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Questions
1) What is International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC)? How INSTC can help India consolidate its multi-alignment strategy?
2) Artificial Intelligence powered solutions can enable farmers to do more with less and improve farm productivity. In the light of the statement, highlight the applications of AI for agriculture and discuss the challenges in its adoption and implementation.
Good answer! Nice use of Map. Structure is good. Some suggestions
1. While the dimension of INSTC has been more than adequately covered, the aspect of multi-alignment strategy hasn’t been covered properly. You need to highlight that India has been collaborating with both Russia and the West. India’s focus in securing its interest has meant that India is part of both INSTC and QUAD at the same time (multi-alignment). Add some content on these lines.
2. In the map, You can also highlight Suez Canal and how INSTC is alternate to sea-based trade rout.
3. Do specify the year of ‘Suez Crisis’. I think You are referring to a ship being stuck in the Suez Canal, hampering trade. The more famous Suez Crisis of 1956 is not recent. Don’t leave any ambiguity for the examiner.
Overall nice, with some margin for improvement!
yes Suez crisis of of ever given ship been stuck.
will try to be more clear about my thought process.
thank you for the review.
Great answer! Many relevant points have been mentioned. Some suggestions:
1. You can actually club the sections AI for Agri. productivity and Applications of AI for agriculture.
2. Some more points can be added in both Applications and challenges e.g., in Applications You can add the keyword: Precision Farming. Similarly in challenges You only mentioned smartphones under resources. Technology can also be mentioned here. Also reluctance to adopt new technology, fragmented/small landholdings are a hurdle in application of tech. These points mentioned in the article.
Other aspects look great!
yes, I was blank about challenges , thank you for more such points.
will update them in my notes
Please review
Good answer! The first half is excellent, comprehensive coverage of points. Nice use of the map also.
Some suggestions
1. The points in the second aspect of the question (multi-alignment) are bit off. In my opinion, here You should highlight, how despite US sanctions on Russia/Iran, and despite being part of QUAD, India has engaged with both Russia and Iran. This has to be the main theme, rest of the points that You have mentioned can follow subsequently, although some of them can also be written under benefits of INSTC.
2. Since You have mentioned Suez route, do highlight it in the map as well.
All other aspects are really good!
Thank you for suggestions. I will incorporate QUAD in the multi-alignment.
Please review
Excellent! Almost all points have been covered. Nothing much to suggest here.
One thing You can do maybe is club some of the points, like indebtedness can be mentioned in same point as scarcity of capital like ‘Poverty, indebtedness, scarcity of capital leave little resources for farmers to invest in technology’ etc.
Thank you.
Awesome! Great content. Only thing missing is introduction.
Although, in my personal opinion, not bad per se to directly come to the point, but general consensus is to start the answer with some good introduction.
Ideally, the introduction should contain some relevant fact/data related to the main theme of the answer. So either You can begin by quoting some report, how AI can help improve agri-GDP to reach xxx dollars or You can mention how agri-productivity is very low in India (like yield data or low labor productivity) and AI can be helpful etc.
Shall take a note of it .
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