a) Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilisation of resources, growth, development and employment.
b) Government Budgeting.
c) Inclusive growth and associated issues/challenges
d) Effects of liberalisation on the economy (post 1991 changes), changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.
e) Infrastructure – Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
f) Investment models (PPP etc)
g) Agriculture
Major 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
Food processing and related industries in India – scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management
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
Land reforms in India.
II)Science and Technology
a) Recent developments and their applications and effects in everyday life
b) Achievements of Indians in science & technology.
c) Indigenisation of technology and developing new technology
d) General awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nanotechnology, bio-technology
e) Issues relating to intellectual property rights
III) Environment
a) Conservation,
b) Environmental pollution and degradation
c) Environmental impact assessment
d) Disaster Management (Laws, Acts etc.)
IV) Security
a) Challenges to internal security (external state and non-state actors)
b) Linkages between development and spread of extremism
c) Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges,
d) Basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention
e) Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organised crime with terrorism
f) Various Security forces and agencies and their mandates
