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QUESTION 7
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20 marks

Rakesh, a responsible district officer, must identify beneficiaries under a healthcare scheme for senior citizens. Eligibility requires age 60+, reserved-community status, family income below ₹1 lakh and favourable prognosis. An elderly childless couple seeks aid for surgery; the husband satisfies every criterion except reserved-community status, and financial aid would significantly improve his quality of life. How should Rakesh respond?

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What the examiner wants

Identify: answer the exact PYQ as framed — “Rakesh, a responsible district officer, must identify beneficiaries under a healthcare scheme for senior citizens. Eligibility requires age 60+, reserved-community status, family income below ₹1 lakh and favourable prognosis. An elderly childless couple seeks…” Treat each scoring limb separately instead of writing a general note on Beneficiary Criteria & Compassion.

IdentifyAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Map the stakeholders, facts, competing obligations and the ethical/public-interest conflict embedded in the case≈65 words
  2. 2Answer each explicit sub-question in the case and compare feasible options using legality, consequences, rights, fairness and integrity≈65 words
  3. 3Choose and justify an implementable course of action, including safeguards, accountability and follow-through≈65 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Key facts and stakeholdersEthical/legal issuesRealistic options with consequencesReasoned choiceImplementation safeguards and accountability

Where marks usually go

  • Writing generally about Beneficiary Criteria & Compassion without directly resolving: “Rakesh, a responsible district officer, must identify beneficiaries under a healthcare scheme for senior citizens.”
  • Under-developing the second scoring limb: “Eligibility requires age 60+, reserved-community status, family income below ₹1 lakh and favourable prognosis.”

Value addition

  • Stakeholder map + options-versus-values decision matrix
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Official source anchors

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