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UPSC Civil Services Mains GS-3 (Mains Paper-IV) Syllabus
- 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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