Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
1) The Nagaland government has recently initiated an exercise to prepare a master list of all indigenous inhabitants of the State. Critically analyse in what way the positives of such a move outweigh the negatives? (250 words)
Why this question:
The Nagaland government is initiating an exercise to prepare a master list of all indigenous inhabitants of the State. This list, called the Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN), is seen as a localised version of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) that Assam began updating four years ago and is scheduled to complete by July 31.
Key demand of the question:
The answer must analyse the pros and cons of such an act taken by the government which is intended to prevent fake ‘indigenous inhabitants’ certificates.
Directive:
Critically analyze – When asked to analyse, you have to examine methodically the structure or nature of the topic by separating it into component parts and present them as a whole in a summary. When ‘critically’ is suffixed or prefixed to a directive, one needs to look at the good and bad of the topic and give a fair judgement.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
State the facts related to the move taken by the government of Nagaland with respect to the indigenous inhabitants.
Body:
Discussion should have the following aspects covered:
What is Nagaland’s initiative? what is the intent?
What is the procedure of the survey – discuss the detailed technicalities.
What can be the possible challenges?
list the pros and cons and conclude in what way it can best benefit the people of Nagaland.
Conclusion:
Conclude with a balanced opinion that with proper measures and survey in place the positives of such a move are greater than the negatives.
