[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #55 : Bharat Bhushan Vyas Board, Karnataka Home State, Commerce & Accountancy Optional

Board: Bharat Bhushan Vyas
Optional: Commerce and Accountancy
Graduation: BBA
Home State: Karnataka

No questions were asked on work ex or hobbies.

Chairman

1. Gave a brief intro about my grad and work ex
2. Do you know about realty, real estate sector?
3. Status of real estate sector in India, Bangalore.
4. RERA.
5. Model Tenancy Act.
6. Name any builder of Affordable Housing.
7. What’s E-commerce.
8. Qn on E-commerce regulations.
9. What’s UNCTAD?
10. Why do we need UNCTAD when there is a rise in FTAs and other multilateral agreements?
11. Have you read the Investment Report of UNCTAD? It’s very interesting. You should read it if you’ve not read it. If you’ve read it, I’ll ask you some questions on it.
12. MFN meaning.
13. MFN status between India and Pakistan.
14. Why “MFN”, when it just indicates that the country is treating everyone equally?
15. What was Karnataka’s tableau during this year’s Republic Day?
16. Why was it chosen? The significance of the theme.

Member 1

1. Question on Waste Management Sector. What can be done to improve it?
2. Difference between GDP and GNP.
3. Why is India’s GNP lower than its GDP?
4. India’s GDP.
5. Question on how we can increase our GDP. (Linked with components of GDP)
6. Sector/s doing well under Make in India. (Mentioned Pharma as one of them)
7. Discussion on API dependence on China. How can we say it’s a strong performing sector when we’re highly dependent on China?
8. What’s India doing about it?
9. Can we increase our domestic production? Present status of it.
10. What’s (no clue) reaction? (some chemical reaction related to APIs and Pharma I presume, did not understand these words)

Member 2

1. NBFCs. Need and issues.
2. Caste based census. Meaning, advantages and disadvantages.
3. In which context did PM Modi in a recent speech, speak about circular economy?
4. Will CAA apply to Afghan Sikhs and Hindus coming to India?

Member 3

1. Do you know of a recent case where a former minister was discharged from a sexual harassment case?
2. Difference between “to be discharged” and “to be acquitted”.
3. CVC – Issues.
4. Cannot recall

Member 4

1. Differences between bacteria and virus.
2. Urban to rural migration: Causes and what can be done about it.

Chairman

1. Why is tax to GDP Ratio important?
2. Should we then increase direct taxes?
3. How can we improve our tax to GDP Ratio?
4. There is distress amongst farmers, (names some issues) and you propose to tax agriculture?
5. Requested the chair if I could share points on how agriculture could be taxed. He permitted and I share1) d my points.
   Thank you.