UPSC / UPPSC SYLLABUS DECODED

❑ GENERAL STUDIES 3 DECODED – Economics & Agriculture, Environment,

Technology, Disaster Management and Internal Security

1. Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of

Resources, Growth, Development and Employment.

→ Planning – Meaning; Need/Objective; Types (Indicative, Structural,

Imperative), Achievements & Failures of Indian Planning
→ Resource Mobilization – Need – For democratic welfare state; Role of
Savings & Investment
→ Economic Growth versus Economic Development; Measures of Economic
Development (Rise In Per Capita, Gdp, HDI, Poverty Index); Challenges to
Development & Growth
→ Employment - Jobless Growth; Formal vs Informal; Gig Economy; Govt
Programs
→ Role of NITI Aayog
→ How to achieve SDGs.

2. Inclusive Growth and issues arising from it.

→ Meaning; Elements; Challenges; Indicators; Mention 12TH FYP; Govt

Policies (E.g. MUDRA YOJANA; MGNAREGA; DIGITAL INDIA; JAN DHAN
YOJANA; NAM; KISAN CARD; PM KISAN etc.)
→ Unemployment

3. Government Budgeting

→ Budget; Economic Survey Analysis

→ Types of Budgets – Outcome, Zero-Based, Gender Budget
→ FRBM Act
4. 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.

→ Cropping Pattern- Importance; Different Types; Reasons Why Cropping

Pattern Differ; Factors Affecting Cropping Pattern
→ Different modes and sources of irrigation; Integrated Watershed
Management; Govt Schemes
→ APMC ISSUE; NAM; FPO; Contract Farming; Govt Initiatives and
Challenges Associated
→ E-technology in the aid of farmers

5. 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.

→ Farm Subsidies in India: Definition; Working; Need; Positive & Negative

Impacts
→ Types of Farm Subsidies in Indian - Agriculture: Irrigation and Power
Subsidies; Fertilizer Subsidy; Seed Subsidy; Credit Subsidy
→ Minimum Support Prices in Indian Agriculture: MSP definition; Working;
Issues; Drawbacks; Way Ahead; Buffer Stocks
→ Public Distribution System in India: Definition; Issues; Working; Need;
Disadvantages
→ DBT; Need for Food Security; National Food Security Act

6. Food Processing and Related Industries in India- Scope’ and Significance,

Location, Upstream and Downstream Requirements, Supply Chain
Management.

→ Food processing and related industries: Scope and significance, location,

upstream and downstream requirements, Challenges; supply chain
management. (Recent Development – Budget; FDI; Food Parks;
SAMPADA YOJNA)
7. Land Reforms in India.

→ Land ownership patterns under the British rule - Zamindari System

(Permanent settlement of Bengal); Ryotwari System; Mahalwari System
→ Objective of Land Reforms; Problems in Implementation; Successful
Implementation Examples; Recent Development - NITI Aayog Report on
Land Leasing; Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation & Resettlement Act;
SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology
in Village Areas)

8. Effects of Liberalization on the Economy, Changes in Industrial Policy and

their Effects on Industrial Growth.

→ Liberalization; Privatization; Globalization Basic Def; Phases of Industrial

development; Impact on Different Sectors of the Economy and Section of
Society
→ Industrial Policy Before & After 1991; SEZs; Make in India; Atma Nirbhar
Bharat; National Manufacturing Policy
→ Industrial sickness, institutional mechanism to support the sick
industries, exit policy issues
→ MSME Role and Challenges

9. Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.

→ National Infrastructure pipeline

→ Importance and Development of Transport.
→ Bharatmala Pariyojana
→ PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan
→ Mega Investment Textiles Parks (MITRA) scheme
→ Zero defect zero eff ect scheme
→ Virtual Currencies
→ ‘One District One Product: A Potential Game changer’
→ Pulses for Food Security and Sustainable Future
10. Investment Models

→ Need for Investment; Sources of Investment

→ Importance of investment for an economy
→ Factors affecting investment
→ Various investment models
→ Issues associated with PPP model

11.Science and Technology- Developments and their Applications and

Effects in Everyday Life.
12.Achievements of Indians in Science & Technology; Indigenization of
Technology and Developing New Technology.
13.Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-
technology, Bio-technology and issues relating to Intellectual Property
Rights.

→ Bioethics and Biopiracy; IPR in Biotechnology; ISRO and its role in

national development; Private sector in space; Public-private partnership
in space sector; GM technology; WTO ISSUES; Internet of Things; Big
Data Initiative and Privacy
→ Sending Humans to Mars; Geopolitics of outer space; Deep Sea Mission;
National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe)
→ Recent Issues - Evergreening, Compulsory Licensing, Prominent Cases
etc.

14.Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental

Impact Assessment.

→ Waste Management; Effect of Climate Change; Coastal Ecosystem

Management (Mangroves; Coral Reefs; Wetlands)
→ Open Waste Burning and its Impact; Urban Forestry Scheme; River
linking Project and Impact on Environment; Deep Sea Mining
→ Pollution in metros and climate change; Urban Heat Island; Sustainable
Agriculture Techniques; Conserving the Western Ghats
→ Smog Towers Examples; E-Waste: Treasure or Threat?
→ Circular Bioeconomy
→ Interconnected Disasters Risk

15.Disaster and Disaster Management.

→ Phases of disaster management: Before the Crisis (Risk reduction);

During the Crisis (Response); Post Crisis (Recovery)
→ Elements of Disaster Management
→ Community Level Disaster Management
→ Government Initiatives on Disaster Management

16.Linkages between Development and Spread of Extremism.

17.Role of External State and Non-state Actors in creating challenges to
Internal Security.
18.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.
19.Security Challenges and their Management in Border Areas - Linkages of
Organized Crime with Terrorism.
20.Various Security Forces and Agencies and their Mandate.

→ Internal Security Challenges

→ Social Diversity as Issues of Security Threat
→ Factors Responsible for Spread of Extremism
→ Spread of Extremism due to Underdevelopment
→ Terrorism Threat to India
→ Drawbacks in Intelligence Infrastructure
→ Types of Organized Crime
→ Drug trafficking in India
→ Why naxalism got huge support from common man?
→ Why naxalism is biggest threat to internal security?
→ Insurgency in North-East - Assam Insurgency; Resolving the Bodo Issue
→ Challenges to Border Management
→ Types of Cyber Crimes
 → Impact and Steps needed
→ Recent Incident: Ransomware
→ Recent Initiatives for Tackling Cyber Warfare
→ Regulation of social media in India for Internal Security.
→ Meaning of Money Laundering; Problem; step taken
→ Parallel Economy in India
→ What are the various measures taken by Government to curb Black
Money?
→ Police Reforms in India
→ Traditional and Non-Traditional Security Challenges
→ integrated theatre commands

20. UP SPECIAL

1. Specific knowledge of Uttar Pradesh Economy–State Budgets,

Importance of Agriculture, Industry, Infrastructure and physical
resources, Human Resources and Skill Development, Government
Programmes and Welfare Schemes.
2. Issues in State’s Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and Animal
Husbandry
3. Law and Order and Civil Defence with special reference to Uttar Pradesh

21. Contemporary Issues

1. Rise of Taliban is internal security challenge for India.

2. Massive plastic pollution footprint.
3. ISRO to handle projects of national security.
4. Computer Games addiction and dangers
5. Importance of own Navigation System