Topic: Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
5. Inequalities in health and education have actually increased in the past few years and this needs to be addressed on a war footing. Analyse the reasons behind it and suggest possible measures. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Tough
Reference: Indian Express , Insights on India
Why the question:
The database and methodology for computing the human development index (HDI) by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are not as robust as that of the national income or price indices that get monitored on a quarterly or annual basis. The construction of HDI involves four indicators with three dimensions — per capita income, health (life expectancy) and education (average and expected years of schooling).
Key Demand of the question:
To write about growing inequalities in health and education and measures needed to tackle the same.
Directive word:
Analyse – When asked to analyse, you must examine methodically the structure or nature of the topic by separating it into component parts and present them in a summary.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by citing statistic about growing inequalities in health and education in India.
Body:
In the first part, write about the reasons behind growing inequalities. Account for the various causes for it and the impact of the same.
Next, write about various steps that are needed to address inequalities in in India in
Conclusion:
Conclude by writing a way forward.
