ICAR AIEEA PG M.Sc (ICAR-JRF) Social Science

ICAR AIEEA PG 2020 In Social Science (Dairy Economics, Dairy Extension, Agriculture Extension Education, Agriculture Economics)---ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS FOR ADMISSION IN SOCIAL SCIENCE, No. Of Seats in social Science.,Syllabus, Books and Exam Pattern.

1.ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS FOR ADMISSION IN SOCIAL SCIENCE

Subject/ Discipline	Eligibility Qualification for SAUs/CAUs etc.(4/5/6 years Bachelors’ degree in)	Alternate Eligibility Qualification for (1) IARI, (2) IVRI, (3) NDRI & (4) CIFE	Applicable at
06-SOCIAL SCIENCES
6.1 Agricultural Economics	B.Sc. Ag./ Horticulture/ Agril. Marketing and Co-operation/Forestry or B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Agril. Marketing and Co-operation/Forestry.	B.Sc. Dairying/ B.Sc. Dairying (DT)/ B. Tech.(DT)/ B.V.Sc. & AH/ B.Sc. (Animal Sciences) /B.F.Sc.	IARI
6.2 Dairy Economics	B.Sc. (Dairy Tech.)/ B.Tech. Dairy Engg./ B.V.Sc. & A.H.	B.Sc. Dairying/ B.Sc. Dairying (DT)/ B. Tech.(DT)/ B.V.Sc. & AH/ B.Sc. (Animal Sciences) /B.Sc. (Ag.)/B.Sc. Home Science./ B.Sc.(Agri./Horti./Ag. Marketing & Co-operation)	NDRI
6.3 Agri. Exten./ Extn. Education/ Communication	B.Sc. Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Forestry/ Sericulture/ B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Forestry/ Sericulture.	B.Sc. Dairying/ B.Sc. Dairying (DT)/ B. Tech.(DT)/ B.V.Sc. & AH/ B.Sc. (Animal Sciences) /B.F.Sc.	IARI
6.4 Dairy Extension Education	B.Sc. Dairying (DT/DH)/ B. Tech. (DT) /B.V.Sc. & A.H.	B.Sc. Dairying/ B.Sc. Dairying (DT/DH)/ B.Tech. (DT)/ B.V.Sc. & AH/ B.Sc. (Animal Sciences)/ B.Sc. (Ag.) / B.Sc. (Ag. & AH)/ B.Sc.(Ag.) Honors/ B.Sc. Home Science (with elective Extension Education).	NDRI

 

 2. No. Of Seats in social Science

Major Subject Code No.	Sub-Subject	No of Seats (Tent- ative)	Total ICAR- PG Scholarship	No. of ICAR- PG Scholarship (Tentative)
				Gen./OBC/ UPS	SC	ST	PC*
06	SOCIAL SCIENCES Total	225	25	19	4	2	1
6.1	Agricultural Economics	101	12	9	2	1	0
6.2	Dairy Economics	7	1	1	0	0	0
6.3	Agri. Extension/ Extension Education/ Communication	106	12	9	2	1	1
6.4	Dairy Extension Education	11	1	1	0	0	0

 

3. Syllabus  for ICAR AIEEA PG In social Science

UNIT-I Importance of Agriculture in national economy; basic principles of crop production; cultivation of rice, wheat, chickpea, pigeon-pea, sugarcane, groundnut, tomato and mango. Major soils of India, role of NPK and their deficiency symptoms. Structure and function of cell organelles, mitosis and meiosis; Mendelian genetics; elementary knowledge of photosynthesis; respiration, and transpiration; structure and functions of carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, enzymes and vitamins. Major pests and diseases of rice, wheat, cotton, chickpea, sugarcane and their management. Important rural development programmes in India; organizational set up of agricultural research, education and extension in India; Elements of statistics. Measures of central tendency and dispersion, regression and correlation; concept of probability, sampling techniques and tests of significance.

UNIT-II Theory of consumer behavior, theory of demand, elasticity of demand, indifference curve analysis, theory of firm, cost curves, theory of supply, price determination, market classification, concept of macroeconomics, money and banking, national income. Agricultural marketing—role, practice, institutions, problems and reforms, role of capital and credit in agriculture, crop insurance, credit institutions, cooperatives, capital formation in agriculture, agrarian reforms, globalization, WTO & its impact on Indian agriculture.

UNIT-IIIBasic principles of farm management, concept of farming system and economics of farming systems, agricultural production economics-scope and analysis, factor-product relationship, marginal cost and marginal revenue, farm planning and budgeting, Agricultural finance: nature and scope. Time value of money, Compounding and discounting. Agricultural credit: meaning, definition, need, classification. Credit analysis: 4R’s, 5C’s and 7 P’s of credit, repayment plans. History of financing agriculture in India. Commercial banks, nationalization of commercial banks. Lead bank scheme, regional rural banks, scale of finance. Higher financing agencies, RBI, NABARD, AFC, Asian Development Bank, World Bank, role of capital and credit in agriculture; credit institutions, co-operatives and agrarian reforms in India.

UNIT-IV Extension Education- concept, meaning, principles, philosophy, scope and importance; Extension programme planning and evaluation- steps and principles, models of organizing agricultural extension; historical development of extension in USA, Japan and India. Rural development, meaning, importance and problems; Rural development programmes in India- Pre-independence era to recent ones; Extension teaching methods, definition and concept of sociology, differences between rural & urban communities, social stratification., social groups, social organization and social change. Rural leadership, educational psychology- learning and teaching, role of personality in agricultural extension Indian rural system- its characteristics; value system, cost and class; structure and customs; rural group organization and adult education.

UNIT-V: Communication, principles, concepts, process, elements and barriers in teaching methods. Different kinds of communication methods and media and AV aids/materials. Media mix, Campaign, Cyber extension- internet, cybercafé, Kisan Call Centers, teleconferencing, agriculture journalism, diffusion and adoption of innovations- adopter categories, capacity building of extension personnel and farmers- training to farmers, women and rural youth.

4. Books for ICAR PG Exam

Unit I--General Agril.;-

1. author- nemraj sundhu

2. Author: - Katyan Volume 1 & 2

Unit-II & III--- Agriculture Economics

1. Modern economic theory-k.k.dewette (1^st 33 chap)

2. Economics of farm production and mgt. –v.t.raju and d.v.s.rao.

3. Agril. Marketing – acharya and agarwal

4. Agril. Finance.-subbareddy

5. Agril. economics.- 4 authors

6. Objectives of agril.- Ravi kumar

Unit IV & V Extension Education;-

1. Extn. Communication and mgt.;- G.l.ray

2. Extn. education.;- Adavireddy

3. agril.communication.-a.s.sandhu

4. Instant Extension education: - shruti

5. Objective: - Sunil V.G.

November month-

1. Modern economic theory-k.k.dewette (1^st 33 chap)

2. agril.communication.-a.s.sandhu.

3. Social Science: - Kailash Bairwa 

5. Exam Pattern 

• The test of ICAR-AIEEA (PG) 2020 has a single paper of 2½ hours duration. Details of the test are given below:
• Mode of Exam: LAN Based CBT (Computer Based Test)
• Duration: 150 minutes (2½ hours)
• Number of Questions: 160

Type of Questions

• Multiple Choice Questions
• Scoring: 4 for each correct response; -1 for each incorrect response (negative scoring); 0 for non-attempt
• Medium of Paper: English only