GS 2 FULL LENGTH
Q1. Highlighting the issues in India’s electoral system, discuss the reforms needed in the Representation of People’s Act to overcome them. (10M)
Q2. Urban planning is the foundation for an integrated development of cities, citizens, and the environment. In this context, highlight the present issue in urban planning and suggest measures for the augmentation of Urban planning capacity in India. (15M)
ETHICS
Q3. Differentiating between Duty and Responsibility, discuss some of the ethical dilemmas Public Servants face while executing their duties. 10M
Case study: 20M
Q4. ABC is a large district bordering the neighboring state. Its development had been neglected for years, but due to the efforts of the present government few industries have opened up in the district and there is good progress overall in the past decade. Much of the population who were dependent on agriculture, have been moving into other sectors. The district headquarters is at the northern part of the district. The newly empowered citizenry of other sub-districts are demanding bifurcation of the district with their respective sub-districts as the new headquarters. As elections are due next year the Government wants to settle this issue by creating a new district.
You have worked in that district previously and have been asked by the Government to head a committee for deciding the “sub-districts and headquarters” of the new district. X, Y and Z are the proposed headquarters of the new district. X is the second most populous and developed town in the district, and the place where the bifurcation movement is intense. It has all the characteristics of being the headquarters but it’s at the southernmost tip of the district far from other sub-district centers. Y is between x and z which is underdeveloped but recently many new industries have been set up here, having this as the new district would serve the purpose of bifurcation but the creation of new facilities here would require huge investments which the state government is not ready to fund. Z is the least populous town where the demand for a new district is at its weakest, but due to a PSU which is now defunct, it has all the facilities for hosting the new district administration and it’s almost at equal distances to other sub-districts. Meanwhile, a minister hailing from X has given an open statement about X being the new headquarters. This has led to intense protests from other regions, but the minister has silenced them by persuading the local MLAs of Y and Z. Top leaders now are keen on X being the new headquarters even before your committee’s report is presented. If you report on the Y or Z being the new HQ it would fuel the protests in X again, leading to a loss of life and property.
Given this situation,
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- What are the principles one needs to follow in an administration? Highlight on the importance of Coordination between all organs of the state.
- Which one would u decide as the new headquarters? Justify by giving reasons for the same.
