QUESTION 17
GS2
15 marks
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WRITE IN
11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Critically evaluate the claim that development models keep decisions away from those who have the information and do the work, defeating development goals.
Critically evaluateJudge the merits and the limits with evidence, and give a clear verdict.
Demand-wise check
- 1Support: centralised schemes with one-size-fits-all rules, weak devolution to PRIs and ULBs, frontline workers without discretion, top-down targets≈65 words
- 2Counter-evidence: Aspirational Districts Programme, GPDP, community-led total sanitation, Kerala's people's plan≈65 words
- 3Principle of subsidiarity and how to apply it≈65 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
ClaimEvidence forCounter-evidenceSubsidiarity solutionConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Agreeing without evidence
- Not using the subsidiarity idea
Draw this
- Pyramid inverted: decisions moved closer to the ground
Value addition
- ConceptSubsidiarity: decisions should be taken at the lowest level able to take them well.2nd ARC 6th Report (Local Governance)
- ExampleAspirational Districts Programme (2018) uses district-level data and local convergence, ranking districts monthly.NITI Aayog
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 41 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 32 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 13 ↗Same syllabus reference
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