Governance
Q1. Provide an assessment the three social security (Jan Suraksha) schemes – Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) in providing social security net to the vulnerable people in the last eight years. (15M)
Q2. Recent annual estimates for child stunting, overweight, underweight, and wasting indicate that India is far from reaching the 2025 World Health Assembly (WHA) global nutrition targets. Do you think India’s human development policies are ineffective? Critically examine. (15M)
Ethics
Syllabus: “Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world.”
Q3. How are moral teachings of Aristotle still relevant in the present circumstances? Explain (10M)
Case study
Q4. You are appointed as a headmaster of a secondary school. It has been brought to your attention that some boys from the senior classes are caught smoking inside the school premises. You are furious that the school’s discipline has been breached so you immediately summon the boys to your office. Upon some inquiry you discover that the boys come from an impoverished part of the district where smoking is a norm among the elders of the house, from where they seem to have adopted the habit.
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- Discuss various ethical issues involved in the case.
- Discuss the values and the corresponding emotions needed while dealing with this case?
- You are determined to make the boys quit smoking. How do you plan on executing your will?
- When cultural normativity gets fashioned as behavior, discuss the responsibility of agents like schools in transforming behavior within society? (Answer in 250 words) 20M
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