Doubt Clearance Thread: UPSC 2021
"When in doubt, observe and ask questions. When certain, observe at length and ask many more questions."
Created this thread as a one stop solution for all members so that all the doubts wherein any conceptual clarification is required can be solved here.
As far as I know, there is no specific definition of 'civil servants' in India but I guess you can consider all bureaucrats to be civil servants. Also, 'civil servants' would be a subset of 'public servants.' The ones who are considered 'public servants' is defined by the IPC and there's a specific definition in the Prevention of Corruption Act (only for the purposes of the Act). So as per the definition of IPC it would include judges, members of the military, someone who is paid by the govt. etc. This would include the Ministers (Karunanidhi case) as well, but I don't think it extends to all politicians.
Section 21 in The Indian Penal Code (indiankanoon.org)
Now in a more general sense, I think you can consider 'civil servants' to be employed by the govt. while 'public servants' are those who serve the public which would include politicians, activists and so on, but this is not the legal or official definition of 'public servant.'
"cash transfers have been provided to families instead, food and education advocates have warned that this would not have the same impact as hot cooked meals on the school premises, especially for girl children who face more discrimination at home and are more likely to drop out of school due to the closures"What explains the aversion of shanta kumar committee and niti aayog towards NFSA. Shanta kumar recommended curtailing coverage from present 66.6% to 40% and niti also made a similar call recently. And is DBT a real substitute for food grains? Given the patriarchal nature wouldnt the money be controlled by male of the family and I know it's a cynical view but how would you ensure that the money actually goes towards nutrition and not towards alcohol, and other vices or priorities. Further , when govt provides food theoretically there's some minimum standard , regardless of how much the inflation is people get food. If DBT isn't inflation adjusted people won't be able to purchase food.m when tomatoes go 100 and onions 80.
And This is being recommended when GHI ranking shows india as one of the hungriest country of the world. Further, CoVid ke time par when the even the much vaunted middle class has shrunk by 3 crore and lining up for ration, niti aisa kyu suggest krega.
Give me counter arguments.
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This is correct. RRB already had 75% PSL and now UCB also have to give 75% PSL increasing it gradually.
Dionysus,sstarrrAs far as I know, there is no specific definition of 'civil servants' in India but I guess you can consider all bureaucrats to be civil servants. Also, 'civil servants' would be a subset of 'public servants.' The ones who are considered 'public servants' is defined by the IPC and there's a specific definition in the Prevention of Corruption Act (only for the purposes of the Act). So as per the definition of IPC it would include judges, members of the military, someone who is paid by the govt. etc. This would include the Ministers (Karunanidhi case) as well, but I don't think it extends to all politicians.
Section 21 in The Indian Penal Code (indiankanoon.org)
Now in a more general sense, I think you can consider 'civil servants' to be employed by the govt. while 'public servants' are those who serve the public which would include politicians, activists and so on, but this is not the legal or official definition of 'public servant.'
That makes sense. Generally, the term public servant should include politicians. But in context of specific laws, the term would mean whatever the law says it means. Thanks for clarifying.
Statements: Some glasses are not goggles.
All glasses are gases.
No glass is a goose.
Conclusions: I. Some gases are geese.
II. Some gases are not goggles.
Both follows?
Gloria Steinem,Statements: Some glasses are not goggles.
All glasses are gases.
No glass is a goose.
Conclusions: I. Some gases are geese.
II. Some gases are not goggles.
Is the answer neither?
This is my reasoning.
There are other variations we can draw the Venn diagram in such a way to satisfy the conclusions, but since this is a possibility that satisfies all the statements we can't say the conclusions are possible under all conditions. Now if it said that it is possible for some gas to be geese or that it is possible that some gases are not goggles then the conclusions would be true.
Gloria Steinem,Dionysus,Gloria Steinem,
Villanelle,
Purplesunbird,
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