UPSC Civil Services Mains General Studies III (GS-III) Syllabus consists of the following major areas: Technology, Economic Development, Biodiversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management.
UPSC Civil Services Mains General Studies III (GS-III) Detailed Syllabus
Indian Economy
Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
Government Budgeting.
Indian Agriculture; Food processing Industry
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.
Reforms
Land reforms in India.
Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial
growth.
Infrastructure
Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
Investment models.
Science and Technology
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.
Environment
Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
Disaster management
Disaster and disaster management.
Internal Security
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, the role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cybersecurity; money-laundering and its prevention.
Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized crime with
terrorism.
Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate.
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