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.
