MAINS GS-3 syllabus can be divided into Agriculture, Economy, Science, Environment and Security.

SOURCES

1. Current (Agri-Eco-Env-Security-Sci): Hindu and Vision monthly.
2. Static: Sriram, Shankar & Google.
3. Static linked with Current (Inc growth,PDS,MSP, Subsidy, Food Processing, Agri,Irrigation,Cyber, Security, Computer): Cover aspects like what-why-how-prob-sol-govt measures and make maximum 3 page note on topic. GS-3 Economy + Agriculture Static Notes.
4. Disaster & Environment: Current & Yojana March-2012. GS-3 Environment + Disaster Notes.
5. Science: Follow only Hindu and Vision. NO BOOK NEEDED.
6. Security: Current & Editorials. GS-3 Security Static notes.
7. Reports: Economic survey, IPCC, SDG etc.
8. 2016 and 2017 Mains Economic Survey Notes.

AGRICULTURE includes:

• STATIC TOPICS LINKED WITH CURRENT.
• Crops, cropping patterns, irrigation, transport-marketing, e-technology, subsidies, MSP, PDS, food security, technology missions, animal-rearing, food processing, supply chain management and land reforms. 
• Prepare static notes for these topics and add from current. Questions from agriculture always test your knowledge about “history of topics” linked with current.
• Land reform is not purely in agricultural context but also economic.
• GS-3 Economy + Agriculture Static Notes.

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ECONOMY includes:

• Static: planning, industrial policy, inclusive growth, budgeting, liberalization, infrastructure and investment. Prepare static notes for these topics from Hindu, SRIRAM NOTES and add from current. GS-3 Economy + Agriculture Static Notes.
• Current: major part of economy section comes from current affairs. Hindu + Vision monthly is all you need. If these 2 sources are followed religiously and notes are made from these and revised then there is no need to follow any other source.

Important Posts:

Current Affairs Preparation

Reports/Surveys for Mains GS

SCIENCE and ENVIRONMENT include:

• Current: developments in daily life, achievements of Indians, indigenization.
• Static linked with current: IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and IPR. It is very important to have notes for these topics covering what-how-when-history-why-pros-cons-govt policy.
• GS-3 SCIENCE MAINS 2017 NOTES
• GS-3 Science Preparation
• Environment is almost totally current based. Hindu + Vision monthly is all you need.
• Shankar comes to rescue for static questions like Allelopathy asked in 2016 Mains.
• Disaster is static as well as current. Read Yojana MARCH-2012 and current.

SECURITY includes:

• Static linked with Current: extremism, role of external state and non-state actors, internal security, role of media and social networking, cyber security, money-laundering, border areas, linkages of organized crime with
  terrorism.
• “Security forces and agencies and their mandate” is much more static than current.
• Very important to have static notes to have background of the issues related to every topic.
• GS-3 Security Static Notes.

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ANSWER WRITING

The common answer structure for GS includes:

1. Introduction.
2. Define keywords mentioned in question.
3. News background.
4. Points (10-12-15).
5. Paper specific keywords.
6. Diagram.
7. Conclusion.

Paper specific keywords for GS-3:

• Economic facts and figures.
• Keywords from syllabus.
• Government policies.
• Economic survey. Click here to learn how to use economic survey without even reading it.
• Budget.
• Reports/Committees (IPCC, Agriculture survey, IMF/WB/World indices, defence committees names etc).
• Just write “as per budget” or “as per survey” or “as per xyz report”. No need to even read these reports. Just quote them!

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