How Current Is Organized: Paper 2
How Current Is Organized: Paper 2
24 October 2015
11:18 AM
1. Paper 2:
a. History:
i. Raw: For unfinished/partial/unorganized information.
ii. Culture related:
i. Ancient Indian Culture
ii. Medieval Indian Culture
iii. Modern Indian Culture
iii. Sociology related:
1) Salient features of Indian Society
2) Diversity of India
3) Role of women and women's organization - problems and remedies
4) Effects of Globalisation on Indian Society
5) Social Empowerment
6) Communalism
7) Regionalism
8) Secularism
b. Geography:
1) Raw: For unfinished/partial/unorganized information.
2) Current
3) Population and Associated Issues - Problems and Remedies
4) Poverty and Developmental Issues - Problems & remedies
5) Urbanisation - problems and remedies
2. Paper 3:
a. Polity:
i. Raw: For unfinished/partial/unorganized information
ii. Indian Constitution:
1) Amendments
2) Significant Provisions
3) Basic Structure
iii. Issues and Challenges pertaining to Federal Structure
iv. Devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein
v. Separation of powers between various organs, dispute resolution mechanisms and
institutions
vi. Legislations
vii. Appointments to various Constitutional Posts
viii. Powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies
ix. Statutory, Regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies
x. Development related
1) Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors
and issues arising out of their design and implementation
2) Development processes and the development industry
3) Role in development of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations,
donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders
4) Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre
and States and the performance of these schemes
5) Mechanisms, Laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection
and betterment of these vulnerable sections
6) Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services
relating to Health, Education, Human Resources
7) Issues relating to poverty and hunger
xi. Governance related
1) Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability
2) e-Governance - Applications, Models, Successes, Limitations and potential
3) Citizens Charters, transparency and accountability and institutional and
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