GS-III carries the most Odisha-specific economics: government budgeting, land reforms, infrastructure and industrialisation in the state. Disaster management is the section to take seriously — Odisha's cyclone record and the OSDMA model are named in the syllabus itself, and left-wing extremism in Odisha appears explicitly.
Paper IV in the Mains scheme. 250 marks, three hours, descriptive. Counted for merit. The syllabus below is reproduced from OPSC's own notification.
Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management
Environment, Security and Disaster Management
Science & Technology
- Science and Technology-developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. ® Achievements of Indians in science & technology; Indigenisation of technology and developing new technology. = Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nanotechnology, Bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights
Economic Development
- Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. ® Inclusive growth and issues arising from it
- Government Budgeting — India and Odisha
- Land reforms in India & Odisha
- &ffects of liberalization an the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth
- infrastructure: Energy, Posts, Roads, Airports, Railways in the Country and Odisha
- Industrialisation in Odisha ~ Issues and prospects. ; S Agriculture
- Major cropping patterns in various parts of the country, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers in India & Odisha
- Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public OCistribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing in India & Odisha ~- Doubling of Farmers’ Income
- Food processing and related industries in India & Odisha - scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management
Biodiversity and Environment
- Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. . © Disaster and Disaster Management in the Country and in Odisha ~ State institutions and policies on Disaster Management
- Linkages between development and spread of extremism. Left wing extremism in Odisha
Security and Disaster Management
© Challenges to internal security though communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention — Arts & policies relating to Cyber Security and Money laundering
- Security challenges and their management in bordet areas — linkages of organized crime with terrorism
- Various Security forces and agencies of the Country and Odisha and their mandate