NABARD Grade A Syllabus 2024, Prelims and Mains Exam Pattern

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• Structural and Institutional features
• Economic Underdevelopment
• Opening up the Indian Economy
• Globalization
• Economic Reforms in India
• Privatization.

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

• Rural and Urban
• Measurement of Poverty
• Poverty Alleviation Programmes of the Government.

• Population Growth and Economic Development
• Population Policy in India. 

• Characteristics / Status
• Technical and Institutional Changes in Indian Agriculture 
• Agricultural performance
• Issues in Food Security in India
• Non-Institutional and Institutional Agencies in rural credit.

• Industrial and Labour Policy
• Industrial performance
• Regional Imbalance in India’s Industrial Development
• Public Sector Enterprises.

• Reforms in the Banking/ Financial sector.

• Role of International Funding Institutions
• IMF & World Bank
• WTO
• Regional Economic Cooperation.

• Multiculturalism
• Demographic trends
• Urbanization and Migration
• Gender Issues Joint Family System
• Social Infrastructure
• Education
• Health and Environment. 

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

• Problems of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes
• Socio-economic programmes for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes.

• Social Movements
• Indian Political Systems
• Human Development

• Definition, meaning and its branches
• Agronomy: Definition, meaning, and scope of agronomy.
• Classification of field crops.
• Factors Affecting Crop Production
• Agro Climatic Zones
• Cropping Systems: Definition and types of cropping systems.
• Problems of dry land – Seed production, seed processing, seed village
• Meteorology: weather parameters, crop-weather advisory
• Precision Farming
• System of Crop Intensification
• Organic farming

• Major soil types
• Soil fertility
• Fertilizers
• Soil erosion
• Soil conservation
• Watershed management

• Irrigation Management
• Types of irrigation
• Sources of irrigation
• Crop-water requirement
• Command area development
• Water conservation techniques
• Micro-irrigation
• Irrigation pumps
• Major, medium and minor irrigation.

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

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

• Farm animals and their role in the Indian economy
• Animal husbandry methods in India
• Common terms of different species of livestock
• Utility classification of breeds of cattle.
• Introduction to common feeds and fodders, their classification, and utility.
• Introduction to the poultry industry in India (past, present, and future status)
• Common terms about poultry production and management
• The concept of mixed farming and its relevance to socioeconomic conditions of farmers in India
• Complimentary and obligatory nature of livestock and poultry production with that of agricultural farming.

• Fisheries resources
• Management and exploitation – freshwater, brackish water, and marine
• Aquaculture- Inland and marine
• Biotechnology
• Post-harvest technology
• Importance of fisheries in India
• Common terms of fish production.

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

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

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

• Recent trends
• Major challenges in agriculture measures to enhance
• Viability of agriculture Factors of Production in agriculture
• Agricultural Finance and Marketing
• Impact of Globalization on Indian Agriculture and Issues of Food Security
• Concept and Types of Farm Management

• Concept of Rural Area
• Structure of the Indian Rural Economy
• Importance and role of the rural sector in India
• Economic, Social and Demographic Characteristics of the Indian rural economy
• Causes of Rural Backwardness.
• Rural population in India
• Occupational structure
• Farmers, Agricultural Laborers, Artisans, Handicrafts, Traders, Forest dwellers/tribes and others in rural India
• Trends of change in rural population and rural workforce
• Problems and conditions of rural labour
• Issues and challenges in Hand-looms
• Panchayati Raj Institutions – Functions and Working.
• MGNREGA, NRLM – Aajeevika, Rural Drinking Water Program, Swachh Bharat, Rural Housing, PURA, and other rural development programs.

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