S&T Topics for GS Mains 1) Examine the recent government measure to enhance India’s agricultural bio-security. 2) What is cloudburst? Examine the methods to mitigate its impact? 3) Discuss the role of National Disaster Management Agency? 4) Explain the importance of ‘Ecologically Sensitive Zones? 5) Discuss the need for a regulatory authority in the field of bio-technology? 6) In the light of the recent Supreme Court verdict on drug patents, critically examine the prospects of India’s drug industry? 7) Examine the issues involved in the USFDA’S action against several Indian pharmaceutical companies. 8) Examine the safety of India’s nuclear reactors. 9) In the context of the NSG waiver, and the discovery of new uranium reserves in India, examine the need for a rethink on India’s thorium-based nuclear energy policy? 10) Examine the need and significance of Mangalyaan. 11) Discuss India’s satellite launch capability. 12) Explain the importance of IRNSS. 13) Examine the prospects for electric mobility in India. 14) Examine India’s cyber security, in the light of India’s new cyber security policy. 15) Explain the importance of bio-pesticides and bio-fertilizers in India’s agriculture. 16) Discuss the importance of renewable sources of energy for India. 17) Comment on the decision to translocate a few Gir lions. 18) Discuss the salient features of the new Mental Health Bill. 19) Write a note on the digitalization of Cable TV system in India. 20) What are the 4 D’s with respect to the health of children? How does the Government seek to address them? 21) Write a note on Rota Virus vaccine. 22) Discuss the efforts to conserve the Western Ghats. 23) Examine the impact of Bt cotton. 24) Write a comparative note on Kedarnath cloudburst and cyclone ‘Phailin’. 25) Examine the new guidelines on clinical trials.
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