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QUESTION 24
GS3
10 marks

Money laundering poses a serious security threat to a country’s economic sovereignty. What is its significance for India and what steps are required to control this menace?

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What the examiner wants

Explain/Analyse the exact proposition in the PYQ — “Money laundering poses a serious security threat to a country’s economic sovereignty. What is its significance for India and what steps are required to control this menace?” — using concept/chronology or mechanism, evidence on both sides where relevant, and a conclusion that answers the directive rather than merely describing Money Laundering.

Explain/AnalyseAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1For the prompt cue ‘Money laundering poses a serious security threat to a country’s economic sovereignty. What is its significance for India and what’, directly answer: Money laundering poses a serious security threat to a country’s economic sovereignty≈45 words
  2. 2For the prompt cue ‘Money laundering poses a serious security threat to a country’s economic sovereignty. What is its significance for India and what’, directly answer: What is its significance for India and what steps are required to control this menace?≈45 words
  3. 3For the prompt cue ‘Money laundering poses a serious security threat to a country’s economic sovereignty. What is its significance’, add one verified official-source anchor and a limitation/counterpoint specific to Money Laundering≈45 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Define/contextualise Money LaunderingExplain mechanism/chronologyQuestion-specific evidence/examplesImplicationsConcise conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • For the prompt cue ‘Money laundering poses a serious security threat to a country’s economic sovereignty. What is its significance for India’, avoid a generic note on Money Laundering; answer the actual wording/directive and the Money Laundering proposition
  • For the prompt cue ‘Money laundering poses a serious security threat to a country’s economic sovereignty. What is its significance for India’, do not add examples around Money Laundering unless they prove, qualify or rebut the proposition asked

Value addition

  • Mechanism flowchart: policy/input → transmission channel → outcome → risk
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Official source anchors

These are authoritative sources selected for this exact PYQ. Where a card is an official-domain anchor rather than a fact-level citation, verify the precise provision, definition or data point on the linked source before using it.