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Following are today’s Mains Marathon Questions.
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Every morning, we post 2-3 questions based on current affairs. The questions framed are meaningful and relevant to the exam.
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Questions
1.) How far has FSSAI been able to promote and protect public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety?
2.) Inflation has assumed a menacing proportion in almost all countries. Suggest some policy measures that can be adopted by RBI to control inflationary pressure in the country.
Good answer. You have tried to address the underlying reasons for inflation and suggested the possible measures that RBI can take. Handwriting is also neat and legible.
Some suggestions for improvement:
1. Start by citing some data, you can mention the level of CPI (like mention > 6%, if you are unable to remember exact figure) which is above the mandate of the RBI, also WPI is in double digits.
2. You can keep the sentences short e.g., the whole introduction is in a single line of ~40 words. This can be broken into smaller sentences. You can re-write: “Economies adopted an easy monetary policy. They kept the interest rate low to encourage investment. This was expected to boost demand.” Short concise sentences make the content more readable.
3. RBI hasn’t changed the goal. Perhaps you can write shift the focus. RBI goals under inflation targeting regime are fixed.
4. In the policy prescriptions you mentioned, just elaborate in 1-2 lines what will be the impact, e.g., CRR will reduce the liquidity in the market and reduce the demand.
In terms of content, answer is good, just some refinement required in the expression. Practice more for improvements.
Keep writing 🙂
Thank you. Very helpful
Also try to innovate. Like the reasons can be described in the form of flowchart: Easy Monetary Policy -> Low Interest Rate -> Increase Investment -> Boost Demand -> Inflation.
The more you distinguish your answer from generic answers, higher the possibility of getting better marks.
1. Start by mentioning data, current inflation levels (CPI and WPI, you need not remember exact figures, but an approximation will do). Data supports the assertions.
2. Try to enumerate the causes of high inflation point-wise, like supply disruptions due to COVID lockdown, easy monetary policy, high liquidity in the system etc.
3. In the policy measures, elaborate briefly in 1-2 lines, the impact of each measure.
Keep writing 🙂