India’s Economic Gurus Clash Over Strategy, but the State Needs Fixing Too
This is not Growth v/s Development fight; It’s an intellectual Jag on the verge of SENility.
Month: July 2013
Insights Daily Answer Writing Challenge – Day 11
QUESTIONS ASKED – DAY-11 (30/07/2013) 1) What is malnutrition and undernourishment? Why is India according to some reports, in spite of surplus food grain production, home to a large number of stunted, wasted and underweight children in the world? Explain. (300 Words) 2)“In the post-independence India, the myth of Balkanization was belied by the peaceful reorganization …
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Complete IAS Syllabus Of All Optional Subjects of UPSC Civil Service Exam (New pattern)
Download The Copy Of Syllabus For General Studies and All Optional Subjects.
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UPSC Syllabus – 2013
Speaking Volumes: The intellectual poverty line
Intellectual Poverty Line – good take on India’s lack of interest in creating cultural capital in its cities. Our cities neither feed the people living below the ‘poverty line’ nor the ones hungry for intellectual space. Indian cities have become dens for all types of garbage – hypocrisy, corruption, philistinism and politicians.
Insights Daily Answer Writing Challenge – Day 10
QUESTIONS ASKED – DAY-10 (29/07/2013) 1) In the light of WGEEP report and HLWG report on Western Ghats, discuss the major recommendations and their implications – if implemented – on the stakeholders of the region. 2)“In the Indian context, sustainable development and urbanization are antithetical to each other”. Comment. RESPONSES: cppcontrol July 29, 2013 at 12:40 …
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Insights Daily Answer Writing Challenge Day – 9
QUESTIONS ASKED – DAY-9 (29/07/2013) 1) “The so called ’empowerment’ of women in the local bodies has increased their numerical strength but the real reform lies in creating an enabling environment to unlock their potential as catalysts for socio-political change” Critically comment. 2)”In Britain, empire was justified as a benevolent ‘white man’s burden’. And in the …
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Insights Daily Answer Writing Challenge Day – 8
QUESTIONS ASKED – DAY-8 (27/07/2013) 1) In India, despite consistent economic planning and robust economic growth in recent years, there is a consistent increase in economic inequality. Explain why? 2) ”Global warming and a race for resources could spark a new ‘cold war’ in the Arctic”. Critically analyze. RESPONSES: Keerthi Narayan 1. In the the last …
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2014 UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination Will Be Held On 24th August 2014
Now that is a huge departure both for UPSC and lakhs of IAS aspirants. In a ‘surprising’ move, UPSC, in the just released timetable of examinations published for the year 2014, has allotted 24th August 2014 as the Date for 2014 Civil Services Preliminary examination. Earlier, except in 2011, Preliminary exams were conducted in late …
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Insights Daily Answer Writing Challenge Day – 7
QUESTIONS ASKED – DAY-7 (26/07/2013) 1) ASER findings have exposed serious shortcomings in the quality of education provided to our children in spite of SSA and RTE implementation. What measures do you suggest to overcome these shortcomings? Discuss. 2) Why did India sign the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage and what were its consequences? Analyze …
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Which Laptop Or Netbook Is Best For Study Purpose For UPSC Exams Aspirants?
These days, search for a piece of information often ends with googling it on Google. For a serious IAS aspirant, knowing more and better about latest developments happening around the world in various fields is a sine qua non if he/she has to score well in the exam. Internet is indispensable if an aspirant wants …
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Insights Daily Answer Writing Challenge Day – 6
QUESTIONS ASKED – DAY-6 (25/07/2013) 1) What role did Parliament play in finalizing the India-US nuclear deal? Discuss. 2) On what grounds India is opposing both NPT and CTBT. Critically analyze. RESPONSES: Lakshmi Prasanna 2. NPT was found in 1970 for a time period of 25Y saying after that it would be amended according to …
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Insights Daily Answer Writing Challenge – Day – 5
QUESTIONS ASKED – DAY-5 (24/07/2013) 1)” The seeds of the World War II were sown at a peace treaty held in a grand Palace in France.” Elaborate. 2) Has UN been successful in maintaining the world peace in the post cold war scenario? Critically discuss. RESPONSES: KEERTHI NARAYAN 1. The first World War came to …
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Justice – What Is The Right Thing To Do? Episode – 12 (Final), By Michael Sandel
Michael J. Sandel (born March 5, 1953) is an American political philosopher and a professor at Harvard University. He is best known for the Harvard course ‘Justice’, which is available to view online, and for his critique of John Rawls‘ A Theory of Justice in his first book, Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982). The video below would help a UPSC aspirant in dealing …
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Insights Daily Answer Writing Challenge – Day -4
QUESTIONS ASKED – DAY -4 (23/07/2013) 8) “With the disintegration of USSR and an end to the cold war, the international diplomacy took a new turn”. Critically examine. 9) The latest census shows us declining sex-ratio in some of the states states – Discuss the socio-cultural factors contributing to this disturbing trend. RESPONSES: ANJALI MOTGHARE …
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How To Prepare UPSC Civil Services Mains Paper-III (GS-2)
Click Here For More Detailed Strategies For Other Papers and More! How to prepare GS - 1 (i.e Paper - II) How to prepare GS-3 (i.e Paper - IV) How to prepare GS - 4 (i.e Paper - V) UPSC has brought changes to the Civil Services Mains examination in both the pattern and the syllabus. We …
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Insights Daily Answer Writing Challenge Day – 3
QUESTIONS ASKED – DAY-3 (22/07/2013) 1) During the Indian national movement for freedom, constructive work played an important role in Gandhian strategy. Discuss its nature and outcome. 2) “She is a goddess to millions yet helpless on the streets. The solution is in the mindset not laws”. Discuss. RESPONSES: LAKSHMI PRASANNA 1. Gandhian constructive programme …
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Justice – What Is The Right Thing To Do? Episode -11, By Michael Sandel
Michael J. Sandel (born March 5, 1953) is an American political philosopher and a professor at Harvard University. He is best known for the Harvard course ‘Justice’, which is available to view online, and for his critique of John Rawls‘ A Theory of Justice in his first book, Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982). The video below would help a UPSC aspirant in dealing …
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Insights Daily Answer Writing Challenge Day- 2
QUESTIONS ASKED -DAY-2 ( 21/07/2013) 1) “The growth of the Indian economic class in the colonial period was substantial that too in spite of and in opposition to colonialism” Comment. 2) ” The changing bilateral equations between India and Japan reflects the increasing importance of India to the Asia-Pacific region”. Critically Analyze. RESPONSES: Keerti Narayan 1. …
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Insights Daily Answer Writing Challenge – Day-1
Yesterday we initiated a daily answer writing challenge for the UPSC civil service aspirants. The response is very good considering how difficult it is to push oneself to writing. Four aspirants came up with very good answers. They are: Keerthi Narayan, Asha Goud, Mahendra Nath and Biman Ghosh. Thank you all. Questions Asked – Day-1 …
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Free E-Book On The Indian Art And Culture – For The UPSC Civil Services Exam
This book is published by the Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York. City – largets art museum in the United States.
