Technology,Economic Development, Bio diversity,Environment, Security and DisasterManagement.
- Indian Economy and issues relat-ing to planning, mobilization ofresources, growth, developmentand employment.
- Inclusive growth and issues aris-ing from it.
- Government Budgeting.
- Major crops cropping patterns invarious parts of the country, dif-ferent types of irrigation and irriga-tion systems storage, transportand marketing of agricultural pro-duce and issues and related con-straints; e-technology in the aid offarmers
- Issues related to direct and indi-rect farm subsidies and minimumsupport prices; Public DistributionSystem- objectives, functioning,limitations, revamping; issues ofbuffer stocks and food security;Technology missions; economicsof animal-rearing.
- Food processing and relatedindustries in India- scope and sig-nificance, location, upstream anddownstream requirements, supplychain management.
- Land reforms in India.
- Effects of liberalization on theeconomy, changes in industrialpolicy and their effects on industri-al growth.
- Infrastructure: Energy, Ports,Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
- Investment models.
- Science and Technology- devel-opments and their applicationsand effects in everyday life
- Achievements of Indians in sci-ence & technology; indigenizationof technology and developing newtechnology.
- Awareness in the fields of IT,Space, Computers, robotics,nano-technology, bio-technologyand issues relating to intellectualproperty rights.
- Conservation, environmental pol-lution and degradation, environ-mental impact assessment
- Disaster and disaster manage-ment.
- Linkages between developmentand spread of extremism.
- Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challengesto internal security.
- Challenges to internal securitythrough communication networks,role of media and social network-ing sites in internal security chal-lenges, basics of cyber security;money-laundering and its preven-tion
- Security challenges and theirmanagement in border areas;linkages of organized crime withterrorism
- Various Security forces and agen-cies and their mandate