[UPSC Interview 2023] – Transcript #69: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, Rajasthan Home State,

Date of Interview: 19th January 2024,Forenoon(last to go)
Board: Bidyut Behari Swain
Home State: Rajasthan
Education: Chartered Accountant, B.Com
WorkEx: Consultant Audit and Assurance Grant Thornton Bharat
Daf pointers: Temple visiting, community outreach and Welfare leaderships, Ajmer, Rajasthan

Entered chamber which had a round table with 6 members  sitting around

I entered and greeted gud Afternoon to all

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Chairman

1. Good Afternoon ,Please be seated
2. So miss KR ,You are having hobby of visiting temples,can you please tell what type of temple architectures are there in India?
3. Then he asked to explain vesara style more and asked for examples
4. And few cross questions with discussion
5. He then said thanku for giving me this extra information

Member 1

So I can see u have work ex and education around banking and Finance

1. What do u think about status of Banks in India?
2. Why NPAs are Increasing in India?
3. How we can improve status of Banking failures ?
4. What are the issues with the MSMEs w.r.t Financing them from side of Banks and Govt?
5. Q5)Which Relaxations w.r.t loans were provided by Banks in COVID period?
6. Whats your opinion on the Frauds and Failures on part of Businesses of India?
7. As a Chartered Accountant, tell me where do u see our economy at 2047
8. What our country can do more for making it Developed Economy in Manufacturing?
9. What is ur understanding about Make in India
10. what major things u can think about when it comes to increase our Exports and Manufacturing sector contribution in GDP

There were few cross questions too over this theme only
And smiled saying well done

Member 2

1. What was time u came to UPSC Bhawan
2. I said 8:00 AM
3. He said and u must have got entry after 9 AM
4. And it was 12:50PM entered in for ur Interview
5. U must have been exhausted and had been waiting for so long
6. So what suggestions u would recommend to our management regarding this?
7. what is the pass percentage of CA exams ?
8. Becoming CA is very tough I know and when u have cleared it in first attempt and that too doing top at ur Branch level…whatwas pass percentage when u cleared ?
9. What are the main reason behind such 90-95% failures despite huge coachings and study material availability?
10. what are the problems of students and what ICAI is doing for this
11. how did u managed to get through so quickly what u wud suggest others
12. why CAs are always named to engage in Frauds and Collusions with business class
13. where do u see CAs at ethics
14. what main things u would suggest to make CAs working ethically
15. what ICAI and Govt is doing in this regard
16. u have work ex as auditor ..what auditors need to learn in the current scenarios of frauds etc
17. How as CA u will help in Administration

Member 3

1. so You are From Ajmer..tell me best things about Ajmer,? What it is known for
2. what’s importance of Khwaja ji dargah
3. is dargah also visited by Hindus
4. why so many celebrities go to dargah ?
5. Do they want to show something about their personality on media I mean just for show off or something else is reason
6. how Sufism is different from Islam
7. What was relevance of sufi movement
8. So I can see u have so many leadership positions and recited them from my DAF
9. And asked what is motivating u to do so much things .?
10. whats driving force behind the idea that u want to remain on leading positions and inspire PPL

And few cross questions

Member 4

1. So U said that u want to inspire by ur actions..tell me from whom u take inspiration ?
2. I mean is there anybody whom u follow for inspiration?
3. why do u think that u r ur own role model
4. which attributes of urs u will take into Civil services and why
5. what’s minimum marriage age in india
6. what do u think ABT this..I mean should age for marriage in case of females should be increased or decreased or to be kept 18
7. What do u think about sex education..should it be given or not?
8. And what about same sex marriages? Should they be allowed or not?

Ok thank you