Topics for Today’s questions:
GS-1 The Freedom Struggle — its various stages and important contributors/contributions from different parts of the country.
GS-2 Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests
GS-3 Indian Economy
GS-4 Case Studies
Question 1)
Q.1 How did the Moderates and Extremists differ in their ideology, methods and goals during the Indian National Movement? (10 Marks)
Question 2)
Q.2 Taiwan finds itself caught in a crossfire between the US and China. What are the implications of the rising tension for India? What should be India’s approach? (10 Marks)
Question 3)
Q.3 India is getting a demographic dividend that will last nearly 30 years. How it handles this windfall will determine if it will rise to the top of the economic league table by the end of this century. In context of this examine the various factors that are in India’s favour when compared with the China of the 1970s when it embarked on economic reforms. (10 Marks)
Question 4)
Q.4 An Indian company is active in the telecom sector and is the majority owner of a telecom company based in other geographies across the world. At one of its European headquarters, there emerged whistleblowing allegations that a local executive was bribing local government officials in order to obtain telecom cabling and construction contracts from the local government. The kickbacks were allegedly paid through a third-party consultant. More specifically, there were allegations that the executive, the third party, and a government official had some sort of business interest in common, possibly shareholdings in a limited company or the joint ownership of an undisclosed asset. The company is thought to be particularly close to the ruling dispensation in India and the news has now raised pressure to put its business operations in India under scanner as well. In this context, answer the following questions: (a) What are the ethical challenges in the given case? (b) Identify the different stakeholders and their interests. (c) As the CEO of the firm, how would you respond to the given situation? (20 Marks)
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