Category: Mains Marathon Answers

Discuss the problems faced by the power sector in India. Suggest some measures to tackle these problems. Answer What is National Infrastructure Pipeline?Discuss its need and significance in light of India’s aim to become a $5 trillion economy. Answer Discuss various provisions of Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana’ (SAGY). What are various challenges in realising the… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – January 3, 2020

Access to Internet must be recognized as a fundamental right to free speech, basic freedoms and the right to life. Do you agree? Justify. Answer What is Demographic dividend?Argue whether Indian demographic dividend is turning into a demographic disaster or not? Answer Discuss the role of CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) as an anti-corruption body.… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – January 2, 2020

What are the objective and salient features of National Nutrition Mission? Discuss various challenges to National Nutrition Mission and how to tackle the same. Answer In order to arrest slowdown in the economy, India needs to make their policies people-centric rather than growth-centric. Comment. Answer Bring out the philosophy of the Indian polity as enshrined… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 31, 2019

What are functional foods? How functional foods can help in resolving India’s malnutrition and farmer’s issues? Answer What is good governance? Discuss recent findings of Good Governance Index report in India. Suggest some measures to improve the governance in Indians states. Answer Honesty as a policy always comes with a price. The path of honesty,… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 30, 2019

A greater participation of women in police and judiciary, would help to reduce the violence against women in society. Comment. Answer Give an account of looming water crisis situation in India. Discuss how Atal Bhujal Yojana would help in preventing water crisis situation. Answer ‘Securing personal data is the key to making India truly digital’.… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 28, 2019

According to recent, World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2020, the participation of women in the labour force is among the lowest in the world. What are various reasons for this. Suggest some measures to reduce gender gap in India. Answer A faulty implementation of the NRC could create a human rights issue of… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 27, 2019

What is meant by constitutional morality? How does one uphold constitutional morality? Discuss its importance in a public services. Answer Discuss the role played by State Legislative Councils. How are they different from the Rajya Sabha? Also examine their usefulness for Indian states. Answer Discuss the significance of the Vaikom satyagraha and the self respect… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 26, 2019

The current economic slowdown is a result of both cyclical and structural factors. Comment. Answer With India and the USA coming closer to each other in the international arena, new challenges have emerged in India-Iran relations. Discuss. Answer Discuss the objectives of Ujjwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY). Critically examine its success and failures. Answer The… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 24, 2019

“There is an urgent need to reform the criminal justice system in India.” Discuss in light of recent failures of criminal justice in India. Answer How effective has the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana been? Examine. Also, discuss its significance. Answer “Indian economy is undergoing a Four Balance Sheet (FBS) problem”. Examine. Also suggest some measures.… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 23, 2019

“Population stabilisation efforts need to address existing socio-cultural barriers and ensure multi-sectoral participation.” Comment. Answer What do you understand by the term disinvestment? Critically examine the policy of disinvestment in India. Answer Discuss various measures undertaken by the government to curb and control black money. To what extent have these measures been able to address… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 21, 2019