Professional Documents
Culture Documents
org
http://mrunal.org/2012/06/studyplan-india-and-world.html
http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/1073
http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/1072
2. Neeraj Singhs Notes on GS Mains (it contains separate folder for India and World)
http://mrunal.org/2012/06/download-neeraj-singh-notes.html
3. Current Affairs ZIP file of last Year
http://mrunal.org/studymaterial/current-affairs-package-2012
Youll find plenty of useful information about UN,UNESCO, ILO etc in your GS Manual as well.
4. General Studies Papers of last 25 years
http://mrunal.org/2012/06/download-gsm-papers.html
Based on Location
1. India and her neighbours (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan, Afghanistan, SriLanka, Nepal and China)
2. India and the regions (South America, Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, Europe and so
on.)
3. India and the big 5 UNSC members (USA, China, France, Russia and UK )
4. India and Economically powerful nations (Australia, Japan, S.Africa, Brazil, UAE etc)
5. India and Organizations (UN, ASEAN, G20, GCC, EU, IMF, World Bank etc.)
Indias interaction with the world can also be classifed into following phases
Based on Phases
1. Post-independence NAM/ Panchsheel Era
2. During the Wars with Pakistan and China
3. Atomic Bomb test
4. Cold War
5. Fall of USSR and LPG reforms in 1991.
6. Second Atomic Test
7. Post 9/11
few trade pacts, its hardly of any importance but when PM of Bangladesh visits India and
discusses something on land tranfer, border or river dispute that part is important. Again no
need to mug up how many crores were given as loan or what was the exact date of meeting
etc.
2. The list of all important international events happened last year, where India was not
involved, can be found in your monthly issue of Chronicle, Wizard, Pratiyogita Darpan.
3. What to prepare for Diospora? First the theory: OCI, PIO, NRI, Citizenship issues. Then based
on current events. For example,
1. Kamla Prasad Bissesar became PM of Trinidad and Tobago last year, so prepare that
region.
2. Crisis for Indian Workers in Tripoli, Middle east, Libya etc.
3. Schemes of Government for the protection and welfare of Indian workers abroad. And
so on.
^this list is not exhaustive, just as an example.
You cannot prepare the international relations in a week, its a continuous process, keep a habit of
reading newspapers daily, particularly the Columns related to International relations. But at the
same time, you dont need ball by ball commentary on what is going on, for example Political
turmoil of Nepal, their Prime minister keeps changing every fortnight, so by the time it is October
November, theyd be 25-30 Prime ministers already (!), you try to mug up the names and timelines,
it wont do you any good.
Secondly, If youve to attempt an Essay on Globalization or international affairs, youll need
fodder material (facts and viewpoints), therefore reading newspapers and columns Is must.
Supplementary Reading
Depending on your time and energy, you may approach
1. Frontline (again all issues can be freedly downloaded by clicking me)
2. Political and Economic Weekly and
3. The Economist.
But like I said earlier, there is no need to do Ph.D, else you wont be left with any time or energy for
other subjects. Always keep the syllabus in mind, youve to prepare the topics, not the books or
magazines.
The Official Syllabus of UPSC for International relations Topic in GS Mains (Paper II)