Topics for Today’s questions:

GS-1          Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone. etc., geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. 

GS-2          Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.

GS-3        Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices

GS-4       Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical basis of governance and probity

Question 1)

 

Q.1 Climate change is leading to unpredictable weather extremes and their undesirable consequences. Explain how climate change is altering the Indian monsoon and its multidimensional impact. (15 Marks)

 

Question 2)

Q.2 Do you agree with the view that time has come to formulate an Urban Employment Guarantee scheme at the national level? (10 Marks)

Question 3)

Q.3 The existing MSP procurement regime is neither economically nor agro-ecologically sustainable. Elaborate. Also, evaluate the alternative approaches that can be adopted to improve the existing MSP regime. (15 Marks)

Question 4)  

Q.4 Is it justifiable to say that corruption is a social phenomenon? What are the various ways through which administrative corruption can be tackled? (10 Marks)

 

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