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General Studies – 2
Topic: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
Reference: The Hindu
Why the question:
The article explains the challenges faced by Indian students abroad and provides suggestions.
Key Demand of the question:
Discuss the challenges faced by Indian students abroad and provide suggestions to address the same.
Directive:
Discuss – This is an all-encompassing directive – you have to debate on paper by going through the details of the issues concerned by examining each one of them. You have to give reasons for both for and against arguments.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Start with context of the question.
Body:
The answer body must have the following aspects covered:
Talk about the number of students abroad; provide some data for the same.
Explain how Indian students studying overseas and those looking to go abroad are facing many COVID-related challenges.
Indian students were forced to delay their plans in 2020 due to the imposition of lockdowns, disruption of flights, and embassies not issuing student visas. Furthermore, many countries have closed their borders and/or restricted flights from India.
Provide for suggestions as to what needs to be done.
Conclusion:
Conclude that policies pertaining to air travel and recognition of Covaxin need to be addressed at the earliest to facilitate smooth travel for tourists seeking to go overseas.
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
Reference: Indian Express
Why the question:
The article highlights the police brutality and steps to stop the custodial deaths.
Key Demand of the question:
Elaborate and critically analyse as to in what way human rights are most violated in the Indian police stations.
Directive:
Critically analyze – When asked to analyse, you have to examine methodically the structure or nature of the topic by separating it into component parts and present them as a whole in a summary. When ‘critically’ is suffixed or prefixed to a directive, one needs to look at the good and bad of the topic and give a fair judgment.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
NCRB data have repeatedly shown police brutality, violation of human rights, and even extreme instances of custodial killings.
Body:
Start by giving examples of recent custodial deaths that were prevalently seen and witnessed.
Elaborate on custodial violence; Custodial violence primarily refers to violence in police and judicial custody. It includes death, rape and torture.
Between 2001 and 2018, 1,727 persons died in police custody. This includes both persons on police/ judicial remand and those just arrested and not produced before the court. Only 26 policemen were convicted in this period for such deaths.
Discuss the underlying reasons of custodial violence. Suggest what needs to be done to overcome this violation of human rights.
Conclusion:
Conclude suitably.
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
Reference: Hindustan Times
Why the question:
The article talks about the hurdles India is facing in granting completely the demand of permanent commissioning of women in the armed forces.
Key Demand of the question:
Discuss the need for the permanent commissioning of women in the armed forces and analyse the challenges in realizing the same.
Directive:
Discuss – This is an all-encompassing directive – you have to debate on paper by going through the details of the issues concerned by examining each one of them. You have to give reasons for both for and against arguments.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
The recent decisions of the Supreme Court regarding grant of permanent commission to women officers are seen as a landmark step towards women empowerment and corrective change to prevent perceived gender bias against women.
Body:
The answer body must have the following aspects covered:
Discuss first the need for the permanent commissioning of women in the armed forces.
Highlight its importance.
Bring out the concerns associated. Take hints from the article and explain.
Conclusion:
Conclude with what needs to be done and suggest way forward.
Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
Reference: Times of India
Why the question:
Maintaining and strengthening maritime security is a key concern for India. With an open debate on the issue in UNSC, India has a chance to showcase that maritime security requires a multi-dimensional and multi-stakeholder approach.
Key Demand of the question:
Discuss in detail the importance of strengthening maritime security for India.
Directive:
Analyze – When asked to analyse, you have to examine methodically the structure or nature of the topic by separating it into component parts and present them as a whole in a summary.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Start with the recent happenings around maritime security in Indian context.
Body:
India recently convened an open debate of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on enhancing maritime security. The objective of the debate was to highlight the effectiveness of international maritime cooperation to respond holistically to natural and man-made threats to maritime security.
Explain briefly why marine security is important for India?
Ponder upon the SAGAR policy of India.
Discuss the relevant issues that India needs to address.
Conclusion:
Conclude that the ability of the UNSC to respond to the debate by endorsing a multiple stakeholder approach to enhancing maritime security would be a significant outcome. It would set a paradigm for upholding “multi-dimensional” security in the 21st century.
Topic: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.
Reference: pib.gov.in
Why the question:
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions stated various administrative reforms brought by the government, to encourage greater efficiency, to transparency and create corruption free governance by increasing accountability and reduce scope for discretion. Thus the question.
Key Demand of the question:
One is to discuss the various administrative reforms brought by the government recently, to encourage greater efficiency, to transparency and create corruption free governance.
Directive:
Discuss – This is an all-encompassing directive – you have to debate on paper by going through the details of the issues concerned by examining each one of them. You have to give reasons for both for and against arguments.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Start with general importance of administrative reforms.
Body:
The question is straightforward and one must discuss the various initiatives taken by the government in recent times.
Administrative reforms like – Launch of Mission Karmayogi, e-Samiksha, e-office, Self-certification of documents for appointments, Discontinuation of interview in recruitment of junior level posts etc.
Elaborate on above policies and other key measures that were taken recently.
Conclusion:
Conclude with way forward.
General Studies – 3
Topic: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
Reference: The Hindu
Why the question:
The article discusses economic and the environmental benefits of shutting down older inefficient coal plants in India.
Key Demand of the question:
One is to examine the risks associated with retirement of old coal plants in India and what steps should be taken to avoid the same.
Directive:
Examine – When asked to ‘Examine’, we must look into the topic (content words) in detail, inspect it, investigate it and establish the key facts and issues related to the topic in question. While doing so we should explain why these facts and issues are important and their implications.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Start with context of the question.
Body:
The answer body must have the following aspects covered:
First, present an overview of India’s coal plants and explain what the benefits are of shutting down old coal plants.
Then move on to highlight the risks associated with retirement of old coal plants and what steps should be taken to avoid the same.
Explain that as it would be uneconomical for old plants to install pollution control equipment to meet the emission standards it’s time to consider technical, economic, and operating characteristics of plants apart from growing demand, intermittency of renewables and need to meet emission norms to make retirement-related decisions.
Conclusion:
Conclude with way forward.
Topic: , basics of cyber security
Reference: The Week
Why the question:
The article explains the Opportunities, Risk and Disruptions associated with Central Bank Digital Currency.
Key Demand of the question:
Discuss the importance of high standards of cybersecurity in dealing with Central Bank Digital Currency.
Directive:
Justify – When you are asked to justify, you have to pass a sound judgement about the truth of the given statement in the question or the topic based on evidences. You have to appraise the worth of the statement in question using suitable case studies or/ and examples.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
The broader adoption of general-purpose central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will present authorities with trade-offs between the associated risks and benefits.
Body:
The key benefits of retail CBDCs lie in their potential to enhance authority-backed cashless payments with innovations in step with the wider digitalization of society.
For central banks in some emerging markets, a key driver for researching CBDCs is the opportunity to bring under banked communities into the financial system, and improve the cost, speed and resilience of payments.
Some advocates see CBDCs as a way of addressing challenges presented by the declining use of cash. The rise of digital payment systems, which have strong network effects, can create oligopolies among payment-system providers, often from the private sector.
Discuss how above mentioned aspects demand high standards of cyber security.
Conclusion:
Conclude with importance.
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