Syllabus of Governance Issues For Mains UPSC Civil Services Examination 

• GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND INTERVENTIONS FOR development in various sectors and issues arising out of their designs and implementations.
• Development processes and the development industry- like role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders.
• Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the center and states and the performance of these of schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.
• Issues related to the development and management of social sector/services relating to health, education, and human resources.
• Issues related to poverty and hunger.
• Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potentials; citizen charters, transparency and accountability and institutional and other measures.
• Role of civil services in a democracy.