GS3 · Technology, Economy, Environment, Security & Disaster Management
Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing.
Syllabus line GS3-L5. These 5 themes have PYQs under it; several also draw on other papers.
- T75Hunger, malnutrition & food security law: NFSA, Mid-Day Meal, millets
- T141Farm subsidies, MSP & crop insurance (incl. WTO Agreement on Agriculture)
- T142PDS & buffer stocks
- T144Land reforms, tenancy & land acquisition: from Bhoodan to the 2013 Act
- T145Allied & sustainable farming: livestock, fisheries, integrated & organic farming