GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
- Need and importance of Government Policies
- Governance: Meaning and Scope
- Good Governance
- Contemporary debate around Governance and Good Governance
- Role of institutions, bureaucrats, and other stakeholders in promoting good governance
- Emphasizing transparency and accountability
- Efficient resource utilization: preventing leaks, curbing wasteful expenditure, leveraging knowledge, research, and innovation
- Monitoring and evaluating outcomes: budgeting, zero-base budgeting, input-output analysis, cost-benefit analysis
- Establishing institutions and regulatory norms: task forces, steering committees, review committees
- Interventions in emerging areas: social media, data, privacy, social sector
- Meaning, importance, objectives, institutional structure, and organization
- Funding
- SHGs and Women, Poverty, Rural Development
- Meaning, importance, objectives, structure, organization, advantages
- Micro Finance in India
- What are NGOs?
- Difference between NGOs and International NGOs (INGOs)
- NGOs and development projects, community development, relief and rehabilitation, disaster management, advocacy
- Citizen-centric governance
- Features of good governance
- Legislative accountability, Administrative accountability, Judicial accountability
- Ombudsman
- Whistleblowers concept
- Anti-corruption machinery
- Role of citizens and media
- Social audit
- Systematic reforms
- Social Media and Accountability/Transparency/Governance
- Delegation vs decentralization
- Bottom-up governance
- Introduction, applications, models, successes, limitations, future prospects
- Dashboards and Portals of E-governance and E-government: Uses/Impact/Analysis
- Democracy and E-governance
- E-governance and Judiciary, Legislatures
- Introduction, models, features, implementation issues, needed reforms
- Sevottam Framework
- Concept, need, different roles
- Civil services as protector of democracy
- Democracy dynamics, emerging challenges, needed reforms
- Lateral Entry, Capacity building, Autonomy, Frequent transfers, security of tenure
- Cadre Policy
- Performance Appraisal and HR policies
- Civil Services Board
- What are pressure groups?
- Types, significance, differentiation from political parties
- Role in governance, pros, cons, challenges
- Powers, functions, responsibilities
- Appointment and composition: CAG, ECI, UPSC, Finance Commission
- Evaluation of each body: History, Evolution, Pros, Cons, Issues, Challenges, Way Forward
- SEBI, CVC, CBI, Planning Commission, NDC, PMO, Zonal Council, TRAI, NCLAT, IRDA, NHRC, SHRC, CIC, SIC, NCDRC, Tribunal, MCI, PFRDA, Biodiversity Authority, Press Council of India
- Salient features of the Representation of People Act, 1950
- Electoral reforms, criminalization of politics, state funding, electoral bonds
- Party reforms, problems, casteism, strengthening anti-defection measures
- Coalition governments dynamics
- Types, role in developing countries, functions, methods, criticism
- Issues of funds, functions, and functionaries
- Local Government and Vulnerable Sections (SC/ST/OBC/Women/Transgenders/Migrants/Children/Disabled etc.)
- Emerging issues (Disaster Management, Technology)
- Issues, challenges, solutions, laws, interventions
- SC, ST, OBC, Migrants, Women, Disabled, Children, Refugees, Transgenders, Manual Scavengers, People with Special Needs
- Poverty, hunger, health, malnutrition, unemployment, distress migration
- Schemes: MGNREGA, PM POSHAN, Ayushman Bharat
- Policies: NHP, NEP
- Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections by Centre and States
- Constitutional arrangements, women welfare, gender technology gap, women in politics, marriageable age for women, child welfare, SC/ST/OBC welfare, caste census, gender reservation in ULB, minorities welfare, old age welfare, legislations issues, and needed reforms
- Education structure in India: Primary, secondary, higher education
- Government initiatives, needed reforms, future prospects, skill development
- Private and Public health structure, NITI Aayog Report
- Economic and human development, SDGs and India
- Measures to Control & Eradicate Communalism
- Secularism Definition by different committees, data, causes, poverty and unemployment, social conflict, impact of LPG, rural and urban poverty, feminization of poverty, alleviation measures, problems in implementationas an Antidote to Communalism
- 5th Schedule Areas, 6th Schedule Areas
- Composition, role, and functions of councils, role of Governor with respect to tribal areas, tribal sub plan
- Social Security Schemes: Atal Pension Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
- Schemes: Nai Roshni, USTAAD, Nai Manzil
- Schemes: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, Ujjawala Scheme, Janani Suraksha Yojana, Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram
- Scheme: Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana
- Schemes: National Health Mission, National Ayush Mission, Swasthya Rakshan Program, Jan Aushadhi Scheme, Mission Indradhanush, NFHS-5 survey
- Schemes: Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat, Mid Day Meal Scheme, GIAN, Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan, SWAYAM
- Schemes: Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission, Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Swachch Bharat Abhiyan, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Gramin, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban, Housing for All by 2022, Smart Cities Mission, Hriday
- Jeevan Praman, Digilocker, Bharatnet Project, INSPIRE, Digital India, Namami Gange Project, Khelo India, One Rank One Pension Scheme, PRAGATI, Indian Community Welfare Fund
- Measurement criteria, government initiatives
- Rural development and poverty alleviation
- Review of existing programs
- Development administration
- Agriculture and rural development