Paper 3 GS Cheat Sheet by [deleted]

Paper-3
General Studies -III 250 Marks

(Techn­ology, Economic Develo­pment, Bio-di­ver­sity, Enviro­nment, Security and Disaster Manage­ment)

Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobili­zation of resources, growth, develo­pment and employ­ment.
Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
Government Budgeting.
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.
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.
Food processing and related industries in India- scope and signif­icance, location, upstream and downstream requir­ements, supply chain manage­ment.
Land reforms in India.
Effects of libera­liz­ation on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.
Infras­tru­cture: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways, etc.
Investment models.
Science and Technology - develo­pments and their applic­ations and effects in everyday life Achiev­ements of Indians in science & techno­logy; indige­niz­ation of technology and developing new techno­logy.
Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-t­ech­nology, bio-te­chn­ology and issues relating to intell­ectual property rights.
Conser­vation, enviro­nmental pollution and degrad­ation, enviro­nmental impact assess­ment.
Disaster and disaster manage­ment.
Linkages between develo­pment and spread of extremism.
Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security.
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.
Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized crime with terrorism.
Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate.