Examine the relevance of key new criteria for identification of rural Urban poor as per Bibek Debroy Committee for implementation of the Socio Economic Survey. {This question had a mistake in original test paper, the word rural is to be replaced by urban.}

Union Ministry of Housing and Urban poverty alleviation ministry had set up a committee under NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy to fine tune the socio-economic caste census to identify urban poor. SECC data for urban areas had three categories Automatic ..

"The success of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is doubtful until toilet building is not accompanied by Behavioural change in the masses."What do you understand by this statement? Examine the need and ways to achieve this behavioural change.

Hint: Open defecation cannot be solved only by toilet building because 20-49% of even those households which have toilets within the house, at least one member defecates in the open. Successful campaign needs to address why people do not use ..

What do you understand by the so called "human-first" or "Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM)" approach in vaccine development? How it can make a difference in the efforts to tackle the menace of vector-borne diseases? Discuss.

Human-first or “Controlled Human Infection Model” is a trial method in vaccine development are intentionally challenged with disease organisms. The challenge organisms may range from wild pathogens, adopted or attenuated or genetically modified. The process involves trials on humans rather ..

Discuss the steps taken by Central Government to reduce the incidents of human trafficking, especially of children and women in India.

Human trafficking is the third largest organized crime after drugs and the arms trade across the globe. India is a major destination as well as source of human trafficking. With a view to tackle the menace of human trafficking in ..

Discuss the short term and long term initiatives launched by government of India towards skill development. Why some express concerns that these initiatives are creating skills for those sectors where jobs are not being created? How such concerns should be addressed?

Government of India has launched various short term and long term initiatives launched towards skill development as follows: Skill India Mission was launched with an objective to train over 40 crore people in different skills by 2022. It includes- “National ..

What are reasons behind the disproportionate death of girl children in India?

Despite of the natural biological advantage they girl child have over male child for survival there are higher mortality rates of girl Child. A study in the journal BMJ Global Health, suggests that the unequal treatment of females in society ..

Why Swachh Bharat Mission has failed to realise its objectives in true sense?

Swachh Bharat mission was a flagship programme of the government which aimed to make country open defecation free by 2019 as a tribute to the father of nation, Mahatma Gandhi. The critics blame that the very structural framework of the ..

"Though India has not been able to set up campuses of Foreign Universities here; the GIAN initiative seems to be a turning point in higher education."Discuss.

Model Answer: Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) scheme led by MHRD aims at bringing in international academic excellence in India’s higher education institutions such as IIT, IIM, NIT, and few other central Universities. The scheme includes Guest lecturers from ..