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Swami Vivekananda - role in reform movements(last year 150th birth anniversary but they did not ask)

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Nehru- post independence contribution, foreign policy (50th death anniversary)

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Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishanan-post independence contribution(teacher's day)

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Subramaniam Bharti-poet, writer contribution in Indian freedom struggle(there was a full fledged article in hindu)

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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B R Ambedkar

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Shyama Prasad Mookharji (Govt. announced a scheme named after him; he was not from Congress in the freedom struggle days )

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Deendayal Upadhyaya - Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram,

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Dr Homi Bhabha -contoversy over auction of his residence in Mumbai

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Acharya JB Kripilani

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Cold War in Arctic

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Transfer of Governors

NJAC

Juvenile justice(amendment)

Section 377 IPC

Bodo Land territorial council-V IMP due to riots/Son of the soil theory

Amendments to Land Acquisition Bill - Problems with current bill/arguments against changes

Cooling period for Bureaucrats joining active politics - Positives/Negatives

Ban on exit polls - Is it needed/justifiable?

Corporate ownership of media - Its impact on media coverage etc.

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General problems of Indian judiciary - Poor strength/Case backlogs etc.

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Various voting systems - Is first past the post representative enough?

13

Womens Reservation Bill - Need/Problems with bill in current format

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FYUP/UGC Row - Issues of autonomy in higher education

15

Sharia Courts - Relevance of religious courts and their relation with law of land.

16

Leader of Opposition - Background/Issues/wider ramifications

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Problems with the current Lokpal Bill

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Model Code of Conduct - Is it a burden on day to day administration - Negatives/Positives

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Electoral Reforms

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CAG Audit of private companies

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SC Judgments: Striking down Section 6A of DSPE Act; Mother tongue imposition not compulsory;

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Tenure for Civil Servants, Civil Service Boards

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Validating 25% requirement of RTE but not in minority schools;

24

Centre-State/ Inter-State Relations : Article 3- AP reorganization/Polvaram

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Article 370

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Uniform Civil Code

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Repealing Old Laws and their impact-Sunset legislation

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Should the provision of allowing candidates from two constituencies be removed?

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Death Penalty Jurisprudence - Presidents pardoning power etc.

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SC guidelines for investigation of police encounters

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Describe Central govt.'s some initiatives to upgrade rural India into technological one.

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Contesting from 2 seats

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Eradication of polio from India

Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation

Sexual harassment at work place

Verma committee report

Issues with Various Schemes - RTE/MNREGS/JNNURM/Sanitation programme/PMGSY/Indira Awaas Yojana/NRLM

Misuse of Dowry Law (Section 498A)

Issues with NGOs in India (in light of IB Report)

Role of NGO and FCRA,1946

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Surrogacy Regulation

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Introduction of 4 new vaccines in programme

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Issues in Health Sector - Antibiotic Resistance

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Issues Related to junk food

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Indias Cancer Burden

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New vaccines - IPV/Rotavirus

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Tobacco consumption in India (The steep rise in taxes in this year's budget)

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NACP -Phase IV

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Revised strategy for Kala-azar

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JE & AES-Strategy to control

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MDR & XDR TB

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NIKSHAY in RNTCP

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NHM

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Universal Health Coverage (UHC)

24

Drug patent issue

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Mental Health Care Bill

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RMNCH+

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TB Survey

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Clinical Trials regulation

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National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO)

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Indias relation with Nepal/Bhutan/Bangladesh/UK/France/USA/Japan/China (in light of recent visits) + India's approach towards SAARC countries

Look east vs Act east policy- differences, prospects etc.

Crisis amongst ASEAN countries (due to Chinas expansionary policies) - Can India fill the vacuum?

Confrontation between Russia and West - Implications for world peace/security/regional groupings like G8.

Crisis in Ukraine - Indias stand.

BRICS/BRICS Bank - Challenges/Opportunities

Banks relation with other bodies like World Bank/IMF

Crisis in Gaza - Background/Way ahead + India - Israel Relations

India - EU FTA - Issues delaying deal

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Relevance/Future of Commonwealth

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Japan shedding its pacifism Implications

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Was India justified in stonewalling TFA in WTO - Positives/Negatives - Future of WTO?

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Chinas maritime silk road project - How is it different/similar to String of Pearls

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Insurgency in different parts of world - Boko Haram - Nigeria/Ansar Dine - Mali/Al Shabab

16

Somalia/ISIS Iraq implication to Indian Security.

17

Civil War in Syria - what lies ahead?

18

Elections in Afghanistan - Fraud in Elections/Challenges for new leadership

19

Are we doing enough for our diaspora abroad especially for their security?

20

Space Diplomacy - How can India help SAARC countries

21

Indias limited presence in Africa - What can be done

22

Renewed Panchasheel

23

EU ban on Indian mangoes

24

Reforming the EU (in light of extreme right parties winning election for European Parliament)

25

Reforming internet governance (US snooping)

26

Reforming IMF

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Reforming UN

28

UNCTAD celebrates 50 years

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IORARC (summit at perth)

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G33

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OPCW

32

Bosphorus strait

33

BCIM corridor

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SykesPicot Agreement/Asia Minor

35

Ukraine Issue

36

South China sea dispute

37

Israel-Palestine issue :Unity Deal

38

Egypt issue

39

East china sea dispute

40

Chemical weapons convention

41

UNCTAD celebrates 50 years

42

Sustainable Development Goals

43

Vienna Convention on consular Relations

44

IAEA Additional Protocol

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21st century maritime silk road

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Thalweg Principle

47

Dhaka Declaration on VBDs

48

UN and its role in combating poverty and hunger

49

Hunger Report by FAO

50

Evaluation of MDG Goals/Why MDG goals have not been achieved? (in Indian context)/strategy of post MDG goals??

51

UN and its efforts for gender equality

52

TPP - should India join in it?

53

SCO - should India join in it?

54

India's role in multi-polar world.

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Russia's exclusion from G8, Sino Russian Relations, Russia's LOOK EAST POLICY

56

Sri Lanka resolution

57

Russia Japan :2+2 , Kurile island dispute(4islands),

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Multilateral trade agreement (v/s or and) Regional free trade agreement- ACTA, TPP and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

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Planning Commission relevance

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RUPAY network

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Vodafone Issue/Nokia tax dispute-Retrospective taxation + Transfer Income Issue

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Jute Industry Issue

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New Banking Licensing

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SEBI Bill - Highlights + Issues Related to chit funds/ Chit Fund scams - Loopholes in regulatory framework

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Merger of SEBI/FMC - Need/Issue

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Issues related to FSLRC recommendations

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Labour Law Reforms - Rajasthan govt and the centre also reforming -paper 3

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Insurance sector - FDI leads to improvement or not?

ECONOMY

11

Nachiket Mor, Urijit Ptal , PJ Nayak Committees

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Make in India campaign- Potential, various sectors, challenges/ Problems common to manufacturing/MSME sector

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Inland Waterways

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14

Gas Pricing controversy

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15

Skilling missions

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16

Real Estate Trusts

ECONOMY

17

Labor Law Changes

ECONOMY

18

Financial Inclusions - Jana Dhan Yojana ; various other challenges/Mor Committee Report

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Black Money - Committee on black money

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20

Private Sector/FDI in defence

ECONOMY

21

Food Inflation - can higher interest rates control it?/Urjit Patel committee report

ECONOMY

22

Public Private Partnerships - +ive/-ive;

ECONOMY

23

Problems of road sector - Why BTO projects are not taking off? ; Issues of safety

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24

Problems with Indian Railways - Issues of safety (esp fires)

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25

Participatory Notes Issues

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26

Affects of quantitative easing - how can we prepare for US taper

ECONOMY

27

De-risking agriculture (Poor monsoon) - Insurance, hardy crops, irrigation

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Agriculture Subsidies esp. Fertilizer

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Problems in Aviation Industry

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Bank NPA and steps taken by RBI

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31

Debt Management Agency - Arguments for/against

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IMF Reforms

ECONOMY

33

Crowd-funding - Meaning and SEBI regulations

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35

CPSE Exchange Traded Funds

Low insurance penetration in India - Should banks sell the policies of all insurance companies instead of the current practice of sticking to one
company? + FDI in Insurance

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GAAR - Shome Panel

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GST

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Coal sector/Reforms

ECONOMY

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Hydroelectric potential in India

ECONOMY

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Manufacturing sector issues esp MSME sector

ECONOMY

41

Business Correspondent Model - Various issues, factors limiting success

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42

Disinvestment - Challenges/Potential

ECONOMY

43

Tax Reform Commission

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Mangalyan/MOM

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Chandrayan-2

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Indian Navigational Satellite

SCI TECH

GSLV-Mk III Technology

SCI TECH

India's solar program/ Solar power and related issues

SCI TECH

VOLTE-Voice over LTE technology

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GM Crops

SCI TECH

Achievements _CSIR, DoS, DBT, ESSO, ISRO

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LEAP

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LTTD & Terafil technology

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11

Nuclear Energy

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PFBR (Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor )

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Cyber crime

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International projects: LHC, TMT,SKA ,ITER

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MACE Telescope

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Nanotechnology

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17

PRISM

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18

ALS & Ice bucket challenge

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19

God Particle

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20

BRCA Gene patent in Australia

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21

iPS (induced pluripotent stem cell)

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22

Cavilon application in Boxing

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23

Cyber attacks/Snooping - Internet reform

SCI TECH

24

Nuclear safety regulatory authority (NSRA)

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Space tourism (Recent spaceship2 accident)

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change - india's divergence of interest with developed and developing countries.

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relation between climate change and Poverty

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Climate chane (IPCC AR5 report)

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Indoor Pollution

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Ganga cleaning

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Rhino Dehorning

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Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats

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What is Aligarh Superbug? and why india should be worried about it?

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14

What should be india's stratergy to deal with Post-Kyoto Protocol situation?

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15

Issues in Sand Mining

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J&K Uttaranchal floods

Stampede deaths

Ebola

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2 RUPAY network

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3 Vodafone Issue/Nokia tax dispute-Retrospective taxation + Transfer Income Issue

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4 Jute Industry Issue

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5 New Banking Licensing

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6 SEBI Bill - Highlights + Issues Related to chit funds/ Chit Fund scams - Loopholes in regulatory framework

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7 Merger of SEBI/FMC - Need/Issue

ECONOMY

8 Issues related to FSLRC recommendations

ECONOMY

9 Labour Law Reforms - Rajasthan govt and the centre also reforming -paper 3

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10 Insurance sector - FDI leads to improvement or not?

ECONOMY

11 Nachiket Mor, Urijit Ptal , PJ Nayak Committees

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12 Make in India campaign- Potential, various sectors, challenges/ Problems common to manufacturing/MSME sector

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13 Inland Waterways

ECONOMY

14 Gas Pricing controversy

ECONOMY

15 Skilling missions

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16 Real Estate Trusts

ECONOMY

17 Labor Law Changes

ECONOMY

18 Financial Inclusions - Jana Dhan Yojana ; various other challenges/Mor Committee Report

ECONOMY

19 Black Money - Committee on black money

ECONOMY

20 Private Sector/FDI in defence

ECONOMY

21 Food Inflation - can higher interest rates control it?/Urjit Patel committee report

ECONOMY

22 Public Private Partnerships - +ive/-ive;

ECONOMY

23 Problems of road sector - Why BTO projects are not taking off? ; Issues of safety

ECONOMY

24 Problems with Indian Railways - Issues of safety (esp fires)

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25 Participatory Notes Issues

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26 Affects of quantitative easing - how can we prepare for US taper

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27 De-risking agriculture (Poor monsoon) - Insurance, hardy crops, irrigation

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28 Agriculture Subsidies esp. Fertilizer

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29 Problems in Aviation Industry

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30 Bank NPA and steps taken by RBI

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31 Debt Management Agency - Arguments for/against

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32 IMF Reforms

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33 Crowd-funding - Meaning and SEBI regulations

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34 CPSE Exchange Traded Funds

Low insurance penetration in India - Should banks sell the policies of all insurance companies instead of the current practice of sticking to
35 one company? + FDI in Insurance

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36 GAAR - Shome Panel

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37 GST

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39 Hydroelectric potential in India

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40 Manufacturing sector issues esp MSME sector

ECONOMY

41 Business Correspondent Model - Various issues, factors limiting success

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42 Disinvestment - Challenges/Potential

ECONOMY

43 Tax Reform Commission

Coal sector/Reforms

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1 Mangalyan/MOM

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2 Chandrayan-2

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3 Indian Navigational Satellite

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4 GSLV-Mk III Technology

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5 India's solar program/ Solar power and related issues

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6 VOLTE-Voice over LTE technology

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7 GM Crops

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8 Achievements _CSIR, DoS, DBT, ESSO, ISRO

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9 LEAP

SCI TECH

10 LTTD & Terafil technology

SCI TECH

11 Nuclear Energy

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12 PFBR (Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor )

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13 Cyber crime

SCI TECH

14 International projects: LHC, TMT,SKA ,ITER

SCI TECH

15 MACE Telescope

SCI TECH

16 Nanotechnology

SCI TECH

17 PRISM

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18 ALS & Ice bucket challenge

SCI TECH

19 God Particle

SCI TECH

20 BRCA Gene patent in Australia

SCI TECH

21 iPS (induced pluripotent stem cell)

SCI TECH

22 Cavilon application in Boxing

SCI TECH

23 Cyber attacks/Snooping - Internet reform

SCI TECH

24 Nuclear safety regulatory authority (NSRA)

SCI TECH

25 Space tourism (Recent spaceship2 accident)

ENVIRONMENT

1 Great Pacific Garbage Patch

ENVIRONMENT

2 Climate change - india's divergence of interest with developed and developing countries.

ENVIRONMENT

3 relation between climate change and Poverty

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4 Climate chane (IPCC AR5 report)

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5 how to deal with pollution/urban waste and conflicts due to them

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6 Indoor Pollution

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7 Ganga cleaning

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8 problems with genetic crops

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9 Rhino Dehorning

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10 Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats

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11 how to deal with Man/Animal Conflicts/ What to do about Elephants getting killed by trains.

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12 What is Aligarh Superbug? and why india should be worried about it?

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13

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14 What should be india's stratergy to deal with Post-Kyoto Protocol situation?

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15 Issues in Sand Mining

ENVIRONMENT

16 New Agro-forestry Policy

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1 J&K Uttaranchal floods

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

2 Stampede deaths

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

3 Ebola

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

4 Institutional Arrangements in Indian Context

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

5 Beas Tragedy- Lessons learnt/what more can be done