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QUESTION 12
GS4
20 marks

During the nationwide lockdown, large numbers of migrant workers lost livelihoods and attempted to return to villages amid lack of transport, food insecurity and inadequate relief arrangements. You were tasked with overseeing the District Disaster Relief Force. What ethical issues arose in the migrant crisis? What do you understand by an ethical care-giving state? What assistance can civil society render to mitigate migrant suffering in similar situations?

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What the examiner wants

Explain: answer the exact PYQ as framed — “During the nationwide lockdown, large numbers of migrant workers lost livelihoods and attempted to return to villages amid lack of transport, food insecurity and inadequate relief arrangements. You were tasked with overseeing the District Disaster Relief Forc…” Treat each scoring limb separately instead of writing a general note on Lockdown Migrant Crisis & Care-Giving State.

ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.

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 Lockdown Migrant Crisis & Care-Giving State without directly resolving: “During the nationwide lockdown, large numbers of migrant workers lost livelihoods and attempted to return to villages amid lack of transport, food insecurity and inadequate r…”
  • Under-developing the second scoring limb: “You were tasked with overseeing the District Disaster Relief Force.”

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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