QUESTION 6
GS2
10 marks
Public charitable trusts have the potential to make India's development more inclusive as they relate to certain vital public issues. Comment.
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Comment on how public charitable trusts can make India's development more inclusive, and on the conditions needed.
CommentGive your own view on the statement and back it with facts and examples.
Demand-wise check
- 1Contribution: education, health, relief, research (Tata Trusts, Azim Premji Foundation)≈35 words
- 2Advantages: flexibility, reach, innovation≈35 words
- 3Issues: misuse for tax avoidance, opacity, FCRA, regulation≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
RoleExamplesLimitationsRegulatory reformsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Not naming a trust
- Ignoring governance issues
Draw this
- Table: sector → example trust
Value addition
- ExampleTata Trusts fund cancer care hospitals across several states.Tata Trusts
- LawIncome Tax Act, 1961 Sections 11–13 give tax exemption to charitable trusts subject to conditions.Income Tax Act, 1961
Mapped topper copies
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 44 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 5 ↗Same syllabus reference
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