Study Resources

Government Reports

• 2nd Administrative Report-15 on State and District Administratio
• 2nd Administrative Report-14 on Strengthening Financial Management Systems
• 2nd Administrative Report-13 on Organisational Structure of Government of India
• 2nd Administrative Report-12 on Citizen Centric Administration
• 2nd Administrative Report-11 on Promoting e-Governance
• 2nd Administrative Report-10 on Refurbishing of Personnel Administration 2nd Administrative Report-9 on Social Capital
• 2nd Administrative Report-8 on Capacity Building to Combat Terrorism
• 2nd Administrative Report-7 on Capacity Building for Conflict Resolution
• 2nd Administrative Report-6 on Local Governance
• 2nd Administrative Report-5 on Public Order
• 2nd Administrative Report-4 on Ethics in Governance
• 2nd Administrative Report-3 on Crisis Management
• 2nd Administrative Report-2 on Unlocking Human Capital
• 2nd Administrative Report-1 on Right to Information
• Economic Survey(2015-2016)-Vol2
• Economic Survey(2015-2016)-Vol1
• Science, Technology and Innovation Policy
• Draft National Urban Rental Housing Policy
• Draft National Land Reforms Policy 2013
• Organic Farming Policy 2005
• National Skill Development
• National Water Policy
• National Vaccine Policy
• National Urban Transport Policy
• National Urban Sanitation Policy
• National Urban Housing National Urban Housing National Urban Housing
• National Telecom Policy
• National Rehabilitation Policy
• National Policy on Farmers
• National Policy for the Empowerment of Women
• National Policy for Containmnet of Antimicrobial Resistance
• National Policy for Children
• National Policy on Disaster Management
• National Nutrition Policy
• NATIONAL MINERAL POLICY, 2008
• National Mental Health Policy of India 2014
• National Health Policy 2015
• National Forest Policy
• National Environment Policy
• National Electricity Policy
• National Cyber Security Polic
• National AYUSH Missio
• Integrated Energy Policy
• Indian Fertilizer Scenario
• Indian Electrical Equipment Industry Mission Plan 2012-2022
• Guidelines for Surrender cum Rehabilitation of Naxalites in the Naxal affected States
• Guidelines on Communal harmony
• Foreign Trade Policy
• National Disability Policy
• Draft National Policy on Geothermal Energy
• Draft National Policy for Offshore wind
• Draft National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015
• Draft on National Civil Aviation Policy
• 12 Five Year Plan
• Census 2011
• 14 Finance Commission

GS Paper 1 : Culture

• NIOS-Culture
• Visual Arts

GS Paper1 : History

• From Plassey to Partition
• NCERT(Old class 10)-World History
• India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra
• India Since Independence by Bipin Chandra
• India After Gandhi by Rama Chandra Guha
• NCERT(Old class XII)-Modern India
• NCERT(Old class VII)-Medieval India
• NCERT(Old Class XI)-Ancient India
• TN-Social Sciences
• TN-History
• NIOS-Social Science
• NIOS-History
• IGNOU Modern World History

GS Paper3 : Environment and Biodiversity

• IGNOU-Environment
• NIOS-Environment

GS Paper3 : Indian Economy

• TN-Economy
• NIOS-Economy 1
• NIOS-Economy 2

Polical Science Optional

• NIOS-Political Science

Psychology Optional

• NIOS-Psychology

Sociology Optional

• IGNOU(MA)-Urban Sociology
• IGNOU(MA)-Sociology of Religion
• IGNOU(MA)-Diaspora and Transnational Communities
• IGNOU(MA)-Sociology of Education
• IGNOU(MA)-Sociology in India
• IGNOU(MA)-Sociology of Development
• IGNOU(MA)-Research Methodologies and Methods
• IGNOU(MA)-Sociological Theories and Concepts
• IGNOU(BA)-Social Problems in India
• IGNOU(BA)-Society and Religion
• IGNOU(BA)-Society and Stratification
• IGNOU(BA)-Sociological Thought
• IGNOU(BA)-Society in India
• IGNOU(BA)-The Study of Society
• Sociological Theory by George Ritzer
• Indian Society by SC Dube
• Modernisation of Indian Tradition by Yogendar Singh
• NIOS-Sociology

GS Paper1 : Geography

• NIOS-Geography
• TN-Geography

GS Paper2 : Polity

• TN-Polity

GS Paper4 : Ethics and Integrity

• 2nd Administrative Report-4 on Ethics in Governance

Philosophy Optional

• Rationalism
• Problem of Evil
• Definition and scope of Philosophy of Religion
• Yoga Philosophy
• Vaisheshika School – Dravya
• The Yoga School- Proofs for the existence of god
• The Mimamsa School – Satkhyativad and Anytakhativad
• The Mimamsa School – Pramanyavad
• The Mimamsa School – Introduction
• The Mimamsa School – Concept of soul
• Sri Aurobindo – The Individual Self
• Sri Aurobindo – KNOWLEDGE AND IGNORANCE
• Socio-political Philosopy of Sarvodaya
• Satkaryavad
• Samkhya Theoy of Evolution
• Samkhya Philosophy – Purusa
• Samkhya Philosophy – Prakriti
• Samkhya- Liberation
• Philosophy of Jainism
• Philosophy of Buddhism
• Nyaya Philosophy – Pramanyavada
• Nyaya Philosophy – Perception
• Metaphysical teachings of Gandhi
• Materialism and Marxism
• Mahatma Gandhi and Aurobindo
• Jaina School – Substance
• Jaina School – Sapatbhanginaya
• Introduction to indian philosophy
• INTRODUCTION TO ATHEISM and A-THEISM
• INTERPRETATION OF TAT-TVAM-ASI
• Gandhian Understanding of Man
• Gandhi – Socio-political Significance
• Ethical teachings of Gandhi
• DEISM AND AGNOSTICISM
• Context and emergence of Gandhian Philosophy
• Carvaka philosophy
• Buddha Philosophy – Pratityasamutpada and Ksanikavada
• Buddha Philosophy – Atmavada
• Brief History of Indian Metaphysics
• Wittgenstein’s Early Philosophy
• Spinoza’s Pantheism
• SOCRATES PHILOSOPHY
• Sartre’s Conception of Human Existence
• Postmodernism
• Plato’s Theory of Knowledge
• Plato’s Idealism
• Philosophy of Leibniz
• Martin Heidegger- The Question of Being
• Logical Positivism
• Kant- Transcendental Aesthetic and Transcendental Analytic
• Immanuel Kant’s Ethical Theory
• Husserl’s Phenomenology
• Hegel’s Absolute Idealism and the Phenomenology of Spirit
• Hegel
• George Berkeley’s Immaterialism and Subjective Idealism
• Fundamentals of John Locke’s Empiricism
• Edmund Husserl’s Phenomenology
• Descates- Mind body dualism
• David Hume Theory of Knowledge
• David Hume- From Empiricism to Skepticis
• ARISTOTLE
• Martin Heidegger- The Question of Being
• SOCRATES PHILOSOPHY
• Major thinkers of Western Philosophy
• Characteristics OF Western Philosophy
• Brief history of Western Metaphysics

History Optional

• From Plassey to Partition