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ARCHIVES January 28, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES Unique Identification Authority of India The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) assigns Unique Identification Number “Aadhaar” to residents of India on voluntary basis The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is an agency of the Government of India responsible for implementing the Aadhaar Identities. The agency […]

Question 1 Essentially all that is contained in part IV-A of the Constitution is just a codification of tasks integral to the Indian way of life. Critically examine this statement. Question 2 The core of the commitment to social revolution lies in Part-III and Part-IV of the Indian Constitution.  Discuss. Question 3 What do you […]

Question 1 Comment on the critics’ charge that Immanuel Wallerstein’s dependency theory is simplistic and wrong. (200 words) Question 2 Write a short note on Indological perspective of G.S. Ghurye. (200 words)  

Question  1 Define the term ‘civil society’. How does civil society influence the public policy? (200 Words/2002, Accountability and Control – P1)  Question  2 ‘The Arthashastra is India’s oldest complete text on public administration.” Comment. (200 Words/2003, Evolution of Indian Administration – P2)

Question 1 Give a brief account of the social and economic conditions of the Later Vedic Aryans. What role did iron play in changing their political and economic life ? Question 2 Describe the social life of the later Vedic people. How was it different from the Rig-Vedic life? Next Topic: Aryans and vedic period

ARCHIVES 28, January 2014 1. Write a critical note on recent controversies in the pharma sector in India. Does these development augur well for India’s health sector? Comment. (200 Words) Business Standard (www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/indian-pharma-s-twin-woes-114012701141_1.html) 2. What is the mandate of UNHRC? Critically comment on its functioning citing any two recent examples. (200 Words) The Hindu 3. […]

Topic:Population and settlement Geography Question 1 Write explanatory note Misra`s theoretical stage of Rural- Urban Process. (200 words/ CSM 2013) Question 2 ” Urban Solid Waste Management poses the greatest challenge in Metropolitan planning’. Elaborate. (250 words/ CSM 2013) Next Topic: Population and settlement Geography

Question 1 What are the merits and demerits of subsidies in Indian context? (200 words) Question 2 Elaborate on the changing role of Finance commission and RBI in the recent times in India. (200 words)

ARCHIVES January 27, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES Right To Education (RTE) Act Right to Education (RTE) is by far the most historic development in universalisation of elementary education in the country. Enacted in 2010, it implies that every child in the age group of 6 to 14 years has Right to elementary education. They are […]