General Studies‐III : Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management
- 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, nano-technology, bio-technology 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, 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.
Though, I have mentioned the syllabus of GS Paper-III in the beginning, but following the syllabus line by line will not be sufficient for the aspirants to score enough in this paper. UPSC can ask anything or everything related to economy, S&T, environment, agriculture, disaster management and internal security in this paper. But in last few years most of the questions were asked from the topics related to current affairs. Thus its always advisable to read daily news paper, cover one or two magazines and to follow government websites. Answer writing practice is also a key factor for scoring good marks in this paper. Module wise sources for GS Paper – III, are discussed below for ready reference of the aspirants –
Indian Economy
- Mrunal video lectures from mrunal.org and youtube
- Economic Survey
- Yojana magazine – very useful for this paper. Its better to get the hard copies, if not available; one can also download from http://yojana.gov.in
- https://pib.gov.in
- VISION IAS monthly current affairs
- VISION IAS – Mains 365 material
Agriculture
- Kurukshetra Magazine -selected topics to be covered
- Value added material of VISION IAS
Environment
- Environment by Shankar IAS
- VISION IAS monthly current affairs
- VISION IAS – Mains 365 material
Disaster Management
- VISION IAS Value added material on Disaster Management
- 17-12-16-Yojana-January.pdf
- natural-hazards-disaster-management.pdf
- DM-ENGLISH.pdf
- Summary of 2nd ARC – available in from different coaching institutions. One can download the whole report from the below mentioned link and give a selective reading, pls note down the diagrams, flowcharts, key phrases and recommendations-https://ipsacharya.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/3rdreport.pdf
S&T
- VISION IAS monthly current affairs
- VISION IAS – Mains 365 material
Internal Security
- VISION IAS – Mains 365 material
- Challenges to Internal Security of India by Ashok Kumar,IPS
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