TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BIODIVERSITY,\u00a0 ENVIRONMENT, SECURITY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Topic 1: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources,\u00a0 growth, development and employment.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Key concepts: Planning <\/b>– Evolution of planning in India – Objectives of Economic Planning\u00a0 in India – National Planning Commission\/ National Planning Committee\/Bombay plan\/ People’s\u00a0 Plan\/ Gandhian Plan \/ Sarvodaya Plan\/ Planning Commission and NDC – Achievement \/ Failures\u00a0 of Planning Commission – NITI Aayog (1 Jan, 2015) – How it is different from Planning\u00a0 Commission -Cooperative Federalism – Competitive Federalism -NITI Aayog Action Agenda\u00a0 and Annual Reports \u2013 unemployment \u2013 jobless growth \u2013 investment & savings rate.\u00a0 <\/span>Mobilisation of Resources <\/b>– Mobilisation of natural resource\/Human resource\/Financial\u00a0 resource -Plan Vs Non Plan Expenditure – GST, GAAR, Tax Administrative reform\u00a0 Commission – Federal Issues in Resource Mobilisation \u2013 Southern States Concerns with 15<\/span>th<\/span> FC \u2013 Resource mobilisation of urban local bodies – <\/span>Growth and Development <\/b>– Economic\u00a0 Growth Meaning \u2013 Slowdown – Inflation \u2013 Phillip\u2019s Curve \u2013 Laffer Curve – Indicators of\u00a0 economic growth – Significance of economic growth – jobless growth – challenges to economic\u00a0 growth – Difference between economic growth and development – GDP \u2013 GNH \u2013 HDI \u2013 Externalities of Development \u2013 Growth Recession \u2013<\/span>Employment <\/b>– Employment Scenario –\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Key Facts – PLFS – 2017 -18, NSSO – Employment Unemployment Survey – Labour Bureau\u00a0 Quarterly Employment Survey – Employment and Formalisation – Employment and\u00a0 Productivity \u2013 Employability – Labour laws – Female Labour Force Participation – Gender\u00a0 Wage Gap, Artificial Intelligence and 4th Industrial Revolution – Labour Market Disruption \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Covid 19 <\/b>\u2013 and impact on growth \u2013 mobilisation of resources \u2013 employment \u2013 changing\u00a0 nature of economy – Cashless economy \u2013 digital economy \u2013 formalisation of informal sector\u00a0 – Blue Economy \u2013 Gig Economy \u2013 Platform Economy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 2: Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: <\/b>Inclusive Growth \u2013 Livelihood – Access to basic amenities – Social Security – Skill Development – Poverty elimination – Balanced regional Development – Reducing\u00a0 Inequalities – Empowerment -Employment – Financial Inclusion – Good Governance – Collaboration of Govt, civil Society and Industry – Universal basic Income – Minimum Wages\u00a0 -Transformation of Aspirational Districts \u2013 World Inequality Report & Index \u2013 Financial\u00a0 Inclusion \u2013 JAM Trinity \u2013 Covid19 & Inclusive Growth. \u2013 Failure of trickle down approach \u2013 Misery Index \u2013 Expanding Middle Approach to inclusive growth \u2013 Middle Income Trap<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 3: Government Budgeting.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: <\/b>Budget – Meaning and Importance \u2013 Different types of Budget \u2013 Line Item\u00a0 Budget \u2013 Performance Budgeting \u2013 Zero based Budgeting \u2013 Outcome Budgeting \u2013 Gender\u00a0 Budgeting – Various Component of Budget \u2013 Revenue and Capital Account \u2013 Deficits \u2013 Budget\u00a0 Deficit \u2013 Revenue Deficit \u2013 Fiscal Deficit \u2013 Stages of enactment of Budget \u2013 Recent Changes\u00a0 \u2013 Scrapping of railway Budget and merging it with General Budget \u2013 Scrapping of Plan and\u00a0 Non Plan expenditure \u2013 Advancement in the Presentation of Budget \u2013 March Rush \u2013 Budget\u00a0 2020-21 \u2013 Issues in Budgets in India and 2<\/span>nd <\/span>ARC recommendations \u2013 Fiscal Responsibility &\u00a0 Budget Management Act \u2013 Covid-19 Impact \u2013 Direct Tax Code \u2013 GST \u2013 Taxation Reforms \u2013 MAT \u2013 Dividend Distribution Tax \u2013 Long Term Capital Gains \u2013 Tax Avoidance \u2013 Tax Evasion\u00a0 \u2013 Tax Heaven \u2013 Tax Buoyancy \u2013 Base Erosion & Profit Shifting \u2013 GAFA Tax \u2013 Reduction in\u00a0 Corporate Tax \u2013 Tax to GDP Ration \u2013 Debt to GDP Ratio \u2013 Sovereign Bond \u2013 Ease of Living\u00a0 \u2013 Aspirational India \u2013 Economic Development \u2013 Caring Society\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 4: Major crops-cropping patterns in various parts of the country, \u2013 different\u00a0 types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and marketing of\u00a0 agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of\u00a0 farmers.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: Major crops of India <\/b>\u2013 Food crops and Non-food Crops \u2013 Rice\/Wheat\/Millets\/Pulses\/tea\/coffee\/Sugarcane\/Cotton\/Jute\/ –\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Cropping Pattern <\/b>– Rabi – Kharif \u2013 Zaid \u2013 Issues related with water guzzling crops \u2013 \u201cVirtual\u00a0 Water Export\u201d – Agriculture distress- Rainfed Agriculture Atlas \u2013 Zero Budget Natural\u00a0 farming \u2013 Sustainable Agriculture \u2013 Integrated Farming \u2013 Shifting Cultivation \u2013 Monoculture – Diversification of crops \u2013 Climate Smart Agriculture \u2013 integrated Farming System \u2013 PM Fasal\u00a0 Bima Yojana\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Irrigation System – <\/b>Key facts regarding Irrigation in India- Need for Irrigation- Different\u00a0 types of Irrigation in India \u2013 Major\/Medium\/Minor Irrigation Projects \u2013 Positive and Negative\u00a0 Effects of Irrigation \u2013 Effect of Irrigation on Environment \u2013 Habitat Destruction- Displacement\u00a0 of population \u2013 Salinity \u2013 Water logging \u2013 Drip Irrigation \u2013Schemes related to Irrigation –\u00a0 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana – Micro Irrigation Fund \u2013 Long term Irrigation fund –\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Irrigation in dryland areas – Watershed development in India \u2013 From Land Productivity to\u00a0 Water Productivity. \u2013 Contribution of Visvesvaraya \u2013 PM KUSUM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Agricultural Marketing – <\/b>What is Agricultural Marketing -Objectives of Agricultural\u00a0 Marketing- Present State of Agricultural Marketing in India – effects of Agricultural Marketing\u00a0 in India – Steps taken by Government for improvement of Agricultural Marketing in India – Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing- e- NAM – Model Agricultural Produce and\u00a0 Livestock Marketing (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2017 – Draft Model Contract Farming\u00a0 Act 2018 – Agricultural Export Policy, 2018 \u2013 Issues in Food Grain Management in India – Restructuring FCI [Shanta Kumar Committee recommendations]- Farmer Producer <\/span>60\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Companies [FPO] – Operation Greens [Curbing Price Volatility in horticultural produce] \u2013 Post Covid \u2013 Agriculture Market Supply Chain \u2013 Contract Farming \u2013 e-Negotiable Warehouse\u00a0 Receipt\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n E-Technology in Aid of Farmer \u2013 <\/b>ICT and Agriculture \u2013 Agritech \u2013 Hydroponics \u2013 Vertical Farming \u2013 GM Crops & Issues therein \u2013 technology fatigue in Indian Agriculture –\u00a0 Contribution of M S Swaminathan\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 5: Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support\u00a0 prices; Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping;\u00a0 issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of\u00a0 animal-rearing.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: Farm Subsidies – <\/b>Need\/rationale for Subsidies – Types of Subsidies – Merits\/Demerits of Subsidies -Various Issues in farm Subsidies – Distortive\/Regressive etc. – India and WTO: on Farm Subsidies – Green Box\/Amber Box\/ Blue Box, Negotiations and\u00a0 their outcomes, Public Stockholding in India and WTO – 10% subsidy cap – Peace Clause,\u00a0 Possible Permanent Solution, – Export Subsidy & WTO – <\/span>Minimum Support Price (MSP)\u00a0 – <\/b>Need\/Rationale for MSP, MSP Calculation, crops covered, Swaminathan Committee Report,\u00a0 Issues in the MSP – Alternatives Suggested to MSP – NITI Aayog three models of procurement\u00a0 – Market Assurance Scheme, Price Deficiency Payment, employing private players to procure\u00a0 on behalf of the government for a concession \u2013 PM-AASHA, <\/span>Public Distribution System\u00a0 (PDS) <\/b>– Evolution, objective, Functioning, Limitations of PDS -Recent Reforms undertaken – Shanta Kumar Committee, Digitisation of Ration Card, Linking Ration Card with Aadhaar\u00a0 Card, PDS Vs DBT, Food Coupons, Colour Coding -Alternatives to PDS – Cash Transfer\/\u00a0 Food Coupons\/Universal Basic Income – One Nation – One Ration Card, etc. <\/span>Buffer Stocks\u00a0 – <\/b>Need for Buffer Stock, What is Buffer Stock, Limitation of Buffer stock, Laws supplementing\u00a0 buffer stock- ECA, Trading restrictions- issues, implications, FCI reforms – <\/span>Food Security <\/b>– Need, Component of food security, Govt Initiatives, National Food Security Act, – Nutrition\u00a0 Security \u2013 Hidden Hunger . <\/span>Technology Missions – <\/b>National Mission on Oil seeds and oil\u00a0 palm, Technology Mission on Oilseeds, Pulses & Maize, Technology Mission on Coconut,\u00a0 National Saffron Mission, National Mission on Agricultural Extension & Technology, etc. – <\/span>Economics of Animal Rearing <\/b>– Role of Livestock in farmers economy, Mixed Farming\u00a0 and livestock, Climate change and Livestock, Issues- quality, breed system- indigenous\/foreign,\u00a0 research, diseases – Government Schemes – National Livestock Mission, Rashtriya Gokul\u00a0 Mission, National Kamdhenu Breeding Centre, e-pashuhaat, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 6: Food processing and related industries in India- scope\u2019 and significance,\u00a0 location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: <\/b>Food Processing – Scope\/Significance\/Potential\/Issues and Concerns in the\u00a0 Food Processing Sector – Government Schemes – Nivesh Bandhu’s Portal – Mega Food Parks\u00a0 – Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana – 100% FDI permitted in Food Processing – Dairy\u00a0 Processing and development Fund- Fisheries and aquaculture development fund – Animal\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund – Setting up\/Modernisation of Abattoirs \u2013 Village\u00a0 Storage Scheme \u2013 Dhanalakshmi \u2013 National Cold Supply Chain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 7: Land reforms in India.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: <\/b>Brief History – Need and Objectives of Land reform, Components of land\u00a0 reforms, Phases of Land reform, Overall appraisal of land reforms, Regional Variation in land\u00a0 Reforms \u2013 Post liberalisation Land Reforms – Modernisation of Land Record (Now – Digital\u00a0 India Land Record Modernisation Program) – Facilitation of Land Leasing (NITI Aayog Model\u00a0 Agriculture Land Leasing Act 2016) – Right to fair Compensation and Transparency in Land\u00a0 Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, etc.- Model Tenancy Acts \u2013 Issues\u00a0 arising out of Land to Population Ratio.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 8: Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and\u00a0 their effects on industrial growth.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: Liberalisation of Economy – <\/b>Impact of Liberalisation on different sectors\u00a0 of economy – Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Manufacturing\/Industries, Service Sectors, MSME,\u00a0 Export improvement, Healthcare\/Education etc. \u2013 Global Value Chain \u2013 Economy of Network\u00a0 Products \u2013 Marxist Perspective \u2013 COVID-19 & Globalisation \u2013 Trade War \u2013 Protectionism –\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Industrial Policy <\/b>– Need for Industrial Policy, Evolution of Industrial Policy, New Industrial\u00a0 Policy – 1991- Its Achievement and Failures, Why India needs New Industrial policy, -Missing\u00a0 Middle \u2013 problem of Dwarfism \u2013 Pre-mature Deindustrialisation of India \u2013 FIRE Economy\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 9: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: \u2013 Energy \u2013 <\/b>Key Facts \u2013 Conventional and Non-Conventional sources of\u00a0 Energy \u2013 Power Sector \u2013 Thermal\/Hydro\/Nuclear\/Renewables – Issues and Challenges in\u00a0 Power Sector and their remedies \u2013 Various Initiatives by Government \u2013 Renewable Energy \u2013 Solar Power\/Wind Energy \u2013 Issues and challenges in renewable energy power \u2013 National\u00a0 Infrastructure Pipeline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ports\/Shipping Industry <\/b>\u2013 Major and Minor ports, Inland Water Navigation, SAGARMALA\u00a0 \u2013 Ro-Ro Service & Its Impact \u2013 Major Ports Act –\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Roads \u2013 <\/b>Road network in India \u2013 Importance of Roads \u2013 Issues\/Challenges in road Sector \u2013 Various schemes – Bharatmala- Roads Accident \u2013 Steps taken to prevent road Accident \u2013 Road Construction \u2013 PPP \u2013 EPC- BOT- HAM \u2013 TOT – Swiss Challenge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Railways <\/b>\u2013 Rail network in India \u2013 Importance of railways \u2013 Various Issues\u2013 recommendation\u00a0 of Various Committees \u2013 Bibek Debroy Committee- Sam Pitroda Committee \u2013 Anil Kakodar\u00a0 Committee \u2013 Merger of railway Budget with General Budget \u2013 Privatisation of Railways \u2013 Restructuring of Railways \u2013 Rail Development Authority \u2013 Rail Safety \u2013 High Operating Ratios\u00a0 \u2013 Cross Subsidisation Policy<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Airports\/Civil Aviation <\/b>\u2013 Importance of Aviation Sector, Issues in aviation sector \u2013 Airport\u00a0 Development \u2013 Models – Initiatives by Govt. – UDAN \u2013 Disinvestment of Air India \u2013 Covid\u00a0 19 & Aviation Sector.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 10: Investment models.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: <\/b>Different Investment Models – PPP – Evolution of PPP in India\/ Why We\u00a0 need PPP, Challenges\/Issues in the PPP model, Kelkar Committee Recommendations – Different PPP models – BOT, BOO, BOOT, BOLT, LDO, DBFO – EPC model – TOT, Hybrid\u00a0 Annuity Model, Swiss Challenge etc \u2013 FDI vs FII \u2013 Greenfield \u2013 Brownfield – Debate\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 11 : Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects\u00a0 in everyday life.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: <\/b>Science technology and innovation policy – Defence technology – Space\u00a0 technology – Information technology \u2013 Bio Technology \u2013 Nano technology – General science\u00a0 concepts of chemistry, physics and Biology, – Commercialisation of Space \u2013 Mission Shakti \u2013 Technical Textile Mission & PPEs \u2013 Vaccine Development \u2013 Covid -19 \u2013 Integrated Disease\u00a0 Surveillance Program \u2013 4th Industrial Revolution \u2013 Quantum Computing \u2013 Virtual Currency\u00a0 \u2013 Big Data \u2013 Internet of Things -e-Vehicles \u2013 Li-ON \u2013 eNDS.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 12: Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of\u00a0 technology and developing new technology.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: <\/b>Famous Indian scientists from ancient to the modern age – Notable scientists\u00a0 of India – CV Raman, M Visvesaraya, J C Bose, Homi Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai, APJ Abdul\u00a0 kalam – The extent of indigenization in sectors of Indian economy: Agriculture, Automobile,\u00a0 Information and Communication Technology, Healthcare and biotechnology, Space- Defence\u00a0 Indigenisation\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 13: Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, Nano technology, biotechnology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: Bio-Technology – <\/b>GM Crops (Bt Cotton, Bt Brinjal, Bt Mustard Golden\u00a0 Rice), Gene Therapy, Gene editing, Gene Silencing, Three Parent baby, Human Genome\u00a0 Project, Genome Project India, MAANAV- Human Atlas, DNA Technology Regulation Bill,\u00a0 Stem Cells, Embryo Transfer Technology \u2013 Neglected Tropical Diseases \u2013 Zoonotic Diseases\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Space Technology <\/b>– Earth Observation Satellite, Communication Satellite, Global\u00a0 Positioning system, Gaganyaan, Chandryaan, NaVIC, Aditya L1, AstroSat, Vyommitra, – Contribution of ISRO \u2013 PSLV \u2013 GSLV \u2013 Cryogenics \u2013 Mars Mission –\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n IT and Computer <\/b>– 4G and 5G, 4D printing, Li-Fi, Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain technology,\u00a0 Quantum Computing, Data Localisation, Dark Web, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n Intellectual Property Rights <\/b>– Different Categories of IPR, Traditional knowledge Digital\u00a0 Library, Patent Prosecution Highway Programme, – National IPR Policy \u2013 Branded vs Generic\u00a0 Drugs \u2013 Issue of APIs \u2013 Patent Act & TRIPS \u2013 WIPO \u2013 Developed vs Developing World\u00a0 Debate on IP Rights \u2013 Evergreening \u2013 Compulsory Licensing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 14: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental\u00a0 impact assessment.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: <\/b>Environmental Pollution, Deforestation, Eutrophication, Coral Bleaching – Climate change \u2013 Impact of Climate Change, Mitigation Strategies, Initiatives by India \u2013 ISA \u2013 Global Climate Fund – UNFCC, etc \u2013 Air Pollution \u2013 Issue of SPM 10 \u2013 Stubble Burning &\u00a0 Issues Arising out of it \u2013 Vehicular Pollution \u2013 River Pollution \u2013 Land Degradation \u2013 Desertification \u2013 Illegal Wildlife Trade \u2013 Mangroves \u2013 Water Crisis \u2013 Pesticide Management\u00a0 – Western Ghats Conservation : Kasturirangan vs Madhav Gadgil \u2013 Carrying Capacity of\u00a0 Environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Environmental Impact Assessment<\/strong> \u2013 Need of it, Various Issues in EIA \u2013 Draft EIA 2020 <\/span><\/p>\n Topic 15: Disaster and disaster management.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: <\/b>Concepts in Disaster management \u2013 Disaster Preparedness – Importance of\u00a0 Disaster management \u2013 Various mitigation methods \u2013 Natural and man-made disasters \u2013 Disaster management act 2005, National Disaster Management Authority – Vizag Gas Leak \u2013 Sendai Framework – Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure \u2013 Flood \u2013 Landslide \u2013 Wildfires \u2013 Pandemic as a Disaster \u2013 Epidemics Act \u2013 Dam Protection Bill.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 16: Linkages between development and spread of extremism.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: Deficit of development and its regional variations – loss of trust in\u00a0 government efforts –<\/b>Land acquisition – issues around compensation and commercial\u00a0 acquisitions -Tribal discontent – development induced displacement – Indoctrination- role of\u00a0 non-state actors in promoting extremist ideas (Left Wing Extremism etc) \u2013 Naxalbari\u00a0 Movement \u2013 Saranda Action Plan \u2013 Urban Naxals\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 17: Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to\u00a0 internal security.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: <\/b>Threats from external state actors – Pakistan & China – Cross-border\u00a0 terrorism \u2013 state sponsored terrorism – Threats from non-state actors to internal security – Terrorist Organisations, Drug cartels \u2013 Golden Triangle \u2013 Golden Crescent – Fake currency\u00a0 rackets, cross border ethnic group – illegal immigrants \u2013 Rohingya Crisis \u2013 Overground\u00a0 Workers of Terror Organisations \u2013 Operation Sunrise \u2013 Maritime Piracy –<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 18: Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of\u00a0 media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber\u00a0 security; money-laundering and its prevention.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: <\/b>Propaganda and indoctrination – recruitments via social media sites – Personal\u00a0 messaging platforms as a vehicle of protest and false ideas – Challenges to monitor social\u00a0 media content – Organized crime and its networks using dark web \u2013 Fake news \u2013 Impact on\u00a0 democracy \u2013 Mob Lynching \u2013 Cyber Security \u2013 Paid Media \u2013 Corporatisation of Media \u2013 Data\u00a0 protection \u2013 Data Localisation \u2013 Data Sovereignty\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Cyber Security <\/b>– Different kinds of cyber security vulnerabilities – malwares, Trojan horses\u00a0 etc, Cyber security of critical infrastructure \u2013 Nuclear power plant \u2013 financial institutions etc\u00a0 \u2013 Steps by Government to thwart cyber – attack \u2013 CERT \u2013 IN, etc \u2013 Crypto jacking \u2013 National\u00a0 CyberSecuirty Policy –\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Money Laundering <\/b>– Methods and stages of Money laundering \u2013 Black Money – Tax Havens\u00a0 \u2013 Round Tripping – Impact of Money laundering on India, Government steps to combat money\u00a0 laundering – Legislative Provisions, Institutional mechanism, Global mechanism, FATF \u2013 Prevention of Money Laundering Act \u2013 Benami Transactions Act \u2013 BEPS.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 19: Security challenges and their management in border areas \u2013 linkages of\u00a0 organized crime with terrorism.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: Border Management –<\/b>India – China – LAC, Aksai Chin, Arunachal Pradesh,\u00a0 Stapled visas, Tibet Issue, CPEC, Doklam Issue – India – Pakistan – Sir creek Issue, Siachen,\u00a0 Border river Dispute , Indus Water Treaty 1960, Dispute on various hydro-electric project\u00a0 built by India, State sponsored terrorism, fake currency etc – India – Nepal – Kalapani, Susta,\u00a0 Mechi, Tanakpur – India – Bangladesh – 100th Constitutional amendment act, Illegal migrants,\u00a0 drug trafficking fake currency, Teesta River Water Dispute – India – Srilanka – Katchatheevu\u00a0 Island, Fishermen Issue – India – Myanmar – Drug Trafficking, Illegal migrants, Insurgency, etc\u00a0 \u2013 Operation Sunrise \u2013 CPEC \u2013 Human Trafficking \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Linkages of Organised crime with Terrorism NIA, UAPA (Amendment) Act \u2013 Communal\u00a0 Violence \u2013 Insurgency in North Eastern States and in Jammu and Kashmir \u2013 Illegal Wildlife\u00a0 Trade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topic 20: Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Key concepts: <\/b>Various security forces – Coastal Security – Indian Coast Guard – Central\u00a0 Armed Police Force – BSF, CISF, CRPF, ITBP, SSB, NSG, AR \u2013their mandate – NIA Amendment\u00a0 Act \u2013 AFPSA \u2013 Need for a Cyber command \u2013 Chief of Defence Staff<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BIODIVERSITY,\u00a0 ENVIRONMENT, SECURITY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT\u00a0 Topic 1: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, 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