Recommended Books

Students should also refer to PIB and PRS websites, reports as per current affairs, newspapers like Hindu and Indian Express, and Yojana magazines related to social issues.

Students should also refer to Geography and You, Down to Earth, and the Geography related articles in Yojana and Kurukshetra magazines.

Apart from using newspapers and PRS as additional resources, students should also go through Second ARC reports and reports from NITI Aayog like the Three Year Action Agenda.

Apart from the books, students should refer to these websites- PRS, Live Law, MHRD, Vikaspedia and PIB, ADR reports and Economic & Political Weekly.

The websites that students can refer to for this subject are: Distinguished lecture series on the MEA website, foreignpolicy.com, Vivekananda India Foundation. Students should also refer to Frontline, World Focus and UN reports.

Apart from the books, helpful resources are Arthapedia, Three year action agenda by NITI Aayog, Economy and Political Weekly and Economic Survey of India.

Two other key resources are Vigyan Parisar and Science Reporter.

Useful websites for preparing for this section are- Ministry of Environment website, websites of international organisations like World Bank, FAO, etc. Down to earth & Geography and you magazines should also be referred.

Additionally, students should go through NDMA guidelines , third report of second ARC (crisis management) and Yojana’s Jan 2017 edition on disaster management

IDSA publications, Security scan on Rajya sabha TV and reports 7 and 8 report of second ARC reports are also recommended.

The plato.stanford.edu website is a very useful resource on Ethics.