“The care economy is no longer merely a social welfare concern but an essential pillar of economic infrastructure.” Explain the growing importance of the care economy in India. Examine its potential contribution to employment generation.

Topic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment Q6. “The care economy is no longer merely a social welfare concern but an essential pillar of economic infrastructure.” Explain the growing importance of the care economy in India. Examine its potential contribution to employment generation. (10 M) Difficulty Level: …

“The care economy is a critical but undervalued pillar of sustainable economic development.” Assess its role in supporting households and labour markets. Examine the challenges in recognising care work. Suggest policy measures to strengthen the care ecosystem in India.

Topic: Inclusive growth and issues arising from it Q5. “The care economy is a critical but undervalued pillar of sustainable economic development.” Assess its role in supporting households and labour markets. Examine the challenges in recognising care work. Suggest policy measures to strengthen the care ecosystem in India. (15 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: IE …

“The family is no longer a stable unit of security, it is increasingly a site of inequality.” Examine changing family structures in India and their implications for gender and elderly care. Outline measures to strengthen social security outside the family.

Topic: Society Q2. “The family is no longer a stable unit of security, it is increasingly a site of inequality.” Examine changing family structures in India and their implications for gender and elderly care. Outline measures to strengthen social security outside the family. (15 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: InsightsIAS Why the question Indian society …

“Indian families are becoming smaller, but not necessarily more egalitarian.” Examine. Identify the emerging fault lines within the household.

Topic: Society Q1. “Indian families are becoming smaller, but not necessarily more egalitarian.” Examine. Identify the emerging fault lines within the household. (10 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: InsightsIAS Why the question To connect demographic change such as smaller family size with the deeper sociological reality that power relations inside households may remain unequal. It …