Economic and Social Development · UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh)

What the official syllabus says

UPPCS Preliminary Examination, Paper I: General Studies-I:

Economic and Social Development: Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
Economic and Social Development - Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.: The candidates will be tested with respect to problems and relationship between Population, Environment and Urbanisation. General Issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization, General awareness of the subject is expected from candidates.
Indian Polity and Governance - Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.: In Indian Polity, Economic and Culture, questions will test knowledge of country's political system including Panchayati Raj and Community Development, broad features of Economic policy in India and Indian Culture.
Note: Candidates are expected to have general awareness about the above subjects with special reference to Uttar Pradesh.

Topics in detail

The official note asks about the problems of, and relationship between, population, environment and urbanisation, and the explanation of the polity line asks for the broad features of economic policy. The list covers both: basic economics, then the social development areas named in the syllabus.

Basic concepts

National income: GDP, GNP, NDP, NNP, at factor cost and market prices; nominal and real; base year
Growth and development; Human Development Index (UNDP); Multidimensional Poverty Index
Sectors of the economy: primary, secondary, tertiary; formal and informal

Economic policy and planning

Planning in India: Five-Year Plans and their aims in outline; the Planning Commission and NITI Aayog (2015)
Economic reforms of 1991: liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation
Money and banking: the Reserve Bank of India, monetary policy tools (repo rate, CRR, SLR, open market operations), commercial, cooperative and regional rural banks, NBFCs, payment systems
Inflation: types, measures (CPI, WPI), causes and control
Public finance: the Union Budget, revenue and capital accounts, deficits, direct and indirect taxes, GST, Finance Commission
External sector: balance of payments, exchange rate, foreign investment (FDI, FPI), WTO, IMF and World Bank
Agriculture policy: MSP, procurement, public distribution system, food security; industrial policy and MSMEs

Sustainable development

The concept (Brundtland Report, 1987); Sustainable Development Goals (17 goals of the 2030 Agenda) and India's SDG Index
Green economy, circular economy, renewable energy transition

Poverty and inclusion

Measuring poverty: poverty line, expert groups (Lakdawala, Tendulkar, Rangarajan), multidimensional poverty
Unemployment: types and measurement (Periodic Labour Force Survey)
Poverty alleviation and employment programmes: MGNREGA (2005), National Rural and Urban Livelihood Missions, self-help groups
Financial inclusion: Jan Dhan accounts, small finance and payments banks, microfinance, direct benefit transfer
Social inclusion of Scheduled Castes and Tribes, Other Backward Classes, minorities, women, persons with disabilities

Demographics

Census of India 2011: population, growth, density, sex ratio, child sex ratio, literacy
Demographic transition; demographic dividend; ageing
National Population Policy 2000; fertility and mortality indicators (TFR, IMR, MMR)
Population, environment and urbanisation: pressure on land, water and forests; slums, urban services, migration

Social sector initiatives

Health: National Health Mission, Ayushman Bharat, immunisation, nutrition (ICDS, POSHAN Abhiyaan, mid-day meal)
Education: Samagra Shiksha, Right to Education, National Education Policy 2020, skill development
Sanitation and water: Swachh Bharat Mission, Jal Jeevan Mission
Housing and social security: PM Awas Yojana, pensions and insurance schemes
Women and children: schemes for girl children and women's empowerment

Overlaps

The economy of the state is on Uttar Pradesh: Economy and Social Development. In the Main Examination, the Indian economy is General Studies III and the economy of Uttar Pradesh General Studies VI.