General Studies III

Conservation, environmental pollution, degradation

Conservation, environmental pollution, degradation, environmental impact assessment

Reading pays off heavily. Little of this is settled in a standard text — most of it moves year to year.

• Environmental Performance Index
• Forest Fires
• National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture
• The Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021
• United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP)
• Biodiversity Conservation
• Climate Change
• Climate Change & Environment
• Forestry & Wildlife
• Global Environmental Governance
• National Green Tribunal
• Pollution Control
• Renewable Energy
• Sustainable Development
• Environment & Ecology

• Conservation threats to the rare white-bellied heron in Northeast India 8/10
• Forest diversion and tree felling for coal mining project in Angul, Odisha 5/10

• Indian Economy 01
• Inclusive growth: issues 02
• Government Budgeting 03
• Major crops 04
• Farm subsidies, minimum support prices, Public Distribution System 05
• Food processing and related industries 06
• Land reforms in India 07
• Liberalization 08
• Infrastructure: energy, ports, roads, airports, railways 09
• Investment models 10
• Science and Technology 11
• Achievements in science & technology: indigenization, new technology 12
• Fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology 13
• Disaster and disaster management 15
• Development and extremism: linkages 16
• Internal security 17
• Border security: challenges, organized crime, terrorism 18
• Security forces and agencies: roles, mandates 19