QUESTION 8
GS2
10 marks
Civil Society Organizations are often perceived as being anti-State actors than non-State actors. Do you agree? Justify.
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Take a stand on whether civil society organisations are wrongly seen as anti-state, and justify it.
JustifyGive reasons and evidence that support the statement.
Demand-wise check
- 1Non-state role: service delivery, partners in schemes, watchdogs, advocacy (RTI, MGNREGA campaigns)≈35 words
- 2Why seen as anti-state: protests against projects, foreign funding, FCRA cancellations, litigation≈35 words
- 3Opinion: dissent is not anti-state; accountability and transparency on both sides≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
StandCSOs as partnersWhy perceived as anti-stateReasoningConclusion
Where marks usually go
- No position
- No examples of collaboration
Draw this
- Spectrum: partner ↔ critic ↔ adversary
Value addition
- ExampleMKSS's campaign led to the Right to Information Act, 2005, later embraced by the state.Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan
- LawThe FCRA (Amendment) Act, 2020 tightened foreign funding rules for NGOs.Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020
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- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 13 ↗Same syllabus reference
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