QUESTION 5
GS3
12.5 marks
Comment on the challenges for inclusive growth which include careless and useless manpower in the Indian context. Suggest measures to be taken for facing these challenges.
WRITE IN
9 min
200 words
What the examiner wants
Comment on how an unskilled, low-productivity workforce hampers inclusive growth and suggest remedies.
Comment... SuggestAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1Challenges: low skills and employability, poor learning outcomes, low female participation, informality, regional and social disparities≈45 words
- 2'Careless and useless manpower': workforce not trained or deployed productively, leading to underemployment≈45 words
- 3Measures: foundational learning, vocational training linked to industry, apprenticeships, labour-intensive manufacturing, women's participation, health and nutrition≈45 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Inclusive growth meaningManpower-related challengesOther challengesMeasuresConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Ignoring the manpower angle the question names
- Generic list of growth problems
Draw this
- Table: challenge → measure → scheme
Value addition
- DataPLFS 2017-18 recorded unemployment at 6.1%, the highest in decades.PLFS 2017-18
- Plan12th Five Year Plan theme was 'Faster, Sustainable and More Inclusive Growth'.Planning Commission, 2012-17
- DataFemale LFPR (15+, usual status) rose to about 41.7% in 2023-24.PLFS 2023-24
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- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 26 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 23 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
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