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✍️ MAINS QUESTION

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India's inland fisheries sector holds untapped potential for rural livelihood transformation and food security, yet structural gaps in value chain infrastructure and institutional coordination constrain its growth. Examine.

🏷️ GS3📂 Agriculture📊 Medium🎯 15 marks

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Access to clean cooking energy is not merely an environmental issue but a question of gender justice and public health. Examine the role of improved cookstove technology in bridging India's clean cooking deficit, with reference to the limitations of existing policy frameworks.

🏷️ GS3📂 Infrastructure📊 Medium🎯 15 marks

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India's relationship with its smaller neighbours is often described as structurally asymmetric. With reference to India-Nepal ties, examine how geographic, economic, and political factors shape the limits and possibilities of India's neighbourhood-first policy.

🏷️ GS2📂 Neighbourhood Relations📊 Medium🎯 15 marks

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Reservation in elected bodies has transformed grassroots democracy in India, yet representation alone does not ensure participation. Discuss with reference to constitutional provisions and ground realities.

🏷️ GS2📂 Indian Constitution📊 Medium🎯 15 marks

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Custodial violence persists in India not merely due to individual misconduct but because of structural gaps in law, accountability, and judicial architecture. Examine this statement in the light of recent developments in capital sentencing jurisprudence.

🏷️ GS2📂 Indian Constitution📊 Medium🎯 15 marks

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Large infrastructure projects in ecologically sensitive and tribally inhabited regions often create an irreconcilable tension between national strategic interests and constitutional rights of indigenous communities. Examine with reference to the Great Nicobar Island development project.

🏷️ GS3📂 Environment & Bio-diversity📊 Medium🎯 15 marks

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Energy transitions in history have always been driven by crisis, not foresight. In the light of this statement, critically examine whether India's current energy policy reflects genuine structural reform or merely crisis management.

🏷️ GS3📂 Infrastructure📊 Medium🎯 10 marks

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The recurring cycles of nuclear brinkmanship and diplomatic breakdown between the U.S. and Iran reflect the structural limitations of coercive non-proliferation strategies. Examine in the context of the JCPOA and the 2025 West Asia conflict.

🏷️ GS2📂 International Relations📊 Medium🎯 15 marks

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Constitutional provisions for women's reservation in elected bodies have expanded their formal representation, but substantive participation remains constrained by social and structural barriers. Examine.

🏷️ GS2📂 Indian Constitution📊 Hard🎯 15 marks

✍️ MAINS QUESTION

3d ago

Analyze the role of tourism in driving economic growth. How can the government balance tourism development with environmental preservation in sensitive regions like Great Nicobar Island?

🏷️ GS3📂 Environment & Bio-diversity📊 Medium🎯 10 marks

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3d ago

Education is a subject on the Concurrent List, yet centralising tendencies in higher education governance have persisted in India. Critically examine the implications of this trend for cooperative federalism and social justice.

🏷️ GS2📂 Education📊 Medium🎯 10 marks

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3d ago

Human-wildlife conflict in India is no longer a localised or seasonal phenomenon but a structural crisis rooted in habitat loss, climate stress, and ecosystem fragmentation. Examine the causes and suggest a comprehensive mitigation framework.

🏷️ GS3📂 Environment & Bio-diversity📊 Medium🎯 10 marks

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✍️ MAINS QUESTION

3d ago

Intentional communities like Kurma Gramam reflect a growing disenchantment with modern development paradigms. Examine the sociological significance of such communities in India and the ethical tensions they pose for the State.

🏷️ GS1📂 Indian Society📊 Medium🎯 15 marks

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3d ago

Voluntary simplicity movements and intentional communities are emerging as a response to the pressures of modern urban life in India. Examine their social significance and the challenges they pose.

🏷️ GS1📂 Indian Society📊 Medium🎯 15 marks

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3d ago

India's nuclear doctrine of No First Use makes a credible sea-based second-strike capability not a luxury but a strategic necessity. Examine in the context of India's SSBN programme and the evolving security environment in the Indo-Pacific.

🏷️ GS3📂 Science & Technology📊 Medium🎯 15 marks

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3d ago

The decline of Left-Wing Extremism in India is as much a development story as a security one. Critically examine.

🏷️ GS3📂 Internal Security📊 Medium🎯 15 marks

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3d ago

The rise of offshore currency derivative markets poses a fundamental challenge to the monetary policy autonomy of emerging economies like India. Examine the RBI's regulatory response and the broader implications for India's exchange rate management.

🏷️ GS3📂 Indian-Economy📊 Medium🎯 15 marks

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Large-scale infrastructure development in ecologically sensitive and tribally inhabited regions often creates a trilemma between strategic interest, environmental protection, and human rights. Examine with reference to the Great Nicobar Island project.

🏷️ GS3📂 Environment & Bio-diversity📊 Medium🎯 15 marks

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Rapid expansion of aviation infrastructure in India is increasingly coming into conflict with wetland conservation and wildlife protection obligations. Examine the regulatory challenges involved and suggest a framework for reconciling these competing priorities.

🏷️ GS3📂 Environment & Bio-diversity📊 Hard🎯 15 marks

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India's foreign policy has traditionally been guided by strategic autonomy rather than alliance-based alignments. Examine how recent diplomatic developments following Operation Sindoor test this principle and what lessons they offer for India's conduct in a multipolar world.

🏷️ GS2📂 International Relations📊 Hard🎯 10 marks