General Studies-I: Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society.
1) Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
Indian Art Forms | Indian Paintings Classical Dance Forms Folk Dance Forms Classical Music Puppetry Pottery Drama/Theatre Martial Arts |
Literature | Ancient Indian Literature Classical Sanskrit Literature Literature in Pali and Prakrit Early Dravidian Literature Medieval Literature Women Poets of Bhakti Trends in Medieval Literature Modern Indian Literature |
Architecture | Harappan Architecture Temple Architecture Cave Architecture Indo-Islamic Architecture Medieval Architecture Modern Architecture Contribution of Buddhism & Jainism to the Development of Indian Architecture Rock Cut Architecture Colonial Architecture & the Modern Period |
1) Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
2) Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues.
3) The Freedom Struggle - its various stages and important contributors contributions from different parts of the country.
4) Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.
5) History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society.
6) Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
7) Role of women and women's organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
8) Effects of globalization on Indian society.
9) Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
10) Salient features of world's physical geography.
11) Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian subcontinent); factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India).
12) Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location- changes in critical geographical features (including waterbodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.
2) Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues.
3) The Freedom Struggle - its various stages and important contributors contributions from different parts of the country.
4) Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.
5) History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society.
6) Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
7) Role of women and women's organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
8) Effects of globalization on Indian society.
9) Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
10) Salient features of world's physical geography.
11) Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian subcontinent); factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India).
12) Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location- changes in critical geographical features (including waterbodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.
1. 415 million Indians came out of multidimensional poverty in 15 years, says UNDP study
A total of 415 million people moved out of poverty in India within just 15 years from 2005-06 to 2019-21, with its incidence falling from 55.1% to 16.4% during the period, the United Nations (UN) said on Tuesday.
The latest update of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) was released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford.
It said that 25 countries, including India, successfully halved their global MPI values within 15 years, showing that rapid progress is attainable. These countries include Cambodia, China, Congo, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Serbia and Vietnam.
“The report demonstrates that poverty reduction is achievable. However, the lack of comprehensive data during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic poses challenges in assessing immediate prospects,” it added.
In 2005-06, about 645 million people were in multidimensional poverty in India, with this number declining to about 370 million in 2015-16 and 230 million in 2019-21.
‘Fast progress’
The report noted that deprivation in all indicators declined in India and “the poorest States and groups, including children and people in disadvantaged caste groups, had the fastest absolute progress”.
According to the report, people who are multidimensionally poor and deprived under the nutrition indicator in India declined from 44.3% in 2005-06 to 11.8% in 2019-21, and child mortality fell from 4.5% to 1.5%.
“Those who are poor and deprived of cooking fuel fell from 52.9% to 13.9% and those deprived of sanitation fell from 50.4% in 2005/2006 to 11.3% in 2019/2021,” according to the report.
In the drinking water indicator, the percentage of people who are multidimensionally poor and deprived fell from 16.4 to 2.7 during the period, electricity (from 29 to 2.1) and housing from 44.9 to 13.6.
The report said countries with different incidences of poverty also halved their global MPI value.
While 17 countries that did so had an incidence under 25% in the first period, India and Congo had a starting incidence above 50%.
India was among the 19 countries that halved their global MPI value during one period — for India it was 2005-06 to 2015-16.
According to the 2023 release, 1.1 billion out of 6.1 billion people (just more than 18%) live in acute multidimensional poverty across 110 countries.
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