APSC Prelims 2020 GS Paper – Suggest Topics for Economy & Aptitude Section
National Economy Measurement
- GDP, GNP, NNP, NDP, National Income,
- FDI, FII
Indian Economy
- Sectors of Indian Economy – Agriculture, Manufacturing & Services
- Contribution of various sectors in GDP, Employment & Export
- Emerging sectors/ area specific
- Economic trends
- Various direct and indirect taxes in India
- Income Tax, Corporation Tax rate
- VAT, Service tax, GST, Excise duty, Customs Duty
- Direct Tax -Not at all Inflationary. Indirect Tax – Is inflationary.
- Ad valorem tax is based on the assessed value of the product.
- Specific tax is a fixed amount tax based on the quantity of unit sold.
- Progressive and regressive in nature of tax
- Share of various types of taxes in India
- Specialised Production/Industrial centers/area
- Handloom industry
- production center in Assam -Sualkuchi – Silk, Tea, Brass industtry
Planning & Economic Federalism
- Economic federalism
- NITI Aayog
- Finance Commission – central funds allotment
- Sectoral contribution of Service, Industry
- GDP, GVA
- Workforce sectoral share – Agri, Industry, service
- Agri production
Taxation & Fiscal
- Taxation – direct/Indirect – various types – IT/ Corp Tax
- Share of various taxes in total collection
- Budget Provisions
- Economic federalism
- Finance Commission – central funds allotment
Aptitudes
- Simple & Compound Interest
- All basic maths concepts
- All aptitude topics
- Age, relations, logicals, calenders
- Reasoning – Code language