{"id":1350,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/do-you-think-that-there-has-been-a-gradual-shift-in-the-basis-on-upsc-psir-2021-2208\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:14","slug":"do-you-think-that-there-has-been-a-gradual-shift-in-the-basis-on-upsc-psir-2021-2208","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/do-you-think-that-there-has-been-a-gradual-shift-in-the-basis-on-upsc-psir-2021-2208\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you think that there has been a gradual shift in the basis on which the demands for the creation of new States have been raised in different regions of India? Explain."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> no single basis <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ground steadily shifted <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Tillin<\/b>\u2019s four phases<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> statehood demands not static <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> basis evolves region to region <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> frame the answer as a phased shift<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Phase 1 (1950s\u201360s) language \/ SRA 1956 \/ <b class=\"pq-sc\">Guha<\/b> \u201cmaster stroke\u201d preventing balkanisation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Phase 2 (1970s\u201380s) ethnicity &amp; tribal identity \/ North-East, Gorkhaland, Bodoland <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Phase 3 (1990s) political economy \/ <b class=\"pq-sc\">Kohli<\/b> \/ liberalisation &amp; resource control \/ Chhattisgarh <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Phase 4 (this century) development, governance, neglect \/ Telangana, Vidarbha, Bundelkhand, Purvanchal \/ <b class=\"pq-sc\">Yadav<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> marginalised assertion for power &amp; development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>shift not clean <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Jaffrelot<\/b>: political timing &amp; ruling-party calculation decide actual creation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Mahendra Prasad Singh<\/b>: smaller States \u2260 automatic better governance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> basis moved from language\/identity <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> development\/viability<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> shift is real but cumulative <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> older claims persist alongside the new<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[40],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[63],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1350","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-40","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-federalism","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4762,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1350\/revisions\/4762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}