MAINS 2016
GS1
12.5 marks
What is the basis of regionalism? Is it that unequal distribution of benefits of development on regional basis eventually promotes regionalism? Substantiate your answer.
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9 min
200 words
What the examiner wants
Identify the bases of regionalism and test whether unequal development is the main driver.
SubstantiateBack the statement with facts, data and examples.
Demand-wise check
- 1Bases: language, ethnicity, history, geography, religion, economic disparity, political mobilisation≈35 words
- 2Yes: Telangana, Vidarbha, Bodoland, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand demands rooted in neglect≈35 words
- 3But not only: identity-based regionalism in prosperous areas (Dravidian movement, Shiv Sena sons-of-soil, Punjab)≈35 words
- 4Remedies: balanced regional development, devolution, Aspirational Districts≈35 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
MeaningBasesEvidence for economic causeCounter-evidenceNuanced conclusion
Where marks usually go
- Agreeing fully without counter-examples
- Treating regionalism only as a threat
Draw this
- Map of India marking new-state movements with their main basis
Value addition
- CommitteeSrikrishna Committee (2010) on Telangana examined regional disparities and gave six options.Srikrishna Committee, 2010
- CommitteeRaghuram Rajan Committee (2013) built a composite development index to identify the least developed states.Rajan Committee, 2013
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Ajay R Raj · AIR 109 · Page 11 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 35 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 41 ↗Same syllabus reference
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