Simplifying UPSC IAS Preparation
Public Administration Strategy The recent performance of Public Administration has not been very encouraging. A number of factors have contributed to the same which include relatively tougher papers; abstract questions; stricter evaluation; less generous marking; mysterious scaling/moderation by UPSC etc. However, as the number of ‘Pub Ad’ applicants reduces year by year (given its performance), …
Topic: Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: BUREAUCRACY and DEVELOPMENT Question Analyze the following two statements, “The more developmental an administrative system becomes, the greater the likelihood that it would have more developmental effects” “The thrust of development administration failed to energise the Indian bureaucracy.” In the light of above statements analyze the role of Indian …
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Topic: Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: BUREAUCRACY and DEVELOPMENT Question “Over dependence on bureaucracy for bringing about socio-economic development in India has proved to be dysfunctional.” Comment. [CSM 2011/200 Words] Next Topic Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: BUREAUCRACY and DEVELOPMENT
Topic: Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: BUREAUCRACY and DEMOCRACY Question “There is a constant and continuous collision between bureaucratic values and democratic values which adversely affects development.” In the light of this statement examine the role of bureaucracy in development. [CSM 2008/300 Words] Next Topic Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: BUREAUCRACY and DEVELOPMENT
Topic: Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: BUREAUCRACY and DEMOCRACY Question “The weakest aspect of Indian administration is grievance Redressal machinery.” Discuss [CSM 2009/200 Words] Next Topic Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: BUREAUCRACY and DEMOCRACY
Topic: Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: BUREAUCRACY and DEMOCRACY Question Explain with appropriate illustrations the interface between ‘political culture and bureaucratic culture’ in contemporary India. [CSM 2011/200 Words] Next Topic Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: BUREAUCRACY and DEMOCRACY
Topic: Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: POLITICAL CULTURE Question Analyze the following two contradicting statements, “Energies are dissipated in managing the coalition itself rather than in governing more broadly and, as a result, both the pace and the quality of reform suffer” “..stability[by a majority government] itself can simply result in the persistence of poor …
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Topic: Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: POLITICAL CULTURE Question The role of legislators has diminished over the years and as a result healthy constructive debates on policy issues are not usually witnessed. How far can this be attributed to the anti-defection law which was legislated but with a different intention? [CSM {GS-II} 2013/200 Words] Next …
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Topic: Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: POLITICAL CULTURE Question Pressure group politics is sometimes seen as the informal face of politics. With regards to the above, assess the structure and functioning of pressure groups in India. [CSM {GS-II} 2013/200 Words] Next Topic Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: POLITICAL CULTURE
Topic: Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: POLITICAL CULTURE Question Analyze the following statement by Pratap Bhanu Mehta, “With political parties serving as vehicles of Individual ambition rather than ideological or programmatic goals, the resulting political promiscuity has led to a landscape in which Indian political parties form a constantly shifting kaleidoscope of fission and fusion” …
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Topic: Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: Salient features and value premises; Constitutionalism Question Analyze the following statements from D D Basu, “The preamble to our Constitution serves, two purposes: (a) it indicates the source from which the constitution derives its authority; (b) it also states the objects which constitution seeks to establish and promote. “ …
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Topic: Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: Salient features and value premises; Constitutionalism Question “Value of Indian administration must be rooted in the preamble of the Indian constitution.” Discuss[CSM 2009/250 Words] Next Topic Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: Salient features and value premises; Constitutionalism
Topic: Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: Salient features and value premises; Constitutionalism Question “India at its independence established an electoral democracy in conditions of relative social ‘backwardness’, accentuating the extent of its apparent ‘democratic exceptionalism’.” Comment.[250 Words] Next Topic Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: Salient features and value premises; Constitutionalism
Topic: Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: Salient features and value premises; Constitutionalism Question “The liberal-democratic ideology of the West influenced the shaping of value premises of the Indian Constitution.” Discuss. [250 Words/CSM 2013] Next Topic Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government: Salient features and value premises; Constitutionalism
Topic: Development Dynamics – Women and development : The self-help group movement. Question Why has the performance of SHGs been uneven in different states of India? Elaborate some successful models of SHGs in India.[300 Words]
Topic: Development Dynamics – Women and development : The self-help group movement. Question “Self-Help Gropus(SHGs) enables women to realize their full potential in some spheres of life.” “SHGs are providing avenues of political mobilization.” Examine the implication these two statements and assess the potential of SHgs for development.[300 Words] Next Topic Development Dynamics – Women and development : …
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Topic: Development Dynamics – Women and development : The self-help group movement. Question Given the importance of issue of sex equality in development do you think the self help group movement adequately addresses absence of women in the former mainstream development agenda? [CSM 2012/250 Words] Next Topic Development Dynamics – Women and development : The self-help group movement.
Topic: Development Dynamics – Impact of liberalisation on administration in developing countries Question ‘The idea of civil society is intrinsically linked to liberal democratic discourse esposing plurality of social views’. Comment.[200 Words] Next Topic Developement Dynamics – Women and development : The self-help group movement.
Topic: Development Dynamics – Impact of liberalisation on administration in developing countries Question We need to create a balance between the state, market and civil society to ensure good governance.[300 Words] Next Topic Development Dynamics – Impact of liberalisation on administration in developing countries
Topic: Development Dynamics – Impact of liberalisation on administration in developing countries Question Indicate the milestones in the story of development from the Nehruvian Model to Liberalization Model.[CSM 2011/250 Words] Next Topic Development Dynamics – Impact of liberalisation on administration in developing countries