QUESTION 1
GS3
10 marks
Explain intra-generational and inter-generational issues of equity from the perspective of inclusive growth and sustainable development.
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Explain equity within the present generation and between generations, linking each to inclusive growth and sustainability.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1Intra-generational: fair sharing of growth today across income, caste, gender, region (inclusive growth)≈30 words
- 2Inter-generational: not depleting resources or environment for future generations (sustainable development, Brundtland)≈30 words
- 3Conflicts: coal jobs vs climate; subsidies vs fiscal burden on future≈30 words
- 4Tools: green budgeting, sovereign funds, social protection, CBDR in climate≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Define bothLink each to the two goalsTrade-offsMeasuresConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Defining only one kind of equity
- No example of trade-off
Draw this
- Two arrows: horizontal (today) and vertical (across time)
Value addition
- DefinitionBrundtland Report (1987): sustainable development meets present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet theirs.Our Common Future, 1987
- ExampleNorway's Government Pension Fund Global saves oil revenue for future generations.Norges Bank
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- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 26 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Mayank Purohit · AIR 33 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 23 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Mayank Purohit · AIR 33 · Page 13 ↗Same syllabus reference
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