Topic: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
1. “While the Adopt a Heritage” scheme has the potential to promote the development and preservation of heritage sites, it is essential to ensure that the program’s implementation is closely monitored to prevent any negative impacts on the heritage sites. Critically examine. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: The Hindu , Insights on India
Why the question:
Under the purportedly overhauled ‘Adopt a Heritage’ scheme, businesses may use their Corporate Social Responsibility funds at select sites to construct and maintain ticket offices, restaurants, museums, interpretation centres, toilets, and walkways.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about the successes and limitations of the ‘adopt a heritage’ scheme.
Directive word:
Critically examine – When asked to ‘Examine’, we have to look into the topic (content words) in detail, inspect it, investigate it and establish the key facts and issues related to the topic in question. While doing so we should explain why these facts and issues are important and their implications. 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 judgment.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Start by giving aims and objectives of ‘adopt a heritage’ scheme.
Body:
First, write about the major features of ‘adopt a heritage’ scheme – heritage sites are made available for adoption by companies, institutions, and individuals for the purpose of developing amenities such as toilets, drinking water facilities, pathways, illumination, landscaping, and other tourist-friendly features.
Next, write about the advantages of the scheme in promoting public-private partnerships, which can lead to the development and preservation of heritage sites.
Next, write about its limitations – commercialization of heritage sites, limit public access and participation, inadequate monitoring etc.
Conclusion:
Conclude by writing a way forward.
