MAINS 2015
GS1
12.5 marks
Smart cities in India cannot sustain without smart villages. Discuss this statement in the backdrop of rural urban integration.
WRITE IN
9 min
200 words
What the examiner wants
Discuss why smart cities depend on smart villages, using the idea of rural-urban integration.
DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1Linkages: villages supply food, water, labour; distress migration overwhelms city services and creates slums≈35 words
- 2Smart village: connectivity, digital services, skills, non-farm jobs, sanitation, clustering≈35 words
- 3Rural-urban continuum: census towns, peri-urban belts, regional planning, PURA idea≈35 words
- 4Schemes: Smart Cities Mission (2015), SPM Rurban Mission (2016), BharatNet, PMGSY≈35 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
InterdependenceProblems of one-sided urban focusWhat a smart village meansIntegration policiesConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Writing two separate essays on smart cities and smart villages
- Missing the integration and migration link
Draw this
- Flow diagram: village → rurban cluster → town → smart city with two-way flows
Value addition
- DataCensus towns rose from 1,362 in 2001 to 3,894 in 2011, showing in-situ urbanisation of rural areas.Census 2011
- SchemeShyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (2016) targets 300 rural clusters with urban amenities.Ministry of Rural Development
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 13 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 38 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 29 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 13 ↗Same syllabus reference
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