[UPSC Interview 2025] – Transcript #56: Dinesh Dasa Board, Public administration Optional, Uttarakhand Home State

Date of Interview: 16/12/25, forenoon session (last one to go)
Board: Dinesh Dasa sir
Optional: Public administration
Home State: Uttarakhand
DAF: Uttarakhand, Haridwar, Mumbai, Public administration (rest keywords not asked)

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Chairman

Have a seat, How are you feeling today?
1. What impact does high Tourist footfall have on Haridwar?
2. Chief information commission appointment committee members?
3. Role of dissent in democracy
4. SC cases where earlier it was dissent and later approved ( I gave one example then he said to give another, I gave again then sir gave his own example)

Member 1

1. What do you make of large infrastructural projects going on in Uttarakhand?
2. What Reforms would you make in tourism policy of Uttarakhand ?
3. How to balance large infrastructural projects ?
4. Is EIA conducted properly?
5. If minister wants to go for large mountainous highway neglecting reports of EIA, what would you do?
6. Why rupee is depreciating despite GDP increasing ?
7. Do you see this as a concern?
8. Exports are increasing but our capital account and forex reserves decreasing?

Member 2

1. Plan vs non plan expenditure
2. Suppose you are DM having limited funds, would you improve the condition of existing public hospital or create an entirely new one?
3. Again if minister says he wants to create a new hospital despite limited funds how would you tackle that situation?

Member 3

1. What steps would you recommend to reduce the impact of global warming ?
2. Have you heard about cafe norms ?

Member 4

1. Are we still using five year plans? If not, what has changed then?
2. Can you give me an example of the same?
3. Tell me what you know about rajabai clock tower? Who made it ? Why? When ? Anything special about it?
4. Why there was a need to abrogate article 370 and what has been the impact of the same?
5. Tell me key Contributions of Dr BR Ambedkar

Chairman sir: Thankyou your interview is over, you may go now!
Overall the board was really cordial, helped me in few questions which I could not answer , 1-2 more questions were there but can’t recall them now