UPSC Mains Notes Issues Relating To Development And Management Of Social Sector/Services

Previous Year Questions Asked In Mains From This Topic

• “Besides being a moral imperative of a Welfare State, primary health structure is a necessary precondition for sustainable development.” Analyze. [2021]

• ‘Earn while you learn’ scheme needs to be strengthened to make vocational education and skill training meaningful.” Comment. [2021]

• Has digital illiteracy, particularly in rural areas, coupled with lack of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) accessibility hindered socio-economic development? Examine with justification. [2021]

• In order to enhance the prospects of social development, sound and adequate health care policies are needed particularly in the fields of geriatric and maternal health care. Discuss. [2020]

• National Education Policy 2020 is in conformity with the Sustainable Development Goal-4 (2030). It intends to restructure and reorient education system in India. Critically examine the statement. [2020]

• Appropriate local community-level healthcare intervention is a prerequisite to achieve ‘Health for All’ in India. Explain. [2018]

• “To ensure effective implementation of policies addressing water, sanitation and hygiene needs the identification of the beneficiary segments is to be synchronized with the anticipated outcomes.” Examine the statement in the context of the WASH scheme. [2017]

• Professor Amartya Sen has advocated important reforms in the realms of primary education and primary health care. What are your suggestions to improve their status and performance? [2016]

• Examine the main provisions of the National Child Policy and throw light on the status of its implementation. [2016]

• The quality of higher education in India requires major improvements to make it internationally competitive. Do you think that the entry of foreign educational institutions would help improve the quality of higher and technical education in the country? Discuss. [2015]

• Public health system has limitations in providing universal health coverage. Do you think that the private sector could help in bridging the gap? What other viable alternatives would you suggest? [2015]

• Should the premier institutes like IITs/IIMs. be allowed to retain premier status, allowed more academic independence in designing courses and also decide mode/criteria of selection of students. Discuss in light of the growing challenges. [2014]

• Identify the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that are related to health. Discuss the success of the actions taken by the Government for achieving the same [2013]