1. Background
  2. MCQ/2m
  3. Organizations
  4. Policies / laws
  5. Schemes
  6. Topics/Overview

Background

  1. How to approach Science-Tech (S&T) and Public Health for general studies (prelims, mains) has been explained in separate article. (Click me)
  2. For specific articles various topics of [S&T] you can visit https://mrunal.org/snt
  3. Following list contains the essential topics to be studied from India 2013 (aka India yearbook(IYB) 

MCQ/2m

4 73 GARUDA: weeder for rice
4 73 CIRCORD mini card
4 73 Biochar
16 461 definition of MMR
16 461 IMR
16 465 names of vector borne diseases 2nd para (+pg 479)
16 465 list of diseases due to iodine deficiency (2nd  last para)
16 480 RISUG Male contraceptive
25 851 Atomie minerals survey exploration (locations)
25 849 3 stage nuke power program
25 835 INSPIRE program
25 859 flue gas, NISRGA RUNA
25 869 ANUPAM supercomputer
25 870 GRACE, GMRT

Organizations

4 72 Indian Council of Agri.Research (ICAR)
16 455 Health Ministry: function and dept. under it
16 472 councils of medical, Pharma, dental, nursing
16 473 Indian Council of medical research ICMR +its inititaves on pg 478
16 474 Ayush dept + its subordinate offices in 475+ 2nd para on 477
16 471 FSSAI
16 471 CDSCO
25 852 UCIL functions
25 836 TIFAC council functions
25 837 Technology Development board function
25 845 CSIR + its initiatives upto pg 848
25 849 Department  of Atomic energy str function

Policies / laws

16 465 RNTCP
25 833 New Sci-Tech policy + sci-tech infrastructure
25 925 DNA profiling bill (already discussed in my article click ME)

Schemes

4 63 National Food security mission
4 63 Bamboo Mission
4 64 Kisan credit card
4 67 AGMARK
4 72 National resource management
4 73 post harvest value addition
4 74 livestock  improvement
4 75 agricultural extension
4 67 National Horticulture mission
4 68 watershed development for rainfed areas
4 68 cold storage, drought mgmt
4 71 National dairy plan
27 959 Accelerated irrigation benefit program
27 961 command area Development CAD
16 455 National rural health Mission NRHM(+other programs under NRHM, under pg 465)
16 457 National urban health Mission
16 459 family planning schemes
16 461 Janani Suraksha Yojana + Shishu Yojana
16 461 Navjat Shishu Suraksha Karyakram
16 462 MCTS
16 462 universal immunisation programme
16 462-63 polio immunisation + steps taken
16 465 NPCDCS
16 466 National mental health programme
16 467 SHP, MHS, WIFS, NTCP
16 467 National tobacco control program
16 469 Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana
16 471 whistleblower (spurious drugs)
16 482 National AIDS control programme
16 469 annual health survey carried by RGI
16 471 National list of essential medicines
25 835 women scientist scheme
25 840 science-tech popularization + vigyan prasar

Topics/Overview

23 779 planning : sci.tech
25 854 fuel reprocessing
25 854 nuke waste  Management
25 853 nuclear fuel fabrication
25 850 nuke power program stage I + ongoing and new projects (mcq)
25 856-58 Nuke power program: stage 2 and 3
23 779 planning : sci.tech
25 841 Survey of India
25 858 nuke safety
25 860-67 applications of Radiation in agriculture, medicine etc.
25 867-69 beam, pulse, plasma, water  Management etc
25 879-884 space program overview (+ whatever MCQ/2m)
25 887 cryosphere research
25 902-25 biotech and associated topics. (mostly for shortnotes in mains)
25 925 DNA profiling bill