GS III syllabus
Official UPSC Mains headings for this paper. Open a heading to read PYQs on that topic.
Indian Economy and Agriculture 163 PYQs
- 1 Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. 94 PYQs
- 2 Inclusive growth and issues arising from it. 7 PYQs
- 3 Government Budgeting. 8 PYQs
- 4 Major crops — cropping patterns in various parts of the country; different types of irrigation and irrigation systems; storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers. 27 PYQs
- 5 Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System — objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing. 6 PYQs
- 6 Food processing and related industries in India — scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management. 4 PYQs
- 7 Land reforms in India. 3 PYQs
- 8 Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. 1 PYQ
- 9 Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc. 13 PYQs
- 10 Investment models. PYQs
Science, Technology and Environment 37 PYQs
- 1 Science and Technology — developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. PYQs
- 2 Achievements of Indians in science and technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology. PYQs
- 3 Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights. PYQs
- 4 Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. 27 PYQs
- 5 Disaster and disaster management. 10 PYQs
Security and Disaster Management 40 PYQs
- 1 Linkages between development and spread of extremism. 11 PYQs
- 2 Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security. 1 PYQ
- 3 Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention. 12 PYQs
- 4 Security challenges and their management in border areas — linkages of organized crime with terrorism. 15 PYQs
- 5 Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate. 1 PYQ