NODE 02 · GS Paper III
Inclusive Growth & Agriculture
Inclusive growth and issues arising from it; Government Budgeting; major crops cropping patterns — issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing.— UPSC Mains Syllabus
Development beyond GDP: employment generation, food security (PDS, FCI, NFSA), agricultural economics (MSP, procurement, crop insurance, e-NAM), and rural livelihood (MGNREGS, PM Kisan). Central UPSC question: is India's high growth translating into broad-based welfare, or benefiting a narrow segment?
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Ramesh Singh: Indian Economy
Chapters: Ch 7–12
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