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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