General Studies III

Indian Economy

Indian Economy: planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development, employment

Mostly standard text. The core is stable; news adds illustration more than substance.

• Economic Survey
• Global Competitiveness Report
• MGNREGA
• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
• Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)
• SDG India Index
• Skill India Mission
• Balance of Payments
• Demographic Dividend
• External Debt
• Fiscal Policy
• Foreign Exchange Reserves
• Foreign Trade Policy
• Import Substitution
• Inflation
• Labour & Employment
• Make in India
• Monetary Policy
• Monetary Policy Transmission
• National Income Accounting
• National Monetisation Pipeline
• NITI Aayog
• Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)
• Public Debt
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
• Services Sector
• Skill India
• Startup India
• Trade
• Trade & Development
• Unemployment
• Indian Economy

• Escalation of U.S.-Iran conflict and its impact on global crude oil markets and Indian economy 8/10
• Editorial on changing family structures and youth perspectives based on UNFPA survey 8/10
• Release of updated Index of Core Industries (ICI) series 7/10
• UN Climate Chief on India's clean energy transition and decarbonisation 7/10

• 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
• Conservation, environmental pollution, degradation 14
• 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