAL GROUPINGS
- EFFECTS OF POLICIES AND POLITICS
- IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
- QUESTION AND ANSWER
Paper 4: (Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)
- INDIAN ECONOMY AND ISSUES
- INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND ISSUES
- GOVENMENT BUDGETING
- MAJOR CROP CROPPING PATTERNS
- ISSUES RELATED TO DIRECT AND INDIRECT FARM SUBSIDIES
- FOOD PROCESSING AND RELATED INDUSTRIES
- LAND REFORM
- EFFECT OF LIBERALIZATION ON THE ECONOMY
- INFRASTRUCTURE: ENERGY , PORTS, ROADS, AIRPORTS, RAILWAYS
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ACHIEVEMENTS OF INDIAN IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- AWARENESS IN FIELD OF IT
- CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND DEGRADATION
- DISASTERS MANAGEMENT
- LINKAGE BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT AND SPREAD OF EXTREMISM
- ROLE OF EXTERNAL STATE AND NON-STATE ACTORS
- CHALLENGES TO INTERNAL SECURITY
- SECURITY CHALLENGES
- VARIOUS SECURITY FORCES AND AGENCIES AND THEIR MANDATE
- MISCELLANEOUS
- QUESTION & ANSWER
Paper 5: (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)
- ETHICS AND HUMAN INTERFACE
- ATTITUDE
- APTITUDE
- EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
- CONTRIBUTION OF MORAL THINKERS AND PHILOSOPHERS FROM INDIA AND WORLD
- PUBLIC/CIVIL SERVICE VALUES AND ETHICS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- PROBITY IN GOVERNANCE
- CASE STUDIES
- QUESTION AND ANSWER
SECOND A.R.C. RECOMMENDATION
- ETHICAL FRAMEWORK
- LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR FIGHTING CORRUPTION
- SYSTEMIC REFORMS
- PROTECTING THE HONEST CIVIL SERVANT
- INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POLITICAL EXECUTIVE AND THE PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE
- SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
- ETHICS IN GOVERNANCE