To help CSE aspirants Namma IAS presents the important dimensions on which world will move during 2009-2010 .
Namma IAS advices the apsirants to hear the lecture uploaded on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6g1njaENI8
1. Backgrounder’s 1
Backgrounders
In these classes we will be covering backgrounders in following sections
1. Foreign Relations .
2. Science and Technology .
3. Social Issues .
Foreign Relations
1. Climate Change • AOSIS , OECD, G5
• IPCC and UNFCCC
• India’s stand
• Kyoto Annexure I vs Annexure II
• JIC , ETC , CDM
• Gross vs percapita
• New Fund
• Recent LaAquila meet
Setting target of 40% for
developed nation
Developing countries
accepting 2% level
Peaking agreement
How these agreements have pushed India
to a bad position in negotiation.
2. Nuclear Deal • Nuclear fuels [ The 3 cycles ] and
understanding what is this ENR
• Terms on India and Terms on US
• 123 and Hyde .
• NSG , IAEA
• Whats the NSG wavier
• Whats the ENR conflict .
• What to expect in near future .
3. India – US • Under Obama what changes
(It’s no more a honey-moon period) • Outsourcing policy
• AfPak – the new drama
• Hillary Clinton and new framework
• EUMA
4. US-Russia • Recent developments towards
disarmamemt
5. India’s Nuclear policy and GND • NPT and CTBT .concerns and issues
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2. Backgrounder’s 2
6. India –China • Border Tensions
7. India - SL • Post LTTE
8. North Korea crisis and West Asia •
crisis
9. Iran’ Nuclear programme •
Indian Space Programme:
ISRO has taken some giant steps and in coming seasons we will be seeing some more
important steps . In this light it is expected from us to know the Institutional
arrangement for space technology and also programmes and relevance .
Organisational set up • ISAC
• VSSC
• SDSC
• SAC
• LPSC
• MCF
• ANTRIX
Types of orbit and Transfer orbits NEO ,LEO , geo
IRS • PSLV –C7 to 11
Geostationary Satellites • Enabling DTH
• 4 generations
Launch Vehicle • SLV , PSLV, ASLV, GSLV
• Liquid fuel vs solid fuel
GPS • GPS , GLONASS , Galileo , IRNSS ,
GAGAN
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3. Backgrounder’s 3
Social Issues :
Social issues has 4 important clients
1. Children
2. Women
3. Old people
4. SC/ST/ Minorities
5. Food Security and problems of Agriculture
Flagship programs of Govt
1. NREGA
2. JNNRUM
3. NHRM
4. BHARAT NIRMAN and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana .
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