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Webinar on The Art of Answer Writing: Boost your Marks in UPSC Mains|| 18th JULY || Registration Open
Date: 18th July 2021
Time: 3 PM
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Every aspirant studies almost the same things and has the same time to answer the questions. And yet, only a few succeed in writing the perfect answers while others fail. Why?
Well, here’s a fact: Answer writing is not a talent that you are born with, it is a skill that you can master.
And we want students to learn this skill and apply it effectively during the exam. This is why we are pleased to present an absolutely FREE webinar by Sukanya ma’am for serious IAS aspirants to learn the techniques of answer writing that will fetch you high scores in your UPSC Mains.
What can you expect from the webinar?
Our Webinar is curated from learning over the years and interactions with students from our successful programs like Smash mains and MEP super 50.
- Introduction to answer writing as expected by UPSC.
- Learn about the common mistakes that most aspirants make and how to avoid them.
- Live examples of poor answer writing and how to change them.
- A comprehensive coverage of How to approach a question.
- Learn to identify:
- The key demand of the question
- How to structure your answer ?
- How to write the introduction?
- What to write in the body ?
- How to conclude your answers?
- Learn to identify:
- An interactive open session for discussion
- Live question and answer session with the mentor
You learn all of this in 2 hours, for absolutely FREE!
This is a session that can transform your answers, don’t miss it! Register now!
A quick bit about Sukanya Ma’am
Sukanya ma’am has the first-hand experience of 4 mains and 2 interviews of UPSC. She has also appeared in the State MPPCS interview. Before she has worked as a Probationary Officer in a public sector bank.
At Civilsdaily, she is the Mains Initiative Coordinator and has worked as an Ethics Mentor in Smash Mains program, which had an 80% success rate in UPSC mains 2020.
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Prelims Heist with Parth | 20 Days INTENSE Prelims Preparation For FREE!
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Dear Aspirants,
Ready to steal Prelims? Our senior mentor, Parth Sir, is taking FREE sessions – PRELIMS HEIST – on Habitat and is helping students complete their Prelims Preparation in a focused manner in 20 days!
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Revise Economics for IAS Prelims Ravi Ranjan 11:00 am English Writing Anand Prakash 12:30 pm Science and Tech Dr. Keerti 1:00 pm Samadhan CSAT Ravi Ranjan 2:00 pm UPSC EPFO Rohit Yadav 3:00 pm Chat pe News: Current Affairs Anjum Sharma 4:30 pm Polity Laxmikant Amoghavarsha 5:30 pm Indian society and Social Issues Siddharth 6:00 pm Abhyaas: Answer Writing Garima 7:00 pm Samvad: Indian Agriculture Radhika Didwania 7:30 pm Prelims Heist Parth Verma 8:30 pm Parakram Answer Writing session Rohit Yadav 9:30 pm Post dinner MCQs for IAS prelims AmitB 10:15 pm And many more…
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Not only UPSC has a vast syllabus but it expects a certain level of intellectual, social, and emotional maturity from its aspirants. It’s a very complex task to come up with a study plan/timetable that harmonizes every element and takes into consideration the return on investment on certain topics.
We’ve just now launched the July batches for the following courses. It is the apt time you should start for IAS 2022. Any delay beyond this point will make things unmanageable for you.
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Broadly, six factors determine your success in cracking this prestigious IAS exam. The most important being understanding the expectations of UPSC; according to that planning and strategizing; then Learning – Knowledge and information; Analyzing – making linkages, connections, etc.; Executing and utilizing information; and Constant course correction – because mistakes are inevitable, need to rectify them asap.
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Do NOT Pay A Single RUPEE, Just Learn And Score! Join The Session For FREE, Pick Your Subject, And Start Learning Now!
Dear Aspirants,
We want you to succeed because we succeed only when you succeed! That is why we are pleased to announce that Habitat (our learning app) is offering comprehensive coverage of the syllabus in 13 different subjects.
What can you expect?
- Comprehensive syllabus coverage.
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- Most Probable Questions.
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- Join Habitat for absolutely FREE by clicking here.
- Go through the discussions happening on the General channel.
- Pick the subject that you wish to study.
- And start learning!
- You can join as many subjects as you want
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Here is a list of topics and discussions you can join immediately:
Revise Economics for IAS Prelims Ravi Ranjan 11:00 am English Writing Anand Prakash 12:30 pm Science and Tech Dr. Keerti 1:00 pm Samadhan CSAT Ravi Ranjan 2:00 pm UPSC EPFO Rohit Yadav 3:00 pm Chat pe News: Current Affairs Anjum Sharma 4:30 pm Polity Laxmikant Amoghavarsha 5:30 pm Indian society and Social Issues Siddharth 6:00 pm Abhyaas: Answer Writing Garima 7:00 pm Samvad: Indian Agriculture Radhika Didwania 7:30 pm Prelims Heist Parth Verma 8:30 pm Parakram Answer Writing session Rohit Yadav 9:30 pm Post dinner MCQs for IAS prelims AmitB 10:15 pm And many more…
Whatever you need, we have it here.
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Issues with coercive Population Policy
Context
Recently, the government of Uttar Pradesh released a “Population Policy” in which it stated its intention to bring the gross fertility rate in the State down from the existing 2.7 to 2.1 by 2026.
Provisions in the Bill
- This draft law, titled the Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilisation and Welfare) Bill, 2021, seeks to provide a series of incentives to families that adhere to a two-child norm.
- The Bill also intends on disentitling families that breach the norm from benefits and subsidies.
- It promises public servants who undergo sterilisation and adopt a two-child norm several benefits.
- The draft Bill also contains a list of punishments.
- A person who breaches the two-child norm will be debarred from securing the benefit of any government-sponsored welfare scheme and will be disqualified from applying to any State government job.
- Existing government employees who infringe the rule will be denied the benefit of promotion.
- Transgressing individuals will be prohibited from contesting elections to local authorities and bodies.
Issues with coercive population control policies
1) Counter-productive measure
- Through an affidavit filed in court, the central government argued that “international experience shows that any coercion to have a certain number of children is counter-productive and leads to demographic distortions”.
2) Against international obligations
- India is committed to its obligations under international law, including the principles contained in the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action, 1994.
- Foremost in those principles was a pledge from nations that they would look beyond demographic targets and focus instead on guaranteeing a right to reproductive freedom.
3) Against right to reproductive freedom and privacy
- In Suchita Srivastava & Anr vs Chandigarh Administration (2009), the Court found that a woman’s freedom to make reproductive decisions is an integral facet of the right to personal liberty guaranteed by Article 21.
- This ruling was endorsed by the Supreme Court’s nine-judge Bench verdict in K.S. Puttaswamy vs Union of India (2017).
- A reading of the plurality of opinions there shows us that the Constitution sees a person’s autonomy over her body as an extension of the right to privacy.
- A simple reading of U.P.’s draft law will show us that, if enacted, it will grossly impinge on the right to reproductive freedom.
- However, In Javed & Ors vs State of Haryana & Ors (2003), the Court upheld a law that disqualified persons with more than two children from contesting in local body elections.
- But the present UP Bill is far more disproportionate, therefore, the judgment in Javed can no longer be seen as good law.
- The UP government will likely argue that there is no violation of privacy here because any decision on sterilisation would be voluntary.
- But, as we ought to by now know, making welfare conditional is a hallmark of coercion.
- Therefore, the proposed law will fall foul of a proportionality analysis.
4) Negative consequences
- An already skewed sex ratio may be compounded by families aborting a daughter in the hope of having a son with a view to conforming to the two-child norm.
- The law could also lead to a proliferation in sterilisation camps, a practice that the Supreme Court has previously deprecated.
- In Devika Biswas vs Union of India (2016), the Court pointed to how these camps invariably have a disparate impact on minorities and other vulnerable groups.
Way forward
- Experiences from other States in India show us that there are more efficacious and alternative measures available to control the growth of population, including processes aimed at improving public health and access to education.
Conclusion
For one thing, the reasoning of the Bill goes against the Puttaswamy case. But as rousing as the nine-judge Bench verdict is, its legacy depends on how its findings are applied.
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Last few Seats left || How to increase your chances in UPSC CSE Prelims-2021 under my Guidance||90 days complete Testing and mentorship strategy||Super-25 Group|| Cleared 6 out of 6 prelims|| 6 Mains and 3 UPSC interviews || UPSC EPFO-2017|| In-service Officer (BPSC 56-59th)
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UPSC Interviews 2020: Schedule your Mock + DAF questionnaire | Next 17th July | Offline on 18th July
Mock Interviews at Civilsdaily form a crucial part of UPSC interview preparation. The quality and diversity of the panel help prepare an aspirant for the actual interview at UPSC.
Aspirants have benefited greatly from the mock interview and the feedback they get from the panel members after their mock interview. At the same time, we work with the aspirants to improve upon the areas highlighted by the panel.
Upcoming Mock interview and session
This week’s mock interview dates have been fixed.
- Mock interview this week- 17th July(Online) (Book your slot)
- Mock interview this week-18th July (Offline)
- Time: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
- Mode: Online and Offline
Interview slots will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Panelists for Mock Interviews:
- Shri Shankar Aggarwal, IAS (retd.)
- Dr. Noor Mohammad, IAS (retd.)
- Dr. P.K. Agrawal, IAS (Retd.)
- Shri T. N. Thakur, IAAS (retd.)
- Shri V. P. Singh, IRPS
- Shri Rajendra Bharti, IFoS
- Mrs.Aditi Gupta, Corporate Leadership Specialist
- Prof. U.M. Amin, Jamia Milia University
- Mr. Himanshu Arora, Economist, JNU, PMEAC
- Mr. Kunal Aggarwal, IRS
- Mr. Debraj Das, IPS
Tentative: Shri Harsh V. Pant (Observer Research Foundation), Shri SN Tripathi, IAS (Director IIPA), Shri Yogesh Narain (Retd. Defence Secretary), Shri Dipankar Gupta (Indian Sociologist), and others.
Aspirants will also get a personalized DAF-based questionnaire based on extensive research and linkages with the issues of national and international importance.
DAF questionnaire
Detailed Application Form (DAF) is one of the most important documents that you might have filled for UPSC interviews. A major part of the interview will revolve around the information and details provided in the DAF. It is more than your CV.
Your ability to defend your DAF before the panel is going to decide your success. Anticipating and preparing for the questions based on your DAF is an essential part of the interview preparation.
As a part of Transcend: Interview Guidance Program for UPSC interviews we provide you a personalized and elaborate DAF-based questionnaire.
Fill the form below for DAF questionnaire.
Important interview topics
- Report of 15th Finance Commission
- Do you agree with the new criteria defined under Terms of Reference by FC?
- What are the major challenges being faced by several states?
- Monetisation of deficit
- What do you understand by Monetisation of Deficit?
- Is it a Feasible solution for an economy like India?
- Better Relations: Onus on Pakistan
- What responsibility does India have on this?
- Does the Onus lie on India’s side also to extend the hands of friendship?
- Delhi: LG’s role redefined
- What is the major area of tussles?
- Do you think such steps might lead to erosion of federation and a spot on elected parties having full-fledged legislature?
- Reservation: reviewing 50% cap
- Is this still needed?
- What can be the other alternatives?
- Regulating Social Media Influencers
- Why such regulation needed, despite Media being considered as the 4th Pillar of democracy?
- Spread of Fake News is because of Unaware citizenry? What’s your view on this?
- What are the other causes?
- Need for Agricultural reforms
- Is the Farmer Protest right?
- What is the cause for such unrest?
- Why is there such a trust deficit?
- Nota and option of Re-Election
- Is the option of NOTA effective in Indian Democracy?
- What can be done then to reduce the money and muscle power?
- Climate Change and India
- Why such urgency now? Immediate reasons?
- What is India’s position in terms of mitigating CC impact?
- Why the burden on developing countries?
- Time to implement Uniform Civil Code
- Do you think UCC is now the need of the hour?
- Any challenges in its implementation? Why?
- What is the Constitutional mandate on this?
- India-UK bilateral ties
- Does Brexit change the equations between India and EU?
- What major impact can India have after the whole Brexit scenario?
- France: Liberty and fight against terror
- Debate on secularism and its type?
- Is India a perfect example for positive secularism?
- Atma Nirbhar Bharat 3.0
- Is this Atmanirbharta possible in India?
- Then why 1991 LPG reforms were brought at the first instance?
- Where are we lacking exactly?
- Education Sector reforms
- Will NEP fill all the existing gaps in the Education sector?
- Is RTE successful in India?
- Providing education in Mother Tongue- do you find some relevance in it?
- Then why so much focus on english medium?
- Empowering women
- What is the most im[ortant factor for making women really empowered?
- Will it improve the status of the female population in the country?
- What are the main hindrances in empowering this section of society?
- Monetise and Modernise Mantra for PSUs
- Privatisation or not? Why?
- Why not improve the existing structure rather than going for privatisation?
- Strengthening our start-up ecosystem
- Is India ready for a startup ecosystem?
- Then why do they get merged with MNCs after a few years and why not they themselves striving to become a MNC?
- Raising marriageable age for women
- Why such notions in India?
- Will it improve the position of women in families?
- Do you agree with marrying a woman older than you?
- Emerging Technologies- Global Challenges
- Why is it creating so much of fuss?
- A day without INTERNET and COMPUTERS/SMART DEVICES?
- India’s Humanitarian Diplomacy
- Why so much focus on soft diplomacy?
- Has it provided any advantage to India in International arena?
- Quad Summit: India’s gain
- What gains will it bring?
- Can it be seen as a counter attack on China?
- India’s engagement with Africa
- What are the stakes for India in Africa?
- How can India take a stronghold against China there?
- Biden Presidency and India-US ties
- How will it be different from Trump’s Presidency?
- Any relief for India?
- What can be the major challenges?
- Afghan Peace Talks and India
- India’s stand on Taliban?
- Should India change its stand?
- Relations with Nepal in Covid Era
- We can choose our friends but not our neighbours- its relevance in nepal’s context?
- India’s leadership in Post-Covid world
- What are the major areas where India should focus first?
- Can we be able to beat China on any front ?
- India’s Vaccine Diplomacy
- What is the idea behind this?
- Is it not Fiscal Imprudence?
- Challenges for India as a global power
- Major areas of conflicts?
- How can India emerge to be a winner on these fronts ?
- India and G7 summit
- Do you think the invitation has some relevance for India?
- RCEP: Challenges and way forward
- What could have been the scenario if India would have joined it?
- Is it a mature step from India’s perspective?
- Cyber security and India’s preparedness
- Is India prepared on this front?
- What are the ethical challenges involved?
- Need for Responsible technology? How?
- LAC pullback: nothing conceded
- Where does India stand now after this whole stand-off scenario?
- Will it bring some respite in the near future?
- Why do the issues remain unresolved?
- Can it be considered as a historical mistake?
- Contempt of Court
- Difference between Civil and Criminal Contempt.
- Should it be removed?
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The proposed e-commerce rules shield vested interests
Context
The proposed Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020, have been drafted ostensibly in the name of the consumer. The rules are driven more by the desire to shield the traditional brick-and-mortar stores, and handicap e-commerce firms, especially the foreign ones.
Issues with the provisions of draft Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020
1) Fall-back liability clause is unfair for those operating through marketplace model
- Under this provision, e-commerce entities will be liable in case suppliers on the platform fail to deliver the goods to consumers, causing them a loss.
- E-commerce firms in India operate through either the inventory model or the marketplace model.
- As FDI is permitted only in the marketplace model.
- Under the marketplace model, e-commerce platforms don’t hold inventory, but simply connect buyers and sellers.
- Foreign players typically operate through this model.
- Considering that these platforms exercise little or no control over the inventory under this model, how can they be held liable for the sellers’ actions.
2) Identifying goods based on country of origin and providing fair opportunity to domestic sellers
- The draft rules also require e-commerce platforms to identify goods based on their country of origin.
- And when goods are being viewed for purchase by consumers, the rules also mandate platforms to provide suggestions to ensure “fair opportunity” for domestic sellers.
- This raises the question as to why the Make in India campaign is being pushed through the Consumer Protection Act.
- Surely, if domestic manufacturers are competitive, consumers will automatically gravitate towards them.
- Interests of consumers, not domestic manufacturers, should be at the core of the consumer protection framework.
3) Overlapping/competing jurisdictions
- Data protection: The draft rules have sought to safeguard consumer data by restraining e-commerce firms from sharing consumer data without consent.
- But the data protection should be governed by the provisions under the Personal Data Protection Bill and not the Consumer Protection Act.
- Considering the graded approach that is likely to be adopted under the Data Protection Bill, an e-commerce user’s data could be classified as per its vulnerability and be left under the jurisdiction of the data protection authority.
- Dominant position: The rules also state that e-commerce entities are prohibited from abusing their dominant positions in the market.
- The “abuse of dominant position” has been given the same meaning as that prescribed under Section 4 of the Competition Act, 2002.
- This will open the scope for new consumer protection authority to enter into issues of abuse of dominant position — the domain of the Competition Commission of India.
Consider the question “Over-regulation tends to curb competition and create monopolies instead of ensuring its holistic growth dovetailed with fair competition. In light of this, examine the issues with the draft Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020?”
Conclusion
The lines of demarcation that have been drawn up in the retail landscape — single brand vs multi-brand, online vs offline, domestic vs foreign — serve only to protect powerful vested interests, not benefit the consumer as is often proclaimed.
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