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No. 1293, CUTTACK, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 / BHADRA 17, 1937

PLANNING & COORDINATION DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
The 27th August, 2015
No.10429—Estt-PM-I-24/2015/P.—In exercise of the po wers conferred by the
proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India the Governor of Odisha is pleased to
make the following rules further to amend the Odish a Planning Service Rules, 1996,
namely:—
1. (1) These rules shall be called the Odisha Planning Se rvice (Recruitment and
Conditions of Service) (Amendment) Rules, 2015.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Odisha Gazette .
2. In the Odisha Planning Service (Recruitment and Con ditions of Service) Rules,
1996, (hereinafter referred to as the said rules) in sub-rule 2;
(i) after clause (a), [and before clause (b)], the fol lowing clause shall be inserted;
namely:—
“(a-1) “Ex-servicemen” means persons as defined in the Odisha
Ex-servicemen (Recruitment to State Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1985”;
(ii) after clause (b), [and before clause (c)], the fol lowing clause shall be inserted;
namely: —
“(b-1) “Persons with Disabilities (or Physically Ha ndicapped Persons)” means
persons who would have been granted disability cert ificate by competent
authority as per the provisions under rule 4 of the Persons with Disabilities
(Equal Opportunities, Protection of Right, and Full Participation) Odisha rules,
2003”;
(iii) after clause (c), [and before clause (d)], the fol lowing clause shall be inserted;
namely:—
“(c-1) “SEBC” means the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of
Odisha other than the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

(iv) after clause (d), [and before clause (e)], the follo wing clause shall be inserted;
namely:—
“(d-1) “Sportsperson means persons who would have been issued with identity
card as Sportsperson by the Director, Sports as per Reso lution No.24808/Gen,
dated 18th November, 1985 of General Administration Department;”.
3. In the said rules, in rule 11;
(i) sub-rule (4) shall be substituted by the following su b-rule, namely:—
“(4) Recruitment to the service shall be made as per the Scheme of
Examination, Subjects and Syllabus specified in the “SCHEDULE”; and
(ii) sub-rule (5) shall be deleted.
4. In the said rules, in rule 13, the first proviso to cla use (c) shall be substituted by the
following proviso; namely:—
“Provided that the upper age limit in respect of rese rved categories of candidates
shall be relaxed in accordance with the provisions of the A ct, Rules, orders or
instructions, for the time being in force, for the respective categories;”.
5. In the said rules, rule 14 along with its marginal he ading shall be substituted by the
following rules, namely:—
14. (1) The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility o f the candidate for
admission to the examination shall be final and no can didate to whom a certificate of
admission has not been issued by the Commission shall be admitted to the examination.
(2) the application of a candidate shall be summarily rej ected if the same is not
complete in all respects as per instructions to the candidate.
(3) the candidate who secure such minimum qualifying marks in the written test, as
may be fixed by the Commission shall be called to appea r at the personality test. Provided
the number of such candidates to be called for the pers onality test belonging to each
category, shall not be more than twice the total number of vacancies advertised.
(4) Every candidate appearing at the examination, if he is otherwise eligible shall
only be permitted maximum four attempts to appear at the examination:
Provided that this shall not apply in case of S.C. an d S.T. candidates; and
candidates belonging to the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes who shall be
permitted seven such attempts.
NOTE: Notwithstanding the disqualification or cancellat ion of candidature the fact of
appearance of the candidate at the examination shall count as an attempt.
(5) On the basis of the results of the examination and tests conducted under rule 5,
the Commission shall prepare a list of successful candidates f ound suitable for
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appointment in order of merit, subject to reservations under different categories and
forward the list to Government. The list shall also be p ublished by the Commission for
general information.
(6) The list prepared under sub-rule (5) shall include t he names of successful
candidates equal to the number of vacancies reported to the Commission.
(7) The list submitted by the Commission shall be valid for one year from the date of
its approval by the Government:
Provided that Government may, at any time, in consult ation with the
Commission for grave lapse in the conduct on the part o f any person included in the list
remove the name of such person from the list.
NOTE : (i) Final ranking of the candidates shall be on the basis of marks obtained in the
written examination and interview.
(ii) In case of candidates securing same marks in the aggregate the final ranking
shall be determined on the basis of age, i.e. those eld er in age shall be given
preference over others.
(8) Penalty shall be imposed upon the candidate who is or has been declared by the
Commission to be guilty of—
(i) Obtaining support for his candidature by any means; or
(ii) Impersonation; or
(iii) Procuring impersonation by any person; or
(iv) Submitting fabricated document or document which have b een tampered
with; or
(v) making statements which are incorrect or false or suppress ing material
information; or
(vi) Resorting to any other irregular or improper means i n connection with his
candidature for the examination; or
(vii) Using unfair means during the examination; or
(viii) Writing irrelevant matter including obscene language or pornographic matter
in the script(s); or
(ix) Misbehaving with the fellow examinees or the invigilator in any matter in the
examination hall; or
(x) Harassing or causing bodily harm to the staff employed / engaged by the
Commission for the conduct of the examination; or
(xi) Violating any of the instructions contained in the admission certificate; or
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(xii) Attempting to commit or as the case may be, abetting the Commission of all
or any of the acts specified in the foregoing clauses, may be liable—
(a) to be disqualified by the Commission from the examin ation for which he
is a candidate; or
(b) to be debarred for a specified period by the Commissio n, from appearing
in any such examination or selection held by them.
Provided that no penalty under this rule shall be i mposed except after—
(i) Giving the candidate an opportunity of making such representation to the
Commission in writing, as he may wish to make in that behalf; and
(ii) Taking into consideration the representation, if any, submitted by the
candidate within the period allowed to him by the Co mmission [or the
Government as the case may be].
(9) Inclusion of the name of a candidate in the list con fers no right to appointment
unless Government are satisfied, after such enquiry as may be considered necessary, that
the candidate having regard to his character and antecedents is suitable in all the respects
for appointment to the service.
6. In the said rules, rule 17 shall be substituted by th e following rules; namely:-
“17. Notwithstanding anything contained in these rul es reservation of vacancies or
posts, as the case may be, for—
(a) Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes shall be made in accor dance with the
provisions of the Odisha Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (for Scheduled
Castes & Scheduled Tribes) Act, 1975 and the rules made thereunder or any other law or
rule in force at the relevant time; and
(b) SEBC, Women, Sportsperson, Ex-servicemen and Persons with Disabilities
shall be made in accordance with the provisions made u nder such Act, rules, orders or
instructions issued in this behalf by the Government from time to time”.
7. The word “Orissa” shall be substituted by the word “Od isha” wherever occur in the
rule.
8. The “Sportsman” shall be substituted by the word “Sport sperson” wherever occur in
the rules.
9. The words “Class-I” and “Class-II” shall be substituted by the words “Group-A” and
“Group-B” respectively wherever occur in the rules.
10. The words “as on the 1st day of January of the year in which the advertisement is
issued by the Commission” shall be added after the word “age” in rule-13 (c).
11. In the said rules, after rule 24, the following Schedule shall be added, namely:—

SCHEDULE
[See sub-rule (4) of rule 11]
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION, SUBJECTS AND SYLLABI
1. SCHEME OF EXAMINATION :
The competitive examination shall comprise as follows, namely:—
(i) Written Test (Multiple choice questions) .... 500 marks
(ii) Personality test or Interview .... 50 marks
2. Subjects and Syllabi for the competitive Examination—
The written test shall consist of 3 (three) compulsory papers and 1(one) optional
paper. The subjects in which the candidates shall be tested in the examination and the
maximum marks for each paper is given below:—
WRITTEN TEST
PAPER Subject Duration Maximum
Marks
(1) (2) (3) (4)
A. Compulsory Papers :
PAPER-I General English 2 hours 100
PAPER-II (a) General Knowledge (Aptitude Test/
Reasoning/ Mathematics).
(b) General Social Studies (Basic Concept/
knowledge on Development Economics,
Geography, Sociology, Anthropology,
Regional Planning and Demography).
3 hours 150
PAPER-III Economics 2 hours 100
B. Optional Papers :
Candidates shall be required to choose one subject.
There shall be one paper in each subject.

PAPER-IV Economics/Applied Economics/ Agricultural
Economics/Commerce/Mathematics/
Sociology/Anthropology/ Demography/
Geography/ Statistics/Regional Planning/
Econometrics.
3 hours 150
3. The compulsory papers shall be of Degree standard.
4. The scope of the Syllabi for optional subject papers for the examination shall be
broadly the Master’s Degree level and the syllabi are detailed at Annexure -I to XII.
By Order of the Governor
U.N. BEHERA
Development Commissioner-cum -
Additional Chief Secretary and
Secretary to Government.
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ANNEXURE-I (a)
SYLLABUS FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN (GROUP-B) OF
ODISHA PLANNING SERVICE CADRE

1. Paper-I … General English
The pattern of questions on General English will broad ly include:
usage & vocabulary and knowledge of Grammar.
2. Paper-II … General Knowledge / General Studies
(a) This subject includes the following categories:
Aptitude Test, Quantitative Analysis, General Mental Ab ility, Basic
numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magni tude),
Data Interpretation (Charts, Graphs, Tables, Data Suf ficiency,
etc.), Decision making and problem solving.
(b) (1) Current Events of national and international importance
(2) History of India and Indian National Movement
(3) Indian Polity and Governance—Constitution, Political System,
Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues etc.
(4) General Science
(5) Knowledge on Development Economics
(6) Geography, use of maps for planning and monitoring
(7) Social Development
(8) General Anthropology
(9) Regional Planning & Demography

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ANNEXURE-I (b)
3. Paper-III … Economics(Compulsory)
Unit-1: Nature and scope of economics, Utility analysis: ordinal an d cardinal utilities,
Law of demand and Elasticity of demand: meaning and m easurement,
Consumer equilibrium under indifference curve analysis.
The production function: Laws of returns and returns to scale, Cost and
Revenue: Average and marginal cost curves, Nature of sho rt run and long
run cost curves.
Unit-2: Market Equilibrium: Prefect competition, Monopoly and Monopolistic
Competition.
Marginal Productivity Theories of Distribution, Wage d etermination, wage
differential and collective bargaining, Rent: scarcity r ent, differential rent and
quasi-rent, Keynesian theory of interest, Innovation, risk and uncertainty
theories of profit.
Unit-3: National Income Accounting, Concepts of GNP, GDP, NDP a nd National
Income and measurements, Other Indicators of Development: PQLI and HDI.
Concept of Keynesian Multiplier, Balanced budget mul tiplier, Autonomous
and Induced Investment and determination of Income.
Unit-4: Commercial banking: Functions and objectives: Credit creat ion and
Investment policy commercial banks.
Central banking: Objectives and Functions, Role of Moneta ry policy, Credit
control measures with special reference to Reserve Bank of India.
Unit-5: Role of fiscal policy, Sources of Public Revenue: Incide nce and burden of
Tax, Characteristics of a good tax system, Trends of tax reve nue of the
Central and the State Governments in India, Growth of Public expenditure in
India, Public debt in India, Types of Budget, Componen ts of budget and their
implications.

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ANNEXURE-II
COMMERCE
1. Preparation of Financial Statement: Final Accounts, Funds Flow Statement and
Cash Flow Statement .
2. Accounting issues: Relating to Amalgamation, Absorption and Reconstructi on of
Companies both external and internal.
3. Analysis of Financial Statements: Horizontal, Vertical, Ratio Analysis, Common Size
Statements, Comparative Statements, Trend Analysis.
4. Decision making with Cost Accounting: Cost concept, Marginal Costing, Breakeven
Analysis, Budgetary Control.
5. Planning: Nature, Significance, Developing Planning Premises, Pl anning Exercise,
SWOT Analysis
6. Organizational Design: Organizational Structure, Centralisation Vs. Decentralization
of Authority, Informal Organization, Organizational Effectiveness.
7. Business Statistics: Data Collection Methods, Sampling Methods, Hypothesis
Testing Procedure, Large Sample Test, ‘t’ Test
8. Financial Management: Financial Goals, Conflict of Interest between the
Stakeholders, Functions of Financial Manager, Changing Financial Environment,
Computation of Cost of Equity and Cost of Debt Analys is of Operating Leverage and
Financial Leverage, Capital Structure Decision and Shar e Holders Value
Maximization, Capital Investment Decisions with time value of money.
9. Security Analysis: Characteristics of Security Investment, Primary and Secon dary
Market, Methods of Selling Securities in Primary Marke t and Secondary Market.
Economic Analysis, Industry Analysis and Company Analysis.
10. Marketing Practices and Marketing Strategy: Planning and Marketing
Segmentation, Marketing Research, Marketing Informatio n System, Marketing
Strategies, Rural and Agricultural Marketing, Cyber Marketing, Cooperative Marketing,
Green Marketing.

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ANNEXURE-III
SOCIOLOGY
Origin and Growth of Sociology :
Emergence of Sociology as a science contributions and semin al ideas of the founding
fathers: Auguste comte, Karl Marx, Emile Dukheim, Max Weber.
Basic Elements of Social Life :
Norms and Values, Folkways and Mores Culture and Cultur al Dynamics, Ethnocentrism
and Cultural Relativism, Cultural Determinism, Cultural Traits, Diffusion, and Acculturation.
Kinship, Marriage, and Family: Rules of Descent, Lineage and Clan.
Rules of Mate Selection, Forms of Marriage: Polyandry and Polygyny, Sororate and
Levirate Forms of Family, Functions of Family, Recent C hanges in the Institutions of
Marriage and Family Groups: Primary and Secondary, Co mmunity: Rural and Urban,
Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft Order and Change, Sociali zation and Social Control,
Conformity and Deviance.
Social Stratification: Theories of Social Stratification , Closed and Open Systems of
Stratification Collective Behaviour: Crowd Behaviour and Social Movements.
Religion, Polity, and Economy :
Religious beliefs and rituals, the Sacred and the Profa ne Fetishism, Animism and
Totemism Magic, Religion and Science; Social Functions of Religion.
Power and Authority, Bureaucracy, Elitism and Democra cy—Pareto, Mosca, Michels, Karl
Mannheim.
The Power Structure—C. Wright Mills, Robert Lynd, Rob ert Dhal
Social Relations of Economic Life, Primitive, Peasant, an d Modern Economic Systems,
Reciprocity, Distribution, and exchange: Contributions o f Bronislaw Malinowski, Marcle
Mauss, Theodore Shanin, Karl Polanyi.
Economic Behaviour, Rational Action and Capitalism
Contributions of Marx, Weber, and Talcott Parsons to the study of Economy and Society
Indian Social Structure and Change
Indian Society, Unity and Diversity
The Caste System: Features and Recent Changes, Caste and Politics Great Tradition and
Little Tradition.
Social Change in India: Sanskritisation, Westernisation , Secularisation, Modernisation,
Globalisation and its Impact.
Status of Women
The Constitutional Provisions and the Affirmative State Actions to develop the SCs, STs,
OBCs and Women Ethnicity and Cultural Identity, Civil
Society and Citizenship.
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Social Disorganization and Problems :
Theories of Social Disorganization, Anomie and Alienation Family
Disorganization, Divorce, Domestic Violence
Drug Addiction, Alcoholism
Poverty and Corruption with special reference to India
Development and Displacement
Religious Fundamentalism and Communal Violence with special reference to India.
Research Methods for Social Planning :
Nature of Social Phenomena, Positivist and Constructivist Approaches
Typology of Research—Basic Research, Applied Research, Po licy Research, Action
Research, Evaluation Research.
Problem of Objectivity in Social Research
Information needs for planning, Sources and Types of D ata, Methods of Data Collection -
Quantitative, Qualitative, and Participative methods.
Ethical Issues in Social Research
Sociology of Development and Planning :
Concepts and Approaches to Development, Growth-Oriente d and Equity-Oriented
Development Planning, Principles of Gandhian Planning.
Multidimensionality of Development—Physical, Social, Cult ural, Economic, Political, and
Ecological dimensions.
Key Actors in Development—The State, the Market, and th e Civil Society Organisations
History of Five-Year Plans, Decentralized Planning and Local Development—concept,
Importance and Approaches Conventional, technical top-do wn planning Vs. Participatory
bottom-up planning Institutional Framework for integr ated Development Planning, Role of
PRIs, NGOs and Community Institutions Convergence of Re sources and Services,
Methodology for Micro Planning.
Rural Development Planning :
Objectives, Perspectives, and Approaches, Service Delivery V s. Empowerment oriented
approaches, basic Issues of Poverty and Sustainable Livelih oods, Natural Resources
Management, Entrepreneurship development, Participat ion, Grass roots Democracy and
Governance, Community Ownership and management, Publi c-Private Partnership for
Assets-Based Community Development, Role of Social Capit al, Community-Based
organizations, Self-Help Groups, Cooperatives, and their Federations, their roles,
coordination and linkages, Success stories and Best Practice s, Major anti-poverty
programmes of the Government.
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ANNEXURE-IV
MATHEMATICS
1. Real Analysis: Sequences and series of functions, uniform convergence,
power series, Fourier series, Functions of several variable s, maxima, minima,
multiple integrals, line, surface and volume integrals, Green’s theorem, Gauss and
Stoke’s theorem. Metric spaces, completeness, Weierstrass app roximation
theorem, compactness, Lebesgue measure, measurable fun ctions, Lebesgue
integrals, Fatou’s lemma, Dominated convergence theorem.
2. Complex Analysis: Analytic functions, Conformal mappings, Bilinear
transformations, Complex integration, Cauchy’s integral formula, Cauchy’s theorem,
Liouville’s theorem, Maximum modulus principle, Taylor a nd Laurent series,
Residue theorem and its application for evaluating real integrals.
3. Linear Algebra: Finite dimensional Vector spaces, Linear transformations a nd their
matrix representations, Rank, System of linear equation s, Eigen values and eigen
vectors, minimal polynomial, Caley Hamilton theorem, D iagonalization, Hermitian,
Skew-Hermitian matrices, Finite dimensional inner prod uct spaces, Self-adjoint and
Normal operators, Quadratic forms, Reduction of quadratic forms.
4. Algebra: Groups, Normal subgroups and homomorphism theorems,
Automorphisms, Symmetric groups, Alternating groups, Rin gs, Maximal Ideals,
Prime Ideals, Integral domains, Euclidean domains, Principal Ideal domains, Unique
Factorization domains, Fields, Sylow’s theorems and their applications.
5. Functional Analysis: Banach spaces, Hahn-Banach theorem, Open mapping &
Closed graph theorems, Principle of Uniform Boundedne ss, Boundedness &
continuity of Linear transformations, Dual spaces, Embedd ing in the second dual,
Hilbert spaces, orthonomal sets, Bessel’s inequality, Parseval’s identity, Riesz
Representation theorem, Self-adjoint, Unitary & No rmal linear operators on Hilbert
spaces.
6. Ordinary Differential Equations: First order ordinary differential equations,
Existence and uniqueness theorems, Linear ordinary differential equations of higher
order with constant coefficients, Linear second order ord inary differential equations
with variable coefficients, Methods of Laplace transfor ms for solving ordinary
differential equations, Series solutions, Leggendre an d Bessel functions and their
orthogonality, Sturm Liouvile system, Green’s functions.
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7. Partial Differential Equations: Liner and quasilinear first order partial differentia l
equations (PDE), method of characteristics, Second order l inear equations in two
variables & their classification, Solutions of Laplace, Wa ve, Heat equations in two
variables, Fourier series and transform methods of solutio ns of the above equations
and their applications to physical problems.
8. Numerical Analysis: Numerical solution of algebraic & transcendental equat ions,
bisection, secant method, Newton-Raphson method, Fixed po int iteration,
Interpolation: Lagrange, Newton, Hermite interpolat ions, Numerical differentiation
and integration, Trapezoidal & Simpson rules, Quadratu re rules, Numerical solution
of system of linear equations, direct and iterative me thods, Numerical solutions of
ordinary differential equations, initial value proble ms, Taylor series methods,
Runge-Kutta methods.
9. Mathematical Programming: Linear programming problem & its formulation,
Graphical method, Basic feasible solution, Simplex meth od, Big-M method & Two
phase methods, Infeasible & unbounded LPP, Dual proble m & Duality theorems,
Dual Simplex method, sensitivity analysis & Parametric lin ear programming,
Kuhn-Tucker conditions of optimality, Quadratic programm ing, Duality in quadratic
programming, self duality, integer programming, tra nsportation & assignment
problems.

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ANNEXURE -V
ANTHROPOLOGY
Unit-I: Meaning and Scope of Anthropology; Major areas of An thropology, their
scope and relevance: Social and cultural anthropology; B iological
anthropology; Archaeological anthropology; Linguistic anthropology,
Medicalanthropology, Ecologicalanthropology, Palaeoan thropology,
Forensicanthropology, Visualanthropology, Cognitivean thropology,
Politicalanthropology, Populationanthropology, Econom icanthropology,
Applied and action anthropology, Urban anthropology, Molecular
anthropology. Relationship of anthropology with other branches of social and
biological sciences; Natural Science ideas in anthropol ogy, Humanistic
Tradition in anthropology, Anthropology and History.
Unit-II: Organic Evolution: Lamarckism, Darwinism, Synthetic theory , Out of Africa
vrs Multi-regional theory of human origins, Paleontol ogical evidences of
Human evolution: Auslralopithecinae, Home-erectus, Hom o-
neandethalensis, Home-sapiens, Interdependence between biological and
cultural evolution, Erect posture and bi-pedalism, Conce pt of Race, Race
and Racism, Criteria for Racial Classifictions; Distribution and Characteristics
of Major races of the world: Caucasoid; Negroid; Mongo loid; Racial
classification of Indian Population (Risley’s, Guha’s Sar kar’s); Role of
heredity and environment in race formation.
Unit-III: Geological Time Scale: An outline of the Pleistocene e poch; Glacial and
Interglacial periods of Europe and India, meaning and scope of prehistoric
anthropology, Relative ard absolute dating, Prehistori c Technologies and
Tool types of Early man: Manufacturing techniques of ma jor Palaeolitic,
Mesolithic and Neolithic tool types, Evolution of Indian culture and
civilisation: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Protoh istoric cultures, Ethno-
archaeology in India.
Unit-IV: Culture and society, culture and personality, pattern s of culture, features of
culture, culture trait and culture complex, Culture Chan ge: Innovation,
Invention, Diffusion, Acculturation, Assimilation, Attenu ation, Integration
Social Institutions: marriage: types, functions and regul ation; family: types.
Impact of urbanisation and industrialisation on famil y, universality of family;
Kinship: principles of descent, kinship terminology, usage s, Alliance Theory;
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Clan and Lineage: Types and functions; Economic organisa tion: Primitive
and peasant economy; Reciprocity and Redistribution; Us ufruct Rights;
Barter; Subsistence Economy; Market Economy; Political organisation:
Concept Band; Stateless Society; Segmentary Soceity; Pr imitive
Government: Forms and Functions; Social Control: Forms an d Agencies;
Regligion, Magic and Science, Theories of primitive region.
Unit-V: Human Genetics: Scope and Developments; Mendel’s Law of Inheritance
and its application to Man; Hardy-Weinberg Law and it s application in human
population, Patterns of inheritance of Autosomal (dom inant, recessive and
co-dominant) and sex-linked traits, Methods of studying human heredity:
Twin method, Pedigree method and Sib-pair method; l inkage and crossing
over; Polygenic Inheritance in Man, Chromosomal abnormality in Man, Blood
Groups; HLA; Structure and function of DNA, RNA, Recom binant DNA
technology; Genetic variation and genetic disorders in h uman population;
Application areas of biological anthropology and hum an genetics for the
service of mankind. Human Growth and development: Stage s and factors,
Ageing and senescence.
Unit-VI: Research methods in anthropology: Inductive and deducti ve methods, field
work tradition in anthropology, Comparative methods in anthropology,
Scientific methods in anthropology; Synchronic and Diac hronic Approaches
in anthropology; Emic and Etic Approaches; Types of Resea rch design,
Techniques of data collection: Observation, interview, qu estionnaire, case
study, schedule, Analysis, interpretation of data, Types o f Sampling. Socio-
gram, projective technique, Monitoring and Evaluation; PRA and RRA
Techniques.
Unit-VII: Salient features of Indian society and culture, Unity and diversity,
Approaches to the study of Indian society and culture, Village studies in
India, Jajamani system, Caste system in India, Dominant caste, Little
Tradition and Great tradition; Universalization and Parochialization; Urban
Communities: Structure and Types; Cultural Role and Fu nctions of Cities:
Folk-Urban and Tribe-Caste Contrast and Continnum, Soci al and Cultural
Change in Modern India Sanskritization, Westernization, Urbanization and
Industrialization, Modernization, Peasantization, Retr ibalization; Social,
Cultural and Psychological Barriers and Stimulants to Change.
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Unit-VIII: Weaker Sections in India-Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Ca stes, Denotified
Tribes, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes and Castes. Thei r population,
Distribution and Classification; Religious Minorities; P roblem of Minorities,
Tribes and Other Backward Castes (SEBCs); Constitutional Provisions and
Safeguard Measures for SCs and STs; Unresolved issues and Pr oblems of
Development of STs (Forests, Shifting Cultivation, Land Alienation, Housing,
Health and Sanitation/Nutrition, Indebtedness, Bonded Labour and Child
Labour, Education and Gender Issues; Problems of Displace ment due to
Development Schemes, Tribal Rehabilitation), Developme nt Strategies;
Policies, Plans and Programmes for Tribal Development, R ole of
Anthropology in tribal and rural development. Contribution of Anthropology to
the understanding of regionalism, ethnic and political movement
Development Planning in India, Poverty in India, Fore st and Tribal’s, Forest
Policy in India.
Unit-IX: Tribal Movements in India; Mandal Commission; Dhebar Commission, Bhuria
Committee Report; Regionalism and Ethnicity; New Panc hayat Raj System:
PESA and Grama Sabha; Role of Voluntary Organisations in Development,
Population Policy in India, Population problems in I ndia; Problems of Food
security in India, Problems of Health and Nutrition in Indian population,
Problems of environment degradation and pollution in India, Environment
and sustainable development. Empowerment of Women in India: Issues and
challenges; Environment policy in India.
Unit-X: Theoretical Issues in Anthropology: Evolutionism, Diffusi onism, Neo-
evolutionism, Functionalism, Structure functionalism, Stru cturalism, Cultural
materialism, Social Biology, Post- modernism, Cultural Ecology,
Demographic theories: Biological and socio-cultural; A nthropology and the
Concept of Race;

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ANNEXURE-VI
GEOGRAPHY
UNIT-I (Physical Geography) :
Seismic Study and Constitution of the Earth’s Interior, Continental Drift Theory and Plate
Tectonics, Concept of Geosynclines and Theories of mount ain building and Isostasy.
Forms of Valley Development: Contribution of W.M. Davi s, W. Penck & L.C. King,
Quantitative analysis of Erosional Landforms: Laws of D rainage Morphometry, Insolation
and Heat Budget, Monsoon and Jet Stream, Atmospheric Disturbances: Tropical and
Temperate Cyclones, Surface Configuration of Ocean Floo r, Currents of Atlantic, Pacific
and Indian Oceans.
UNIT-II (Human and Economic Geography) :
Culture and Geography: Cultural realms of the World, Rural Settlement: Factors affecting
settlement, Patterns of Rural settlement, Urban Settle ment: Towns and Cities, The rank-
size distribution of cities, The shape and structure of tow ns, Central Place Theories, The
process of World Urbanization, Resource Utilization and E conomic Development,
Principles of Natural Resource Conservation. The Role o f Transportation and
Communication in Economic Development.
UNIT-III (Cartography and Statistics) :
Earth Map Relations: Spherical, Ellipsoidal and Geoi dal Earth, Geographical Coordinates,
Properties of Graticule, Basic Characteristics of Maps, Map Types, Map Forms, mapping
Constraints, Cartographic data Analysis: Groupping Tech niques and Mapping Methods,
The Cartographic Communication Process, Cartographic Par ameters, The Fundamental
Properties of a Map projection, Measures of Dispersion an d Variability, Correlation and
Regression Analysis in Geography.
UNIT-IV (Environmental Geography) :
Cultural Changes and Sustainability (Agricultural Rev olution, Industrial Revolution and
Information/ Globalization Revolution), Poverty and Environment: Their Status, Trends and
Environmental Consequences of Poverty, The Concept of D isaster and Disaster
Management, The Concept of Disaster Management Cycle- Post Disaster Review
Prevention, Mitigation, Prepardness, Disaster Impact, Re sponse, Recovery, Development,
Environmental Impact Assessment: Concept, Process and Evaluation Methods, Goals
and Principles of EIA, Effects of EIA on Projects, Peren nial Problems in EIA
Implementation, Social Impact Assessment : Definition, The Steps and Guiding
Principles, Methods for Preliminary and Main Phase in SIA, Problems Confronting SIA,
Fundamentals Issues in SIA. Sustainable Development—Concept , Definition and Goal,
Dimensions of Sustainable Development—Programme of Actio n for Sustainable
Development in Agenda-21.
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UNIT-V (Geographic Thought) :
Geographical Concepts in Ancient Period-Contributions by Indians, Greeks, Romans and
Chinese, Medieval Period: Arabian Geography, Renaissa nce in Geography, Modern
Period in Geography: Contributions of Humboldt, Ritte r and Ratzel, Dualism and
Dichotomy in Geography, Concept of Crude Determinism, Environmentalism, Neo-
Determinism, Scientific Determinism, Stop and Go Determ inism, Pragmatic Possibilism,
The Quantitative and Theoretical Revolution in Geogr aphy, Paradigms—Testing of
Hypothesis, Model Building, Diffusion of Innovation, G eography- A new Synthesis—
Empirical Philosophy of Regional Geography, Scientific Explanations in Geography,
Trends Towards a New Synthesis.

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ANNEXURE-VII
REGIONAL PLANNING
UNIT-I (Fundamental Concepts) :
Concepts and Rationale of Planning, Concept of Regio n and Regional Planning, Planning,
Planner and Plans. Planning Policy Making and Implementation. The History of Planning in
the Third World, The Planning Agencies. The Professiona l Planner, The Planner in the
Society.
UNIT-II (Some Theoretical Considerations) :
Economic Growth Theories: Rostow, Dualism and Theories o f Modernization, dependency
models, Regional Development Theories: Hirshman, Mydral , and Perroux. Friedman,
Spatial Structure of Regions: Central Place Theory (Christaller, Losch and Galpin), Growth
Pole Theory.
UNIT-III (Planning Procedures and Techniques) :
Methods and techniques of Regionalization, Techniques in Preparation of Regional Plans,
Choosing Planning Techniques in the Developing Countrie s, Appraisal Techniques,
Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Forecasting , modelling and plan design, The
System of Rural Centres: Functions of Rural Centres and Procedures for Drawing Up a
Hierarchical Rural Centre Plan.
UNIT-IV (The Operational and Spatial Level of Planning Activity) :
Operational Level: Project Planning, Sectoral Plannin g, Integrated Area Planning,
Comprehensive National Planning. Spatial Level: The Co ncept Decentralization and
decentralization, Decentralization in Planning, The Top-Down and Bottom Up approach,
The choice of Spatial planning levels.
UNIT-V (Regional Planning in India) :
The efforts of Regional and Rural Development Plannin g in India, Spatial Structure
Administrative Set-up for Regional and Rural Developm ent Planning in India, Regional
Imbalance and Regional Disparity in India, Multi-Lev el and Decentralized Planning in
India, Development of Backward Areas, Planning for Tri bal Development, Multipurpose
River Basin Planning.

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ANNEXURE-VIII
STATISTICS
1. Statistics and its importance in planning. Descriptive stat istics: Measure of central
tendency, dispersion, moments, skewness and kurtosis. Linea r correction and
regression analysis with applications. Multiple correlati on and regression analysis.
Measures of association of attributes. Time series analysis.
2. Definition and rules of probability, Marginal, condit ional and joint probability, Bayes
theorem and its applications, Random variables: Discrete and continuous.
Mathematical (expectations. Moment generating function s, Convergence theorems,
Law of large numbers, Central limit theorem. Probabi lity distributions: Binomial,
Poisson, Geometric, Normal Uniform, Exponential, Gamma, Beta distribution.
3. Parametric and non-parametric inference: sampling form normal population
parameter and estimator. Properties of a good estimator: unbiasedness, consistency,
efficiency and sufficiency. Point estimation: Cramer-R ao inequality, MVU Estimator,
maximum likeligood method of estimation and its propert ies, interval estimation, Test
of hypotheses: Null and alternative hypothesis, type I and II errors, neyman-pearsop
lemma, test of significance based on ‘Z’ ,‘T’, ‘F’ and Chi-square. Non-parametric test:
Sign test, sighed rank test, median test, run test, mann-whitney U test.
4. Sampling form finite populations: population, sample, sampling units/ sampling Vrs.
Census sampling and non-sampling errors, probability a nd non-probability sampling,
sampling designs: simple random sampling WOR and WR. Method of drawing simple
random sample. Determination of sample size. Stratified sampling, systematic
sampling. Cluster sampling, multi-stage sampling. Estima tion of population mean /
total and standard error of estimates. Use of auxiliary information in sample surveys –
ration, regression and product method of estimation. Co mparison of efficiency, PPS
method of estimation.
5. Design and analysis of experiments, analysis of variance models – fixed and random.
Analyse of one way and two way classified data, basic pr inciples of designs,
Experimental designs—CRD, RBD and Latin square designs an d their analysis.
Missing plot technique, factorial experiments: analysis with and without confounding.
6. Optimization techniques: linear programming problems; Graphical and simplex
method of solutions, duality, transportation and assignm ent problems multivariate
analysis: bivariate normal distribution and Multivariat e normal distribution and their
properties, test of significance based on multivariate nor mal population, Discriminant
analysis.
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ANNEXURE-IX
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
1. Micro-Economics :
Theory of Consumer Behaviour—utility approach, incom e effect substitution effect,
indifference curve approach. Consumer surplus, derivation of demand curve,
elasticity of demand, production function, theory of co sts, supply, producer’s
surplus. Market equilibrium, perfect competition, general equilibrium theory.
2. Macro-Economics and Policy :
Macro-Economics-Nature and Scope, Keynesian concepts, nation al income—
concepts and measurement, classical theory of employment , concept of multiplier
and accelerator, inflation monetary policy and fiscal policy.
3. Agricultural Production Economics :
Nature scope and significance of agricultural production economics assumption of
production functions, estimation of commonly used producti on function, factor-
product, factor-factor and product production relationshi p, cost function and cost
curves, return to scale, factor share, elasticity of production.
4. Agricultural Finance :
Role and importance of agricultural finance, financia l institutions and credit flow to
priority sector. Agricultural lending – direct and in direct financing. The concept of
3Rs, 3Cs and 7Ps of credit, estimation of technical feasibi lity. Economic viability
repaying capacity and risk bearing ability of the borr owers, balance sheet, cash flow
statement and profit and loss, account, ration analysis, crop insurance programme.
5. Natural Resource and Environmental Economics :
Concept, classification and problems of Natural resource economics property rights,
public goods, common property and open access resource management – collective
action, sources and types of pollution, economics of pollu tion control, environmental
regulation and sustainable development.
6. Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis :
Characteristics of agricultural products and production pro blems in agricultural
marketing, marketed and marketable surplus, marketing e fficiency, market
integration, cooperative marketing, supply chain, man agement agricultural price
policy and economic development commodity future markets, contract framing, Role
of Govt. promoting / commodity trading.
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7. Commodity Features Trading :
Evolution of Commodity markets—sport, forward and futur e markets, risk in
commodity trading, need for risk management measures, FDI in commodity
markets, hedging and speculation, speculatory mechanism in commodity futures.
Dumping and anti dumping, WTO.
8. Farm Management :
Economic principles applied to farm management—Law of di minishing marginal
return, law of equi-marginal return, law of comparat ive advantage, opportunity cost
principle. Farm planning and budgeting, partial budg eting, complete budgeting,
enterprise budgeting and cash-flow budgeting, farm r ecords, benefits of farm
records, farm efficiency measures.
9. Project Management :
Project approach in financing agricultural, financial e conomic and environmental
appraisal of investment projects, identification, prepa ration, appraisal, financing and
implementation of projects. Project appraisal techniques, B-C ratio, NPV and IRR.
10. Agricultural Development and Policies :
Economic development and economic growth, indicators and measurement of
economic development. Theories of economic growth, role of agriculture in
economic / rural development, theories of agricultural d evelopment, population and
food policy, poverty, inequality, models of agricultural development.

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ANNEXURE-X
ECONOMICS
Measurement of National income, Difficulties in measure ment, GDP gap, Poverty,
inequality, Lorenz curve—Gini Co-efficient, Consumer P rice Index.
Monopoly, dumping, sweezy model, Baumols’ model, bilateral monopoly, pareto optimality
criteria, theory of second best.
Theory of income and employment, classical and Keynesian , unemployment– causes and
remedies, consumption function, savings function, investme nt function, MEC, AD/AS
framework, theory of multiplier, accelerator principle.
Role and functions of money, spectrum of money, money mu ltiplier, banking systems,
functions of commercial banks, function of Central Bank, money market and capital
market, IS LM framework.
Business cycle, inflations, causes and consequences, Phillip s curve, fiscal policy and
moneta/plicy, comparative advantage theory, balance of payments, foreign exchange
determination, gains from trade.

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ANNEXURE-XI
APPLIED ECONOMICS
Production function: homogeneous and non-homogeneous, sh ort run production function.
Cost function: long run and short run, producer’s equili brium, Cobb Douglas production
function, CES function, returns to scale.
Dumping, cournot model, stackelberg model, Baumols mode l, limit pricing, game theory,
prisoners dilemma, nash equilibrium, linear programming, simplex method.
Harrod-domar model, solow model, Robiosons model, Lucas model, Kalecki model,
Multiplier and accelerator model of trade cycle.
Business cycle, Kaldor model, inflations, Phillips curve, balance of payments, foreign
exchange determination, gains from trade.
Pareto optihiality criteria, Kaldor hicks compensation pr inciple, theory of second best,
arrows impossibility theorem, Richardian and Marxian theory of distribution.

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ANNEXURE-XII
DEMOGRAPHY
1. Sources of Demographic Data:
Census, registration of vital events, national sample sur vey and demographic
surveys, socio-economic surveys, family and health surveys.
2. Methods of Demographic Analysis:
Rates, ratios, diagrams, percentages, projection, tabulat ion, cross tabulation,
bivariate analysis and multivate analysis.
3. Fertility:
Meaning and scope, measurements of fertility (Birth rat e, general fertility rate, age
specific fertility rate, total fertility rate, gross re production rate, net reproduction
rate), factors affecting fertility, fertility trends of Odisha and India since 1951.
4. Mortality:
Meaning and scope, measurements of mortality (Death rate, age specific death rate,
infant death rate, child death rate, maternal death rate), factors affecting mortality,
mortality trends of Odisha and India since 1951.
5. Composition:
Population growth, density, age-sex composition (pyram id), sex ratio, child age
(child population), reproductive age (reproductive popu lation), working age
(economic active population), aged population, dependency ratio.
6. Migration:
Meaning and scope, type of migration (internal and i nternational), nature of
migration (temporary, permanent), net migration, fa ctors affecting migration, trends
of migration (rural-urban, rural-rural, urban- urban, urban-rural).
7. Reproductive Health:
Meaning and scope, reproductive health situation in Od isha, reproductive morbidity
(during pregnancy, child birth, neo-natal care), HIV and AIDS, causes and
preventions of HIV, AIDS.
8. Human Development:
Meaning of human development, Human Development Index (HDI), Population
Below Perverty Line (PBPL), Sustainable development, inter-relation between
population growth and development (Education, Economy and Health).
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