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All subjects 20 Agriculture 4Art and Culture 0Disaster Management 2 Economics 7 Environment 1Ethics 0Geography 0Governance 0Indian Society 0Internal Security 4International Relations 0Modern History 0Polity 0Post Independence 0Science and Technology 2Social Justice 0World History 0

Microthemes in Agriculture

Agri-Marketing 0 Allied SectorXHorticulture 0 Allied SectorXLivestock 0 Buffer Stock & Food Security 0 Contract farming, land leasing 0 Crop Diversification 0 Crop Insurance 1 Cropping pattern 1 Integrated Farming System 0 Irrigation 0 Land Reforms 1 Micro-Irrigation 1 Organic Farming 0 PDS 0 Revolutions and Missions 0 SubsidiesXAgriculture 0 TechXAgriculture Credit 0 TechXAgri Production and Marketing 0 TechXFarm Productivity and Income 0 Water Storage and Conservation 0

All GS papers 4GS1 0GS2 0GS3 4GS4 0

Syllabus topics in GS3

GS3-01.Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. 0 GS3-02.Inclusive growth and issues therein 0 GS3-03.Government Budgeting 0 GS3-05.Different types of irrigation and irrigation systems 1 GS3-06.Storage, transport and marketing of Agricultural produce and issues and related constraints 0 GS3-07.E-Technology in the aid of farmers 0 GS3-09.Economics of Animal Rearing 0 GS3-10.Food processing and related industries in India-scope’ and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management 0 GS3-11.Land Reforms in India 1 GS3-12.Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth 0 GS3-13.Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc: 0 GS3-14.Investment models 0 GS3-15.Science and Technology- Developments and their Applications and Effects in Everyday Life. 0 GS3-17.Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-technology, Bio-technology and issues relating to Intellectual Property Rights. 0 GS3-18.Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. 0 GS3-19.Disaster and Disaster Management. 0 GS3-20.Linkages between Development and Spread of Extremism. 0 GS3-21.Role of External State and Non-state Actors in creating challenges to Internal Security. 0 GS3-23.Security Challenges and their Management in Border Areas – Linkages of Organized Crime with Terrorism. 0 GS3-24.Various Security Forces and Agencies and their Mandate. 0

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Agriculture › Crop Insurance

Agriculture › Crop Insurance

2016

Give the vulnerability of Indian agriculture to vagaries of nature, discuss the need for crop insurance and bring out the salient features of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
Agriculture › Cropping pattern

Agriculture › Cropping pattern

2016

What is allelopathy? Discuss its role in major cropping systems of irrigated agriculture.
Agriculture › Land Reforms

Agriculture › Land Reforms

2016

Discuss the role of land reforms in agricultural development. Identify the factors that were responsible for the success of land reforms in India.
Agriculture › Micro-Irrigation

Agriculture › Micro-Irrigation

2016

What is water-use efficiency? Describe the role of micro-irrigation in increasing the water-use efficiency

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