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QUESTION 17
GS2
15 marks

“Micro-Finance as an anti-poverty vaccine, is aimed at asset creation and income security of the rural poor in India”. Evaluate the role of the Self Help Groups in achieving the twin objectives along with empowering women in rural India.

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11 min
250 words

What the examiner wants

Evaluate: answer the exact PYQ as framed — ““Micro-Finance as an anti-poverty vaccine, is aimed at asset creation and income security of the rural poor in India”. Evaluate the role of the Self Help Groups in achieving the twin objectives along with empowering women in rural India.” Treat each scoring limb separately instead of writing a general note on Micro-Finance and Self Help Groups.

EvaluateWeigh what works and what does not, and say how far it succeeds.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1“Micro-Finance as an anti-poverty vaccine, is aimed at asset creation and income security of the rural poor in India”≈95 words
  2. 2Evaluate the role of the Self Help Groups in achieving the twin objectives along with empowering women in rural India≈95 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Constitutional/institutional contextAnswer each explicit limb in sequenceUse relevant provisions/judgments/policy evidenceLimitations/counterviewReforms or reasoned conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Writing generally about Micro-Finance and Self Help Groups without directly resolving: ““Micro-Finance as an anti-poverty vaccine, is aimed at asset creation and income security of the rural poor in India”.”
  • Under-developing the second scoring limb: “Evaluate the role of the Self Help Groups in achieving the twin objectives along with empowering women in rural India.”

Value addition

  • 3–4 node flowchart or dimension wheel keyed to the question’s main components
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Official source anchors

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