GS 3 In Depth Analysis - Booklist, Syllabus Part 2

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Link for Mrunal.org
Website [Who doesn't know]       
Link for Indian Economy by Sanjiv Verma  
Link for Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh [7th Edition]


India a Comprehensive Geography by Kullar
Topic
Subtopics
Booklist
1.   Mrunal Patel Youtube channel (Mrunal.org)(Must start form here)
2.   Indian Economy by Sanjiv Verma (250 pages)(Optional)
3.   Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh (700) pages (must have. Available on Net)
4.   Indian Geography by KULLAR
·         Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country
One shot three birds
1.   GS 1: Distribution of Key natural resources (Agricultural resources), Factors responsible for Industrial Location
2.   GS 3: Major Cropping Patterns
3.   Extremely important concept for prelims

Major crops cropping patterns
1.   Green Revolution
2.   Food crops
Rice, Wheat, Maize, Millets, etc..
3.   Commercial crops
Sugarcane, Cotton, Coconut, Oilseeds,
4.   Plantation Crops (they are commercial crops)
Palm, Rubber,  Coffee, Tea, Banana
5.   Rabi crops
The rabi crops include wheat, barley, oats (cereals), chickpea/gram (pulses), linseed, mustard (oilseeds), etc.
6.   Karif Crops
The kharif crops include rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet/bajra, finger millet/ragi (cereals), arhar (pulses), soyabean, groundnut (oilseeds), cotton etc.
7.   Wetland crops.
8.   Dryland crops [drought prone area]
One stop Sollution
·         India a Comprehensive Geography by D.R.Kullar {For Both GS 1 (Economic Gepgraphy-Agricultural resources) and GS 3 (Major Cropping..)}
·         Ch 19 – Land Utilization
·         Ch 20 – Agriculture
·         Ch 21 – Green Revolution
·         Ch 22 – Major Crops [3rd Edition]
·         [This book is written for Geography Optional. So, you need to be extremely CHOOSY]
Ramesh Singh
Ch 8 [5th edition] – Indian Agriculture [Very Important]
Sanjiv Verma
Ch 6 – Agriculture Sector
·         different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage

1.   Water resources
Water grid, Interlinking of rivers,
2.   Irrigation
Types of irrigation – drip, sprinkler, tank, canal etc..
3.   Multipurpose projects
Know about all major dams and reservoirs in India. The regional extent they serve, importance etc..
One stop Sollution
·         India a Comprehensive Geography by D.R.Kullar {For Both GS 1 (Economic Gepgraphy-water resources) and GS 3 (different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage)}

·         transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints;
1)   What kind of reforms needed in FCI – Food Corporation of India. Recommendations of High Level Committee on restructuring of FCI 
2)   Reforms in APMC etc..[mrunal.org]
3)   Infrastructure (Containers, railway lines, road transportation to suit truck farming etc..)
Ramesh Singh
Ch 8 [5th edition] – Indian Agriculture [Very Important]
Sanjiv Verma
Ch 6 – Agriculture Sector
·         e-technology in the aid of farmers
Kisan smart card, and similar schemes Click here
PIB, newspapers
·         Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions;
Self Explanatory
Ramesh Singh
Ch 8 [5th edition] – Indian Agriculture [Very Important]
Sanjiv Verma
Ch 6 – Agriculture Sector
·         economics of animal-rearing.

·         India a Comprehensive Geography by D.R.Kullar {For Both GS 1 (Economic Gepgraphy-biotic resources) and GS 3 (animal rearing)}
·         Ch 18 – Biotic and Marine Resources
·         Mrunal.org has an article on this
·         Food processing and related industries in India- scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management.

·         Mrunal.org article
·         Internet
·         PIB
·         Some points might be scattered in Indian Agriculture topic of both Sanjiv Verma and Ramesh Singh
·         Land reforms


·         Ramesh Singh
·         Ch 8 - Indian Agriculture (Sub section-Land Reforms)
·         Sanjiv Verma
·         Ch 6 – Agriculture Sector.
·         LARR

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