[UPSC Interview 2023] – Transcript #184: Sh. Sanjay Verma Sir Board, Chandigarh Home State, Economics Optional

Date of Interview: 8th March 2024, Afternoon (last candidate of the day)
Board: Sh. Sanjay Verma Sir
Home State: Chandigarh
Optional: Economics
College (UG/PG) –
Department of Economics, Panjab University Campus
Educational background – 5 years integrated Honours School in Economics
Profession/Work Profile/Projects mentioned(if any) – NA
Hobbies – Not asked
Achievements (if any) -Not Asked
Your experience in interview via a detailed transcript –
Took the permission to enter the room. Entered the room wished all and they asked to sit.

Then I wished all a vey Happy International Women’s Day  and MahaShivratri.

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Chairman

(very cordial and a gentleman )

1. Would you like to have some tea or Coffee?
2. How many cups of tea and coffee you have in a day?
3. How many you have today? (Told 2  cups of coffee. Sir mentioned that means you are caffeinated)
4. When did you come from Chandigarh?
5. How many mocks have you given?
6. You have a nice CV it means you are also doing  good parallelly in life.It seems you are married to economics.
7. What is trilemma?
8. What is new monetary policy?
9. Which economic authors you read and from where?
10. Will India be high middle income country?
11. What is present per capita income?
12. Is our growth overrated?
13. What major failures you see in our economy?

Member 1

1. You have a nice CV.
2. You are from Chandigarh, can I ask you questions related to punjab?
3. I’m the CM of punjab and you are my adviser, what policy changes you will advice me? ( lot of counter questions)
4. What is more important agriculture or industry?
5. Okay if we remove militancy and other sops given by other states the how will you attract industry in punjab?

Member 2 

1. What are your service preferences?
2. What is BNS?
3. How long the custody extended?
4. what is SMART police?
5. Have you heard house of elders?
6. what role does it have ? Should we abolish it?
7. I’ll give you a statement the youth in india both rural and urban is in economic distress. Do you agree?
8. what are we lacking then?
9. Our health expenditure? What is important Gdp or health?
10. (Chairman sir came and said this is the problem with you candidates you assume as you are already part of government say yes our health is very poor )
11. okay tell me penicillin or Artificial Intelligence which is more important to humanity?

( Sir said I don’t agree with your observations I feel AI will take over human intelligence)

Member 3

1. What  is our growth rate?
2. What  is the growth rate by other private agencies?
3. Will we be able to have 10% growth rate?
4. What about inequality?

Member 4

1. As running short of time and as lot of economics covered will ask you two questions.
2. village in punjab( have not heard the name of village) the women and youth are is distress? As not heard village name she expanded and said  it is related to drug abuse.
3. Have you read about P Sainath and UAPA ? How process can be more punishable than the punishment itself?

Chairman Sir.

1. Have you watched udata punjab? Was it true?
2. Can you name the drugs?
3. Okay you are student of economics. Lots of people give 5-6 years into this job, what is your opportunity cost of this?

(Mine was final 6th attempt)

Thankyou!

Wished all and left the room.

Time: 30-35 mins

Any Suggestions-

It is like living your dream so enjoy the process, control your controllables . Give your best and god will do the rest.🙏🙏😊😊

Utility of Mocks or O2O (if any):

Helps to build confidence and get into the interview feeling. Helps to overcome FOMO but don’t blindly follow the recommendations. You are your best judge. Take what suits you.

Some good experiences:

O2O with Puneet Sir( SOMP), O2O with Dheeraj Sir, Elocution sessions with Kapil Sir(Vision)

Full Mocks: Next IAS, Samkalp, Unacademy, Vajirao.