“In Indian culture and value system, an equal opportunity has been provided irrespective of gender identity. The number of women in public service has been steadily increasing over the years Examine the gender-specific challenges faced by female public servants and suggest suitable measures to increase their efficiency in discharging their duties and maintaining high standards of probity.
What the examiner wants
Examine the gender-specific challenges women public servants face and suggest measures for their efficiency and probity.
Demand-wise check
- 1Challenges: stereotyping, harassment, field-posting safety, care burden, under-representation in senior roles, lack of facilities≈30 words
- 2Probity angle: pressure from male networks, isolation≈30 words
- 3Measures: creches, flexible posting, mentoring, POSH committees, gender sensitisation, more women at senior levels≈30 words
- 4Note the premise: progress is real but uneven≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Where marks usually go
- Writing about women's empowerment in general, not women in public service
- Leaving out 'maintaining high standards of probity'
Draw this
- Two columns: challenge → matching measure
Value addition
- RuleChild Care Leave of up to 730 days for central government women employees.CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972, Rule 43-C
- ExampleWomen's share in central government employment is small; the 2nd ARC and later panels have called for better facilities to retain women.Second Administrative Reforms Commission
Mapped topper copies
Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Vidushi Singh · AIR 13 · Page 3 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- G Sanjana · AIR 55 · Page 5 ↗Same syllabus reference
- G Sanjana · AIR 55 · Page 7 ↗Same syllabus reference
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