COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented devastation worldwide. However, technological advancements are being availed readily to win over the crisis. Give an account of how technology was sought to aid in the management of the pandemic.

What do you understand by fixed dose drug combinations (FDCs)? Discuss their merits and demerits.

Can overuse and the availability of antibiotics without doctor’s prescription be the contributors to the emergence of drug-resistant diseases in India? What are the available mechanisms for monitoring and control? Critically discuss the various issues involved.

What is the basic principle behind vaccine development? How do vaccines work? What approaches were adopted by the Indian vaccine manufacturers to produce COVID-19 vaccines?

Online methodology is being used for day-to-day meetings, institutional approvals in the administration and for teaching and learning in the education sector to the extent that telemedicine in the health sector is getting popular with the approvals of the competent authority. Despite its advantages, there are disadvantages for both the beneficiaries and the system at large. Describe and discuss the ethical issues involved in the use of online methods, particularly to vulnerable sections of society.

Explain the rationale behind the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act of 2017. How has COVID-19 impacted the GST compensation fund and created new federal tensions?

Define potential GDP and explain its determinants. What are the factors that have been inhibiting India from realizing its potential GDP?

Explain intra-generational and inter-generational issues of equity from the perspective of inclusive growth and sustainable development.

Explain the meaning of investment in an economy in terms of capital formation. Discuss the factors to be considered while designing a concession agreement between a public entity and a private entity.

Suggest measures to improve water storage and irrigation system to make its judicious use under depleting scenario.

What are the major factors responsible for making rice-wheat system a success? In spite of this success how has this system become a bane in India?