UPSC IAS Mains Exam: General Studies Paper-3
General Studies Paper-3 Syllabus for UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam consists of the below major areas: Technology, Economic Development, Biodiversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management. Detailed syllabus as provided by UPSC is as below:
GENERAL STUDIES 3 PAPER SYLLABUS FOR UPSC CIVIL SERVICES MAINS
- Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
- Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
- Government Budgeting.
- 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.
- Land reforms in India.
- Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.
- Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
- Investment models.
- 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, nanotechnology, biotechnology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.
- Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
- Disaster and disaster management.
- 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 cyber security; 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.
Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management
Topic Covered:
- Challenges to Internal Security through Communication Networks
- Money Laundering and Its Prevention
- Role of Media and Social Networking Sites in Internal Security Challenges
- Linkages of Organised Crime with Terrorism
- Land reforms in India
- Linkages between development and spread of extremism
- Issues relating to intellectual property rights
- Awareness in the fields of IT
- Awareness in the fields of Computers
- Awareness in the fields of Robotics
- Awareness in the field of Space
- Awareness in the fields of Bio-technology
- Awareness in the fields of nano-technology
- Conservation
- Environmental pollution and degradation
- Environmental impact assessment
- Food processing and related industries in India- scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management.
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Food processing and related industries in India
- Security challenges and their management in border areas
- Disaster Management
- Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment
- Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country
- Different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage
- E-technology in the aid of farmers
- Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.
- Transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints
- Inclusive growth and issues arising from it
- Public Distribution System-, functioning, limitations, revamping
- Issues of buffer stocks and food security
- Economics of Animal Rearing
- Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways
- Science and Technology
- Effects of science and technology in everyday life
- Application of science and technology
- Achievements of Indians in science & technology
- Developments Science and Technology
- Indigenization of Technology and Developing New Technology
- Role of External State and non-state Actors in creating Challenges to internal Security
- Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices