UPSC Interview 2024] – Transcript #80: Suman Sharma Board, Railways, Law, Commerce

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Date of Interview: 07-04-25 AN session
Board: Suman Sharma
DAF – Railways, Law, Commerce


Chairman

1. What is your opinion on recent merger and demerger of Railways services?
2. What are the initiatives being taken by Railways to achieve Carbon neutrality by 2030?
3. If you have funds, how much percentage would you allot to different activities of Railways?
4. How much Railways spend on Staff?
5. What is your opinion about decriminalisation of Attempt to suicide?
6. But Then how would we track those people who are attempting suicides? What steps need to be taken for this?

Member 1

1. Why are you losing your 4 years seniority in Railways for IAS?
2. But even in IAS, difference is for initial years then you are posted in Central government?
3. Is PPP model successful in Station Redevelopment?
4. Are they taking Viability Gap funding?
5. What about New Delhi Station?
6. What would you do to bring a change in cross subsidisation policy of Railways?
7. Don’t you think that High Speed Railways are just vanity projects?

Member 2

1. How much renewable energy do you think Railways can generate?
2. What innovative ideas you would bring to reduce accidents in Railways?
3. What about other technologies?
4. There is so much of brain drain and private sector not spending much on R&D? Suggest one idea to increase spending on R&D by Private sector?
5. What leadership traits or styles you would adopt?

Member 3

1. what are different stock exchanges in India?
2. What is NIFTY?
3. What are the criteria for companies to include them in benchmark indices?
4. What are listed and non listed companies?
5. What are the consideration companies make whether to get listed or not?
6. What are the compliances to be done on getting listed?
7. What are the different technologies for toilets being used by Railways?
8. What is the issue regarding one bacteria?

Member 4

1. What is your opinion about social media?
2. What do you think about AI?
3. What is your opinion about GROK?
4. Don’t you think these wars are going on to serve egos?
5. What can be the solution for ongoing wars?



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