Important Announcement:  Topics to be covered on 10th December

GS-1 Urbanization, their problems, and their remedies.

GS-4 Case Studies.

Question 1)

‘India’s population pyramid is expected to bulge across the 15-59 age groups over the next decade. This demographic advantage is predicted to last only Until 2040. India therefore has a very narrow time frame to harness its demographic dividend and to overcome its skill shortages’. Discuss and Suggest measures for harnessing the demographic dividend in the short span of time. 10 marks

Question 2)

The Covid pandemic is an opportunity for India to start health system reforms. Discuss the policy measures that should form the basis of such reforms, making India prepared to handle the next pandemic effectively. 10 marks

Question 3)

There is a potential of the rise of an AI economy in India, to tap that potential India need to focus on AI capacity building. In light of this, discuss the role AI could play in India’s development and steps taken by the government in this direction. 10 marks

Question 4)  

You are a Public Information Officer (PIO) in a government department. You are aware that the RTI Act 2005 envisages transparency and accountability in administration. The act has functioned as a check on the supposedly arbitrarily administrative behaviour and actions. However, as a PIO you have observed that there are citizens who filed RTI applications not for themselves but on behalf of such stakeholders who purportedly want to have access to information to further their own interests. At the same time there are these RTI activists who routinely file RTI applications and attempt to extort money from the decision makers. This type of RTI activism has affected the functioning of the administration adversely and also possibly jeopardises the genuineness of the applications which are essentially aimed at getting justice. What measures would you suggest to separate genuine and non-genuine applications? Give merits and demerits of your suggestions. 10 marks

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