General Studies III

Liberalization

Liberalization: effects on economy, industrial policy, industrial growth

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

• Ease of Doing Business Index
• The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2021
• Export Promotion Schemes
• Foreign Trade Policy
• Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
• Import Substitution
• Industrial Corridors
• Industry & Infrastructure
• Make in India
• National Manufacturing Policy
• Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme
• Startup India
• Trade & Development

• Impact of global conflicts on India's FTA negotiations 8/10
• India-U.K. Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) 8/10
• Release of updated Index of Core Industries (ICI) series 7/10
• Punjab farmers' march against proposed India-U.S. trade agreement 6/10

• 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
• 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