Subject

Syllabus

1.

Indian Polity

Constitutional Values, Features & Principles + Contemporary Issues

2

Rights & Restrictions, Role of State & Policies + Contemporary Issues

3

Trends in Legislature’s Functioning , Judiciary + Contemporary Issues

4

Issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure , Various Constitutional Dimensions + Contemporary Issues

5

Governance

Issues and Challenges; Government and Governance, Governance and Development

6

Environmental Governance, Local Governance, Good Governance initiative in India: Best Practices.

7

RTI, Ombudsman, Citizens Charter, Social Audit. e-governance: Limits and Potential.

8

Civil service: Issues and Improvement, Civil Service Reforms. Constitutional provisions for civil services.

9

Legislative, Executive and Judicial Control over administration

10

International relations

India and its Neighbourhood- Relations

11

Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests + Contemporary Issues

12

Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.

13

Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. + Contemporary Issues

14

Internal Security

Internal Security Challenges, Terrorism Threat to India, Organized Crime, Linkage between Development and Spread of Extremism + Contemporary Issues

15

Insurgency in North-East, Security Challenges in Border Areas,

16

Basics of Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Social Media and Internal Security Threat, Money Laundering, Various Security Forces and their Mandate + Contemporary Issues

17

Society

Silent Features of Indian Society

Role of women & women organization

18

population and associated issues,

poverty and developmental issues,

Social Empowerment

urbanization, their problems and their remedies

19

Effects of Globalization on Indian society

20

Communalism, Regionalism & Secularism

21

Social Justice

Contemporary Policies: Health and Education

22

Schemes and appraisal: Poverty and Hunger, with Schemes like PMGKAY etc

23

Use of Indices and Reports: GHI, MPI etc

24

Bodies and institutions like NHRC, NCST, NCSC, NCTP Vulnerable Sections: Their issues and interventions for improvement

25

Indian Economy

Basic concepts: Taxation, Government Budgeting, Fiscal policy, Taxation, Monetary policy + Contemporary Issues

26

Sectors of Economy ,

27

International economy , Foreign Trade, International Organisations + Contemporary Issues

28

Role of Agriculture in Indian Economy, Land resource, Agriculture Finance, Industrial policy and industrial development, Infrastructure + Contemporary Issues

29

Geography

Silent features of Physical Geography + Important Geophysical Phenomena

30

Human & Economic Geography

31

Human & Economic Geography part 2

32

Indian Geography

33

Indian Geography

34

Disaster Management

Contemporary Issues regarding Disaster and Disaster Management

35

Environment and Biodiversity

Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment + Contemporary Issues

36

Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment + Contemporary Issues part 2

37

Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment + Contemporary Issues part 3

38

Science and technology

Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life.

39

Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics,

40

Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology

41

Nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights. + Contemporary Issues

42

Ethics, Integrity, and aptitude

Ethics Basic Introduction, Human Values, Aptitude and foundational values of civil services

43

Thinkers, Emotional Intelligence, Values & Ethics in Public Administration

44

Probity in Governance, Applied Ethics

45

Case studies- 1

46

Case studies- 2

47

Case studies- 3

48

Modern Indian History

The British conquest of India, British Administration before 1857, British Economic Policy, Revolt of 1857

49

Early Nationalism, Gandhian Era, Peasant’s Movement during British Period, Working class Movement (1850-1900), Role of Women in Freedom Struggle

50

Accession of the princely states, Linguistic Regionalism In India, The question of Nation Language, Dalit movement , Backward class Movement, Land reform, Planning, Foreign Policy

51

World History

Industrial Revolution , World War 1, World War 2, Capitalism, Socialism, Colonization

52

Industrial Revolution , World War 1, World War 2, Capitalism, Socialism, Colonization part 2

53

Culture

Architecture (Ancient, Medieval and Modern), School of Sculpture, Art and culture as source of History, Religion & Philosophy, Painting, Literature

54

Architecture (Ancient, Medieval and Modern), School of Sculpture, Art and culture as source of History, Religion & Philosophy, Painting, Literature part 2

55

Miscellaneous topics and personal mentoring

As per requirement

56

GS PAPER 1 COMPLETE MOCK

FULL SYLLABUS

57

GS PAPER 2 COMPLETE MOCK

FULL SYLLABUS

58

GS PAPER 3 COMPLETE MOCK

FULL SYLLABUS

59

GS PAPER 4 COMPLETE MOCK

FULL SYLLABUS

60

ESSAY COMPLETE MOCK

ON UPSC PATTERN