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GS paper 3
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Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development, and employment, Inclusive growth, and issues arising from it. |
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a. Stagflation |
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b. India’s Economic Slowdown and solution |
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c. “Developed” tag for India:: Impact Analysis |
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d. Mobilization of Resources |
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e. Impact of Coronavirus outbreak on Economy |
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f. East Asian Model |
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Government Budgeting. |
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a. Summary of Economic Survey |
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b. Summary of Budget 2020-21(Key Changes and features) |
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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; |
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a. Ground Water Crisis and NITI Aayog Report: Analysis and way forward |
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b. Zero Budget Natural Farming |
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c. Contract farming |
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d. Pesticide management in India |
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e. GM Crops |
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f. Agriculture Reforms |
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e-technology in the aid of farmers Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices |
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Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing. |
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a. Public Distribution System |
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b. PDS Vs. Direct Cash Transfer |
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c. Economics Of Animal Rearing |
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Food processing and related industries in India- scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management. |
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a. Mega Food Parks |
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Land reforms in India. |
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Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy, and their effects on industrial growth. |
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a. Privatisation of PSEs |
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b. Ease Of Doing Business In India |
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Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways, etc. |
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a. Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) Initiative |
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b. Overcoming obstacles in the river interlinking Project |
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c. Blue Dot Network |
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d. Boosting regional air connectivity |
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Investment Models |
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Conservation, environmental pollution, and degradation, environmental impact assessment |
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a. Protection of Eastern Ghats |
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Disaster and disaster management. |
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a. Australia Wildfire Crisis |
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b. COVID-19 Outbreak-Collective Fight against the pandemic |
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Linkages between development and spread of extremism. |
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Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security. |
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a. Bodoland Issue and New Bodo Accord |
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b. Northeast Insurgency |
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c. Cross Border Linkages in North East Insurgency |
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d. AFSPA |
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Challenges to internal security through communication networks, the role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges |
