GS-1 · Social Empowerment, Communalism, Regionalism & Secularism.
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Whether National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) can enforce the implementation of constitutional reservation for the Scheduled Castes in the religious minority institutions? Examine.
Performance of welfare schemes that are implemented for vulnerable sections is not so effective due to absence of their awareness and active involvement at all stages of policy process. Discuss.
“Development and welfare schemes for the vulnerable, by its nature, are discriminatory in approach.” Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.
The concept of Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme is almost a century old in India with early beginnings in Madras Presidency in pre-independent India. The scheme has again been given impetus in most states in the last two decades. Critically examine its twin objectives, latest mandates and success.
How do you justify the view that the level of excellence of Gupta numismatic art is not at all noticeable in later times?
Highlight the importance of the new objectives that got added to the vision of Indian independence since the twenties of the last century.
The women’s questions arose in modern India as a part of the 19th-century social reform movement. What were the major issues and debates concerning women in that period?
Examine how the decline of traditional artisanal industry in colonial India crippled the rural economy.
Why did the ‘Moderates’ fail to carry conviction with the nation about their proclaimed ideology and political goals by the end of the nineteenth century?
Clarify how mid-eighteenth century India was beset with the spectre of a fragmented polity.