GS (M) SYLLabUS 2013

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Ports, Roads, Airports,Railways etc.• Investment models.

and educationalinstitutions ininculcating values.

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World History•History of the world willinclude events from 18thcentury such as industrialrevolution, world wars,redrawal of nationalboundaries, colonization,

decolonization, politicalphilosophies likecommunism, capitalism,socialism etc.- their formsand effect on the society.

Social Justice• Government policiesand interventions fordevelopment in varioussectors and issues arisingout of their design andimplementation.

• Developmentprocesses and thedevelopment industry-the role of NGOs, SHGs,various groups andassociations, donors,charities, institutional andother stakeholders• Welfare schemes forvulnerable sections of

the population by theCentre and States and theperformance of theseschemes;• Mechanisms, laws,institutions and Bodies constituted for theprotection and bettermentof these vulnerablesections.

• Issues relating todevelopment andmanagement of SocialSector/ Services relatingto Health, Education,Human Resources.• Issues relating topoverty and hunger.

Bio diversity/ Agriculture• Major crops & croppingpatterns in various parts of the country,•Different types of irrigation and irrigationsystems

• Storage, transport andmarketing of agriculturalproduce and issues andrelated constraints;• e-technology in the aid of farmers• Issues related to direct andindirect farm subsidies andminimum support prices;•Public Distribution

System- objectives,functioning, limitations,revamping;•Issues of buffer stocks andfood security;• Technology missions;•Economics of animal-rearing.• Food processing andrelated industries in India-

scope and significance,location, upstream anddownstream requirements,• Supply chain management.• Land reforms in India.

Emotional intelligence/EI• Concepts, and their

utilities and application in

administration and

governance.

•Contributions of moral

thinkers and

philosophers from India

and world.

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World Geography• Salient features of world’sphysical geography.• Distribution of key naturalresources across the world(including South Asia and theIndian subcontinent);

• Factors responsible for thelocation of primary,secondary, and tertiarysector industries in variousparts of the world (includingIndia)

Polity• Functions andresponsibilities of theUnion and the States,• Issues and challengespertaining to the federalstructure,

•Devolution of powers andfinances up to local levelsand challenges therein.• Separation of powersbetween various organsdispute redressalmechanisms andinstitutions.• Parliament and StateLegislatures - structure,

functioning, conduct of business, powers &privileges and issuesarising out of these.• Structure, organizationand functioning of theExecutive and the

Judiciary.• Ministries andDepartments of the

Government;• Pressure groups andformal/informalassociations and their rolein the Polity.• Salient features of theRepresentation of People’s Act.• Appointment to various

Environment•Conservation,environmental pollution anddegradation, environmentalimpact assessment/ EIA.

Disaster Management•Disaster and disastermanagement

Public/Civil servicevalues and Ethics inPublicadministration: •Status and problems;

ethical concerns and

dilemmas in government

and private

institutions;

•Laws, rules, regulations

and conscience as

sources of ethical

guidance;

•Accountability and

ethical governance;

•Strengthening of ethicaland moral values in

governance;

•Ethical issues in

international relations and

funding;

•Corporate governance.

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Constitutional posts,powers, functions andresponsibilities of variousConstitutional Bodies.• Statutory, regulatoryand various quasi-judicialbodies.

Physical Geography• Important Geophysicalphenomena such asearthquakes, Tsunami,Volcanic activity, cycloneetc., geographical featuresand their location- changesin critical geographicalfeatures (includingwaterbodies and ice-caps)

and in flora and fauna andthe effects of such changes.

Society• Salient features of IndianSociety,• Diversity of India.• Role of women andwomen’s organization,

population and associatedissues,• Poverty anddevelopmental issues,• Urbanization, theirproblems and their remedies.• Effects of globalization onIndian society• Social empowerment,

International relations

• India and its

neighborhood- relations.

• Bilateral, regional

and global groupings

and agreements involving

India and/or affecting

India’s interests

• Effect of policies andpolitics of developed and

developing countries on

India’s interests,

• Indian diaspora.

•Important International

institutions, agencies

and fora- their

structure, mandate.

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,

• Role of media and social

networking sites in internal

security challenges,

• Basics of cyber security;

• Money-laundering and its

prevention

• Security challenges and

their management in

border areas;

• Linkages of organized

crime with terrorism

• Various Security forces

Probity in Governance:

• Concept of public

service;

•Philosophical basis of

governance and probity;

•Information sharing and

transparency in

government,

• Right to Information,• Codes of Ethics,

• Codes of Conduct,

• Citizen’s Charters,

• Work culture,

• Quality of service

delivery,

• Utilization of public

funds,

• Challenges of

corruption.

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• Communalism, regionalism& secularism.

and agencies and their

mandate.

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