Moral education means teaching children in a way that will help them develop as moral, civic and good-mannered citizens. Moral education covers a person’s character and morality and inculcates cultural and ethical values in him. It must be a part of the school curriculum and it should be the duty and responsibility of teachers to… Continue reading It is essential to inculcate moral values in children from early stages itself in order to build a peaceful and prosperous society. In this regard, discuss what values should be emphasised upon while teaching morals to children? (250 words)

  Mentors Comment: Neither price support alone nor income support alone and both price and income support for farmers are the keywords in the question. Meaning, both interventions should work alongside each other rather than running separately through a watertight division. This will be beneficial for farmers. Start with describing various modes of income support… Continue reading Neither price support alone nor income support alone will alleviate the problems being faced by Indian Farmers. India needs both price and income support for farmers. Comment? (250 Words)

Mentors Comments:  1. Define what a PBO is. 2. Write the problems of the budgeting process in India and discuss how a PBO can address these – eg., poor outcome monitoring; input focus, etc., 3. Also highlight limitations if any, of PBO and provide ways to strengthen the budgetary process  https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/an-independent-fiscal-watchdog-for-parliament/article29471596.ece  

Mentors Comments: Rajasthan has become the latest state to join the bandwagon of states proposing to provide job reservations in the private sector. It plans to reserve 75% of jobs for the local residents in the private sector, much as Andhra Pradesh did earlier this year through a law. The main demand of the question… Continue reading “Governments should provide the kind of education and skills that the job market demands rather than impose quotas on the private sector.” Do you agree? Give arguments of both sides. (200 Words)

Mentors Comments: Recently Union Minister of Science & Technology inaugurated the National Centre for Clean Coal Research and Development at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc)-Bengaluru. The question in on based on this news. One has to explain the concept of clean coal technology, and also in what way it has a key role to… Continue reading “Clean Coal could potentially be a game-changer for meeting the energy needs of the country in terms of higher efficiency and capacity at lower operating costs and size.” Critically analyze. (200 Words)