QUESTION 18
GS2
15 marks
Performance of welfare schemes that are implemented for vulnerable sections is not so effective due to absence of their awareness and active involvement at all stages of policy process. Discuss.
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Discuss how lack of awareness and participation of vulnerable groups weakens welfare schemes.
DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1Problem: top-down design, low awareness, exclusion errors, elite capture≈50 words
- 2Stages: design, targeting, implementation, monitoring≈50 words
- 3Examples of success with participation: social audits, gram sabha in FRA, Kudumbashree≈50 words
- 4Measures: IEC, local language outreach, grievance systems, community monitoring≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
ProblemStage-wise gapsExamplesMeasuresConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only listing schemes
- No participatory example
Draw this
- Policy cycle with participation points
Value addition
- ExampleSocial audits under MGNREGA, pioneered in Andhra Pradesh (2006), recovered misused funds.Society for Social Audit, Accountability and Transparency
- DataStudies on PM-KISAN and other DBT schemes found exclusion due to name mismatches and lack of awareness.Media / evaluation reports
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 38 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 5 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 11 ↗Same syllabus reference
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