Economy strategy and sources

ECONOMY (includes AGRICULTURE)

Sources

a. Class notes & handouts of Shyam Sunder Sir, Jayant Parikshit Sir

b. Economic survey lectures of Jayant Parikshit Sir

c. Class notes of Shiv Arpit Sir

Prelims Strategy

a. Focused more on Monetary policy, Inflation, external sector, capital market etc.

b. Economic survey lectures gave fodder for both prelims and mains - also helped to cover schemes for governance section. In order to retain factual info, made own notes and revised multiple times before prelims.

c. For agriculture, crop diversity of India and schemes become important

Mains strategy

a. Prepared micro pointers under syllabus topics - eg for Inclusive growth, I covered topics sector wise (Agri, industry, services) along with other topics like Inflation, unemployment, housing, financial inclusion, women led growth, green growth etc.

b. Prepared detailed notes on all backward and forward linkages for agriculture

c. Good definitions for even simple terms (like development) and views of experts (eg Prof. Ashok Gulati for agriculture) can enhance marks