QUESTION 12
GS3
15 marks
How are startups in India promoting entrepreneurship, innovation and employment? Discuss the global and domestic challenges in their working and suggest suitable measures to overcome these challenges.
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Assess startups across entrepreneurship, innovation and jobs; then separate domestic bottlenecks from global headwinds and match reforms accordingly.
DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1Three contribution channels: entrepreneurship, innovation/productivity and employment≈50 words
- 2Domestic challenges: finance cycles, regulation, market access, talent, governance and scale-up≈50 words
- 3Global challenges: capital conditions, technology/geopolitics, market access and competition≈50 words
- 4Targeted measures for each bottleneck≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Contribution channelsDomestic constraintsGlobal constraintsTargeted measures
Where marks usually go
- Using unicorn/funding counts as the sole evidence of contribution
- Giving generic ease-of-doing-business recommendations unrelated to named constraints
Value addition
- Startup flywheel: founder→innovation→scale→jobs/productivity
→ Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.
Official source anchors
These are authoritative sources selected for this exact PYQ. Where a card is an official-domain anchor rather than a fact-level citation, verify the precise provision, definition or data point on the linked source before using it.
Next: plan for one minute, write it in 11 minutes, then get it checked.