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Trend Analysis of Economic Geography

The Civil Services (Main) Examination Syllabus is mentioned as: 

• Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian subcontinent);

• Factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India)

However, students sometimes fail to understand the sub-topics need to be read while preparing for the subject. 

Hence, hereby providing the list of sub-topics:

1. Natural Resources and its Classification

• Meaning 

• Water resources and issues related to it (groundwater resources and their mismanagement)

• Land resources and issues related to it (focus on over-irrigation and its impact)

• Soil resources and issues related to it (focus on social erosion and conservation)

• Forest resources and issues related to it (focus on social forestry and human-animal conflict)

• Mineral resources and issues related to it (focus on the impact of mineral mining on the environment)

• Energy resources and issues related to it (focus on new forms of energy as shale gas, coal-bed methane, and non-renewable sources)

• Ocean resources (focus on the competition with the other nations)

2. Agriculture in India and World

• Types of Farming

• Dry zone agriculture

• Infrastructure and institutional factors

• Cropping pattern and crop combination

• Change in Land use 

• The Green Revolution

• White Revolution

• Evergreen Revolution

• Livestock Resources

• Agriculture and latest technologies related to it

• Problems of Indian agriculture

• Concept of Geographical Indicators

3. Industry (India and World)

• Locational factors for setting up of industries

• Iron and Steel Industry

• Cotton industry

• Jute industry

• Handloom industry

• Chemical and fertilizer industry

• Cottage industry, etc.

• Industrial regions in India

4. Transport and Trade 

• Roadways

• Railways

• Water Transport

• Pipeline transport

• Air Transport

• Trade

Trend Analysis of Economic Geography 

How to Prepare:

For the preparation of this topic, students need to refer to the following books apart from the books which you have already read in Prelims:

1. Geography of India by Savindra Singh

2. Geography of India by Majid Hussain

3. IGNOU material on natural resources

Reports such as:

• Mineral Sector in India by Ministry of Mines

• Forest Survey of India Reports

Alongwith the reports, the student should refer to the sources (as questions from this section are contemporary in nature) such as:

• Editorials from Newspapers 

• Videos of government sources as Rajya Sabha TV

• PIB, Government institutes documents, etc.

Note: In IASHELPDESK we are providing the books, reports, videos, editorials, and questions at one stop so that a student may concentrate on the attainment of knowledge rather than busy accessing the different sources.