UPSC Governance and Social Justice PYQs 2016 | Vaidra

1Mediummains13 marks

Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources

Professor Amartya Sen has advocated important reforms in the realms of primary education and primary health care. What are your suggestions to improve their status and performance?

2Mediummains13 marks

Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections; Social empowerment

Examine the main provisions of the National Child Policy and throw light on the status of its implementation.

3Mediummains13 marks

Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation

Has the Indian governmental system responded adequately to the demands of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization started in 1991? What can the government do to be responsive to this important change?

4Mediummains13 marks

Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance - applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizen charters, transparency and accountability and institutional and other measures

"Effectiveness of the government system at various levels and people's participation in the governance system are inter-dependent." Discuss their relationship in the context of India.

5Mediummains13 marks

In the integrity index of Transparency International, India stands very low. Discuss briefly the legal, political, economic, social and cultural factors that have caused the decline of public morality in India.

6Mediummains13 marks

"The Indian party system is passing through a phase of transition which looks to be full of contradictions and paradoxes." Discuss.

7Mediummains13 marks

Issues relating to poverty and hunger; Poverty and developmental issues

"An essential condition to eradicate poverty is to liberate the poor from the process of deprivation." Substantiate this statement with suitable examples.

8Mediummains13 marks

Pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity; Development processes and the development industry - the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders

"In the Indian governance system, the role of non-state actors has been only marginal." Critically examine this statement.

9Mediummains13 marks

Role of civil services in a democracy

"Traditional bureaucratic structure and culture have hampered the process of socio-economic development in India." Comment.

10Mediummains13 marks

Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources

"Demographic Dividend in India will remain only theoretical unless our manpower becomes more educated, aware, skilled and creative." What measures have been taken by the government to enhance the capacity of our population to be more productive and employable?

Governance and Social Justice UPSC PYQ 2016