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APPSCCE Class

SYLLABI FOR THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION

Part A—Preliminary Examination                                         Duration: Two hours

Paper I - General Studies:(200 marks)

  • Current events of national and international importance.
  • History of India and Indian National Movement. Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
  • Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc. Economic and Social Development, Sustainable Development, Poverty, inclusion, Demographics,
  • Social Sector Initiatives, etc. General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require
  • subject specialization. General Science.
  • Paper III - Social and economic development

    1-National income
  • GDP,GNP,NDP,NNP
  • Base Year
  • Sector of the economy
  • Goods and service
  • Index of Industrial Production and core sectors
  • PMI- purchasing Managers Index
  • Difference between IIP and PMI
  • Advantages
  • Comparison of Indian Economy with other economics
  • Usual Transition in Economy
  • Least developing, Developing & Developed economics
  • Peculiar Case of India’s Growth
  • Organized and Unorganized sectors
  • Care Economy
  • Empowering women
  • Various Index
  • 2- Planning
  • History
  • Five-Year Plans of India
  • Changing role of government before and after liberation
  • Types of planning
  • Criticism of planning
  • Future of planning
  • Planning commission & NITI Aayog
  • 3- Banking / monetary policy
  • Monetary policy
  • Tools
  • Liquidity Adjustment Facility
  • What is Sterilization
  • MSLR
  • Monetary Policy Committee
  • RBI
  • Types of Bank accounts
  • Money supply classification
  • Money Multiplies
  • 4- Inflation
  • Types
  • Effects on various class of persons
  • Effects on – Production, Consumption & BOP
  • Factors affecting inflation
  • Inflation in different types of products
  • Inflation in developed and developing countries
  • Measurements of inflation
  • WPI and CPI
  • Base year
  • Measures to control inflation
  • 5- Financial market
  • Investment and speculation
  • Money market & its instruments
  • Capital market & its instruments
  • Angel Investor
  • Start up
  • Venture Capital
  • Green Bonds
  • Primary Market-Secondary
  • INX
  • Derivatives Markets
  • Mutual Fund & others
  • Pension Fund –LLP
  • Stock Exchange
  • Financial Sector Regulators
  • Credit Rating Agencies
  • Topic 6-Non-Performing Assets
  • Definition
  • Categories of NPA
  • How serious is NPA issue
  • Anchor Banks
  • Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016
  • Basel II Accord
  • Securitization
  • Steps Taken to tackle NPAS
  • LoU and PNB Fraud
  • Topic 7- Financial Inclusion
  • Need for Fl
  • Mudra Bank
  • Prerequisite for FI
  • Payments Bank
  • Sharia / Islamic Banking
  • Post Office Network
  • India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)
  • Wholesale Banks
  • Small Finance Banks
  • Universal Banks
  • NBFCs
  • Ponzi Scheme
  • Self Help Groups
  • Micro credit
  • Virtual Currency & Types
  • Digital Currency & Virtual Currency
  • Initial Coin Offerings
  • Blockchain
  • UPI
  • NPCI

  • Topic 8 Taxation System of India
  • Types & Taxes
  • Difference between direct & Indirect Tax
  • Marginal Tax Rate
  • Average Tax Rate
  • LTCG Tax on Equity Shares
  • Excise, Custom duty, VAT
  • Service Tax, GST
  • e-way Bill
  • Tax to GDP Ratio
  • Diff Types of Curve
  • Minimum Alternate Tax
  • Tax Expenditure
  • Finance Commission

  • Topic 9- Fiscal Policy
  • What is FP
  • Exercising Fiscal Policy
  • Measures of Government deficit
  • difference between Capital and Revenue items of Expenditure and Income
  • Capital Exp, Rev Exp
  • Capital Receipt, Revenue Receipt
  • Effective Revenue deficit
  • Deficit Financing
  • FRBM Act, 2003 - Impact, Criticism
  • Budget
  • Economic Survey
  • Zero-Based Budgeting
  • Outcome Budgeting
  • Gender Budgeting
  • PMES & RED
  • Budget Reforms

  • Topic 10- Balance of Payment
  • BOP divisions & components
  • Current and Capital Account Transactions
  • External Commercial Borrowings
  • FDI, FPI
  • Impact and Implication
  • Current Limits
  • External debt - Types
  • Debt Service Ratio
  • Foreign Currency Non-Resident Deposits
  • FCNR(B)
  • Currency Risk
  • Remittances
  • Foreign Reserves
  • FOREX Use
  • Twin Deficit

  • Topic 11-Convertibility
  • Current and Capital Account Convertibility
  • Probable Merits & Demerits of each
  • FERA 1973 and FEMA 1999

  • Topic 12-Parallel Economy
  • Tax Planning, Avoidance, Evasion
  • Black Market
  • GreyMarket
  • Parallel Economy
  • Money laundering FATF Lists
  • Hawala Transactions
  • Base Erosion and Profit shifting
  • Tax Havens
  • General Anti-Avoidance Rule
  • Shell Companies
  • Panama and Paradise Papers

  • Topic 13-Indian Agriculture
  • Markets
  • Irrigation and Finance
  • Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act (APMC) Act
  • Model APMC Act
  • National Agricultural Market
  • Types of Irrigation Techniques
  • Patterns of Irrigation
  • Agricultural Credit
  • Lead Bank Scheme
  • NABARD
  • Rural Credit Structure

  • 14-Indian Agriculture 2
  • History
  • Land Reforms
  • Reorganisation of ownership of Land
  • Cooperative Farming

  • Topic 15- Subsidies
  • Meaning
  • Subsidies in India
  • CACP
  • MSP-Crops listed for MSP
  • Soil Health Cards
  • Different types & Subsidy
  • Impact
  • Green Revolution
  • PDS
  • National Food Security Act 2013
  • AADHAR Act - Concerns, SC Judgement
  • Topic 16- Industrial Policy
  • Prior to 1991
  • Economic Reforms – LPG
  • Socialist Vs. Capitalist
  • Economy
  • Open Vs. Closed Economy
  • Industrial Policy since 1991
  • Medium Small & Micro Industry
  • Criteria, Trends MSME
  • Economy at Present
  • SEZ
  • National Skill Development
  • Food Processing Industry - Mega Food Parks
  • FSSAI Act 2006
  • SAMPADA Scheme
  • 17- Infrastructure
  • Transportation - Pattern
  • Problem Rail- Road Mix
  • Railways - Profitability, Issues, Measures
  • Road Network
  • Indian Shipping
  • Civil Aviation
  • Inland Waterways
  • Power
  • Authorities
  • Public-Private Partnerships
  • Brown and Green-field
  • Projects
  • Global Infrastructure Outlook/Hub
  • Predictions for India

  • 18-Foreign Exchange Rate System of India
  • 1947-71
  • End of Bretton Woods Agreement
  • 1971-75
  • 1975-92
  • 1992-93 1993 Onwards
  • Fixed Exchange rate system
  • Market – determined
  • exchange rate
  • Depreciation and Appreciation
  • Hard Currency and Soft currency
  • Difference - Devaluation and Depreciation
  • Elasticity of demand and Supply
  • NEER and REER
  • RBI intervention in Foreign Exchange Market
  • Dirty Floating
  • China's Currency System Common Currency of EU
  • Import Cover

  • 19-Regional Trade Agreement
  • Preferential Trade Agreement
  • Free Trade Agreement
  • CECA Vs CEPA
  • CUSTOMS UNION
  • Common MARKET
  • ECONOMIC UNION
  • ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
  • Impacts of RTAS
  • Problems faced by India on entering into RTAS
  • Do RTAS facilitate Multilateral free trade?
  • CPT PP
  • TPP without US
  • TTIP
  • RCEP

  • 20-Trade Barriers In International Trade
  • Why Tariff and Non-Tariff barriers are used
  • Custom Duty – Types
  • Non-tariff barriers
  • Non-traditional barriers

  • 21 - World Trade Organisation
  • About WTO
  • Broad Guidelines
  • History Activities
  • Dispute Settlement
  • Agreements under WTO
  • GATS
  • Business Process
  • Outsourcing
  • Intellectual Property and TRIPS
  • Indian Patent Law
  • TRIPS and Agriculture
  • Trade related investment measures
  • Ministerial Conference
  • Trade Facilitation Agreement
  • National Food Security ACT 2013, and AOA
  • CAC

  • 22- India's Trade Policy
  • 1947 till mid-1970s
  • mid 1970s to 1990-91
  • Policy since 1991
  • Export promotion measures
  • Foreign Trade
  • India's largest trading partners
  • De-monetisation
  • Global Financial Crisis of 2008
  • EURO ZONE Crisis

  • 23-International Economic Organisations
  • IMF
  • WORLD BANK
  • Climate investment fund Reports
  • ADB
  • AllB
  • NDB
  • EBRD
  • CRA
  • UNCTD

  • 24-Foreign Investment
  • New Definition of FDI and FPI
  • Administrative mechanism for entry of FDI
  • Ownership and rights
  • Restrictions
  • FDI Limits in various Sectors
  • Prohibited sectors
  • India's share in Global FDI
  • DTAA
  • Depository receipts

  • 25-Miscellaneous Topics
  • Inclusive growth
  • GINI Coefficient
  • Various Curves Etc.

  • 26- Population
  •  Demographic transition
  •  Demographic Dividend
  •  Density
  •  Urbanisation and economic development
  •  Relation between population and economic development
  •  National population policy
  •  FAMILY Planning - China
  •  UN population projections

  • 27 - Poverty & Unemployment
  • Absolute Poverty
  • Relative Poverty
  • Human Poverty (given by UNDP)
  • BPL
  • Empowerment line 2013- Mc Kinsey Global Institute (MGI)
  • Employment and Unemployment
  • Poverty Eradication and Employment Related programs