TSPSC Group 2 Exam 2022 - Notification, Eligibility, Application form, Pattern & Syllabus

History, polity, and society: Unit 01

• Salient features of indus valley civilization: Society and culture. Early and later Vedic civilizations; religious movements in sixth century BC-Jainism and Buddhism. Socio, cultural contribution of Mauryas, Guptas, Pallavas, Chalukyas
• Salient features of indus valley civilization: Cholas art and architecture-Harsha and the Rajput age
• The advent of Islam and the establishment of Delhi sultanate-socio, cultural conditions under the sultanate-Sufi and bhakti movements
• The Mughals: Social and cultural conditions; language, literature, art, and architecture
• Rise of Marathas and their contribution to culture; socio-cultural conditions in the Deccan under the Bahamanis and Vijayanagara-literature, art, and architecture
• Advent of Europeans: Rise and expansion of British rule-socio-cultural policies-Cornwallis, Wellesley, William Bentinck, Dalhousie and others. The rise of socio-religious reform movements in the nineteenth century
• Advent of Europeans: Social protest movements in India-Jotiba and Savithribai Phule, Ayyankali, Narayana Guru, Periyar Ramaswamy Naicker, Gandhi, Ambedkar, etc
• Socio-cultural conditions in ancient Telangana-Satavahanas, Ikshvakus, Vishnukundins, Mudigonda and Vemulawada Chalukyas
• Religion, language, literature, art and architecture; medieval Telangana-contribution of Kakatiyas, Rachakonda, and Devarakonda Velamas, Qutub Shahis; socio-cultural developments: Emergence of composite culture
• Socio-cultural developments: Fairs, festivals, moharram, ursu, jataras, etc
• Foundation of Asaf Jahi Dynasty-from Nizam-ul-Mulk to Mir Osaman Ali Khan, Salar Jung reforms social system and social conditions-Jagirdars, zamindars, deshmuks, and doras-vetti and bhagela system and position of women
• Rise of socio-cultural movements in Telangana: Arya samaj, Andhra maha sabha, Andhra mahila sabha, adi-Hindu movements, literary and library movements
• Tribal and peasant revolts: Ramji Gond, Kumaram Bheemu, and Telangana peasant armed struggle-police action and the end of Nizam rule

History, polity, and society: Unit 02

• Evolution of Indian constitution-nature and salient features, preamble
• Fundamental rights-directive principles of state policy, fundamental duties
• Distinctive features of Indian federalism-distribution of legislative and administrative powers between union and states
• Union and state governments-president, prime minister, and council of ministers; governor, chief minister, and council of ministers-powers and functions
• Rural and urban governance with special reference to the 73rd and 74th amendments
• Electoral system: Free and fair elections, malpractices; election commission; electoral reforms and political parties
• Judicial system in India-judicial activism
• Special provisions for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, backward classes, women and minorities
• Welfare mechanism for enforcement-national commission for scheduled castes, national commission for scheduled tribes and national commission for backward classes
• Indian constitution: New challenges

History, polity, and society: Unit 03

• Indian social structure: Salient features of Indian society-caste, family, marriage, kinship, religion, tribe, women, middle class-socio-cultural features of Telangana society
• Social issues: Inequality and exclusion: Casteism, communalism, regionalism, violence against women, child labour, human trafficking, disability and aged
• Social movements: Peasant’s movements, tribal movements, backward class movements, dalit movements, environmental movements, women’s movements, regional autonomy movements, human rights movements
• Telangana specific social issues: Vetti, jogini, devadasi system, child labour, girl child, flourosis, migration, farmer’s and weaver’s distress
• Social policies and welfare programmes: Affirmative policies for SCS, STS, OBC, women, minorities, labour, disabled and children; welfare programmes; employment, poverty alleviation programmes; rural and urban women and child welfare, tribal welfare

Economy and development: Unit 01

• Growth and development: Concepts of growth and development-relationship between growth and development
• Measures of economic growth: National income-definition, concepts, and methods of measuring national income; nominal and real income
• Poverty and unemployment: Concepts of poverty-income based poverty and non-income based poverty; measurement of poverty; unemployment definition, types of unemployment
• Planning in Indian economy: Objectives, priorities, strategies, and achievements of five year plans-12th FYP; inclusive growth-NITI aayog

Economy and development: Unit 02

• Telangana economy in undivided Andhra Pradesh (1956-2014)-deprivations (water-bachavat committee, finances-lalit, bhargava, wanchu committees and employment-jai bharat, girglani committees) and under development
• Land reforms in Telangana: Abolition of intermediaries-Zamindari, jagirdari, and inamdari; tenancy reforms; land ceiling; land alienation in scheduled areas
• Agriculture and allied sectors: Share of agriculture and allied sectors in GSDP; distribution of land holdings; dependence on agriculture; irrigation sources of irrigation; problems of dry land agriculture; agricultural credit
• Industry and service sectors: Industrial development; structure and growth of industry sector-micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector; industrial infrastructure; industrial policy of Telangana; structure and growth of service sector

Economy and development: Unit 03

• Development dynamics: Regional inequalities in India-social inequalities, caste, ethnicity (tribe), gender and religion; migration; urbanization
• Development and displacement: Land acquisition policy; resettlement and rehabilitation
• Economic reforms: Growth, poverty, and inequalities-social development (education and health); social transformation; social security
• Sustainable development: Concept and measurement; sustainable development goals

Telangana movement and state formation: Unit 01

• Historical background: Telangana as a distinctive cultural unit in Hyderabad princely state, its geographical, cultural, socio, political, and economic features-people of Telangana, castes, tribes, religion, arts, crafts, languages, dialects, fairs
• Historical background: Festivals and important places in Telangana. Administration in Hyderabad princely state and administrative reforms of Salar Jung and origins of the issue of mulkis-non-mulkis
• Historical background: Employment and civil services rules under Mir Osman Ali Khan, VII Nizam’s Farman of 1919 and definition of mulki-Establishment of Nizam’s subjects league known as the mulki league 1935 and its significance
• Historical background: Merger of Hyderabad state into Indian union in 1948-employment policies under military rule and vellodi,1948-52; violation of mulki-rules and its implications
• Hyderabad state in independent India: Formation of popular ministry under Burgula Ramakrishna Rao and 1952 mulki, agitation; demand for employment of local people and city college incident-its importance
• Hyderabad state in independent India: Justice Jagan Mohan Reddy committee report, 1953-initial debates and demand for Telangana state, reasons for the formation of states reorganization commission (SRC) under Fazal Ali in 1953
• Hyderabad state in independent India: Main provisions and recommendations of SRC, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s views on SRC and smaller states
• Formation of Andhra Pradesh, 1956: Gentlemen’s agreement-its provisions and recommendations; Telangana regional committee, composition, functions, and performance-violation of safeguards, migration from coastal Andhra region and its consequences
• Formation of Andhra Pradesh, 1956: Post-1970 development scenario in Telangana-agriculture, irrigation, power, education, employment, medical and health, etc
• Violation of employment and service rules: Origins of Telangana agitation protest in Kothagudem and other places, fast unto death by Ravindranath; 1969 agitation for separate Telangana. Role of intellectuals, students, employees in jai Telangana movement
• Formation of Telangana praja samithi and course of movement: The spread of Telangana movement, major events, leaders and personalities-all party accord, go 36, suppression of Telangana movement and its consequences
• Formation of Telangana praja samithi and course of movement: The eight point and five, point formulas-implications

Telangana movement and state formation: Unit 02

• Court judgments on mulki rules-jai Andhra movement and its consequences, six point formula 1973, and its provisions; article 371-D, presidential order, 1975-officers (Jayabharat Reddy) committee report-G.O. 610 (1985); its provisions and violation
• Reaction and representations of Telangana employees
• Rise and spread of naxalite movement, causes and consequences-anti landlord struggles in Jagityala-Siricilla, north Telangana; rytu-cooli sanghams; alienation of tribal lands and adivasi resistance-jal, jungle, and zamin
• Rise of regional parties in 1980’s and changes in the political, socioeconomic, and cultural fabric of Telangana-notion of Telugu jathi and suppression of Telangana identity, expansion of new economy in Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana; real estate
• Contracts, finance companies; film, media, and entertainment industry; corporate education and hospitals etc; dominant culture and its implications for Telangana self respect, dialect, language and culture
• Liberalization and privatization policies in 1990’s and their consequences-emergence of regional disparities and imbalances in political power, administration, education, employment
• Agrarian crisis and decline of handicrafts in Telangana and its impact on Telangana society and economy
• Quest for Telangana identity-intellectual discussions and debates, political and ideological efforts-growth of popular unrest against regional disparities, discrimination, and under development of Telangana

Telangana movement and state formation: Unit 03

• Public awakening and intellectual reaction against discrimination-formation of civil society organization, articulation of separate Telangana identity; initial organisation raised the issues of separate Telangana; Telangana information trust
• Telangana aikya vedika, Bhuvanagiri sabha-telangana jana sabha, Telangana maha sabha-Warangal declaration, Telangana Vidyarthula Vedika, etc, efforts of Telangana congress and BJP in highlighting the issue
• Establishment of Telangana rashtra samithi in 2001, political realignment and electoral alliances in 2004 and later phase of Telangana movement-TRS in UPA, girgliani committee, Telangana employees joint action committee, pranab mukherjee committee-2009
• Elections, alliances Telangana in election manifestos, the agitation against Hyderabad as freezone, and demand for separate statehood, fast-unto-death by K.Chandra Shekar Rao, formation of political joint action committee (2009)
• Role of political parties-TRS, congress, BJP, left parties, TDP, MIM and other political parties such as Telangana praja front, Telangana united front etc., dalit-bahujan sanghams and grass roots movement organizations
• Other joint action committees and popular protests, suicides for the cause of Telangana
• Cultural revivalism in Telangana; other symbolic expressions in Telangana movement-literary forms, performing arts and other cultural expressions writers, poets, singers, intellectuals, artists, journalists, students, employees, advocates, doctors, NRIS
• Women, civil society groups, organized and unorganized sectors, castes, communities and other social groups in transforming the agitation into a mass movement-intensification of movement, forms of protest and major events: Sakalajanula samme
• Non cooperation movement; million march, etc
• Parliamentary process; UPA government’s stand on Telangana, all-party meeting, anthony committee, statements on Telangana by central home minister, Sri Krishna committee report and its recommendations
• A.P. assembly and parliamentary proceedings on Telangana, declaration of Telangana state in parliament, Andhra Pradesh state reorganization act, 2014-elections and victory of Telangana rashtra samithi and the first government of Telangana state