1. International relations (IR)/ Diplomacy / Diaspora
    1. India’s foreign relations
    2. India’s economic relations
    3. Diplomacy: Topics , Issues
    4. Diplomacy: MCQ/2m
    5. Organizations
    6. Policies
    7. Schemes
  2. Comm n IT: organizations
    1. Comm n IT: policies
    2. Comm n IT: Schemes
    3. Comm n IT: Topics/issues
    4. Comm n IT: laws
    5. Comm n IT: MCQ/2m

International relations (IR)/ Diplomacy / Diaspora

Background

  1. How to approach diplomacy for GS (mains) paper II, explained in separate article with free IGNOU study material download. (Click me)
  2. Articles on various topics of [Diplomacy] can be found at www.Mrunal.org/diplomacy
  3. Following list contains the essential topics to be studied from India 2013 (aka India yearbook)

India’s foreign relations

Ch. Page Topic
9 197-201 global and regional security: overview – diplomacy
18 493 overview of India’s foreign policy
18 496-501 India’s relations with its neighbors
18 501-02 south-east Asia and Pacific
18 502 East Asia
18 503 Eurasia
18 505 Gulf, West Asia and North Africa
18 506 Africa
18 507 Europe
18 509 Americas
18 510 United Nations
18 512 SAARC
18 512 nuclear disarmamen
18 513 ASEAN
26 944-45 aviation MoUs  with USA, Pakistan, EU etc.

India’s economic relations

7 136 India’s engagement in free trade agreements.+ Tables given on page 136 to 141
7 141 WTO, Doha Round, 8th ministerial conference
7 143 Settlement of disputes
7 144 India’s initiative for developing countries
7 147 Trade with Africa
7 148 Focus Africa program (2 marker)
7 149 India-EU bilateral trade negotiations. (dig newspaper for updates)
7 140 Acronyms table : regional groupings and its members. (MCQ and 2m)
13 359 India Japan bilateral relations
13 359 India UK bilateral
13 360 India Norway
13 361 India Switzerland
13 361 India EU
13 362 India Germany
13 363 India France
13 364 India USA, USAID
13 365 India G20
13 368 India UNDP
13 370 SAARC Currency swap
13 355 Financial transaction plan

Diplomacy: Topics , Issues

16 470 health, family welfare: international cooperation
18 517 Public diplomacy
18 518 Indian diospora
18 520 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas-PBD (already discussed click me)
18 512 bilateral Social Security agreements
25 841 Sci-Tech international cooperation
25 874 sci-tech: international research collaboration
25 877 sci-tech: international thermonuke experimental reactor
25 878-79 sci-tech: IPR, international relation in IAEA etc. (dig net for more)
25 884 space: international cooperation (dign net for more)
25 900-01 sci-tech: interntional cooperation with US,UL etc.
27 966-70 Water: international coop. with Bhutan, Bangla, Nepal, China, MoU on rivers etc
28 1029 woman and child development: international cooperation

Diplomacy: MCQ/2m

9 204 Op BLOSSOM
9 218 Aero India
9 218 DEFEXPO
9 218 NIRDESH
9 205 Air Force overview
9 206 table containing ranks in army navy and air force
9 206-10 recruitment: army, navy, airforce
9 210 training in defense services
9 204 presiden’s fleet review
18 517 Foreign Service Institute: provides training for IFS

Organizations

5 44 national authority Chemical weapons convention
9 201 Defense Ministry overview
9 202 army overview
9 203 Navy overview
9 204 Coast Guard overview
9 201 NCC
9 213 defence undertakings
9 222 DRDO functions + table on DRDO’s contribution (pg 224)
9 219 Kendriya Sainik Board
10 257 GATS, WIPO (dig net for more)
15 430 world food programme
15 431 SAARC food bank
15 431 FAO
15 431 G20 matters
15 432 International grains Council
18 522 indian council for overseas employment ICOE functions
18 523 PM’s global advisory council

Policies

9 215 private sector participation in defence production
9 215 defense production policy

Things like Look East policy, Look west policy etc need to prepared using net.

Schemes

Mostly for diaspora related

18 516 consulates, passport, visa service
18 519 overseas citizenship
18 512 Know India program
21 685 labour: International workers: special provisions in India

Ok this concludes, Diplomacy. Now moving to Communication, IT and Mass Communication.

Comm n IT: organizations

8 154 dept of post: structure, function
8 167 Department of telecommunication: functions
8 168 Telecom regulatory authority of India (TRAI): functions, initiatives (dig net for more)
8 179 National knowledge network (NKN)
8 184 National Informatics Centre (NIC) + more fodder on pg765 onwards (planning)
8 186 controller of certifying authorities
8 186 cyber separate tribunals
8 186-190 Indian computer emergency response team
8 190 C-DAC: functions, initiatives
8 193 NIELIT
22 692 functions of Ministry of information and broadcasting
22 693 Prasar Bharti
22 693 all India radio
22 694-95 FM rainbow, gold
22 697 Doordarshan
22 701 registrar of newspaper
22 702 Press information bureau
22 703 Press trust of India
22 705 UNI, NAM
22 706 press Council of India
22 714 Central board of film certification
22 717 children’s film Society

Comm n IT: policies

8 169 draft National Telecom policy
8 172 draft national policy on electronics
8 172 draft national policy on information technology
8 172 National e-governance plan NeGP
8 181 R&D initiatives ( nanotechnology, microelectronics, free and open source software) this is mostly for mains

Comm n IT: Schemes

8 156 Project arrow
8 156-59 List of Business Development activities. (name-benefit)
8 159 Philately overview. (dig net for latest issued stamps for example Gadar stamp during PBD-2013)
8 173 statewide area networks SWANs
8 173 common service centres CSCS
8 174 State data centres SDC
8 175 e- district
8 177 India development gateway
8 180 technology development for Indian languages
8 183 IT development in north-east region

Comm n IT: Topics/issues

8 154 contribution of Britishers in Indian post (MCQ)
8 154-55 Postal Network for MNREGA+ CPI collection
8 165 Telecommunication service: history and overview
8 171 – 72 BPO industry overview (Fodder for essay  interview)
8 175 mobile governance
8 178 electronics hardware manufacturing overview (fodder)
8 180 cyber security: overview

Comm n IT: laws

8 176 electronic delivery of services bill
8 180 information technology act 2008 (dig more on net)

Comm n IT: MCQ/2m

8 154 LMS, MMS
8 154 National Address Database  Management system (benefits)
8 156 flagship products by CEPT for Postal dept
8 168 3G,  mobile value-added services: benefits
8 169 National optical fibre network (NOFN):  benefits
8 170 Long distance service ( national |  and international)
8 171 NTP-99:  benefits
8 174 SSDG  benefits
8 190 SAMEER : functions
8 192 software technology Parks of India
8 194 C-MET: functions
8 195 ERNET
8 195 Media lab Asia
8 195 NISCI
8 196 National Internet exchange of India (NIXI)
3 50 SEVOTTAM
8 160 Postal department sells UTI  mutual funds
8 161 postal department also sells New pension scheme (NPS)
8 163 Rafi Ahmed Kidwai  National Postal Academy, Ghaziabad  provides training for  Indian postal service (IPoS)
22 723-24 Indian Institute of Mass communication:functions+ it provides training to IIS officers.