MAINS 2014
GS2
12.5 marks
Do government schemes for uplifting vulnerable and backward communities by protecting required social resources for them lead to their exclusion in establishing businesses in urban economies?
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200 words
What the examiner wants
Discuss whether schemes that protect resources for vulnerable groups end up excluding them from urban business.
DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1Protective schemes: tribal land alienation laws, reservation in jobs, forest rights, PESA≈35 words
- 2How they may exclude: land can't be mortgaged or sold so no collateral; dependence on state jobs over enterprise; schemes tied to rural place≈35 words
- 3Other causes of exclusion: caste discrimination in markets and credit, lack of networks, skills≈35 words
- 4Balance: protection needed; add enabling measures (credit, procurement quotas, incubation)≈35 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Purpose of protective schemesHow they can restrict business entryOther barriersEnabling policiesConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Arguing against protection altogether
- No example of enabling schemes
Draw this
- Flowchart: protection of land → no collateral → no credit → no urban enterprise → remedy
Value addition
- LawChotanagpur Tenancy Act 1908 and Santhal Parganas Tenancy Act 1949 restrict tribal land transfer in Jharkhand.State laws
- SchemeStand-Up India (2016) gives bank loans of Rs 10 lakh to Rs 1 crore to SC/ST and women entrepreneurs; Public Procurement Policy (2012) sets 4% purchase from SC/ST-owned MSEs.Government of India
- ExampleDalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI, 2005) promotes Dalit entrepreneurship.DICCI
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 44 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 38 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 5 ↗Same syllabus reference
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