IRMA-SAT 2026

1. Indian Economy & Governance

Indian economy and issues relating to India’s national income and its composition; per capita income

Millennium development goals, human development, HDI and its achievements by India

Issues in demography: rural and urban population, sex ratio

Issues arising from the social and economic exclusion of large sections from the benefits of development such as poverty and inequality: poverty levels; poverty line; disparities in income, employment and literacy by rural-urban background, and gender and social groups like caste and religion

Right to information; Issues relating to good governance and accountability to the citizens including the maintenance of human rights, and of probity in public life.

Planning in India, Five Year Plan- goal, targets and strategies.

2. Agriculture & Rural India
This topic in IRMASAT exam syllabus for MBA covers all the key topics as follows:

Definitions of Agriculture related activities

Agriculture in India, crop and livestock production systems

 Approaches to rural development: basic features of target based approach, area based approach, right based approach; participatory development

Rural poverty alleviation and development programmes– goals, features and major achievements: green revolution, operation flood, land reforms, NREGA, ICDS, IAY, SSA, and NRHM

Institutions in rural development-policy, role, and characteristics; rural banks, NGOs, co-operatives, PRIs, corporate social responsibility.

Major events that took place are also a part of IRMASAT 2021 syllabus

Various National and International organizations concerning the Agriculture and Rural development with special reference to India and underdeveloped countries

Government Announcements and statistical data on Agriculture and Rural India

3. Key Social Issues
Social movements, recent legislations on social issues are some of the topics on which questions are asked in IRMASAT.   Internal security, naxalism, and related issues such as the preservation of communal harmony are also also important topics in IRMASAT syllabus.  A few important social issues making impact on social life and are covered in IRMASAT syllabus 2021, are:

Me Too Campaign – Women empowerment

Fake news on Social Media

Swachh Bharat Mission: Success is still at Large

Retirement Homes

Social Media: A boon or a bane for society and individuals

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao: Will it abolish the orthodox mindset?

Law as an instrument of Social Change

Browsing at Workplace

Social Activism is necessary for survival of democratic society

India & uniform civil code

Net Neutrality

Smart City Project

Gender bias

4. Other Important topics
Other important topics in IRMASAT 2021 syllabus for MBA include:

Abbreviations of various schemes – PMRY, MNREGA

Poverty Line definition – BPL

GDP Measurement

Co-operative Movement in India

 Health issues including the management of public health, health education, and ethical concerns regarding health-care

 Primary education, regional variation in the level of education, educational status of different social groups

Environmental issues, ecological preservation, conservation of natural resources.

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