Hello all,
Since GS2 is mainly current affairs based, it would help to have a list of all the expected topics for quick revision and to avoid unnecessary surprises in exam. I came up with this list based on my notes - It is rather haphazard and incomplete right now - I will consolidate it better if I see some participation. Cheers!
Planning Commission - Relevance, problems, way ahead. Role with respect to Finance Commission
Issues with Various Schemes - RTE/MNREGS/JNNURM/Sanitation programme/PMGSY/Indira Awaas Yojana/NRLM
Governor in India’s polity - Role, Relevance and relation with Union government
SEBI Bill - Highlights + Issues Related to chit funds
Merger of SEBI/FMC - Need/Issue
Issues related to FSLRC recommendations
Ban on exit polls - Is it needed/justifiable?
Corporate ownership of media - Its impact on media coverage etc.
Issues related to Prasar Bharti’s autonomy
Amendments to Juvenile Justice Bill - Need for amendments/Amendments/Criticism
Judicial Appointments Commission - Positives/Negatives of Collegium System + Positives/Negatives/Proposals of NJAC Bill.
General problems of Indian judiciary - Poor strength/Case backlogs etc.
Various voting systems - Is first past the post representative enough?
Amendments to Land Acquisition Bill - Problems with current bill/arguments against changes
Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation
Women’s Reservation Bill - Need/Problems with bill in current format
Steps taken in budget towards a digital India
FYUP/UGC Row - Issues of autonomy in higher education
Sharia Courts - Relevance of religious courts and their relation with law of land.
Misuse of Dowry Law (Section 498A)
Issues with NGOs in India (in light of IB Report)
Leader of Opposition - Background/Issues/wider ramifications
Problems with the current Lokpal Bill
Model Code of Conduct - Is it a burden on day to day administration - Negatives/Positives
Electoral Reforms
CAG Audit of private companies
Issues Related to FCRA
Should the provision of allowing candidates from two constituencies be removed?
Death Penalty Jurisprudence - President’s pardoning power etc.
Issues in Health Sector - Antibiotic Resistance + Issues Related to junk food + India’s tobacco burden + India’s Cancer Burden + New vaccines - IPV/Rota Virus
Cooling period for Bureaucrats joining active politics - Positives/Negatives
International Relations - All topics to be done with India’s stand/stakes in mind
India’s relation with Nepal/Bhutan/Bangladesh/UK/France/USA/Japan/China (in light of recents visits) + India's approach towards SAARC countries
Crisis amongst ASEAN countries (due to China’s expansionary policies) - Can India fill the vacuum?
Confrontation between Russia and West - Implications for world peace/security/regional groupings like G8
Crisis in Ukraine - India’s stand.
BRICS/BRICS Bank - Challenges/Opportunities + Bank’s relation with other bodies like World Bank/IMF
Crisis in Gaza - Background/Way ahead + India - Israel Relations
India - EU FTA - Issues delaying deal
Relevance/Future of Commonwealth
Japan shedding its pacifism - Implications
Was India justified in stonewalling TFA in WTO - Positives/Negatives - Future of WTO?
EU-Tehran talks - Potential issues/Way forward
China’s maritime silk road project - How is it different/similar to String of Pearls
Insurgency in different parts of world - Boko Haram - Nigeria/Ansar Dine - Mali/Al Shabab - Somalia/ISIS - Iraq
Civil War in Syria - what lies ahead?
Elections in Afghanistan - Fraud in Elections/Challenges for new leadership
Are we doing enough for our diaspora abroad especially for their security?
Space Diplomacy - How can India help SAARC countries
India’s limited presence in Africa - What can be done
Renewed Panchasheel
EU ban on Indian mangoes
Reforming the EU (in light of extreme right parties winning election for European Parliament)
Reforming internet governance (US snooping)
Reforming IMF
Cold War in Arctic
Comments
Please add more topics if you can remember, I might have missed many [-O<
For paper I in World history - Isreal_Palestine conflict from 1948 becomes important
Labour Law Reforms - Rajasthan govt and the centre also reforming -paper 3
Insurance sector - FDI leads to imporovement or not?
Article 3- AP reorganization
Centre-State/ Inter-State Relations: Polvaram
Article 370
Repealing Old Laws and their impact
Uniform Civil Code
Initiatives by New Govt.: Digital India; PMJDY; MyGov