UPSC Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – Mains Marathon – May 11



Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words

Time: 30 Minutes

Kindly review each others answers.


1. Indian science needs hard work and a critically large base of experts, not more management. Do you agree? In this context, discuss about the SPARK (Sustainable Progress through Application of Research and Knowledge) Initiative. (GS 3)

भारतीय विज्ञान को कड़ी मेहनत और समीक्षकों के बड़े आधार विशेषज्ञों की आवश्यकता है, अधिक प्रबंधन की नहीं। क्या आप सहमत हैं? इस संदर्भ में, स्पार्क (अनुसंधान और ज्ञान के आवेदन के माध्यम से निरंतर प्रगति) पहल के बारे में चर्चा करें।

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2. Do you think that the Government lacks clarity in healthcare? Discuss the pros and cons of the recent National Health Policy. (GS 2)

क्या आपको लगता है कि सरकार में स्वास्थ्य सेवा स्पष्टता का अभाव है? राष्ट्रीय स्वास्थ्य नीति के पेशेवरों और विपक्षों पर चर्चा करें।

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3. In any society that is governed by the rule of law, some form of morality is always imposed. Critically discuss. (GS 4)

किसी भी समाज में जो कानून के शासन द्वारा नियंत्रित होता है, नैतिकता के कुछ स्वरूप हमेशा लगाए जाते हैं। गंभीरता से चर्चा करें।

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    Ak Ash

    This is my first time posting the answer please review it

    1.Background

    In India there already exists systems of science governance which are robust with departments
    reporting to ministers who in turn report to the Union Cabinet. There is no lack of sound advisory
    bodies and committees within these departments. As for overarching bodies, we already have the
    Scientific Advisory Committee to the Prime Minister and the Principal Scientific Adviser to the
    Government of India.To realise India’s scientific ambitions, the science-heads of all of India’s
    scientific departments including Atomic Energy, Space, Earth Sciences, Science and Technology and
    Biotechnology proposed a new authority reporting to the Prime minister SPARK
    (Sustainable Progress through Application of Research and Knowledge), as it is tentatively
    called, will be a “nimble, empowered board and a quality staff.” .it will be an over-arching
    science and technology body that marries research and industry, and will report directly
    to the Prime Minister

    Do we really need it?

    When there already exists two overarching bodies whose recommendations have not yet yielded any
    concrete actions the question arises ,do we really need a third such body?The science departments
    are too different from one another to come under the purview of one “overarching” body like SPARK.
    The Department of Science and Technology and Department of Biotechnology are purely funding and
    outreach organisations. The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) has a special and
    tricky mandate which involves interaction with industry.The goals of SPARK seem to be most closely
    attuned with NITI Aayog, and it might well be effective only within this parent organisation,
    taking inputs from various quarters such as industries, the ministries themselves and NGOs to
    make proposals, some of which could move forward to become major initiatives.Soothing yet
    baffling expedients to solve the problems of Indian science might make for good copy in the short
    run but they are not going to yield real results.Decisions on new initiatives like SPARK should
    not be taken within government departments in Delhi following a proposal from one closed
    administrative group to another. A broad-based consultation with stakeholders is a must.

    What we really need

    The bald fact is that we do not have so much to manage.The report of top science administrators
    that recommended the setting up of this independent authority is correct in that
    “the stature of Indian science is a shadow of what it used to be” but this is not because of
    “misguided interventions”. It is because there is a lack of scientific expertise across all levels.
    We have failed in our educational system to harness the enormous latent talent in our country and
    build a solid foundation of science.the report’s contention that “there is a huge support system”,
    and “global goodwill” which is “positive”. India does not need global goodwill to succeed in science.
    It needs hard work, honest management and a critically large base of experts. Indian science is
    certainly not in a good state of health today. But what is wrong is not the structure of the system.
    The wrongs emanate from the many sins of omission and commission over the years by the individuals
    who have led the system.

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