"Strength does not come
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hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."
— Mohandas Gandhi
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Approach Towards GS Paper-2
(Mains)
General Studies Paper-2
Broadly Comprised of Four Parts:
·
Polity
& Constitution of India
·
International
Relations
·
Governance
& Social Justice
·
Year
Book / Planning / Development
As Per
the Schedules of CSE Mantra we are going to spend 5 Weeks for GS Mains Paper-2.
No One Can Complete 100% of Syllabus within this Stipulated time, but we will
try our level best to complete at least of 70%. “Where There is a Will
There
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hours per day for your studies.
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Impossible . . . . You Can Do It . . .
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Before
Going to Start Up With GS Paper-2 let us have brief analysis of 2013 Paper once
.
UPSC GS Paper-2 (Mains)
1.
Polity
and Constitution of India – 80 M
·
Indian
Constitution (40 Marks)
·
Fedaralism
(30 Marks)
·
Statutory
Bodies (10 Marks)
2.
Year
Book/ Planning / Development – 70 M
·
Welfare
Schemes (50 Marks)
·
NGO
/ SHG / Pressure Group (20 Marks)
3.
Transparecny
and Good Governance – 20 Marks
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4.
International
Relations / Diplomacy – 80 M
·
Neighbours
– 60 Marks
·
Policies
of Countries – 10 Marks
·
International
Organizations – 10 Marks
Before Going to Start Up
with Preparation Everyone Go Through
·
NCERT
X – Democratic Politics
·
NCERT
XI – Indian Constitution at Work
·
NCERT
XII – Political Science II
These
NCERT’s will be Covered in Three Days and after completion of these books we
will be Moving to Weekly Schedules and the Table of Contents along with
Sub-Contents are Clearly Mentioned Below and no need to worry after seeing
those many contents . We will Plan up in better manner so that we are going to
complete 75% of Contents within 5 weeks (if not so will be extended for another
week).
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Schedules. Hope It will be like Spoon Feeding for you all. The Thing You Have
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List Of
Contents and Sub-Contents in GS Paper-2 :
1.
Indian Constitution - Historical
Underpinnings, Evolution, Features, Amendments, Significant Provision &
Basic Structure
Need to
Know
Historical underpinnings
·
Indian
Constitution Act 1909, Government of India Act 1935
·
Cripps mission, Cabinet mission, Mountbatten plan, Indian Independence
Act 1947 Evolution
·
Sources
from which the Constitution of India was drawn
·
Constituent Assembly of India, Drafting committee, Adoption of the
constitution Features
·
Details of
the chapters, schedules, articles in the constitution
·
Preamble to
the Constitution Significant Provisions
·
Citizenship,
Territory
·
Fundamental
Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles of State Policy
·
Writ
Petitions
·
Schedules
in the Constitution G Emergency Provisions Amendments
·
Amendment
of the Constitution: Different Methods, Ar-368
·
Important Amendments—18th, 24th, 42nd, 44th, 52nd, 61st , 73rd,74th,
86th, 91st,97th etc.
Basic Structure
·
Basic structure theory—Evolution of the concept through a series of
Supreme Court Judgments as in the KesavanandaBharati Case, Minerva Mill case
etc
·
Features pointed out by various judges to constitute the basic
structure of the constitution.
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Good to
Know
·
The
Preamble and Fundamental Duties by heart
·
Significant Article numbers such as citizenship, fundamental rights,
amendments, election provisions, money bill, finance commission, UPSC etc.
·
To be able
to identify which subject falls under which list: Union/State/Concurrent
·
Special
status of Jammu and Kashmir
Great to
Know
·
National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution Report
by Justice M.N.Venkatachaliah.
·
Landmark judgements delivered by the Supreme Court in cases pertaining
to Constitution of India
2.
Functions & Responsibilities of the Union & the
States, Issues & Challenges Pertaining to the Federal Structure, Evolution
of Powers and Finances upto Local Levels and Challenges
Need to
Know
·
Constitutional
division of power between the Centre and the States
·
Legislature, Executive and Judicial functions – Central Government and
State Government
·
Centre-State
Administrative, Legislative and Financial relations
·
Emergency
powers and Residual powers
·
Provisions
relating to Panchayati Raj Institutions and powers bestowed upon them
·
Financial
allocation to PRIs and their functioning
·
Power to
impose taxation and financial resources of PRIs
·
Finance
Commission: constitution, functions
Good to
Know
·
Cooperative
federalism
·
Inter-state
Council, National Planning Commission, NDC
·
Role of the
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
·
Panchayat
Finance Commission
·
Social
Audit, role of Gram Sabha
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Great to
Know
·
Reports of Sarkaria Commission, Punchhi Commission, Administrative
Reforms Commission on Centre State Relations
·
73rd and
74th Amendment Acts in detail
3.
Separation of Powers between Various Organs, Dispute
Redressal Mechanisms & Institutions
Need to
Know
·
Article 50
of Indian Constitution
·
Relationship
between Legislature, Executive and Judiciary
·
Independence
of judiciary and Judicial review
·
Right to
Information Act 2005
·
Office of
the Chief Information Commissioner and effectiveness
Good to
Know
·
Judicial
activism and Public Interest Litigation
·
Whistle
Blower Protection
·
Role of
Civil Society in grievance redressal
·
Delegated
Legislation
·
Administrative
adjudication, Administrative tribunal
Great to
Know
·
Theory of Separation of Powers by Montesquieu in Spirit of Laws
·
Comparison
with organs of the state in other countries
4. Comparison of Indian Constitutional Scheme
with that of Other Countries
Need to
Know
·
Compare and contrast constitutions of India with that of notable
countries such as USA, UK, France, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, Australia and
China
·
UK:
Constitutional Monarchy+ Parliamentary system of government
·
USA:
Liberal Democracy + Presidential form of Government
·
France:
Parliamentary and Presidential system of Government
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·
Switzerland:
Plural Executive Devices of Direct democracy
·
Japan:
Parliamentary System of Government
·
Canada:
Constitutional Monarchy + Quasi federal state
·
Australia:
Commonwealth + Federal state
·
Peoples
Republic of China: Single Party System + Democratic Centralism
Good to
Know
Consider the following features of each
country while comparing the constitutions:
·
Type of
Government
·
Type of
Election
·
Powers of
the Head of the State
·
Powers of
the Parliament
·
Separation
of Powers
·
Roles of
the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary
·
Federalism
or Centralism
·
Amendment
features
·
Effectiveness
of the working of the Constitution till date
Great to
Know
·
Identify and tabulate all the countries with their respective constitutional
schemes. However we presume that it would be sufficient to examine in detail,
the constitutional schemes of the aforesaid countries.
·
Distinctive features of the constitutions of other countries, if any
that could be tried or adopted in India: eg- Right to Recall
5.
Parliament & State legislatures; Structure, Functioning,
Conduct of Business, Powers & Privileges and Issues Arising
Need to
Know
·
Union
Parliament: Constitution
·
Composition,
functions and powers of the Council of States (RajyaSabha)
·
Composition,
functions and powers of the House of the People (LokSabha)
·
Election to the two houses of the Parliament: territorial
constituencies for LokSabha and Proportional Representation for the RajyaSabha
·
Duration
and Sessions of both the Houses
·
Joint
Sessions of Parliament
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Civil Services
Examination
·
Qualifications/
Disqualifications for membership to Parliament
·
Powers,
privileges, salaries, immunities of the Members
·
Office of the Speaker of the LokSabha and Chairman of the RajyaSabha:
Powers and Duties
·
Legislative procedure: Ordinary Bills, Money Bills, Financial Bills,
Bills for Constitutional Amendment
·
State
Legislatures: Structure, functions and powers
·
Bicameral
and Unicameral State Legislatures
·
Qualifications/disqualifications,
Privileges of the Members to the State Legislature
·
Comparison
between Union and State Legislature
Good to
Know
·
Consolidated
Fund of India
·
Contingency
Fund of India
·
Committee
on Estimates
·
Committee
on Public Accounts
·
Other
Parliamentary Committees
·
Governor’s
Power of Veto and Ordinance making power as compared to that of the
President
of India
Great to
Know
·
How to
resolve a deadlock between the two houses
·
Legislative
control over Executive
·
Empowered
Group of Ministers
·
MPLADS
scheme
·
The State
Legislature of Jammu & Kashmir
·
Administration
of Union Territories
6.Structure, Organization & Functioning of
the Executive, Judiciary, Ministries & Departments of the Government,
Pressure Groups, Formal & Informal Associations and their role in the
Polity
Need to
Know
·
The Prime
Minister and the Prime Minister’s office: Organisational Set up and the
Changing Role of the PMO over the years
·
Union
Cabinet, Council of Ministers, Cabinet Secretariat
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·
Central Secretariat: Evolution, Composition, Functions, Tenure System,
Staffing Scheme, Critical Appraisal
·
Ministries
and Departments: Organization, Functions, Attached subordinate or advisory
·
Offices
·
Boards and
Commissions in India
·
Supreme Court – High Courts – Subordinate Courts: Jurisdiction,
Composition, Functions G Pressure groups in India, Interest groups
Good to
Know
·
Ministry of Home, Finance, Defence, External Affairs, Personnel in
detail National Security Council, National Security Advisory Board
·
N G O’s and
their influence in Public Policy formulation
Great to
Know
·
Collegium
system of Judicial Appointment
·
Composition,
functions of the Major Boards and Commissions in India
·
The
Judicial Accountability Bill
7.Salient Features of the Representation
of the People’s Act
Need to
Know
·
Representation
of Peoples Act 1950
·
Representation
of Peoples Act 1951
·
Conduct of
Election Rules 1961
·
Election
Commission of India, State Election Commissions and their role
Good to
Know
·
Challenges
of democracy
·
Partisan
Politics and Coalition Governments
Great to
Know
·
Important clauses on election rules such as criteria to be recognized
as a political party, symbols that could be used for elections etc
·
Election
Reforms: proposed/needed in India
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8.Appointment to Various
Constitutional Posts, Powers, Functions & Responsibilities of Various
Constitutional Bodies
Constitutional Posts
·
President
of India Article- 54 to 65
·
Vice
President of India Article- 66
·
Governor of
the State Article- 158
·
Special
Officer for Linguistic Minorities Article- 350B
·
Comptroller
and Auditor General of India Article- 148
·
Attorney
General of India Article- 76
·
Advocate
General of the State Article- 165
Constitutional Bodies
·
Election
Commission Article- 324 G Union Public Service Commission Article- 315
·
State
Public Service Commission Article- 315 to 323 Finance Commission Article- 280
·
National
Commission for Scheduled Castes Article- 338
·
National
Commission for Scheduled Tribes Article-338A
9.Statutory, Regulatory
and Various Quasi-Judicial Bodies Statutory Bodies (The number indicates the
year in which the act was passed by the Parliament Constituting the Respective
Body)
Boards
·
Railway
Board- 1905
·
University
Grants Commission- 1956
·
Central
Board of Direct Taxes- 1963
·
Central
Board of Excise and Customs- 1963
·
National
Commission for Women- 1992
·
National
Commission for Minorities- 1992
·
National
Human Rights Commission- 1993
·
State Human
Rights Commission- 1993
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·
National
Commission for Backward Classes- 1993
·
National
Commission for SafaiKarmacharis- 1994
·
Central
Vigilance Commission- 1964 (made statutory in 2003)
·
Central
Information Commission- 2005
·
State
Information Commission- 2005
·
National
Commission for Protection of Child Rights- 2007
Regulatory Bodies
Of all the
regulatory bodies in India, the most important ones are the following (which
have also been made statutory by an act of Parliament)
·
Reserve
Bank of India- 1934
·
Forwards
Market Commission- 1952
·
Medical
Council of India- 1956
·
Securities
Exchange Board of India- 1992
·
Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India- 1997
·
Insurance
Regulatory and Development Authority- 1999
·
Competition
Commission of India- 2002
·
Central
Electricity regulatory Commission- 2003
·
Pension
Fund Regulatory and Development Authority- 2003
Quasi-judicial Bodies
·
There are
62 quasi-judicial bodies in India, as of now including
·
Central
Administrative Tribunal
·
State
Administrative Tribunals
·
Tribunals
for Taxation, Land Reforms etc
Neither Constitutional nor Statutory
Bodies
·
Planning
Commission
·
National
Development Council
Yet to be instituted
·
LOKPAL,
Lokayukta (Present in select States)
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10.Government
Policies and Intervention for Development in various sectors and Issues Arising
out of their Design and Implementation
Need to
Know
·
Public
Policy and Decision Making
·
Constraints
in Public Policy Making
·
Problems in Policy Implementation: Conceptual, Political,
Administrative, Lack of Public involvement
·
Role of Administrative, Legislative, Judicial and Civil Society bodies
in Policy Implementation
Good to
Know
·
The Policy Cycle: Identifying the Underlying Problem, Determining
Alternatives for Policy Choice, Forecasting and Evaluating the Alternatives,
Making a Choice, Policy Implementation, Policy Monitoring, Policy Outcomes,
Policy Evaluation, Problem Structuring
·
Policy
Analysis and its Limitations
·
Corruption
and nepotism at various stages of policy making and implementation
Great to
Know
·
Planning Commission and National Development Council: their functions
and roles in policy-making, analysis and implementation
·
Case
studies of certain policy making and implementation issues in India
11.Development Processes and the Development
Industry— Role of NGOs, SHGs,
Various Groups and Associations, Donors, Charities, Institutional and Other
Stakeholders
Need to
Know
·
Understanding
the development process
·
Macro-level
planning and development
·
Institutions involved in Planning and policy-making: Ministries,
departments, Planning Commission, NDC
·
Relationship between central economic institutions, ministries and
local governments/PRIs
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·
Coordination
of activities with other key stakeholders in private sector and civil society
·
Contributions of SHGs, NGOs, Charitable institutions in the
developmental process with case studies and examples
·
India’s
experience with Five Year Plans
Good to
Know
·
Role of aid
and private financing in the development investment
·
Mobilization
and assignment of human resources in the development industry
·
Rural Development and Urban Development processes—key differences in
approach and strategy
·
Development
Administration
·
Role of
bureaucracy in ensuring good outcomes in the development process
·
Methods to
accelerate the development process
Great to
Know
·
Foreign
Investment in NGOs, Non-profit Organizations and Charitable organizations
·
Degree of utilization of aid/donations in the actual development
process with case studies
·
Micro-level planning in development initiatives and its importance in
curbing leakages and corruption
·
Technology
and Development
12.Welfare schemes for Vulnerable Sections of
the Population by the Centre and States, and the Performance of these Schemes,
Mechanisms, Laws, Institutions and Bodies Constituted for the Protection &
Betterment of these Vulnerable Sections
Schemes for Scheduled Caste
·
PradhanMantriAdarsh
Gram Yojana
·
BabuJagjivan
Ram ChhatravasYojana
·
Rajiv
Gandhi Pre-matric Scholarship
·
Self
Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers
·
Finance and
Development Corporation for SC, Safaikarmacharis
Schemes for Scheduled Tribe
·
Pre Matric,
Post Matric Hostels and Stipend for Tribal students
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·
Scheme for
Scheduled Caste/Tribe Entrepreneurs
·
Several
schemes for local tribes in specific states such as Jharkhand, Bihar etc
·
Legal aid
scheme for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe
Schemes for Backward Classes
·
National
Backward Class Finance and Developmet Corporation
·
Pre-matric
and Post-matric scholarships
·
Hostels for
students
Schemes for Senior Citizens
·
VayoshreshthaSammans'
- A Scheme of National Award for Senior Citizens
·
Scheme of
Integrated Programme for Older Persons
Schemes for Persons with Disabilities
·
ADIP scheme
·
Deendayal
Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme
·
National
Scholarships for persons with disabilities
·
National
Awards for empowerment of persons with disabilities
·
Schemes for
victims of Substance Abuse
·
Scheme of
Assistance for Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drugs) Abuse
WOMEN
·
National Policy for Women Empowerment
·
Prevention
of sexual harassment at work place
·
Protection
of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. English
·
Dowry
Probhition Act, 1961
·
Indecent
Representation of Women
·
The
Commision of Sati (Preventation) Act
·
National
Commission for Women Act
·
Convention
on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
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Schemes for Women
·
SABLA-
Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls
·
Indira
Gandhi MatritvaSahyogYojana
·
Gender
Budgeting Scheme
·
Swayam
Siddha, Swadhar, Swawlamban
·
STEP-
Support to Training and Empowerment Programme for Women
·
Stree
Shakti Puraskar
·
UJJAWALA : A Comprehensive Scheme for Prevention of trafficking and
Resue, Rehabilitation and Re-integration of Victims of Trafficking and
Commercial Sexual Exploitation
·
Also look up on some important state sponsored schemes such as
Navajyoti scheme— Odisha, Aravanaippu scheme— Puducherryetc
CHILDREN
·
Integrated
Child Development Services
·
Anganwadis
and Balawadis
·
National
Early Childhood care and Educational Policy
·
Prohibition
of Child Labour Act
Schemes for Children
·
Integrated
Child Protection Scheme
·
BalikaSamriddhiYojana
·
Kishori
Shakti Yojana
·
RashtriyaBalKosh
·
Nutrition
Programme for Adolescent Girls
·
Schemes for
welfare of Working Children
·
Rajiv
Gandhi National Creche Scheme For the Children of Working Mothers
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13.
Issues Relating to Development & Management of Social Sector/Services
relating to: Health, Education, Human Resources
Health
·
Health
Indicators in India and Millennium Development Goals
·
NRHM and
performance of the EAG states
·
Mother and
Child health care initiatives
·
Referral
System in Health care delivery sector in Rural and Urban areas
·
Govt.of
India Schemes and programmes in Health sector
·
Growing menace of Lifestyle diseases- Diabetes, Hypertension,
Cardiovascular diseases etc
·
Mental
illnesses in India and the mental health Bill
·
Cancer as a
killer
·
Drug
pricing policy and patent laws in India
·
Medical
Education in India
·
RSBY,
Universal Health Insurance
Education
·
Universalization
of Primary Education, SSA, RMSA
·
Right to
Education Act and its Implemetation
·
Providing
Access to Education
·
Education
of the Girl Child
·
Teacher
training and improving quality
·
Infrastructure in educational sector
·
IT in
schools, innovation in pedagogy
·
Increasing
role of private sector in education
·
FDI in
education
·
Research
initiatives in India
·
Equity and
Quality in Higher Education
·
Status of
Technical Education in India
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Human Resource
·
Human
Resource Development initiatives in India
·
Tapping the
Demographic Dividend
·
National
Skill Development Mission
·
Human
Capital and Social Capital
·
Role of
migration in HRD
·
Brain drain
from India
14.Issues Relating to Poverty &
Hunger
Need to
Know
·
Definition,
concepts, measures and indices of Poverty
·
BPL and APL
categorization criteria and recommendations in India
·
Food
Security, the bill and Administration
·
Public
Distribution System and its deficiencies
·
Direct Cash
Benefit System as a tool to contain poverty
·
Population
explosion and its effect on poverty
·
Malnourishment
as a major concern
Good to
Know
·
Millennium
Development Goals and India
·
Land
Alienation of the Weaker Sections
·
Problems in
the Agricultural Sector
·
Green
Revolution / White Revolution and After
·
Rural-
Urban Divide
·
Attempts at Rural Development
·
Urban
Poverty as the major threat of the modern day India
·
The
changing face of poverty in the era of globalization
Great to
Know
·
Comparison of performance with other developing nations on the poverty
and hunger front and various global indices
·
Innovative
methods for poverty alleviation in India
·
Poverty as
a cultural cohort in India
·
Concept of
welfare state, state as a provider and panacea for poverty related issues
·
The
Sen-Bhagwati debate.
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15.Important Aspects of Governance, Transparency
& Accountability, e-Governance applications, Models, Successes, Limitations
and Potential, Citizen Charters, Institutional and other Measures
Governance
·
Definitions
of Governance and Good Governance
·
Evolution
and features of Good Governance
·
Good
Governance initiatives in India, in the five year plans
·
Rule of Law
and governance
·
Hindrances
to effective good governance in India Transparency and Accountability
·
Concepts of
transparency and accountability in decision making
·
Hierarchy
in governance and accountability
·
Importance
of documentation and automation in ensuring transparency
·
Communication,
consultation and coordination as tools of accountability
·
Corruption
and its evils evinced due to lack to transparency
·
Right to
Information Act and its implementation in ensuring transparency
·
Misuse of
the provisions of RTI act
·
IT
revolution in ensuring transparency and accountability e-governance
·
Impact of
Information Technology on governance in India
·
Information
technology Act 2000
·
National
e-governance plan
·
Stages of
maturity of e-governance
·
G2G, G2C,
G2B
·
Rural india
and e-governance
·
Success stories of e-governance: Online filing of taxes, Passport
e-sevakendras, IRCTC online booking etc
·
Terminology
like e-desks/ e-records/ digital signatures/ e-offices
·
Security
concerns in e-governance
·
The
Wiki-leaks phenomenon and e-governance
·
The
promises and perils of UIDAI
·
Mobile
governance and its future
·
Internet/Broadband connectivity, reach,availability of infrastructure
and skills to broaden the scope of e-governance in India
·
e-governance
as a tool to fight corruption in the system
·
Innovative
applications of e-governance
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Citizens Charter and other institutions
·
Evolution
of the concept of citizen’s charter
·
Effectiveness
of Citizen’s charter in India
·
Citizen’s
Charter and Grievance Redressal Bill 2011
·
Citizen-centred
governance initiatives
·
e-sevakendras
for bill payments
·
Lokpal and
Lokayukta
16.Role of Civil Services in a democracy
Need to
Know
·
Definition
of Civil Services by renowed thinkers in the field of Public Administration
·
Functions
of Civil Service in countries like India, UK, France, USA and Japan
·
Recruitment,
appointment and training of civil servants
·
Participative role of civil servants not only as concerned with
implementation but alsoformulation of policies of the State
·
Indian
bureaucracy- the steel frame of governance in India
·
Various
duties and responsibilities of a District Collector
Good to
Know
·
Bureaucratic
structure – Max Weber’s explanation of the legal rational authority
·
“Bureaucracy
is the price of democracy”
·
Bureaucracy
in aid of and against the notion of development
·
Anonymity,
Neutrality and Commitment as an essential quality of civil servants
·
Politicisation
of Bureaucracy
Great to
Know
·
How does
coalition system of government affect the functioning of civil servants?
·
Is Indian
democracy plagued by the ills of the colonial framework of its Civil Services?
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17.India and its Neighbourhood Relations
Need to
Know
·
Fundamentals
of Indian foreign policy and its evolution
·
Milestones
in Indian foreign policy
·
Geographical and historical factors relevant to India which has
determined its relationswith the neighbours
·
Historical ties with the following countries: China, Pakistan,
Srilanka, Bangladesh, Nepal,Myanmar, Bhutan,Afghanistan, Maldives
·
Recent
developments in India’s relations with its neighbours
·
Efforts at
regional cooperation
·
Prospects for better bilateral relations and chances of regional
cooperation, includingtrade
Good to
Know
Specific issues in detail:
·
India
Pakistan relations, thorny remnants of partition and Kashmir issue at the UN
·
India-China
relations, history of border negotiations and the issues involved
·
India's efforts at resolving the Tamil issue in Sri Lanka including
details of negotiationsand the Rajiv-Jayawardhane Agreement, Tamil Elam and
Human Rights issue in Sri Lanka
·
Myanmar's
path towards democracy and the role of Aung San SuuKy
·
Taliban,
Western Powers in Afghanistan and India’s role in rebuilding the country
·
Migrants’
issues with Bangladesh
·
Maoists in
Nepal
·
Bhutan's
desire to assert itself
·
Evolution
of SAARC and inadequacy because of bilateral issues
·
Regional groupings involving India and its neighbours
·
India as a
regional super-power
Great to
Know
·
Diversity of our neighbouring countries, which requires different
strategies and approaches towards each one of them
·
A road map for improving relations with the neighbours in the light of
increasing Chinese influence in those countries
·
Cultural ties between India and its neighbours
·
Importance of Track III diplomacy / soft power in maintaining friendly
relations with our neighbours
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18. Bilateral, Regional
and Global Groupings and Agreements Involving India and
Public/ Affecting
India’s Interests
Need to
Know
·
India and international organizations such as The United Nations, The
Commonwealth of Independent States, the Nonaligned Movement
·
India’s relations with significant global regional groupings such as
ASEAN, African Union, European Union, OECD, the Arab League, GCC, APEC etc
·
India’s presence in prominent groupings like IBSA, BRICS, BIMSTEC,
G-77, IOR-ARC, BASIC etc
·
India’s economic Interaction with the world through IMF, World Bank,
ADB, APEC, WTO, UNIDO, IBRD etc
·
Commerce and trade relations of India with the world via ASEAN, G20,
SAPTA, SAFTA, APTA, NAFTA,EFTA, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation etc
Good to
Know
·
Climate Change negotiations and India: recent developments G World
Intellectual Property Rights, WIPO, PCT, TRIPS and India
·
Non
Proliferation Treaty, Nuclear Supplies Group and India
·
Important Treaties and Conventions signed by India such as Weapons of
Mass Destruction, Chemical, Biological Weapons Conventions etc
·
Relevant
decisions taken in recent summits of the aforesaid groupings
Great to
Know
·
Development Cooperation and Development Partnership
Administration(DPA) by India Benefits accrued to India from the international
organizations. Successes and failures of multilateral diplomacy
·
India's proposals for UN reform and India's candidature for permanent
membership of the UN Security Council
·
Greater importance being attached to smaller groupings rather than big
international organizations and its impact on multilateral diplomacy
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19.
Effects of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on
India’s Interests, Indian Diaspora
Need to
Know
·
India’s
relations with the following countries of the developed world: USA, UK, Russia,
France,
Germany, Japan
·
Terminologies such as Diaspora, Expatriates, Person of Indian Origin,
Overseas IndianCitizen, Emigrants, Immigrants, Dual Citizenship etc
·
Structure
and functions of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs
·
Statistics relating to Indian Diaspora over the years; new trends in
the context of globalization
·
Remittances
to the Indian Economy and its benefits
·
Influence of the Indian Diaspora in the United States, the UK etc,
which has helped bilateral relations
Good to
Know
·
Negotiations in Trade, Environment and Human Rights and the positions
taken by the developed and the developing countries in them
·
Global
economic recession and its effect on India
·
Impact of
PravasiBharatiya Divas and Samman
·
Safety and protection of Indian workers/labourers abroad including the
legal, social and political aspects of it
Great to
Know
·
Case studies relating to Indian Diaspora in the Gulf, the Caribbean,
South Africa, Fiji and Myanmar
·
Condition
of Indian citizens languishing in prisons abroad
·
India and
the developed world join hands in combating terrorism
·
Cyberpolitics
in International Relations
·
Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Indian Council of World Affairs
and Public Diplomacy
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20. International Institutions, Agencies
and their Structure and Mandate
·
United
Nations Organization, its principal organs and various agencies
·
Financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, World
Bank, International Development and Reconstruction Bank, Asian Development
Bank, the proposed BRICS bank etc
·
Environmental agencies such as Intergovernmental Panel for Climate
Change, UNEP, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Global
Environment facility, World Nature Organisation etc
·
For a on energy security such as International Renewable Energy Agency
(IRENA),International Partnership for Energy Efficiency and Cooperation
(IPEEC), the Clean Energy Ministerial [CEM], Renewable Energy Policy Network
for the
21stCentury(REN21), SCO High Energy Club, International Energy Forum
(IEF), Joint Oil Data Initiative (JODI) and UNESCAP
·
Trade
related agencies such as WTO, UNIDO, ILO, WCO, OECD, OPEC etc
·
Law
enforcing agencies such as INTERPOL, International Court of Justice
·
Nuclear
Supplies Groups and Disarmament, role of IAEA
·
NGOs such as Amnesty International, Red Cross, Human Rights Watch,
Greenpeace, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) etc
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