NABARD Grade A- Economic and Social Issues Syllabus 2025

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Topics asked

Nature of Indian Economy

1. Structural and Institutional features
2. Economic Underdevelopment
3. Opening up the Indian Economy
4. Globalization
5. Economic Reforms in India
6. Privatization.

Inflation

Trends in Inflation & their Impact on National Economy and Individual Income.

Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India

1. Rural and Urban
2. Measurement of Poverty
3. Poverty Alleviation Programmes of the Government

Population Trends

1. Population Growth and Economic Development
2. Population Policy in India

Agriculture

1. Characteristics / Status
2. Technical and Institutional changes in Indian Agriculture
3. Agricultural performance
4. Issues in Food Security in India
5. Non-Institutional and Institutional Agencies in rural credit

Industry

1. Industrial and Labour Policy
2. Industrial performance
3. Regional Imbalance in India's Industrial Development
4. Public Sector Enterprises

Rural banking and financial institutions in India

Reforms in the Banking/ Financial sector.

Globalization of Economy

1. Role of International Funding Institutions
2. IMF & World Bank
3. WTO
4. Regional Economic Cooperation

Social Structure in India

1. Multiculturalism
2. Demographic trends
3. Urbanization and Migration
4. Gender Issues Joint family system
5. Social Infrastructure
6. Education
7. Health and Environment

Education

1. Status & System of Education
2. Socio-Economic Problems associated with Illiteracy
3. Educational relevance and educational wastage
4. Educational Policy for India.

Social Justice

1. Problems of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes
2. Socio-economic programmes for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and other backward classes.

Positive Discrimination in favour of the underprivileged

1. Social Movements
2. Indian Political Systems
3. Human Development

NABARD Grade A- Agriculture & Rural Development Syllabus 2025

Name of Section

Topics asked

Agriculture

1. Definition, meaning and its branches
2. Agronomy: Definition, meaning, and scope of agronomy.
3. Classification of field crops.
4. Factors affecting crop production
5. Agro Climatic Zones
6. Cropping Systems: Definition and types of cropping systems.
7. Problems of dry land - Seed production, seed processing, seed village
8. Meteorology: weather parameters, crop-weather advisory
9. Precision Farming
10. System of Crop Intensification
11. Organic farming

Soil and Water Conservation

1. Major soil types
2. Soil fertility
3. Fertilizers
4. Soil erosion
5. Soil conservation
6. Watershed management

Water Resource

1. Irrigation Management
2. Types of irrigation
3. Sources of irrigation
4. Crop-water requirement
5. Command area development
6. Water conservation techniques
7. Micro-irrigation
8. Irrigation pumps
9. Major, medium and minor irrigation.

Farm and Agri Engineering

1. Farm Machinery and Power
2. Sources of power on the farm- human, animal, mechanical, electrical, wind, solar and biomass, biofuels
3. Water harvesting structures
4. Farm Ponds
5. Agro-Processing
6. Controlled and modified storage, perishable food storage, godowns, bins, and grain silos.

Plantation & Horticulture

1. Definition, meaning, and its branches
2. Agronomic practices and production technology of various plantation and horticulture crops
3. Post-harvest management, value, and supply chain management of Plantation and Horticulture crops.

Animal Husbandry

1. Farm animals and their role in the Indian economy
2. Animal husbandry methods in India
3. Common terms pertaining to different species of livestock
4. Utility classification of breeds of cattle.
5. Introduction to common feeds and fodders, their classification, and utility.
6. Introduction to the poultry industry in India (past, present, and future status)
7. Common terms pertaining to poultry production and management
8. The concept of mixed farming and its relevance to socio-economic conditions of farmers in India
9. Complimentary and obligatory nature of livestock and poultry production with that of agricultural farming.

Fisheries

1. Fisheries resources
2. Management and exploitation - freshwater, brackish water, and marine
3. Aquaculture- Inland and marine
4. Biotechnology
5. Post-harvest technology
6. Importance of fisheries in India
7. Common terms pertaining to fish production.

Forestry

1. Basic concepts of Forest and Forestry
2. Principles of silviculture, forest mensuration, forest management, and forest economics
3. Concepts of social forestry, agroforestry, joint forest management
4. Forest policy and legislation in India, India State of Forest Report 2015
5. Recent developments under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

Agriculture Extensions

1. Its importance and role, methods of evaluation of extension programs
2. Role of Krishi Vigyan Kendra's (KVK) in the dissemination of Agricultural technologies.

Ecology and Climate Change

1. Ecology and its relevance to man, natural resources, sustainable management, and conservation
2. Causes of climate change, GreenHouse Gases (GHG), major GHG emitting countries, climate analysis
3. Distinguish between adaptation and mitigation
4. Climate change impact on agriculture and rural livelihoods
5. Carbon credit
6. IPCC, UNFCCC, CoP meetings
7. Funding mechanisms for climate change projects
8. Initiatives by Govt of India, NAPCC, SAPCC, INDC.

Present Scenario of Indian Agriculture and Allied activities

1. Recent trends
2. Major challenges in agriculture measures to enhance
3. Viability of agriculture Factors of Production in agriculture
4. Agricultural Finance and Marketing
5. Impact of Globalization on Indian Agriculture and issues of Food Security
6. Concept and Types of Farm Management.

Rural Development

1. Concept of Rural Area
2. Structure of the Indian Rural Economy
3. Importance and role of the rural sector in India
4. Economic, Social and Demographic Characteristics of the Indian rural economy
5. Causes of Rural Backwardness.
6. Rural population in India
7. Occupational structure
8. Farmers, Agricultural Laborers, Artisans, Handicrafts, Traders, Forest dwellers/tribes and others in rural India
9. Trends of change in rural population and rural workforce
10. Problems and conditions of rural labour
11. Issues and challenges in Hand-looms
12. Panchayati Raj Institutions – Functions and Working.
13. MGNREGA, NRLM – Aajeevika, Rural Drinking water Programmes, Swachh Bharat, Rural Housing, PURA, and other rural development programs.

NABARD Grade A- Information Technology Syllabus 2025

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Topics

Information Technology

1. Introduction to Software
2. Data Structure through ‘C’ and ‘PASCAL’
3. Elements of Systems Analysis and Design
4. Numerical and Statistical Computing
5. Data Communication and Networks
6. Object-Oriented Computer Architecture
7. Object-Oriented Systems
8. Computer Fundamentals
9. File Structure and Programming in COBOL
10. Database Management Systems
11. Software Engineering
12. Accounting and Finance on Computers
13. Operating Systems
14. Intelligent Systems
15. Relational Database
16. Management Systems