PROGRAMME STRUCTURE · 2020-01-18 · EDEN IAS ENRICH YOUR OWN UNIQUE STYLE OF WRITING. SESSION WISE SYLLABUS –BREAK-UP SESSION 1 SUBJECT BROAD-TOPICS SUB-TOPICS GS-I • Revolutions

PROGRAMME STRUCTUREDATE DAY SUBJECT AREA

04-Feb-2020 Writing Day-1(Tuesday) GS - I , II {8 Questions} 01:15 min

06-Feb-2020 Writing Day-2(Thursday) GS - III , IV {5 Questions ; 1 Case Study} 01:15 min

08-Feb-2020 Writing Day-3(Saturday) ESSAY Writing {1 ESSAY}

09-Feb-2020MentoringSession-1(Sunday)

Discussion + Mentoring Session | 03:30 min[Problem analysis sheet submission]




16-Feb-2020 MentoringSession-2(Sunday)





23-Feb-2020 MentoringSession-3(Sunday)





01-Mar-2020 MentoringSession-4(Sunday)


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EDEN IASENRICH YOUR OWN UNIQUE STYLE OF WRITING

PROGRAMME STRUCTUREDATE DAY SUBJECT AREA

03-Mar-2020 Writing Day-1(Tuesday) GS - I , II {8 Questions} 01:15 min

05-Mar-2020 Writing Day-2(Thursday) GS - III , IV {5 Questions ; 1 Case Study} 01:15 min

07-Mar-2020 Writing Day-3(Saturday) ESSAY Writing {1 ESSAY}

08-Mar-2020MentoringSession-5(Sunday)


09-Mar-2020 Writing Day-1(Monday) GS - I , II {8 Questions} 01:15 min















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EDEN IASENRICH YOUR OWN UNIQUE STYLE OF WRITING

SESSION WISE SYLLABUS –BREAK-UP

SESSION 1SUBJECT BROAD-TOPICS SUB-TOPICS

GS-I

• Revolutions that changed the course of World History

• Salient Features of Indian Society

• Important Geophysical Phenom-ena

• Post Independence Reorganisa-tion

• [English, French, American, Russian Revo-lutions etc; Industrial revolution in Europe, America and Asia etc]

• [Language, religion, culture, family etc]

• [Earthquakes, Volcanism Mountain Building, Plate Tectonics, Sea Floor Spreading etc]

• [State Reorganisation; Accession of Princely states- Kashmir, Junagarh, Hyderabad etc; Incorporation of territories that were under the French and Portuguese]

GS-II

• Outstanding features of Indian Constitution;

• Government policies and inter-ventions ; Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the popu-lation

• India and her neighbourhood- re-lations.

• International institutions

• [Federal features, Parliamentary form of gov-ernment and fundamental rights; Concept of Separation of Powers; Doctrine of Checks and Balances etc]

• [Related to Poverty alleviation, Skill develop-ment, Employment generation etc; Women Welfare, Child Welfare, Welfare of the Elderly and the Specially abled, SC/ST/OBC Welfare etc]

• [India-China, India-Pakistan, India-Afghan-istan, India-Myanmar, India-Bangladesh, India-Nepal, India-Bhutan, India-Srilanka etc]

• [WTO, IMF; World Bank; UNICEF; UNESCO; UNSC etc.]

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GS-III

• Indian Economy and issues relat-ing to planning and mobilization of resources; Inclusive growth and issues arising from it

• Agriculture in Indian Economy

• Indigenization of technology and developing new technolo-gy; Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics

• Challenges to internal security; Linkages between development and spread of extremism

• [Human, Social, Physical and Financial re-sources etc; Financial inclusion, income dis-tribution, Employment generation, Economic reforms that promote inclusion etc]

• [Agricultural income, production, storage and distribution]

• [Role of DRDO and ISRO; Digital India initia-tive, Bharat Net Project, Indian Space Vision and Missions, Robotics and artificial intelli-gence etc]

• [Role of state and non-state actors; Naxalism , Insurgency in the North-East; Hinterland Terrorism etc]

GS-IV

• Ethics and Human Interface; Eth-ics and Human Actions

• Attitude: content, structure, func-tion;

• Lessons learnt from the lives and teachings of great leaders and social reformers

• Case Study

• [Dimensions of Ethics, Essence of Ethics and Determinants of Ethics; Ethical guide to human actions and Ethical Judgements of human actions]

• [Components and Functions of Attitude]

• [Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Abdul Kalam etc.]

• Case Study on Socio-economic, administra-tive and other ethical issues

ESSAYEssay on Social Issues and Social Problems

&

Essay on Economic Issues and Economic Challenges


GS-I

• Nationalism in Europe; Colonisa-tion, Imperialism and De-coloni-sation

• Role of Women’s Organisations; Effects of globalization on Indian society

• Atmospheric Circulation and Wind systems; Ocean Water Circulation and associated move-ments

• The Freedom Struggle

• [Unification of Italy, Germany and Rise of Nation States; Colonisation of Africa, Asia and Latin America]

• [Problems, Prospects and Challenges faced by such organisations; Impact of globalisa-tion-economic, social, cultural, political and developmental]

• [Monsoons; Cyclones Air masses etc; Ocean Waves, Currents, Tides, Tsunamis etc]

• [Gandhian Mass Movements and people’s participation in National Movement]

GS-II

• Important aspects of gover-nance, transparency and ac-countability

• Comparison of the Indian con-stitutional scheme with that of other countries

• Salient features of the Repre-sentation of People’s Act

• Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India

• [Citizen centric governance, Features of good governance and e-governance]

• [USA,UK, France, Germany, Australia, Cana-da, Russia, Japan and South Africa]

• [Actual conduct of elections, Administra-tive machinery for conducting elections, Poll, Election offences, Election disputes, By-elections , Registration of political par-ties etc]

• [BRICS, G-20, SAARC, BIMSTEC, BCIM, RCEP etc]

GS-III

• Government Budgeting

• Nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.

• Investment models

• Money-laundering and its preven-tion

• [Components of Government Budget, Out-come Budgeting, Gender Budgeting, Fiscal Consolidation etc ]

• [Biotechnology innovations and problems, Components and application of Nano-tech-nology; Protection of intellectual property rights]

• [Classification of investments and types of Investment Models]

• [Processes of Money Laundering, Steps to Combat Money laundering]

GS-IV

• Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Services

• Emotional intelligence

• Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from the World

• Case Study

• [Integrity, impartiality, non-partisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service, em-pathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker-sections.]

• [Components of EI; Theories associated with EI; Benefits of EI; EI & Public Services]

• [John Rawls, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Karl Marx etc];


ESSAY

Essay on Philosophical and Moral issues

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Essay on issues related to Governance and Social Justice


GS-I

• Indian Visual arts and Architec-ture

• World Wars and Inter-War Period

• Peasant and Tribal Uprisings; Freedom Struggles in Princely India

• Social and Economic Geography; Urbanization

• [Greco-Roman, Buddhist, Hindu and Indo-Is-lamic influences on Indian arts and architec-ture]

• [Causes, Consequences, Conferences, Events of the War and Aftermath]

• [Tribal and Peasant uprisings before and after 1857; Civil Rebellions; Revolt of 1857; Spread of democracy and nationalism in Princely India; etc]

• [ Agricultural Geography, Industrial Geogra-phy, Trade and Transport Geography; Pop-ulation Geography; Settlement Geography etc; Urban Sprawl, Urban Problems and their remedies, Smart City, Urban growth and Ur-ban classification]

GS-II

• Role of civil services in a de-mocracy

• Structure, organization and functioning of the Ministries and Departments of the Gov-ernment

• Development processes and development industry

• Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests

• [Policy formulation, implementation and evaluation; Civil Services as an instrument to deliver Social Justice]

• [Role and Duties of different Ministries/Departments; Field Organisations; Advi-sory bodies; Necessary Reforms; Interna-tional Best Practices etc.]

• [Role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institution-al and other stakeholders]

• [Foreign Policies of US, China, Russia, Iran etc and its possible consequences on India and Indians living in those countries]

GS-III

• Agriculture

• Infrastructure

• Disaster and disaster manage-ment

• Various Security forces

• [Cropping Pattern, irrigation systems, stor-age, transport, marketing of agricultural produce and related constraints ]

• [Infrastructure and Economic Growth; Infra-structure and Inclusive development,; Infra-structural problems in India; Steps taken by government to develop railways, airports, ports, roads etc]

• [Hazards and Disasters, Role of NDMA, NDRF etc, Peoples participation and Disaster Risk reduction; International Best practices]

• [Role, Powers, Functions, Mandate and Re-sponsibilities]

GS-IV

• Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration

• Probity in Governance

• Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India

• Case Study

• [Ethical Concerns; Ethical Dilemmas; Ethical Reasoning and Ethical Guidance; Lessons learnt from the life of great Civil Servants and Public Administrators]

• [Philosophical basis of governance and pro-bity; RTI; Corruption as a social evil; Citizen’s Charter; Code of Conduct; Quality of Service delivery; Utilisation of Public Funds etc]

• [Swami Vivekananda; Mahatma Gandhi; Gau-tama Buddha; Kautilya; Kabir; Nanak; Rabin-dranath Tagore etc]


ESSAYEssay on Philosophical and Moral issues

&Essay on issues related to Governance and Social Justice


GS-I

• Post-independence con-solidation

• Social empowerment; Communalism, regional-ism & secularism

• Cold war and Post-Cold war World

• Revolutionary National-ism and national Move-ment

• [Socio -economic consolidation and National integra-tion]

• [Women Empowerment; Social readjustment; Social equations; Social prestige etc; Meaning of Commu-nalism; Comparison of western and Indian notions of Secularism; Regionalism and sub-nationalism]

• [Causes, Consequences, Flashpoints, Global Blocs, NAM and Aftermath]

• [Yugantar Group, Anushilan Samiti, Bhagat Singh, Surya Sen and Revolutionary nationalism in India]

GS-II

• Important Interna-tional institutions

• Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies

• Indian diaspora

• Constitutional Amend-ments and basic Struc-ture.

• [United Nations Organization (UN), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Confer-ence on Trade & Development (UNCTAD), World Trade Organization (WTO), World Economic Forum (WEF), International Labour Organisation (ILO), In-ternational Monetary Fund (IMF), The World Bank (WB) etc]

• [SEBI, RBI, CBI, CVC, NHRC, NGT, BAI, CIC, TRAI etc]

• [Composition, structure and distribution of Indian Diaspora; Role played by Indian Diaspora in influ-encing Foreign policies; Socio-Economic advantag-es related to Indian Diaspora]

• [Important Amendments; Judgements and Obser-vations made by the Supreme Court; Spirit of the Constitution Vs Flexibility of the Constitution etc]

GS-III

• Indian Banking and Fi-nancial Sector

• Food processing and re-lated industries in India

• Role of media and social networking sites in inter-nal security

• Environmental pollution and degradation

• [Bad Loans, NPA crisis; Mergers; Acquisitions; Recon-structions and Privatisation]

• [Scope and Significance, Challenges and Opportuni-ties; Location; Upstream and Downstream require-ments]

• [Radicalisation through Social Media; Regulation of Social Media; Challenges in Monitoring Social Media etc ]

• [Toxicants and Eutrophication; Diseases due to Envi-ronmental Degradation; Hazardous Wastes and Loss of Ecosystem Services]

GS-IV

• Attitudes and Human Values

• Ethical issues in inter-national relations and funding

• Contributions of moral thinkers and philoso-phers from the world

• Case Study

• [moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion; Role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values]

• [Ethics and Refugee Crisis; Ethics and Economic Sanc-tions; Ethics in International Trade and Governance]

• [John Rawls, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Karl Marx etc]

• Case Study on Socio-economic, administrative and other ethical issues

ESSAYEssay on issues related to Women

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Essay on issues related to Environment and Climate Change


GS-I

• Important Mineral and Energy Resources

• Communism, Socialism and Capitalism Diversity of India

• Indian Paintings, Music and Dance Forms

• Weather and Climate

• [ Classification of resources; Distribution and Ex-traction of Resources; Resource Conservation]

• [Emergence, Spread and Relevance; Important Events and Leaders of the Right and the Left; Socialistic Plan-ning and Economic Reforms]

• [Mural paintings, Miniature paintings, Rajput School , Pahari school etc; Hindustani and Carnatic Musical forms-Differences and Similarities; Major Classical dance forms of India and Folk dances]

• [ Factors affecting weather and climate; Anthropogen-ic interference and Climate change]

GS-II

• Structure, organization and functioning of the Judiciary and Police Ad-ministration

• Issues related to Local Governance

• Issues relating to poverty and hunger

• Bilateral relations of In-dia with Economic Blocs

• [Judicial Reforms; Collegium system; Police Reforms; Undertrials; Prison Reforms etc ]

• [Problems, prospects and Challenges; Quality and delivery of Service; e-governance]

• [Urban and Rural Poverty; Feminization of Poverty; Poverty Alleviation Schemes- Success and Review; Chronic Hunger, absolute hunger and Social justice]

• [India-ASEAN; India- EU; India- OPEC etc]

GS-III

• Economics of ani-mal-rearing.

• Effects of liberalization on the economy

• Cyber security

• Defence Technology

• [Scope, Significance, Growth, Problems and Prospects]

• [Effect on Income, Asset Formation, Productivity, Re-gional Development etc]

• [Cyber Crime, Cyber threats and Data safety; Cyber threats to critical infrastructure; Institutions dedicat-ed to combat cyber crime ]

• [Defence Equipment Development; ICBMs and Cruise Missiles of India; UAVs; Stealth Technology and Nucle-ar, Chemical and Biological weapons]

GS-IV

• Media and Business Eth-ics

• Significant Ethical issues

• Contributions of moral thinkers and philoso-phers from the India

• Case Study

• [Role of Media; Trial by Media; Media Prejudice; Dig-ital Media and Ethics; Dimensions of Business ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics]

• [Euthanasia; Surrogacy; Juvenile Justice etc]

• [Swami Vivekananda; Mahatma Gandhi; Gautama Buddha; Kautilya; Kabir; Nanak; Rabindranath Tagore etc]


ESSAYEssay on issues related to Science and Technology

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Essay on Philosophical and Moral issues


GS-I

• End of World war-II and the formation of the Unit-ed Nations Organization

• Modern Indian history personalities

• Salient features of world’s physical geogra-phy

• Child abuse and Child labour

• [Structure, Mandate, Role of UN peacekeeping since the end of the Cold War etc]

• [Gandhi, Subhash Bose, Nehru, Patel, Sarojni Naidu, Ambedkar etc ]

• [Distribution, genesis and evolution]

• [Concept and type of child abuse, Incidence of child abuse, causes and consequences of child abuse]

GS-II

• Functions and responsi-bilities of the Union and the States

• Parliament and State Leg-islatures

• Mechanisms, laws, insti-tutions and bodies consti-tuted for the protection and betterment of vulner-able sections

• Important Bilateral Re-lations in the World that are significant for India

• [Executive and Administrative]

• [Structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these]

• [Women, Elderly, Children, Tribals, Divyang, Dalits and other economically, socially & educa-tionally backward classes]

• [US-China; US-Russia; US-Iran; US-North Ko-rea; Saudi Arabia-Iran; Israel-Iran; Israel-Pal-estine etc]

GS-III

• Achievements of Indians in science & technology

• Linkages between devel-opment and spread of extremism

• Wildlife Conservation

• Growth, development and employment

• [Space, Defence, Medicine etc]

• [Insurgency in the North East; Linkages be-tween Militancy, insurgency and organised crime]

• [Human-Animal Conflict, Ex-Situ and In-situ conservation]

• [Recent Government policies that promote growth; Human Development; Unemployment and Business Cycle]

GS-IV

• Ethics and Human Inter-face

• Lessons from the lives and teachings of reform-ers and administrators

• Contributions of moral thinkers and philoso-phers from the World

• Case Study

• [Dimensions of Ethics, Essence of Ethics and Determinants of Ethics]

• [Max Weber, Elton Mayo; Montesquieu; Dr. B.R. Ambedkar; Mother Teresa; Dr S. Radhakrishnan, E. Sreedharan, T. N. Seshan etc]



ESSAYEssay on legal and Constitutional issues

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Essay on issues related to socio-economic justice & empowerment


GS-I

• Conflict in the Middle East

• Urbanization

• Population and Demog-raphy

• Bhakti and Sufi Move-ments

• [Arab unity and interference from the outside world, Suez Canal Crisis, The Iran-Iraq War, Gulf-War etc]

• [Problems and their remedies]

• [ Issues, Challenges, Demographic Dividend etc ]

• [Origin, Spread and Socio-economic impact]

GS-II

• Parliament and State Leg-islatures


• Development processes and the development industry

• India-Latin America rela-tions

• [Duties, Responsibilities and Role in so-cio-economic development]

• [SEBI, CVC, TRAI, IRDA, PFRDA, NHRC etc]

• [Role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and as-sociations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders]

• [Partnership, prospects and possible areas of cooperation]

GS-III

• Taxation policy and their effects on industrial growth.

• Indigenization of technol-ogy and developing new technology

• International Conven-tions, Bodies and conser-vation of Bio-diversity

• Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate

• [Principles of Taxation, Tax Systems in India, Tax Reforms etc ]

• [Defence, Space, Health, Communications, Avia-tion etc]

• [UNFCCC, CBD, IUCN, IPCC etc]

• [Assam Rifles, BSF, ITBP, CISF, CRPF, NSG etc]

GS-IV

• Emotional intelligence

• Probity in Governance

• Contributions of moral thinkers and philoso-phers from the world

• Case Study

• [Components of Emotional Intelligence, Impor-tance of Emotional intelligence in Public Ser-vices]

• [Transparency, Utilisation of Public Funds, In-tegrity and Accountability]



ESSAY

Essay on legal and Constitutional issues

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Essay on issues related to socio-economic justice & empowerment


GS-I

• Global Problems in the 21st century

• Social Problems Factors affecting

• Factors affecting location of Industries; Trade and transport

• Post Independence Agri-cultural policy

• [Wars, Climate change etc]

• [Illiteracy, Juvenile delinquency, Rape, Drug abuse and Drug addiction, Alcoholism, crime and criminals]

• [ Physical and Human Factors ]

• [Design, instruments and Socio-economic im-pact]

GS-II

• Indian Constitution


• e-governance

• Important International institutions, agencies and fora

• [Salient features and significant provisions]

• [SEBI, CVC, TRAI, IRDA, PFRDA, NHRC etc]

• [applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential]

• [WTO, IMF, World Bank, ADB etc]

GS-III

• Financial Systems and Markets in India

• Infrastructure

• Disaster and disaster management

• Security challenges in border areas

• [Money Market, Capital Market, Bond Market, Stock Exchanges etc ]

• [Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc]

• [Natural and Man-made disasters ]

• [Challenges to Border Management; Issues faced in Border Management, Community par-ticipation and Border management etc]

GS-IV

• Aptitude and Foundation-al Values

• Attitude

• Contributions of moral thinkers and philoso-phers from India

• Case Study

• [Magnanimity, Adaptability, Anonymity, Neutral-ity etc]

• [Its influence and relation with thought and behaviour]

• [Swami Vivekananda; Mahatma Gandhi; Gau-tama Buddha; Kautilya; Kabir; Nanak; Rabin-dranath Tagore etc]


ESSAY

Essay on issues related to International Relations

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Essay on issues related to , Governance and Economy

EMPOWERING ENDEAVOURS!!!

TEAM EDEN IAS

NOTE- While writing answers arrange the ideas in an orderly fashion and try to write concisely. Credit will be given for effective and exact expression.

“Content is more important than length”

Adhere to the time and space limits for best output and performance in the UPSC Mains Examination. Try to attempt all the questions within the allocated time

Q1. Why EMI (Eden Mains Impulse)?

Answer-

Eden Mains Impulse is a short-term Mains answer writing course which is customized on the demands of some aspirants who want to utilize this time period of [February & March 2020]. We have designed this course around these given scenarios… viz;

• Concept building.• Mistake analysis.• Time management in answer writing.• Presentation.• Innovation in answers.• Resurrection for the next attempt without losing any more time. • Personalized Guidance.

You are an abundant pool of energy and it is very important to channelize this energy in right direction. Always remember… You should have a warrior’s attitude because this is the time which will prepare you for the up-coming attempt. So, let us restore and restart!!!

“These small doses of EMI can act as the game changer!!”

Q2. How is it different from STEPS (A daily mains answer writing initiative by EDEN IAS)?

Answer-

EDEN STEPS is a long term – Daily based answer writing course with evaluation, which carries daily based eval-uation and Model answers and one on one interaction. But EMI is an initiative which has been customized with mentorship and it is a short-term course (2 Months; 8 Mentoring Sessions; 24 writing Days.)

The Mentorship has been designed to connect with the aspirants and to look into their issues in much person-alised way.

ASK YOUR MENTOR & PROBLEM ANALYSIS SHEET is a unique technique to filter out your writing issues in an effective and efficient way!!

Don’t just write for the sake of writing… It is the time to act on your mistakes.!!!

Q3. What is the use of PROBLEM ANALYSIS SHEET?

Answer-

Problem Analysis sheet is an initiative to make you actively participate in the Mentorship Session.

Feedback and discussions can only highlight your mistakes; This sheet is a proof reading of your technique or in other words we want you to find out your very own issues after every answer writing session and together we can make the mentorship more effective for you.

Q4. Test timings and evaluation?

Answer-

There are three days allotted for writing…

• Tuesday (GS I & GS II) [8 questions] [4 ques. from GS- I & 4 ques. From GS II]

[Standard current & Static syllabus ratio] [Allotted writing time 01:15 Mins]

• Thursday (GS III & GS IV) [6 questions] [3 ques. from GS- III, 2 ques. from GS IV & 1 Case study] [Al-lotted writing time 01:15 Mins]

• Saturday (Essay writing) [1 Essay]

Every Sunday is reserved for a DISCUSSION SESSION followed by a MENTORING SESSION [03:30 Mins] [Timing 03:00 PM – 06:30 PM]

Aspirants can write at there place if unable to come to the test centre in the given time period And attend the discussion cum Mentoring session on Sunday.

Program is available in both Online and Classroom (offline mode).

Important Notice- Students are allowed to take paper submission flexibility with in the same week of the session. Late submission would not be entertained and is also not a healthy exercise for such target-ed course.

Q4. Is it an ideal program for freshers too?

Answer-

It is equally beneficial for fresh starters as it gives you an opportunity to compete with those aspirants who have already given multiple Mains or are looking for rank improvement. (Your real competitors in UPSC CSE)

All the best.

TEAM EDEN IAS.

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