QUESTION 8
GS2
10 marks
Hunger and poverty are the biggest challenges for good governance in India still today. Evaluate how far successive governments have progressed in dealing with these humongous problems. Suggest measures for improvement.
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Evaluate how far governments have reduced hunger and poverty and propose improvements.
Evaluate + SuggestWeigh what works and what does not, and say how far it succeeds. Propose specific, workable measures.
Demand-wise check
- 1Poverty progress: decline in income and multidimensional poverty; MGNREGA, NRLM, PMAY, DBT≈30 words
- 2Hunger progress: NFSA 2013, PMGKAY free grain, mid-day meal/PM POSHAN, ICDS≈30 words
- 3Persisting gaps: child stunting and anaemia, hidden hunger, regional concentration (Bihar, UP, Jharkhand), informal jobs≈30 words
- 4Measures: nutrition-focused PDS (millets, fortification), women's employment, convergence via POSHAN Abhiyaan, better data≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Why governance challengePoverty progress with dataHunger progressGapsMeasuresConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only listing schemes without outcomes
- Treating hunger only as food availability, missing nutrition
Draw this
- Bar chart: MPI headcount 2013-14 vs 2022-23
Value addition
- DataTendulkar poverty ratio fell from 37.2% (2004-05) to 21.9% (2011-12).Planning Commission, 2013
- DataNFHS-5 (2019-21): 35.5% of children under five stunted; 57% of women anaemic.NFHS-5
- ReportNITI Aayog estimated 24.82 crore people escaped multidimensional poverty between 2013-14 and 2022-23.NITI Aayog, 2024
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