Polity & Governance

Topic issues Current Constitution IPC SECTION 124A

(SEDITION DEBATE) Section 500 Of IPC (DEFAMATION DEBATE) Section 295 a Of IPC(Defamation of religion) Section 69a IT Act(website banning power of the Government) Right to die Limits to freedom of tradition and culture Section 498a of IPC(dowry law) Right to privacy issue Uniform civil code debate Interstate river water dispute Article 239AA Citizenship issues Section 377 Debate Article 370 Debate

JNU issue, FOLK SINGER IN TAMIL NADU ISSUE. Kejriwal defamation case Kiku sharda case,Kamlesh tiwari case. Porn site banning issue Santhara ,euthanasia issue Jallikattu issue Recent Cases of misuse of dowry law Supreme court judgement on Aadhar related to right to privacy. Supreme court leaves UCC issue to Parliament. Recent Krishna river dispute Delhi statehood debate Merger of OCI and PIO card Supreme court referred plea against section 377 to 5 judge bench.

Parliament Relevance of Rajya Sabha

Money bill certification power of Loksabha speaker Frequent resort to ordinance Frequent disruption of Parliament and its impact Codification of parliamentary privileges. Leader of opposition issue in the lok sabha Pre legislative consultation Should CAG be made accountable to Parliament Anti-defection issue

Role played by Rajya sabha in stalling important bills since last 2 years. Recent incidents of Tagging normal bill as money bill to bypass Rajya sabha scrutiny 8 ordinance in first 225 days of modi govt Half Of Rajya Sabha's Time, Rs. 9.9 Crore Wasted On Disruptions in the winter session in 2015. No Leader of opposition in the current lok Sabha. Make CAG accountable to Parliament:PAC Case filed by Jayaprada and Amar Singh on reviewing anti-defection rule.

Bills, ordinance and Acts Whistleblower protection Vulnerable sections issue

Recent amendments to Whistleblowers protection Act.

(a) Juvenile justice care bill.

(b) Right with persons

of disability bill 2014

(c) Recent

Amendment to

Repeal of outdated laws Corruption and black money Mining sector reform Real estate sector reform

SC/ST act 1988.

(d) Child Labour amendment bill.

The repealing and amendment bill 2015 Black money bill 2014 The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2015 The Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013 The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015. District Mineral foundation and associated issues Real estate (regulation and development bill) 2013. The Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Bill, 2015 . The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill,

Centre State relations Use of Article 356 Cooperative federalism debate Section 435 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Centrally sponsored schemes in India Debate on creation of new states in India

Aruanchal Pradesh crisis Implementation of recommendations of 14th Finance commission. Recent issues related to Appointment and dismissal of governors of the state. Rajiv Gandhi assassination issue Recommendation of Subcommittee of CM On centrally sponsored scheme. Flexi fund for CSS. Gorkhaland issue,bodoland,Vidharba issue,Harit Pradesh etc

Governance RTI MNREGA NGO, civil society and SHG issues

10 years completed of RTI Political parties and RTI Impact of RTI + issues related to RTI 10 Years of MNREGA Debate on usefulness of MNREGA Recent amendments and misuse of FCRA provisions, Greenpeace

Planning related issue Policy paralysis Issues related to governance of sports bodies Panchayat issues Social audit Civil service reform Credibility crisis of CBI

issue,Teesta setalwad issue, Issue of lack of accountability and transparency of NGO and civil society Analysis of working of NITI aayog, NDC is scrapped Supreme court decision on government ads. Scrapping of GOM and E-GOM Lodha committee to fix bcci Recent decision of Rajasthan and Haryana to fix minimum qualification for contesting Local elections Protection only for honest public servants under section 197 of Crpc: apex court. Ranjit Sinha controversy

Elections Electoral reforms

COMPULSORY VOTING IN ELECTIONS

Recent Election commission demand for reforms in Power and functioning of election commission. Debate on Should NRI Be allowed to vote through e-postal ballot Gujrat become the first state to impose compulsory voting In local body elections

First past the post system vs. proportional representation debate

ISSUE OF Paid news Recent mismatch between number of seats won and number of votes gathered in elections

Judiciary Judicial Appointment issue Reforms needed in criminal justice system Supreme court & RTI Peformance of Lok adalats Capital punishment debate Debates on contempt of court provision Judicial activism vs judicial overreach debate

NJAC declared unconstitutional by Supreme court Recent Statistics on under trials Supreme Court dismisses plea for information on pending judgements under RTI Act Recently Lok adalats solved 1.25 crore cases in a day. Hanging of Yakoob Memon

Health &Education Autonomy of Higher educational institution Analysis of performance of RTE. Entry of foreign

IIM bill 2015 Choice based credit system ASER Report 2015 Niti Aayog tasked to prepare a framework for

universities in India: pros and cons Improvement in the indicators of family health in India

opening doors to foreign universities. NFHS 2015,RSOC 2015

S. No Topic Issues Current Developments 1 Economic Planning Centralized v/s decentralized

planning

Indicative v/s Imperative Planning

NITI Aayog

2 Resource Mobilization Infrastructural Financing

Small savings

Entrepreneurial Push

Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2016

Gold Monetization Scheme

Gold Bullion Scheme

3 Economic Growth and Poverty Estimation

Different indicators and estimates

Why do they vary?

GDP Puzzle

Compatibility between different estimates

Tendulkar Committee and resultant debate

Critique of Poverty line concept

Change in Base Year

New Statistical series

C Rangarajan committee (Poverty Estimates)

4 Employment Occupational Structure

Employment generation

Jobless growth

Rajasthan Labor reforms

Proposed Labour Code

5 Budget Updates from Budget 2016

6 Entrepreneurship Start-ups

Bankruptcy Code

Technological Start-ups

E-Commerce

Crowd-funding

MUDRA

T.K. Vishwanathan committee: To provide Bankruptcy code for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Business identification number

7 Fiscal Reforms FRBM

Tax Evasion

Tax simplification

GST

Tax Terrorism

Public Debt Management Agency

FSLRC

Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), headed by Parthasarathi Shome (GARR)

Vodafone Case

Shell Case

Cairn Case

International Arbitration

MAT issue

Expenditure management commission, headed by Bimal Jalan

Prof. NR Madhava Menon Panel : Reported guidelines for regulating expenditure and content of advertisement in govt. adds

8 Economic Regulation CCI

SEBI

IRDA

RBI

Need for super-regulator

FSLRC

Arvind Mayaram Panel (NSEL irregularities)

V V Daga Committee : To conduct forensic audit of NSEL

Banking Ombudsman

PFRDA

Suma Verma Committee (Banking Ombudsman

9 Financial Inclusion Jan Dhan Yojana

K.V. Kamath panel: to examine the financial architecture for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector.

Rangarajan Panel on financial inclusion

Deepak Mohanty Committee

Nachiket Mor Committee

Mahila Bank (MBN Rao Committee)

10 Banking Balance Sheet Syndrome

Differentiated Bank Licenses

BBPS

Mission Indradanush

Aditya Puri Committee (Credit Information)

Gopalakrishna Committee: on Capacity Building in Banks

P J Nayak Committee : Governance of Boards of Public Bank in India

Bimal Jalan Panel (New Banking licenses)

11 Financial Sector Reforms NPAs

Stressed Assets

Debt Recovery Tribunals

RuPay

Urjit Patel Committee

Nachiket Mor Committee

Damodaran Committee

Narasimham Committee I and II

Raghuram Rajan Committee

B. Mahapatra Committee (NBFC loan restructuring

Janakiraman Committee - To investigate the security transactions of the bank

Usha Thorat Committee

D Swarup Panel on Financial Redress Agency

12 Subsidy Merit subsidies v/s non-merit subsidies

Cash Subsidy

JAM trinity

Agricultural Subsidy and WTO

voluntary surrender of LPG subsidy

Solar Subsidy issue between India and USA

Seed Subsidy Model in UP

13 Agricultural marketing APMC

PDS, FCI, and Food Storage

MSP

Shantaram Committee

14 Food Processing Supply side bottlenecks

Regulatory issues

Mega Food Park Scheme review

Modern Terminal Markets (MTM)

17 Agricultural Productivity Farm productivity: Structural GM Mustard

issues and non-structural issues

Farm diversity

Irrigation

Seeds and inputs

Soil deterioration Issues/salinization

Biotechnology

Second Green revolution

Evergreen Revolution (M.S. Swaminathan)

Land Reforms

18 Economic Reforms and LPG 1st Gen Reforms

2nd Gen Reforms

3rd Gen Reforms

Big Bang Reforms v/s Slow Reforms

19 Industry Manufacturing Revival

Competitiveness and productivity

Make in India

21 Skill Development Education System

Bias for formal academics

Productivity

Demographic advantage

Skill India Mission

22 Investment Investment Revival

Monetary Policy or Fiscal Policy

Demand led growth v/s Supply Driven Growth

Investment Models

K.U.B Rao (Gold Import Regulations)

23 Infrastructure Energy Security

Strategic Oil Reserves

Aviation

Roadways

Railways

Inland Waterways

Ports

SEZ

Electrification of Villages (Energy Inclusion)

Bibek Debroy Committee (Railways)

Vijay Kelkar Committee (Hydrocarbon sector -2030 roadmap)

Anil Kausal Committee (Spectrum)

Kirit Parikh Panel (Fuel Pricing)

C. Rangarajan Panel (Natural Gas pricing Model)

MB Shah committee - for

inspection of illegal mining

activities

Pratyush Sinha : To assess compensation for coal blocks.

Sivaramakrishnan committee : Submit Report to build the capital city for Andhra Pradesh

Sagarmala Project

Port-led Growth

Oil Price Crash and its impact

INVITS

REITS

Extension of railways in North-east

Bullet Train Project

E-Rickshaws – Motor Vehicle amendment Bill

DDU Gram Jyoti Yojana

24 PPP BoT

EPC

HAM

Swiss Model

S.K. Srivastava Committee (PPP to raise coal productivity )

Ajay Shankar Committee: To review functioning of PPP Cell

Committee on Revisiting & Revitalizing PPP Model – Vijay Kelkar

25 Crony Capitalism Kickbacks

Windfall gains

Cartelization

Market disruptive Practices

Insider Trading

Mukul Mudgal Committee (Walmart Case)

Cement and Pharma cartel

Coal Block cancellation

Spectrum Scam

26 Black Money Parallel Economy

Black Money Recovery

Counterfeit currency

Advance Pricing Agreement

Transfer Pricing

Tax Heavens

SIT (M.B. Shah)

OECD-BEPS Norms

27 Infrastructure Finance Corporate bond market and Infrastructure finance

Infrastructure debt fund

Deepak Parekh Committee (Infrastructure financing)

NIIF (National Investment and Infrastructure Fund)

28 India and the World Multilateral Institutions

IMF

World Bank

WTO

AIIB

NDB

Adoption of Yuan by Zimbabwe

Yuan as Global currency

Quota revision for SDR shares

29 Foreign Trade Export Competitiveness

Trade deficit

CECA/CEPA

TTP/ RCEP

RS Gujral Panel (MSME Exports)

30 Exchange rate management Rupee Depreciation

Impact of Yuan Devaluation

Tarapore Committee (CAC)

31 Foreign Capital FDI in Multi-brand retail

FDI in Defense

FDI in Insurance

Arvind Mayaram Committee (FII and FDI definitions)

K.M. Chandrashekhar Committee (Foreign Investment Norms)

32 Ease of Doing Business Single Window clearance Subramanian Panel for single window for environmental projects

Ramanujam committee : To avoid obsolete laws

33 Welfare CSR

Inclusive Growth

Pharmaceutical price controls

Anil Baijal Panel on CSR

N R Narayana Murthy committee - for evaluation of corporate sector participation in Higher Education.

35 Inflation Fall in inflation since past 2 year

Food Inflation

New Data Series CPI

36 Services Sector Service Tax

IT Sector

E-Commerce

N Rangachary committee - to examine taxation policies for I.T. sector

Environment

S.no. Topic Issues Current Issues

1. Biodiversity Importance of biodiversity

Causes of biodiversity loss

Impact of the loss of

biodiversity

In situ and ex situ

conservation

New technologies for

conservation

Economic incentives for

conservation

Role of government

Role of NGOs

People participation

Community forest

management

Eco tourism

Traditional methods of

biodiversity conservation

Initiatives in India

Hotspots in India

Ecologically sensitive

area

Drone for wildlife

conservation

Poaching rules

International treaties

and their

implementation.

Man-Animal Conflicts in

India

2. Water resource degradation Availability and Quality

Aspects (groundwater

depletion)

Water-borne and Water-

induced Diseases

Fluoride Problem in

Drinking Water

Arsenic Problem in

Drinking Water

Surface water degradation

(river pollution)

Water resource

degradation and

urbanisation

Nanami Ganga

Yamuna rejuvenation

Water resource

degradation and flood

Encroachment of water

bodies

3. Environment and Water degradation in urban Urban floods

urbanization areas

Pollution in metros

e-waste Management and

Handling

Disposal of untreated

sewage

Real estate boom and

environment degradation

Haphazard construction in

hilly areas and impact

Environment clearance and

development issue

Polythene bags and

pollution

Impact of tower radiation

Concretisation of

environment

Heat island

Smart city and

environment

Sustainable cities

4. Impact of agriculture on

environment

Agriculture increases

Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Monoculture practice

impacts biodiversity

Pollution due to use of

chemical fertilizers

Soil-related effects

Fertilizer's Effect on the

Environment

Impact of livestock on

environment

Impact of use of Pesticides

on environment

Impact of GM crop on

environment

Emission of Methane from

agricultural practices

Sustainable Agriculture

Techniques

Organic farming

Soil health card scheme

Impact of green

revolution

Need for second green

revolution

5. Mining and environment Mining and Environment

Sensitivity of Select

Ecosystems to

Mining

Impact of Mining

Indirect Impact of Mining

International Laws on

Banning of mining in

Manipur

Mining

Main Act or Statue to

regulate the

impact of Indian Mining

Sector

Sustainable mining

6. Renewable Energy Solar energy

Hydro energy

Tidal energy

Wind energy

Biomass

OTEC

Magnetohydrodynamics

generator

Fuel cell

Geothermal energy

Concept of green cities

Hydrogen as a fuel

Concept of green building

Initiatives in India

Hydrogen fuel

Algae fuel

7. Deforestation Causes of Deforestation

Implications of

Deforestation for Climate

Change

Consequences of

Deforestation on the

Wildlife of India

Impact of Deforestation on

Indian Monsoon

Impact of Deforestation on

People

Deforestation Leads to

Water and Soil Resources

Loss and Floodin

Economical Impact

Strategies for Reducing

Deforestation

Government Programmes

for Conservation of Forest

Legislations for

Conservation of Forests

Deforestation and REDD

REDD+

National forest report

using People Participation

Steps for Improving People

Participation in Forest

Resource Management

Use of Local Traditional

Methods

Recent Steps Taken by the

Government

8. Environmental impact

assessment

Process of EIA

Process of EIA in India

Organizations involved in

EIA in India

Advantages of EIA

Economic development and

EIA linkage

Environment accounting

Environment ethics

9. Environmental Pollution Sources of Air Pollution

Effects of Air Pollution

Classification of Air

Pollutant

Control Measures of Air

Pollution

Transport of Gaseous Air

Pollutants

Sources of Water Pollution

Types of Water Pollutants

Water Quality Standards

Thermal Pollution

Soil Pollution or Land

Degradation

Noise Pollution

Air pollution and

urbanisation

New initiatives for

controlling pollution

10. Waste Management

Solid Waste

Hazardous Waste

E-Waste

Bio Medical Waste

Plastic Waste

Methods for Waste

Management

Effects of Poor Waste

Disposal

11. Concept of Sustainable

Development

Principles of sustainability

b) Measurement of

Sustainability or

Sustainable Ethics or

Equitable Utilisation

of Natural Resource

c) Sustainable Lifestyle

(Role of an individual in

sustainable. development)

d) Challenges to

Sustainable Development

e) International Efforts to

Achieve Sustainability

12. Coastal ecosystem

management

Importance of Mangroves

Mangroves under threats

Legal and Regulatory

Approaches for Protection

Importance of estuaries

Uses of coral reefs

Conservation of coral reef

Steps for Coastal Ecosystem

Management

13. Environmental Laws Provisions in the Indian

Constitution towards

Environmental Protection

Salient Features of Air

(Prevention and Control of

Pollution) Act,1981*

Salient Features of Water

(Prevention

and Control of Pollution)

Act, 1974

Salient features of Forest

Conservation Act, I980

Salient Features of Wildlife

Protection Act,1972

Salient Features of

Environment (Protection)

Act,1986

Role of Government in

Environmental Protection

Issues in

implementation of laws

14. Climate change Issues Causes

Climate talks issue

Impact

Some new technologies to overcome climate change

National treaties

International treaties

Country specific initiatives (some important)

Disparity between developed and non-developed on environment issues

Ozone depletion

Paris Meet

International Relations

Neighbours

Country Major Issues Recent Events

China Growing Chinese Clout Emerging Russia-China Axis China-Pakistan relations (CPEC) Peripheral Diplomacy Trade deficit with China

OBOR Maritime Silk Route String of Pearls Project Mausam Bilateral Visits and their outcome

Pakistan Increasing in ceasefire violations SAARC Baluchistan Issue Pakistan – Nuclear status debate

UFA meeting Pathankot attack Cancellation of NSA level talks Siachin Glacier demilitralization

Sri Lanka Fishermen issue Tamil issue Chinese factor Buddhist Diplomacy

Regime change India –sri lanka nuclear issue 19th Amendment UNHRC report on ethnic violence against Tamil

Nepal Growing closeness with China Declining influence of India

Nepali constitutional deadlock Madhesi issue Accusation on India

Bangladesh Radicalization of Bangladesh and violence against Hindus Trade Deficit

Land Boundary agreement Bilateral visits Maritime agreement Kolkata to Agartala connectivity through Bangladesh Transit BBIN Crackdown on Indian militants in Bangladesh

Myanmar BCIM Regime change and introduction of democracy Hot-pursuit operation

Bhutan Indian Aid Hydel Energy trade

Modi first international visit

Afghanistan Bilateral security arrangement Increase in closeness between India and Afghanistan Indian support in building infrastructure TAPI

Indian embassy attack Mi-25 donation Regime change and its impact

Strategic partnership agreement Chabbar port and logistics

Strategic Partners

Country Major Issues Recent Events

USA Diaspora rise Pivot to Asia Defence trade Nuclear Deal Trade Relations

Bilateral Visits Pharma sector issue (IPR) Issues at WTO platform multilateral export control regimes Visa fee issue H1B reduction

Rajat Gupta Issue Devyani Khobraghade issue

Russia Decline in Indo-Russia warmth Reapproachment between Russia and Pakistan

Crimean Crisis Growing isolation of Russia INS Vikramaditya Sistema and Smart City projects Sakhalin Gas fields

France Rafael deal Increasing defence ties Trade relations Space cooperation Mutual interests in Indian Ocean

Bilateral Visits by head of states NSA strategic annual dialogue Support for UNSC

Israel Defence cooperation Space cooperation Trade Agricultural ties

Support at UNHRC on GAZA condemnation vote

Brazil G4 BRICS IBSA

A multilateral partner but do they translate at bilateral level too

South Africa IBSA BRICS Common Wealth

Energy Imports Diamond Industry of Surat and South Africa

Japan Trade Technology Imports Infrastructural Investment China Factor G4 Buddhist Diplomacy

Kyoto-Varanasi sister city pact Joint military exercises Bilateral Visits Bullet Train Deal US-2 Amphibious aircraft

Energy Partners

Country Major Issues Recent Events

UAE Bilateral visits Trade Diaspora Black Money (infrastructure and construction) Investment

Opening of Hindu Temple in UAE Gateway to West Asia

Saudi Arabia Diaspora Energy Imports

Security cooperation Nitiqat law and visa row

Iran Energy Imports Chabbar port Iran-Afghanistan and Iran Axis

P5 + Germany and Iran deal Renewed possibility of Iran gas pipeline

Iraq Energy Imports Diaspora security

Kazakhstan Energy Imports Bilateral visit’ Soviet diplomacy

Turkmenistan TAPI

Brunei Increase in energy imports from Brunei Future Potential

Venezuela Present Developments Potential of future energy ties

Nigeria India Africa Forum Summit Nigerian demand for UNSC inclusion Energy trade potential

Canada Nuclear deal Bilateral visits Diaspora

Regime change and shift in equation

Australia Nuclear deal Bilateral visits Diaspora contribution

Regime change and shift in equation Increasing maritime relations carmichael project

Trade and Diaspora

Country Major Issues Recent Events

UK Diaspora Trade relations UNSC permanent bid support

Bilateral visit Visa issue

Germany G4 Technology import Trade

Bilateral visit

EU Marine Issue Ban on Indian Mango import by EU

Singapore Tax heaven Largest FDI source

Black money issue

Indonesia Trade Issue due to FTA (Oil palm issue) Coal import

Tourism potential

Mauritius Tax heaven Black money issue

Caribbean Diaspora relations CARICOM FTA

Seychelles Diaspora relations Trade

Fiji Bilateral Visit

South Korea South Korean corporations in India CEPA Bilateral Visit

Switzerland Black money and tax heaven issue

Malaysia Diaspora Increasing radicalization of Malaysia

Thailand BIMSTEC FTA Security issues

Extradition treaty

Defence Partners

Country Major Issues Recent Events

Tajikistan Indian Military Base

Vietnam South China Sea dispute

Increasing Military ties Arms sale MeKong-Ganga Cooperation

International Organization

UN and Bodies UNSC reforms

WTO Doha round updates

Falling clout of WTO symbolized by increasing regional trade pacts and bilateral trade treaties

IMF Quota Reforms Falling clout of IMF on account of lack of reforms and failure in preventing 2008 currency crisis

IMF troika and Greece Crisis

World Bank Falling clout due to small aid budget compared to private aid from various corporate foundations

Emergence of Bill and Melinda gates foundation as an alternate for aid

BRICS NDB and AIIB their prospective role in global financial order

IBSA Relevance of IBSA in presence of BRICS Summit

and G4

APEC and SCO Indian Membership

Major Global Events

Middle East Crisis Saudi-Iran ISIS Turkey and Kurd issue Entry of Russia in middle-east game Saudi-Syria Issue Yemen Crisis Operation Rahat

Ukraine Conflict

Eurozone Debt crisis Greece Referendum and Default

Hong Kong Pro-democracy Protest

Brazilian Anti-Corruption Movement

USA-CUBA reapproachment

Iran-USA deal Lausanne summit and deal Saudi Objection to the deal Israel Objection to the deal

South China Sea Dispute India’s role and opportunities

Libya and Tunisia revolution and government change

Mali

Boko Haram

Migrant Issue

Rohingya Crisis

Arctic Oil Race

Mecca Hajj Stampede

Volkswagen Emission Scandal

Charlie Hebdo

Gun Violence in USA

Issue of Diplomatic immunity

North Korea Missile and Nuclear Threat

Science and Technology Contemporary Issues

TOPIC ISSUES CURRENT

1 IT E governance

Digital divide

Digital equality

Broadband and mobiles

Net neutrality

Call drops

Internet of Things

Big Data

E Literacy

Project Loon (Google)

Digital India

Spectrum allocations

Smart city and Grids

Telecom Consumers Protection (Eighth Amendment) Regulations, 2015

section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000

e-Kranti: NeGP 2.0

LiFi Technology

MEGHRAJ

Near Field Communication

New Horizon (Pluto Mission)

Internet Readiness Index

IPTV

Digital Locker, e-Praman,

4G, 5G & Net 4.0

2 SPACE Space achievements

Space research collaborations

Gravitational Waves

Dark Energy & Dark Matter

India NASA Joint Missions

Mars mission

Astrosat

Avatar

Augmented reality

Neutrino observatory

IRNSS

GSLV Mark-III (Cryogenic Technology)

India’s gravitational wave observatory initiative (IndIGO)

Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory(LIGO)

Astrobiology Mission (Aditya Mission)

3 COMPUTERS and electronics

Make in India

Supercomputers

2 D semiconductor material

National Supercomputing Mission

National electronics manufacture policy

Semiconductor manufacture

R Code & RFID

4 ROBOTICS Innovative initiatives

Agricultural, medical, manufacturing, strategic needs

Economic benefits of robotics

Robotic soldier

Robotic startup

Robotic medicine

E Nose

5 NANO TECH

Nano mission

Nano electronics

Nano batteries

Nano medicines

Gold Nano Particles

6 BIOTECH Biosafety

Biological Pollution

Biotourism

Biofuels

Gene Editing

Human DNA Profiling Bill, 2015

Issues relating to Genetic engineering regulatory authority

Biotech regulatory authority Bill

Agricultural Biosecurity Bill

GM Mosquito

7 HEALTH Ethical concerns of medical practices

Health policy initiatives and governance

Women and female health

National Family Health index

Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill

Universal Health Policy

Nirmal Bharat

Allied and Healthcare Professional’s Central Council Bill

benefits and policy initiatives

Drinking water and sanitation

Zika Virus

Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill

Standing Committee report on HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill

Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act

amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act

National Mental Health Policy

8 MEDICINE Regulation of drugs

Integration of traditional Indian medicine

Stem Cells

Recombinant DNA Technology

Designer Baby

Drugs and Cosmetics Rules

National Medical Device Policy

German Measle Vaccine

9 Food and nutrition Women and child nutrition

Malnutrition

Nutritional issues of Adolescent girls

Food processing technologies

Mid-Day Meal Rules, 2015

National nutrition mission

10 EDUCATION Governance of technical education

Personalization of education

Women education

Review Committee to look at research fellowships

Review over higher education

National Policy on Education

11 AGRICULTURE GM Crops

Robotics in Agriculture

Economics of animal rearing

GM Musturd

Livestock revolution

ATMA

Organic farming

Kisan call centres

DD Kisan

Bio fertilizer & Bio Pesticide

Sandesh Prathak

12 ENERGY Energy Security

Non conventional technologies of energy generation

Energy Governance

Energy efficient technology

Fast Breeder Reactor ( Nuclear Energy Technology)

Atomic Energy Bill

Standing Committee report on Energy Conservation

Standing Committee report on the Ethanol Blended Petrol and Bio Diesel Policy

National Offshore Wind Energy Policy

National Renewable Energy Bill

National Electricity Policy

Net Energy Metering

Blue LED

13 TRANSPORT Non conventional transport mechanisms and strategies

Government initiative

Futuristic technologies

National Civil Aviation Policy

Hybrid and Micro-hybrid Vehicle

High Speed Trains

Magnetic Levitation in transport

Sagarmala project

Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill

Standing Committee report on the National Waterways Bill

14 International

International technical

collaborations and their impacts

Multilateral international nuclear Deals

India Japan energy Dialogues

US–India Bilateral Electronic Hardware Manufacturing Dialogue

India Israel collaborations

15 Security

Cyber security

Nuclear security

China US Cybersecurity Policy,

India US and China India Cybersecurity Negotiations

Indian Nuclear Safety

India’s New Maritime Security Strategy

16 Urbanization

Technologies in town and country planning

Smart City

GAGAN

Powerball

17 IPR Amendments in Patent laws

Role of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library(TKDL) and TKRC on patents in India

International Patent diplomacy

Pharma Barcoding and drug licensing issues

GI Tags (new)

Pangaea Laboratories case

Colgate Case

India US Rift over patents

IPR Policy

Compulsory Licensing on Patented Drugs

18 Defense

FDI in defense

Defense purchases

Tactical Nuclear Bomb & Hydrogen Bomb

report on the Coast Guard

Defense Procurement Procedure, 2013

Ammunition Management

Light Combat Aircraft

CuTi Technology

Tejas, agni and brahmos

AWACS (Radar Technology)

19 Environment Particulate Matter 1

Direct Shift to BS VI norms

Odd-Even Scheme

Air Quality Index

Green Cement

SAFAR

Doppler Weather Radar