UPSC Interview 2024] – Transcript #50: Dr. Dinesh Dasa Board, Agriculture Optional, Karnataka Home State, Sports Hobby

Board: Dr. Dinesh Dasa Sir
Optional: Agriculture
Session: Forenoon session
Home State: Karnataka
Last one to go.
Hobby: Sports
Bengaluru, IDAS

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Chairman

1. Should all account services must be merged ?
2. Job profile ?
3. Why agricultural graduates are not taking R &D further and settling for lower clerk jobs ?
4. Why agricultural productivity is less in india compared to China ?
5. As agricultural secretary, how will you improve farming sector.
6. Opinion on Md Yunus statement during his recent visit to china ?

Member 1

1. Opinion on giving govt jobs on compassionate grounds ?
2. Speciality of Defence account department wrt other accounting services.
3. Which article in constitution under which UPSC is recruiting civil servants ?
4. Rest , he was giving his opinion on above questions.

Member 2

1. How do you liking your job ?
2. What lessons you have learnt from current posting ?
3. How to rationalize defence budget , and means to improve capital budget.
4. Agniveer scheme , opinion.

Member 3

Retired army officer it seems , slight grilling.
1. Agniveer problems, reality , camaraderie issue etc etc
2. Why defence budget not spent properly, is your department the problem.
I humbly mentioned we are there to expediate the process and not to create barriers.
And discussion went on till chairman sir asked last member to take over.

Member 4

1. You play sports, does civil servants should play more ?
2. If u are DM and SDM beats you in badminton, what will be your feelings ?
No hard feelings !
3. Agriculture exports of india. Challenges , and way forward.
4. Bengaluru traffic, as urban development officer , what will you do.

Chairman asked me if I want to tell something, i said I am grateful and thanked all of them and that’s it.

Overall experience : Good

Mocks : All online
India4IAS , Unacademy ( Good ), Vajiram and reddy ( out of 40 minutes , 20 minutes went like… Sir , can you hear me , I can hear you now )
Daily discussion with fellow aspirants/friends did help a lot.
And most importantly , sincere thanks to this transcript community.

All the best everyone