MAINS 2010 MATERIAL LAUNCHED!!!!!!!!

Keeping in view the commitment of helping the students crack the civil services ,Smart Foundation launches Material for Mains 2010 available in 4 separate modules, covering GS comprehensively

Module 4 released ( the final module)

TOPICS COVERED IN MODULE  4

National Issues

1. Pre-requisites for sustainable food security
2. Making out a case for holistic river water management
3. Rural health: to tinker or transform
4. Rural transformation requires a robust service enterprise framework with public and private stakeholders at the very core.
5. Expand and re-orient NREGA
6. Ecological footprints
7. The problem with EVMs

India and the World

1. India's Africa policy new dimensions
2. A new world map and Brazil's foreign policy
3. Indo-Iran relations a new prespective
4. India-Afghanistan relations new frontiers 
5. Changing face of Russia-Pakistan ties  

Economy

1. A note on measuring inflation
2. Food Inflation Causes and Solutions.
3. SMEs are most vulnerable to the market shocks the solution lies in neo liberal policies
4. Capital market regulation on an even keel
5. A note on Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP)

History

1. Critically analyse the following statement in reference to context in which it was made:“It seemed as though a spring had been suddenly released.”

Science and Technology-
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185 Topics covering 
Personalities
History and Culture
Geography
Economy
Polity and Policies
India and the World

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MAINS 2010 MATERIAL LAUNCHED!!!!!!!!

Keeping in view the commitment of helping the students crack the civil services ,Smart Foundation launches Material for Mains 2010 available in 4 separate modules, covering GS comprehensively

Module 3 released

TOPICS COVERED IN MODULE  3

Science and Technology

1.      Human genome variation –national and international projects associated with it

2.      55 years of TIFR

3.      Standard model-understanding matter and antimatter

4.      Neutrino Oscillation-national and international projects associated with it.

5.      Case of DNA database

6.      Cellular senescence

7.      Working of Ribosome

8.      Note on LRDE

9.      IDN

10.  Epigenetics

11.  Technology associated with Airport Security

12.  Artificial Blood

13.  AHWR300-LEU

14.  ICM-2010

15.  Epic browser

16.  New perspectives in open source hardware

17.   GITR –report

Development/National Issues

1.      Search for alternative indicators of human development

2.      UN women

3.      Accelerating action against child labour

4.      Note on Sustainable Development

5.      Indian Aviation 2010-Challenges and opportunities

6.      Climate Change and Indian Perspective

7.      Concerns of women in 21^st century

8.      SHG and women empowerment

9.       Open source and E governance in India

Polity

1.      Epidemic Disease Act-warranting changes

2.      13^th Finance Commission report

3.      Finance Commission and Centre State Finance Relations

4.      Note on Indian Federalism

5.      Role of Governor

6.      New look at Judicial reforms at behest of Finance Commission

7.       IT act 

Economic Issues

1.      Replacing dollar as a reserve currency

2.      Discussion on inclusive growth as defined in Economic Survey

3.      Journey from Navratnas to Maharatnas

4.      MSME-Cluster role and cluster development

5.       IFRS

India and the World

1.      India-UK-towards new partnership in climate change

2.       Role in e-governance in South Asia

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Mains Material 2010 released!!!!

Keeping in view the commitment of helping the students crack the civil services ,Smart Foundation launches Material for Mains 2010 available in 4 separate modules, covering GS comprehensively

Module 2 released

TOPICS COVERED IN MODULE 2

History
1. Critically analyse the following statements with reference to the context in which they were made


• “ A deep despair now pervades rural life all over our country, so much so that high-sounding phrases like home rule, autonomy etc appear to me almost ridiculous and I feel ashamed even to utter them”

• “We all are sons of this land we have to live together …..Believe me there is no progress of India until Hindus & Muslim are not united”

• He argued it would be “the crown of Swaraj constitution & not its foundation”

• “It mattered not so much that something should be done as that attempt should be seen to made”

• “Though mindful right of minorities ….we cannot allow minority to place their veto on the advance of majority”

2. Examine the ideas of Tagore on Nationalism

3. Analyse the main differences between the approaches of Tagore and Gandhi on social and political issues

Development/National Issues

1. Climate Change Mitigation through JFM(Joint Forest Management)

2. Human Resource Management in a Knowledge based economy

3. New Incentives in Skill Development for Employability enhancements

4. Assess and explain the provisions of the NPS (New Pension Scheme)

5. Aligning higher education and job market

6. Food Security in South Asia

7. Maternal health should be seen in the framework of women’s health and welfare-Explain

8. Managing Oil Spill

9. Assess the impact of recent policies and laws on forest dwellers

10. In the wake of arrival of genetic seeds a declaration of farmer’s rights is an imperative step towards securing “Right to food”

Polity

1. How the term ‘caste’ is mentioned in the Constitution? How has the Supreme Court interpreted its meaning in recent years?

2. NREGA and PANCHAYATI RAJ

3. How Panchayat Raj institutions can play a crucial role in “Environmental Governance”?

4. RTI –Problems and Suggestions

Economic Issues

1. New Approaches of Indian Foreign Trade Policy

2. Consequences of Globalisation are paradoxical-Discuss

3. Suggest measures for a balanced tax regime

4. Emerging challenges of fiscal federalism

India and the World

 1. India and Myanmar

2. CARICOM and India

3. COMESA and India

4. India-Canada

5. EAST ASIA SUMMIT and India

6. SAARC and India

7. Indo-ASEAN ties

8. India ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)

9. INDIA-EU relations

10. Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA)

11. Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD)

12. Relevance of ICCR in its 50th year of existence as an envoy of cultural diplomacy

13. India’s Strategic interests in Indian Ocean

14. China’s "String of Pearls" theory



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Mains Material 2010 released!!!!

Keeping in view the commitment of helping the students crack the civil services ,Smart Foundation launches Material for Mains 2010 available in 4 separate modules.

TOPICS COVERED IN MODULE 1

National Issues /Development Related Issues   

1.    Multidimensional Poverty Index
2.    Universal PDS
3.    Green India Mission
4.    Note on Low Carbon Growth
5.    Ensuring Energy Security
6.    Oil Security –Changing notions
7.    Rural electrification
8.    Community Based Disaster Management
9.    Restructuring government schools
10.    Agricultural Growth –new focus
11.    2010 Commonwealth Games-boom to tourism
12.    Community Radio for Rural Development
13.    Health Infrastructure Restructuring


Polity   

1.    Note on Changing definitions of Secularism
2.    Discussion on appointment procedure of CIC
3.    Shifting paradigms of State Reorganization


International Issues /India and the World   

1.    Rising Status of India in East Asia
2.    Indo-Sino  relations emerging trends
3.    Note on Pan African E –Network
4.    Indo-Sri Lanka New Frontiers
5.    India- South Korea new strategic partnership
6.    India-Japan (2+2) dialogue
7.    India’s cultural diplomacy and Nalanda university
8.    India China engaging South Asia in cultural diplomacy


Economic Issues   

1.    Managing Sovereign Debt
2.    G-20 Toronto summit is a balanced shift from Pittsburg consensus
3.    Strengthening Asian currencies
4.    BPLR system-Discussion on its Background, Calculation and Viability
5.    Market based financing for ULB(Urban Local Bodies)
6.    New look at MSME policy
7.    Banking Sector –Emerging challenges and opportunities
8.    Credit Plus Approach for Rural Development-THE NABARD SUCCESS STORY

Science and Technology   

1.    Cyber Threats
2.    Precision Spectroscopy and QED
3.    M Myocidis JCVI-syn 1.O (Synthia)/Synthetic cell
4.    Cryogenic Engines
5.    CNS/ATM system new dawn in civil aviation

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