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UPSC GS3 | Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate
Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate
India Internal Security | Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate
CENTRAL POLICE FORCES (CPFs) There are seven Central Police Forces under the Union Government, namely Assam Rifles (AR), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Sashashtra Seema Bal (SSB) and National Security Guard (NSG) Assam Rifles (AR) Known as ‘Friends of the Hill People’,… Continue reading India Internal Security | Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate
[Official Answers] 22 Aug 2017 | Target Mains: GS Questions With Official Answers
GS PAPER 1: SOCIOLOGY Q.1) While Regionalism is a major problem in Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and almost all of India’s neighbours, India has been able to maintain relative peace regarding regional violence, except Kashmir. Discuss why? Model answer: When the interests of a region or state are asserted against the interests of the country as… Continue reading [Official Answers] 22 Aug 2017 | Target Mains: GS Questions With Official Answers
22 Aug 2017 | GS 4 | You are head of an ambitious road project and have been authorized by the government to make an 8 lane high way from the existing 4 lane. The widening of road includes acquiring small holdings of the poor people and cutting thousands of existing trees. Government justifies the project because of its utility, economic growth and overall development of the area. There are thousands of poor people and environmentalist who are opposing the project on account of the environmental harm it will cause. Besides, the government has also been facing protests from them. Ponder over the situation and answer the following questions. (25 marks) (a) What actions justification you have to address the concerns of those who oppose the project? (100 words) (b) What are the ethical/moral issues involved in your decision/action, and how you would justify your decision. (100 words) (c) What is the alternative course of action with merits and demerits which one can take so as to prevent the land acquisition and cutting of trees.
GS PAPER 4: ETHICS & INTEGRITY Q.4) You are head of an ambitious road project and have been authorized by the government to make an 8 lane high way from the existing 4 lane. The widening of road includes acquiring small holdings of the poor people and cutting thousands of existing trees. Government justifies the project… Continue reading 22 Aug 2017 | GS 4 | You are head of an ambitious road project and have been authorized by the government to make an 8 lane high way from the existing 4 lane. The widening of road includes acquiring small holdings of the poor people and cutting thousands of existing trees. Government justifies the project because of its utility, economic growth and overall development of the area. There are thousands of poor people and environmentalist who are opposing the project on account of the environmental harm it will cause. Besides, the government has also been facing protests from them. Ponder over the situation and answer the following questions. (25 marks) (a) What actions justification you have to address the concerns of those who oppose the project? (100 words) (b) What are the ethical/moral issues involved in your decision/action, and how you would justify your decision. (100 words) (c) What is the alternative course of action with merits and demerits which one can take so as to prevent the land acquisition and cutting of trees.
22 Aug 2017 | GS 3 | As a think tank of the Union government, NITI Aayog is best positioned to do energy planning in terms of its mandate and coordinating role. The recent draft NEP is a further step in this direction. But is it an actionable policy? Critically Comment.
GS PAPER 3: INDIAN ECONOMY Q.3) As a think tank of the Union government, NITI Aayog is best positioned to do energy planning in terms of its mandate and coordinating role. The recent draft NEP is a further step in this direction. But is it an actionable policy? Critically Comment. Source: http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/5h2buHAGm6ZrVEEAg6CBCM/Is-the-draft-national-energy-policy-actionable.html
22 Aug 2017 | GS 2 | Discuss the areas of contention between India and Nepal? How can they be resolved?
GS PAPER 2: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Q.2) Discuss the areas of contention between India and Nepal? How can they be resolved? Source: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/rebooting-india-nepal-ties/article19535631.ece http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/g-parthasarathy/india-nepal-relations-need-change/article9357736.ece
UPSC GS3 | Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security
Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security
India Internal Security | Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security
Countries surrounding India have been active in exploiting the volatile situation presented by the turmoil in the northeast. Not only countries such as China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, but also smaller powers such as Bhutan and Nepal have been involved in the region. Through political backing, economic assistance, logistic support, military training or arms supplies… Continue reading India Internal Security | Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security
22 Aug 2017 | GS 1 | While Regionalism is a major problem in Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and almost all of India’s neighbours, India has been able to maintain relative peace regarding regional violence, except Kashmir. Discuss why?
GS PAPER 1: SOCIOLOGY Q.1) While Regionalism is a major problem in Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and almost all of India’s neighbours, India has been able to maintain relative peace regarding regional violence, except Kashmir. Discuss why?
22 August 2017 | Pub Ad | Daily Answer Writing Session
Click on the blue highlighted links and attempt the questions on respective page Q1. Kautilya’s Arthashastra a complete text on Public Administration.Comment. (10… Continue reading 22 August 2017 | Pub Ad | Daily Answer Writing Session
22 August 2017 | Prelims Daily with Previous Year Questions & Tikdams
Q.1) Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved the creation of the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA). Consider the following statements regarding it: 1. The HEFA would mobilise CSR funds from PSUs/Corporates. 2. All the Centrally Funded Higher Educational Institutions would be eligible for joining as members of the HEFA. Which of the statements given above… Continue reading 22 August 2017 | Prelims Daily with Previous Year Questions & Tikdams
UPSC GS3 | Linkages of organized crime with terrorism
History and Changing Face of Terrorism Linkage of organized crime with terrorism and terror funding Broader Framework to Deal with Terrorism
India Internal Security | Broader Framework to Deal with Terrorism
National security is a multifaceted and all-encompassing concept related to building comprehensive national power. It envisages a symbiotic relationship between internal and external security, reinforcing the premise that a country’s external security posture is organically linked to its internal strength. For internal stability, strong political institutions, economic growth, social harmony, efficient law and order machinery,… Continue reading India Internal Security | Broader Framework to Deal with Terrorism
India Internal Security | Linkage of organised crime with terrorism and terror funding
Crime and terrorism can potentially have a very close linkage. While there may or may not always be a linkage between the two, however, both international case studies and those in India do point towards it. Terrorist groups, whether indigenous or sponsored by outside states, need arms and money for their fight against the security… Continue reading India Internal Security | Linkage of organised crime with terrorism and terror funding
India Internal Security | History and Changing face of Terrorism
History of terrorism in India The hand of Pakistan in fuelling the jihad in Kashmir to create an environment of either Azadi (freedom) or joining Pakistan is evident. During the Afghan jihad in the 1980s against the Soviet Union, Pakistan trained 80, 000 Mujahideen in training camps established in Pakistan. Once the Afghan jihad was… Continue reading India Internal Security | History and Changing face of Terrorism
UPSC GS3 | Security challenges and their management in border areas
Social Diversity as Issues of Security Threat Challenges from within- Kashmir, Northeast, Punjab, and others Neighbors as Issue of Security Threat
India Internal Security | Neighbors as Issue of Security Threat
India faces myriad security challenges both external and internal. Unlike any other country in the World, Indian security is marred by legacy issues that include unresolved boundary disputes, not coming to terms with the partition of the sub-continent, or culture of competition and challenge in case of one and unwillingness to accept India as a… Continue reading India Internal Security | Neighbors as Issue of Security Threat
[Official Answers] 21 August 2017 | Pub Ad | Daily Answer Writing Session
Q.1 Explain Karl Marx’s view on the relationship of bureaucracy with the state and the society. Marx’s main interest centred around three basic concepts the development of capitalism, the magnitude or extent of its exploitation of working class and, finally, the emancipation of working class. In the course of analysis of these three basic issues he… Continue reading [Official Answers] 21 August 2017 | Pub Ad | Daily Answer Writing Session
India Internal Security | Challenges from within
International terrorism poses the greatest challenge to the security and stability of the country. It was until recently confined to the state of Jammu & Kashmir but has gradually spread across the length and breadth of the country. The terrorists are opposed to the very idea of India; they want to destroy its icons and… Continue reading India Internal Security | Challenges from within
