General Studies III

Security forces and agencies: roles, mandates

Security forces and agencies: roles, mandates

Reading pays off. Part standard text, part current affairs.

• Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)
• Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
• National Investigation Agency (NIA)

• 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
• 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