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QUESTION PYQ 17
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What are the causes of persistent high food inflation in India? Comment on the effectiveness of the monetary policy of the RBI to control this type of inflation.

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What the examiner wants

For Food Inflation & RBI, explain in sequence: first, What are the causes of persistent high food inflation in India; then, Comment on the effectiveness of the monetary policy of the RBI to control this type of inflation.. Keep evidence and the conclusion tied to these exact limbs.

CommentGive your own view on the statement and back it with facts and examples.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1What are the causes of persistent high food inflation in India?≈55 words
  2. 2Comment on the effectiveness of the monetary policy of the RBI to control this type of inflation≈55 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Frame Food Inflation & RBICausal drivers/mechanismQuestion-specific evidenceEffects or second limbRelative-weight/balanced conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Over-writing ‘What are the causes of persistent high food inflation in India’ while reducing ‘Comment on the effectiveness of the monetary policy of the RBI to control this type of…’ to a token paragraph
  • Giving only one side on Food Inflation & RBI; the directive requires a limitation, counter-view or implementation test before the final judgment

Value addition

  • Food Inflation & RBI: mechanism/value-chain diagram — input/constraint → transmission → outcome → policy lever
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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