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Note: Ethics Questions for today. We have included 2 Ethics Case Studies for today. Start answering them in your own words.

1. Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. (GS 4)

2. CASE STUDY-1 There is a primary school in your jurisdiction and you are the sarpanch of a Panchayat. Recently the government made a directive that aadhar has to be linked with mid day meals scheme. Earlier all children irrespective of whether they have aadhar cards or not used to have lunch at school but with this some of the children got excluded because of which parents stopped sending them to school. This could lead to failure of mid day meal scheme.

I. What are the ethical questions raised because of this directive by the government ?How can you tackle it at Panchayat level.

II. As a public servant what arguments you will put forward to convince the excluded children parents to send them to school.