NABARD Grade A Syllabus 2021 PDF – Download Mains Exam Pattern for Paper I & Paper II Here!!!

NABARD Grade A Syllabus 2021 PDF – Download Mains Exam Pattern for Paper I & Paper II. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has going to conduct the examination for Grade A Posts, for that they will be upload the syllabus and exam pattern on the Official Site. Applied Candidates who are searching and looking for the syllabus can download from our website.

NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Syllabus 2021 PDF

Name of the Board	National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
Post Name	Grade A
Vacancy	155
Exam Date	Announced Soon
Selection Process	Prelims & Mains
Status	Syllabus Available

 NABARD Grade A Mains Exam Pattern 2021:

• Paper I – Common for all posts
• Paper-II – Different for all posts.

Exam	Name of Test	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Total Time
Paper I (Descriptive Test)	General English	3	100	90 minutes
Paper II (Specific Stream Paper)	Economic & Social Issues and Agriculture & Rural Development (with focus on Rural India)	30	50	30 minutes
	Paper on related discipline – Descriptive	6 questions will be asked, of which candidates will be required to attempt 4 questions [2 of 15 marks each and 2 of 10 marks each]	50	90 minutes

• In mains, there is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer marked.

NABARD Grade A Assistant Manager Mains Syllabus 2021:

Economic and Social Issues

Nature of Indian Economy:

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

Inflation:

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

Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India:

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

Population Trends:

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

Agriculture:

• 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.

Industry:

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

Social Structure in India:

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

Agriculture & Rural Development

Agriculture

• 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.

Soil and Water Conservation:

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

Water Resource:

• 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.

Animal Husbandry:

• Farm animals and their role in the Indian economy
• Animal husbandry methods in India
• Common terms pertaining to 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 pertaining to poultry production and management
• The concept of mixed farming and its relevance to socio-economic conditions of farmers in India
• Complimentary and obligatory nature of livestock and poultry production with that of agricultural farming.

Ecology and Climate Change:

• Ecology and its relevance to man, natural resources, sustainable management, and conservation
• Causes of climate change, Green House 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.

Rural Development:

• 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 Programmes, Swachh Bharat, Rural Housing, PURA, and other rural development programs.

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