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All subjects 268 Agriculture 45Art and Culture 0Disaster Management 16 Economics 80 Environment 32Ethics 0Geography 0Governance 0Indian Society 0Internal Security 53International Relations 0Modern History 0Polity 0Post Independence 0Science and Technology 42Social Justice 0World History 0

Microthemes in Agriculture

Agri-Marketing 5 Allied SectorXHorticulture 1 Allied SectorXLivestock 1 Buffer Stock & Food Security 2 Contract farming, land leasing 1 Crop Diversification 6 Crop Insurance 1 Cropping pattern 1 Integrated Farming System 2 Irrigation 2 Land Reforms 3 Micro-Irrigation 2 Organic Farming 1 PDS 3 Revolutions and Missions 1 SubsidiesXAgriculture 5 TechXAgriculture Credit 1 TechXAgri Production and Marketing 1 TechXFarm Productivity and Income 2 Water Storage and Conservation 2

All GS papers 46 GS1 1GS2 0GS3 45GS4 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 6 GS3-06.Storage, transport and marketing of Agricultural produce and issues and related constraints 5 GS3-07.E-Technology in the aid of farmers 4 GS3-09.Economics of Animal Rearing 1 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 5 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 › PDS

Agriculture › PDS

2022

What are the major challenges of Public Distribution System (PDS) in India? How can it be made effective and transparent ?
Agriculture › PDS

2021

What are the salient features of the National Food Security Act, 2013? How has the Food Security Bill helped in eliminating hunger and malnutrition in India?
Agriculture › PDS

2019

What are the reformative steps taken by the Government to make food grain distribution system more effective?
Agriculture › Revolutions and Missions

Agriculture › Revolutions and Missions

2017

Explain various types of revolutions, took place in Agriculture after Independence in India. How these revolutions have helped in poverty alleviation and food security in India?
Agriculture › SubsidiesXAgriculture

Agriculture › SubsidiesXAgriculture

2023

What are the direct and indirect subsidies provided to farm sector in India? Discuss the issues raised by the World Trade Organization(WTO) in relation to agricultural subsidies.
Agriculture › SubsidiesXAgriculture

2018

What do you mean by Minimum Support Price (MSP)? How will MSP rescue the farmers from the low-income trap?
Agriculture › SubsidiesXAgriculture

2017

How do subsidies affect the cropping pattern, crop diversity and economy of farmers? What is the significance of crop insurance, minimum support price and food processing for small and marginal farmers?
Agriculture › SubsidiesXAgriculture

2015

In what way could replacement of price subsidy with direct benefit Transfer (DBT) change the scenario of subsidies in India? Discuss.
Agriculture › SubsidiesXAgriculture

2013

What are the different types of agriculture subsidies given to farmers at the national and at state levels? Critically analyse the agricultural subsidy regime with reference to the distortions created by it.
Agriculture › TechXAgri Production and Marketing

Agriculture › TechXAgri Production and Marketing

2023

How does e-Technology help farmers in production and marketing of agricultural produce?

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