General Studies II · Subtopic
Outcomes and unintended effects
Official syllabus
Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
UPSC CSE 2026 notification
What this covers
Separate administrative activity and output from changes in beneficiary outcomes, with attention to exclusion, displacement and uneven effects.
Key ideas
- Input
- Output
- Outcome
- Distribution
- Unintended effect