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  • What are the Top 10 Elimination Techniques Used by Toppers in UPSC Prelims to Solve Answers When They Are Unsure of the Right Option?|| Free Live Webinar by Two-Time Interview Qualified Civilsdaily Mentor Parth Verma Sir|| Limited Slots Available, Register Now

    What are the Top 10 Elimination Techniques Used by Toppers in UPSC Prelims to Solve Answers When They Are Unsure of the Right Option?|| Free Live Webinar by Two-Time Interview Qualified Civilsdaily Mentor Parth Verma Sir|| Limited Slots Available, Register Now

    Knowledge alone is not enough to clear UPSC Prelims. Elimination techniques alone are not enough to crack this exam. One needs both to clear UPSC Prelims from 2014 onwards. Since UPSC Prelims is the toughest exam out of Interview and Mains with over 9.5 lakh aspirants getting disqualified, it’s always better to think about increasing 20-30 marks with your existing knowledge using elimination techniques.

    Why is that with the same syllabus, the same study materials and similar syllabus and similar study materials, most candidates score differently? For some, just a reading of the Spectrum book is enough to answer all the Modern History questions, but for others despite reading the same book this is what they face in exams

    https://twitter.com/MemeUpsc/status/1485128344903745537

    If it’s about prelims exam performance, then aspirants fall into either of these four categories. Which category are you in currently?

    1) Prelims score 0-40: They need to work on improving their knowledge first and then learn answering tricks
    2) Prelims score 50-70: They have decent knowledge and decent answering tricks. But this is not enough to clear Prelims, they need to be an above average performer. Hence, they must focus on preparing for the topics they have scored less in their mock tests.
    3) Prelims score 80-100: They have good knowledge but they need to develop answering tricks. They can do without learning elimination techniques as well, but if they wish to be on the same time learning elimination techniques will guarantee them success.
    4) Prelims score 120+: They have excellent knowledge and know all the answering tricks.

    Free Open to All Webinar by Parth Sir on UPSC Prelims Answering Tricks and Elimination Techniques

    UPSC 2020 AIR 30 Topper & Civilsdaily Student Divyanshu Chaudhary says how elimination techniques are useful for UPSC Prelims

    Knowledge of a topic precedes elimination techniques in Prelims exam. Without knowing much about a topic, if one uses elimination techniques, it will only backfire.

    Clearing Prelims is all about Knowledge + Answering Tricks (Tikdams). And while you are studying hard to improve your knowledge, Parth sir will help you improve your answering techniques, for absolutely FREE!

    The webinar will have live demonstration of few questions from Smash Prelims 2022 mock tests and how elimination technique can be used when one is not sure between two similar looking options. Let’s look at an example to understand how.

    In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillion are remembered as

    a) Leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
    b) Members of the Interim Government in 1946
    c) Members of the Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly
    d) Officers of the Indian National Army

    If you have come across the names while reading, using elimination techniques will help you recollect exactly what you had read.

    Parth sir will explain how you can answer these questions with smart techniques, even if you DON’T know the answer but have read the topic before.

    Key Takeaways of Free Live Webinar by Parth Sir

    This is your opportunity to learn the tricks that can help you score 120+ in your Prelims. Join Parth sir for a free webinar and this is what you can learn:

    1. 10 Different types of elimination/intelligent guess techniques for hard to verify facts through solving previous year UPSC questions.

    2. How to master the Elimination techniques, used by toppers.

    3. Ideal strategy for the Last 120 days for UPSC prelims 2022.

    4. Which are the tricky topics in the syllabus where one can use elimination techniques? Like for example information technology is a perfect topic where tricky questions can come from.

    6.Open Q&A session with Parth sir

    Webinar Details

    We are inviting all serious aspirants to grab this FREE opportunity to learn the tricks that toppers use to score higher than everyone else. 

    There are limited slots available so we request you to enroll now!

    Date: 1st February, 2022

    Time: 7:00 P.M.

    About Parth Sir

    Our Civilsdaily Mentor, Mr Parth has been mentoring students since 2017. He has an admirable experience of attending UPSC-CSE interview two times. Parth sir has always scored 400+ in all the 4 GS Mains Subjects. The secret of success according to him is consistency and time-management.

  • What are the Top 10 Elimination Techniques Used by Toppers in UPSC Prelims to Solve Answers When They Are Unsure of the Right Option?|| Free Live Webinar by Two-Time Interview Qualified Civilsdaily Mentor Parth Verma Sir|| Limited Slots Available, Register Now

    What are the Top 10 Elimination Techniques Used by Toppers in UPSC Prelims to Solve Answers When They Are Unsure of the Right Option?|| Free Live Webinar by Two-Time Interview Qualified Civilsdaily Mentor Parth Verma Sir|| Limited Slots Available, Register Now

    Knowledge alone is not enough to clear UPSC Prelims. Elimination techniques alone are not enough to crack this exam. One needs both to crack UPSC Prelims from 2014 onwards. Since UPSC Prelims is the toughest exam out of Interview and Mains with over 9.5 lakh aspirants getting disqualified. It’s always better to think about increasing 20-30 marks with your existing knowledge using elimination techniques.

    Why is that with the same syllabus and the same study materials , most candidates score differently? For some, just a reading of the Spectrum book is enough to answer all the Modern History questions, but for others despite reading the same book this is what they face in exams

    https://twitter.com/MemeUpsc/status/1485128344903745537

    If it’s about prelims exam performance, then aspirants fall into either of these four categories. Which category are you in currently?

    1) Prelims score 0-40: They need to work on improving their knowledge first and then learn answering tricks
    2) Prelims score 50-70: They have decent knowledge and decent answering tricks. But this is not enough to clear Prelims, they need to be an above average performer. Hence, they must focus on preparing for the topics they have scored less in their mock tests.
    3) Prelims score 80-100: They have good knowledge but they need to develop answering tricks. They can do without learning elimination techniques as well, but if they wish to be on the same time learning elimination techniques will guarantee them success.
    4) Prelims score 120+: They have excellent knowledge and know all the answering tricks.

    Free Open to All Webinar by Parth Sir on UPSC Prelims Answering Tricks and Elimination Techniques

    UPSC 2020 AIR 30 Topper & Civilsdaily Student Divyanshu Chaudhary says how elimination techniques are useful for UPSC Prelims

    Knowledge of a topic precedes use of elimination techniques in Prelims exam. Without knowing much about a topic, if one uses elimination techniques it will backfire. This is because of the negative marking system present in UPSC Prelims.

    Clearing Prelims is all about Knowledge + Answering Tricks (Tikdams). And while you are studying hard to improve your knowledge, Parth sir will help you improve your answering techniques, for absolutely FREE!

    The webinar will have live demonstration of few questions from Smash Prelims 2022 mock tests and how elimination techniques can be used when one is not sure between two similar looking options. Let’s take an example:

    In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillion are remembered as

    a) Leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
    b) Members of the Interim Government in 1946
    c) Members of the Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly
    d) Officers of the Indian National Army

    If you have come across these names while reading, using elimination techniques will help you recollect exactly what you had read.

    Parth sir will explain how you can answer such questions with smart techniques, even if you DON’T know the answer but have read the topic before.

    Key Takeaways of Free Live Webinar by Parth Sir

    This is your opportunity to learn the tricks that can help you score 120+ in your Prelims. Join Parth sir for a free webinar and this is what you will learn:

    1. 10 Different types of elimination/intelligent guess techniques for hard to verify facts through solving previous year UPSC questions.

    2. How to master the Elimination techniques, used by toppers.

    3. Ideal strategy for the Last 120 days for UPSC prelims 2022.

    4. Which are the tricky topics in the syllabus where one can use elimination techniques? Information technology is a perfect topic where tricky questions can come from.

    6.Open Q&A session with Parth sir

    Webinar Details

    We are inviting all serious aspirants to grab this FREE opportunity to learn the tricks that toppers use to score higher than everyone else. 

    There are limited slots available so we request you to enroll now!

    Date: 1st February, 2022

    Time: 7:00 P.M.

    About Parth Sir

    Our Civilsdaily Mentor, Mr Parth has been mentoring students since 2017. He has an admirable experience of attending UPSC-CSE interview two times. Parth sir has always scored 400+ in all the 4 GS Mains Subjects. The secret of success according to him is consistency and time-management.

  • What are the Top 10 Elimination Techniques Used by Toppers in UPSC Prelims to Solve Answers When They Are Unsure of the Right Option?|| Free Live Webinar by Two-Time Interview Qualified Civilsdaily Mentor Parth Verma Sir|| Limited Slots Available, Register Now

    What are the Top 10 Elimination Techniques Used by Toppers in UPSC Prelims to Solve Answers When They Are Unsure of the Right Option?|| Free Live Webinar by Two-Time Interview Qualified Civilsdaily Mentor Parth Verma Sir|| Limited Slots Available, Register Now

    Knowledge alone is not enough to clear UPSC Prelims. Elimination techniques alone are not enough to crack this exam. One needs both to crack UPSC Prelims from 2014 onwards. Since UPSC Prelims is the toughest exam out of Interview and Mains with over 9.5 lakh aspirants getting disqualified. It’s always better to think about increasing 20-30 marks with your existing knowledge using elimination techniques.

    Why is that with the same syllabus and the same study materials , most candidates score differently? For some, just a reading of the Spectrum book is enough to answer all the Modern History questions, but for others despite reading the same book this is what they face in exams

    https://twitter.com/MemeUpsc/status/1485128344903745537

    If it’s about prelims exam performance, then aspirants fall into either of these four categories. Which category are you in currently?

    1) Prelims score 0-40: They need to work on improving their knowledge first and then learn answering tricks
    2) Prelims score 50-70: They have decent knowledge and decent answering tricks. But this is not enough to clear Prelims, they need to be an above average performer. Hence, they must focus on preparing for the topics they have scored less in their mock tests.
    3) Prelims score 80-100: They have good knowledge but they need to develop answering tricks. They can do without learning elimination techniques as well, but if they wish to be on the same time learning elimination techniques will guarantee them success.
    4) Prelims score 120+: They have excellent knowledge and know all the answering tricks.

    Free Open to All Webinar by Parth Sir on UPSC Prelims Answering Tricks and Elimination Techniques

    UPSC 2020 AIR 30 Topper & Civilsdaily Student Divyanshu Chaudhary says how elimination techniques are useful for UPSC Prelims

    Knowledge of a topic precedes use of elimination techniques in Prelims exam. Without knowing much about a topic, if one uses elimination techniques it will backfire. This is because of the negative marking system present in UPSC Prelims.

    Clearing Prelims is all about Knowledge + Answering Tricks (Tikdams). And while you are studying hard to improve your knowledge, Parth sir will help you improve your answering techniques, for absolutely FREE!

    The webinar will have live demonstration of few questions from Smash Prelims 2022 mock tests and how elimination techniques can be used when one is not sure between two similar looking options. Let’s take an example:

    In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillion are remembered as

    a) Leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
    b) Members of the Interim Government in 1946
    c) Members of the Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly
    d) Officers of the Indian National Army

    If you have come across these names while reading, using elimination techniques will help you recollect exactly what you had read.

    Parth sir will explain how you can answer such questions with smart techniques, even if you DON’T know the answer but have read the topic before.

    Key Takeaways of Free Live Webinar by Parth Sir

    This is your opportunity to learn the tricks that can help you score 120+ in your Prelims. Join Parth sir for a free webinar and this is what you will learn:

    1. 10 Different types of elimination/intelligent guess techniques for hard to verify facts through solving previous year UPSC questions.

    2. How to master the Elimination techniques, used by toppers.

    3. Ideal strategy for the Last 120 days for UPSC prelims 2022.

    4. Which are the tricky topics in the syllabus where one can use elimination techniques? Information technology is a perfect topic where tricky questions can come from.

    6.Open Q&A session with Parth sir

    Webinar Details

    We are inviting all serious aspirants to grab this FREE opportunity to learn the tricks that toppers use to score higher than everyone else. 

    There are limited slots available so we request you to enroll now!

    Date: 1st February, 2022

    Time: 7:00 P.M.

    About Parth Sir

    Our Civilsdaily Mentor, Mr Parth has been mentoring students since 2017. He has an admirable experience of attending UPSC-CSE interview two times. Parth sir has always scored 400+ in all the 4 GS Mains Subjects. The secret of success according to him is consistency and time-management.

  • Anganwadis should provide early childhood care and education

    Context

    The National Education Policy, 2020 has rightly highlighted the importance of early childhood care and education (ECCE), vital for the young child’s early cognitive, social, and emotional development.

    Need for focus on early childhood care and education (ECCE)

    • The National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) finds only 13.6 per cent of children enrolled in pre-primary schools.
    • With its overriding focus on health and nutrition, ECCE has hitherto been the weakest link of the anganwadi system.
    • Multiple administrative duties have left anganwadi workers with little time for ECCE.
    • A child’s early learning begins at birth, initially through stimulation, play, interactions, non-verbal and verbal communication.
    • Unfortunately, due to a lack of parental awareness compounded by the daily stresses of poverty, disadvantaged households are unable to provide an early learning environment.
    • The existing system at best serves the age group of 3-6 years, ignoring infants and toddlers.

    Way forward

    1] A meaningful ECCE programme in anganwadis

    • A meaningful ECCE programme in anganwadis is not only a more intelligent and cost-effective strategy but is also feasible to implement through seven concerted actions.
    • 1)Activity-based framework which reflect local context: To design and put in place a meaningful activity-based ECCE framework that recognises the ground realities with autonomy to reflect the local context and setting.
    • 2) Remove non-ICDS work: Routine tasks of anganwadi workers can be reduced and non-ICDS work, such as surveys, removed altogether.
    • 3)Extend Anganwadi time: Anganwadi hours can be extended by at least three hours by providing staff with an increase in their present remuneration, with the additional time devoted for ECCE.
    • Karnataka has already taken the lead; its anganwadis work from 9.30 am to 4 pm.
    • This will have the added benefit of serving as partial daycare, enabling poor mothers to earn a livelihood.
    • 4) Change in policy mindset: ICDS needs a change in policy mindset, both at central and state levels, by prioritising and monitoring ECCE.
    • 5) Engagement with parents: Anganwadi workers must be re-oriented to closely engage with parents, as they play a crucial role in the cognitive development of young children.
    • Responsive parenting requires both parents to play an active role in ECCE activities at home; therefore, anganwadi workers should be asked to consciously engage with fathers too.
    • Appropriate messaging and low-cost affordable teaching materials can be designed and made accessible to parents.
    • 6) Activity-based play material: ICDS must supply age-appropriate activity-based play material in adequate quantities regularly, and anganwadi workers encouraged to utilise them in a liberal manner.
    • 7) Invest in research and training: States should invest in research and training to support early childhood education, and ensure that the ECCE programme is not a downward extension of school education.

    2] Pre-primary sections in government primary schools

    • Some educationists have suggested that owing to the high workload of anganwadi workers, ECCE in anganwadis would remain a non-starter.
    • Therefore, all government primary schools should open pre-primary sections, with anganwadis limiting themselves to the 0-3 age group.
    • Challenges: It would require a massive outlay to build over a million classrooms with a million nursery teachers and helpers — even a conservative estimate would put the additional annual outlay at over Rs 30,000 crore.
    • Moreover, with child stunting levels at 35 per cent in India, would children enrolled in pre-schools would require supplementary nutrition and health monitoring.
    • This would overburden the nursery teacher.

    Conclusion

    Nearly 1.4 million anganwadis of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) across India must provide ECCE for the millions of young children in low-income households.

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    In UPSC prelims, it is not the number of questions that you attempt but the number of mistakes you make decides whether you will score above 120 plus or even qualify at all. 

    Based on attempts in practice tests and number of mistakes in tests, you fall into these categories:

    1. Red Zone category: 25 mistakes and above
    2. Orange zone category: 15 to 25 mistakes
    3. Green zone category: Less than 15 mistakes.

    What should you do if you fall under the Red and Orange Zone categories?

    A. RED ZONE CATEGORY: You need to have clarity in topics and have enhanced understanding. Once you have revised the content multiple times through keywords and notes, you can increase the number of attempts. There is no space for elimination and guesswork.

    B. ORANGE ZONE CATEGORY: This category aspirants need to bring mistakes below 15. Complete short keyword notes for all subjects by February 20th. Avoid guess work and learn and practice the question solving techniques such as FCE (Factual Conceptual and Elimination) approach.

    Way Forward for All UPSC Prelims 2022 Aspirants for the next 4 Months

    There are no mistakes such as silly mistakes because either you are not reading properly or don’t remember them. Also, it happens when you are under confident or overconfident. Only intelligent elimination should be opted and that also can work if you have clarity of topics and study a topic holistically. Revision should be holistic. If you have not done an in-depth study of Polity, History and Environment even once, then it is high time.

    This Saturday, Civilsdaily Mentor and UPSC 2017 AIR 674 Topper Megha Gupta Ma’am will be highlighting the different kinds of preparation strategies for red-zone, green-zone and orange-zone aspirants. From her own failures and successes, Megha Ma’am will be sharing the foolproof and easy methods to revise and recollect important prelims static + current affairs topics for 2022.

    Key takeaways of Megha Gupta Ma’am Free Live Webinar on Prelims Preparation

    1. Make a plan for the day. Day-to-day time management.

    2. Dealing with negative emotions such as despair and stress. How did Megha Gupta stay confident when she was feeling down?

    3. Her sources for current events, particularly from a prelims perspective. How did she retain daily current affairs knowledge through mental maps?

    4. Making the UPSC CSE Prelims preparation process easier. Did Megha Ma’am read new sources while revising?

    5. How can aspirants make use of Civilsdaily’s Free Group Study initiative on the Telegram Channel ? Megha Gupta responds.

    6. What practices did Megha completely avoid that were popular among other aspirants? When should you develop your strategy and when should you follow toppers to clear UPSC?

    Webinar Details

    Study hard, break your limits. Then, get used to it. That’s how you prepare for UPSC-CSE. We hope this webinar will help all 2022 aspirants implement the suggestions of Megha Gupta Ma’am.

    Date: 29 January 2022 (Saturday)

    Time: 7 P.M

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    Webinar Today @ 7PM, Registrations Closing 1 Hr|| Red-Zone, Orange-Zone & Green-Zone of UPSC Prelims Preparation: Where do you Stand Right Now?|| How to Prepare According to Your Prelims Mock Test Series Performance?|| Free Live Webinar by Civilsdaily Mentor & UPSC-CSE 2017 Topper Megha Gupta|| Limited Slots, Register Now

    In UPSC prelims, it is not the number of questions that you attempt but the number of mistakes you make decides whether you will score above 120 plus or even qualify at all. 

    Based on attempts in practice tests and number of mistakes in tests, you fall into these categories:

    1. Red Zone category: 25 mistakes and above
    2. Orange zone category: 15 to 25 mistakes
    3. Green zone category: Less than 15 mistakes.

    What should you do if you fall under the Red and Orange Zone categories?

    A. RED ZONE CATEGORY: You need to have clarity in topics and have enhanced understanding. Once you have revised the content multiple times through keywords and notes, you can increase the number of attempts. There is no space for elimination and guesswork.

    B. ORANGE ZONE CATEGORY: This category aspirants need to bring mistakes below 15. Complete short keyword notes for all subjects by February 20th. Avoid guess work and learn and practice the question solving techniques such as FCE (Factual Conceptual and Elimination) approach.

    Way Forward for All UPSC Prelims 2022 Aspirants for the next 4 Months

    There are no mistakes such as silly mistakes because either you are not reading properly or don’t remember them. Also, it happens when you are under confident or overconfident. Only intelligent elimination should be opted and that also can work if you have clarity of topics and study a topic holistically. Revision should be holistic. If you have not done an in-depth study of Polity, History and Environment even once, then it is high time.

    This Saturday, Civilsdaily Mentor and UPSC 2017 AIR 674 Topper Megha Gupta Ma’am will be highlighting the different kinds of preparation strategies for red-zone, green-zone and orange-zone aspirants. From her own failures and successes, Megha Ma’am will be sharing the foolproof and easy methods to revise and recollect important prelims static + current affairs topics for 2022.

    Key takeaways of Megha Gupta Ma’am Free Live Webinar on Prelims Preparation

    1. Make a plan for the day. Day-to-day time management.

    2. Dealing with negative emotions such as despair and stress. How did Megha Gupta stay confident when she was feeling down?

    3. Her sources for current events, particularly from a prelims perspective. How did she retain daily current affairs knowledge through mental maps?

    4. Making the UPSC CSE Prelims preparation process easier. Did Megha Ma’am read new sources while revising?

    5. How can aspirants make use of Civilsdaily’s Free Group Study initiative on the Telegram Channel ? Megha Gupta responds.

    6. What practices did Megha completely avoid that were popular among other aspirants? When should you develop your strategy and when should you follow toppers to clear UPSC?

    Webinar Details

    Study hard, break your limits. Then, get used to it. That’s how you prepare for UPSC-CSE. We hope this webinar will help all 2022 aspirants implement the suggestions of Megha Gupta Ma’am.

    Date: 29 January 2022 (Saturday)

    Time: 7 P.M

  • Webinar Today @ 7PM, Registrations Closing 3 Hrs|| Red-Zone, Orange-Zone & Green-Zone of UPSC Prelims Preparation: Where do you Stand Right Now?|| How to Prepare According to Your Prelims Mock Test Series Performance?|| Free Live Webinar by Civilsdaily Mentor & UPSC-CSE 2017 Topper Megha Gupta|| Limited Slots, Register Now

    Webinar Today @ 7PM, Registrations Closing 3 Hrs|| Red-Zone, Orange-Zone & Green-Zone of UPSC Prelims Preparation: Where do you Stand Right Now?|| How to Prepare According to Your Prelims Mock Test Series Performance?|| Free Live Webinar by Civilsdaily Mentor & UPSC-CSE 2017 Topper Megha Gupta|| Limited Slots, Register Now

    In UPSC prelims, it is not the number of questions that you attempt but the number of mistakes you make decides whether you will score above 120 plus or even qualify at all. 

    Based on attempts in practice tests and number of mistakes in tests, you fall into these categories:

    1. Red Zone category: 25 mistakes and above
    2. Orange zone category: 15 to 25 mistakes
    3. Green zone category: Less than 15 mistakes.

    What should you do if you fall under the Red and Orange Zone categories?

    A. RED ZONE CATEGORY: You need to have clarity in topics and have enhanced understanding. Once you have revised the content multiple times through keywords and notes, you can increase the number of attempts. There is no space for elimination and guesswork.

    B. ORANGE ZONE CATEGORY: This category aspirants need to bring mistakes below 15. Complete short keyword notes for all subjects by February 20th. Avoid guess work and learn and practice the question solving techniques such as FCE (Factual Conceptual and Elimination) approach.

    Way Forward for All UPSC Prelims 2022 Aspirants for the next 4 Months

    There are no mistakes such as silly mistakes because either you are not reading properly or don’t remember them. Also, it happens when you are under confident or overconfident. Only intelligent elimination should be opted and that also can work if you have clarity of topics and study a topic holistically. Revision should be holistic. If you have not done an in-depth study of Polity, History and Environment even once, then it is high time.

    This Saturday, Civilsdaily Mentor and UPSC 2017 AIR 674 Topper Megha Gupta Ma’am will be highlighting the different kinds of preparation strategies for red-zone, green-zone and orange-zone aspirants. From her own failures and successes, Megha Ma’am will be sharing the foolproof and easy methods to revise and recollect important prelims static + current affairs topics for 2022.

    Key takeaways of Megha Gupta Ma’am Free Live Webinar on Prelims Preparation

    1. Make a plan for the day. Day-to-day time management.

    2. Dealing with negative emotions such as despair and stress. How did Megha Gupta stay confident when she was feeling down?

    3. Her sources for current events, particularly from a prelims perspective. How did she retain daily current affairs knowledge through mental maps?

    4. Making the UPSC CSE Prelims preparation process easier. Did Megha Ma’am read new sources while revising?

    5. How can aspirants make use of Civilsdaily’s Free Group Study initiative on the Telegram Channel ? Megha Gupta responds.

    6. What practices did Megha completely avoid that were popular among other aspirants? When should you develop your strategy and when should you follow toppers to clear UPSC?

    Webinar Details

    Study hard, break your limits. Then, get used to it. That’s how you prepare for UPSC-CSE. We hope this webinar will help all 2022 aspirants implement the suggestions of Megha Gupta Ma’am.

    Date: 29 January 2022 (Saturday)

    Time: 7 P.M

  • Electoral bond scheme

    Context

    Ever since its introduction, the electoral bond scheme has envenomed the democratic process, by destroying altogether any notion of transparency in political funding.

    Issue of anonymity in electoral bond

    • The electoral bond scheme is designed to allow an individual, or any “artificial juridical person”, including body corporates, to purchase bonds issued by the State Bank of India during notified periods of time.
    • These instruments are issued in the form of promissory notes, and in denominations ranging from ₹1,000 to ₹1 crore.
    • Once purchased, the buyer can donate the bond to any political party of their choice and the party can then encash it on demand.

    Supreme Court’s opinion

    • The Supreme Court has allowed the scheme to continue unabated and has denied an interim stay on its operation.
    • In one such provisional order, the Court asserted that the bonds were not, in fact, anonymous.
    • According to the Court, since both the purchase and the encashment of bonds are made through banking channels, all it would take for a person to glean the identity of a donor was for her to look through every corporation’s financial statement — these records, the Court said, ought to be available with the Registrar of Companies.
    • What the order ignored was that there is no attendant obligation on political parties to provide details to the public on each donation received by them through electoral bonds.
    • Companies are also under no obligation to disclose the name of the party to whom they made the donation.

    Violation of voter’s right

    •  The Supreme Court has consistently held that voters have a right to freely express themselves during an election and that they are entitled to all pieces of information that give purpose and vigour to this right.
    • Surely, to participate in the electoral process in a meaningful manner and to choose one’s votes carefully, a citizen must know the identity of those backing the candidates.

    Electoral bond does not eliminate the role of black money in funding elections

    • As affidavits filed by the Election Commission of India in the Supreme Court have demonstrated, the scheme, if anything, augments the potential role of black money in elections.
    • It does so by, among other things, removing existing barriers against shell entities and dying concerns from donating to political parties.
    • Moreover, even if the bonds were meant to eliminate the presence of unaccounted currency, it is difficult to see what nexus the decision to provide complete anonymity of the donor bears to this objective.
    • It is for this reason that the Reserve Bank of India reportedly advised the Government against the scheme’s introduction.

    Conclusion

    The worries over the electoral bond scheme, however, go beyond its patent unconstitutionality. This is because in allowing anonymity it befouls the basis of our democracy and prevents our elections from being truly free and fair.

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  • How budget can generate higher growth, jobs

    Context

    Although the impact of Omicron is less on the economy, the loss of GDP in the last two years is high. Also note that the pre-Covid year FY20 had a low base with 4 per cent growth of GDP. Therefore, the need to focus on higher growth in the forthcoming budget and in the medium term, that is, beyond India@75, is obvious.

    Challenges in creating quantity and quality of jobs in the economy

    • Unemployment rate is high in both rural and urban areas;
    • Decline in work participation rates, particularly for women;
    • Recovery in employment is still below the levels of the pre-Covid period.
    • 85 per cent of the workforce is still in informal sector.
    • Lack of skill: Less than 5 per cent of India’s workforce has formal skill training.
    • Need for structural change: Manufacturing and services need structural change.
    • Focus on MSME sector is needed for higher employment.

    Policies needed to achieve higher economic growth and jobs

    1] Capital expenditure and infrastructure

    • The government outlined an infrastructure project pipeline worth more than Rs 102 lakh crore and asset monetisation pipeline of Rs 6 lakh crore to be implemented in the medium term.
    • Continuing focus on infrastructure and capex by the government is important as it is a key driver for the “future of India”.

    2] Focus on export growth

    • It is well known that rise in exports is one of the main engines of growth and also important for employment creation.
    • Export growth in India has increased and is expected to reach $400 billion by the end of FY22.
    • One worrying aspect of India’s export performance is the failure in expanding the share of labour intensive products in the export basket.
    • Protectionist trade policy: However, one problem in recent years is that India’s trade policy has become more protectionist by increasing import tariffs.
    • Join RCEP: India should also join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) for integrating our industries with the value chains in Asia.

    3] Manufacturing and service sector growth

    • The share of manufacturing in GDP and employment has hardly increased over time.
    • Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes can improve performance.
    • However, more efforts are required to improve the manufacturing sector.
    •  Similarly, there are a lot of opportunities for India in the service sector.
    • Brand and customer centricity are important here.
    • India can also think of more business in the service sector.
    • Growing startups including unicorns in manufacturing and services is part of this effort.

    4] Banking reforms

    • Banking reforms are important as bank credit growth is a key indicator of economic growth.
    • Low credit-to-gdp ration in India: Credit to GDP ratio in India is only around 55 per cent compared to 100 per cent and 150 per cent in many other countries.
    • Credit should flow to all categories of economic agents like firms, households etc.
    •  The bad bank, a key initiative of the last budget, is yet to take shape.
    • The role of fintech companies in the financial sector has increased significantly.
    • They may not be able to replace banks although they are competing on payments.
    • The banks also have to focus now on ESG (environment, social and governance) while giving credit.
    • Big technology and digital push is also needed for banks.

    5] Deal with K-shaped recovery

    • The K-shaped recovery of the economy is still continuing.
    • The policies have to focus on giving a push to the MSME sector, increasing investment in agriculture and rural infrastructure, a social sector push including bridging divides in health and education, social protection measures like foodgrain distribution, cash transfers, MGNREGA in rural areas, urban employment guarantee schemes etc.
    • This will also create demand for the economy.

    Conclusion

    In the near term, fiscal policy has to play an important role in achieving the objectives of growth and jobs by expanding fiscal space while the fiscal deficit can be stabilised in the medium term. Increase in private investment may take some more time.

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