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GS-III: Indian Economy Issues Relating to Planning and Mobilization of Resources

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. What is the meaning of modern monetary theory?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. SEBI�s new framework for financial disclosure by credit rating agencies may not be enough. Examine.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3. The dovish turn of the major central banks indicates that the threat of global slowdown is looming. Comment.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                4. RBI has made some crucial recommendations for the MSME sector for stimulating it s actual potential. Examine the above in line with the recommendations made.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                5. In your view, what policy line must be adopted by the new government which takes charge in India to contain the worsening economic indicators?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                6. Explain different monetary policy instruments along with their effects on the Indian money market.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                7. Who is a Debenture Trustee? What are the eligibility and duty of a Debenture trustee?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                8. Explain in detail the draft rules for NBFCs-Liquidity Risk Management Framework, recently put up by RBI.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                9. Explain the meaning and need of the multilateral instrument to implement tax related measures in Indian context.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                10. In any economy, three sectors namely employment, agricultural and banking sector are of utmost importance. What steps must be taken to boost these sectors in India?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                11. "There are many similarities between the current day tax system and the Kautilya's system of Tax administration". Explain.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                12. What do you understand by "Kosha Moolo Danda"? Discuss in the light of Kautiliya's tax administration.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                13. What do you understand by progressiveness and regressiveness in the taxes? Make a comparison of direct and indirect taxes on this basis.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                14. Critically compare the Direct and Indirect Taxes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                15. What do you understand by tax avoidance, tax evasion and tax planning? Objectively discuss various methods involved in the same.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                16. Base Erosion and Profit Sharing (BEPS) has emerged as one of the most important challenges for the governments across the world today. Critically examine in the light of G20- OECD's BEPS Action Plan and the recently released BEPS Package.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                17. "The basic issue with GAAR provisions is the trust deficit between the corporate entities and government."Discuss in the light of recent developments.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                18. Outline the Direct & Indirect Tax Reforms in India in recent times.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                19. Discuss the composition and functions of the GST Council as proposed in the Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill, 2014.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                20. To what extent the proposed Goods & Services Tax has potential to alleviate the tax-on-tax problem? Substantiate your answer.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                21. Discuss the concerns of the states with respect to the Goods and Services Tax. To what extent, these concerns have been addressed in the current GST model as proposed in Constitution 122nd amendment Bill.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                22. The demand for an independent GST Dispute Settlement Authority seems to be more logical in comparison to GST Council. Analyze.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                23. The proposed 1% additional levy on supply of goods under GST will contradicts the actual purpose of GST introduction. Comment.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                24. Explain the concept destination-based taxation? How the GST proposes to implement the destination-based taxation system and what are the implications of it?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                25. "The success of a GST system is largely dependent on the width of its coverage."Comment.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                26. Discuss the efforts towards economic planning in India during the Pre-independence Period.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                27. What do you understand by evidence based policy making? In your view, how NITI Aayog would provide a good platform for a shift towards evidence-informed policy making?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                28. Planning Commission outlived its original objectives and its credibility has rapidly lost. Discuss the various reasons that led to demise of this body.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                29. Discuss the aims & objectives of NITI Aayog. To what extent, it is different from the erstwhile Planning Commission?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                30. Critically discuss the achievements and failures of economic planning in the pre-liberalization period.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                31. Differentiate between Insolvency and Bankruptcy. Discuss the changes proposed in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2015 and its expected outcomes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                32. What is the Swiss Challenge method in terms of Government contracts in India? Examine its positive and negative aspects.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                33. What are the implications of the recently placed Place of Effective Management (PoEM) rules on revenue and business? Critically examine.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                34. "The RS Lodha committee has recommended for legalising betting in India with certain safeguards."Do you think legalising betting will eliminate the malpractices in sports? Discuss critically.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                35. The much hailed demonetization step of present government has recently been under scathing criticism on account of frequent changes made in policy by Govt and RBI with people still lining in long queues to withdraw cash. Do you agree that this situation violates the principle of social justice and could have been avoided if proper planning would have been done? Provide feasible solutions to the current problem.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                36. The ordinance to amend the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 to enable cheque and e-payment has the altruistic objective of removing ill effects of demonetization on low wage workers, but any such efforts are missing for the persons employed in the unorganized sector. Do you agree with this statement? Also discuss the viability and consistency of above amendment through ordinance route in light of the almost washed out Winter Session of the Parliament?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                37. India has surpassed Britain to become the 6th largest economy of the World ? Compare the fundamentals and strength of the economic system of both countries and list down India's advantages and disadvantages vis a vis Britain.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                38. While throwing light upon current legal framework in place, discuss the legislative steps that should be taken to protect customers using digital payments in the country.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                39. While keeping in focus the 2014 amendment of Clause 49 of the listing agreement by SEBI, critically examine the trend of political appointments as independent directors in PSUs in India.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                40. "Though India's founders favoured creating Indians in spirit and political consciousness, yet they failed to create one economic India". How far do you agree with this view? Give opinion.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                41. In India, most part of saving is generated by the households but bulk of those savings is locked into unproductive physical assets. What are the major implications of this on resource mobilization? While elucidating the government action, put forward your policy suggestions.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                42. Differentiate between Offshore Derivative Instruments (ODI) and Participatory Notes (PN). Why SEBI has a cautious approach towards these instruments? Discuss highlighting recent SEBI order towards these instruments.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                43. What do you understand by Digital Intelligence? Why it is considered to be an important economic resource? Discuss its relevance in policy making.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                44. What are the key recommendations of P J Nayak Committee report on governance problems in functioning of the Public Sector Banks? Critically assess these recommendations and possible implications of accepting them on Indian economy.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                45. What role can be played by "Information Infrastructure"towards solving the issues of bad loans, insolvency and bankruptcy in India? Discuss in the light of the so called "information utilities"concept as enshrined in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                46. Compare the share of direct and indirect taxes in total tax collection and tax-GDP ratio in India? Do you see an imbalance in these shares as compared to other countries? What can be implications of such imbalance and what should be done?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                47. To what extent, the merger of public sector banks into one large entity can solve all or some of problems of the banking sector in India? Discuss critically.|
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                48. The RBI's household finance committee recently showed that only 5% of the average Indian household's wealth is in financial assets. Critically analyze the reasons and its implications for mobilization of resources in economy.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                49. While the PAHAL scheme appears to be successful, Direct Benefit Transfer in food is much more complex and appears to be in doldrums. Discuss critically.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                50. Critically comment on the government's plans to create a subsidy package to encourage consumers to switch from cash payments to digital.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                51. What do you understand by blue economy? How is it different from blue water economy with respect to maritime diplomacy? Explain.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                52. What do you understand by loan evergreening? To what extent, it affects the bad loans (NPAs) in the banking industry? Discuss while highlighting SEBI's efforts on loan evergreening.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                53. Critically examine the key problems of India's manufacturing sector while keeping in focus the recently released ease of doing business report.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                54. How the alarming level of Non-performing Assets in the banks can derail India's renewable energy ambitions? Discuss while also explaining the high social costs in promotion of green energy.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                55. What are the major challenges faced by governments while making tax provisions for digital economy? Discuss the rationale and role of equalisation levy towards this.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                56. What is a Fugitive Economic Offender? Outline the objectives and rationale of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill 2017 despite of presence of several laws on economic offenders in place.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                57. What do you understand by peer-to-peer (P2P) lending? How it can promote the alternative forms of finance? Discuss in the light of recent RBI's regulation stance on P2P lending.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                58. What are the major issues in India's political finance regime? To what extent, the current government efforts fix these issues? Discuss in the light of two amendments to the Finance Bill, 2017.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                59. The alarming level of stressed assets / bad loans needs urgent measures for speedy resolution. Towards this, it is argued that the recently passed Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2017 is too little and too late. Discuss while analyzing the necessity and objectives of this act.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                60. Critically discuss the structural changes that have taken place in India's economy since dawn of new millennium.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                61. The central and state governments in India possess huge tracts of public lands but these lands are largely under-utilized. While analyzing the reasons, critically examine how proper utilization of public lands can help the economy.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                62. To what extent, the Gold Monetization Scheme has been able to reduce the craze for physical gold in India? Critically discuss the success or failure of this scheme.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                63. Critically analyse the impact of too high and too low oil prices on Indian economy.|
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                64. Despite numerous benefits of cashless economy, the MSME in India are reluctant to go cashless. Critically analyze the reasons.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                65. India is ranked 60th among 130 nations in Global innovation Index. What steps do you think should be taken to improve the innovation ecosystem in India? Discuss.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                66. The idea of universal basic income does not seem pragmatic from the economic perspective; and therefore the focus should be on optimal utilization of available resources. Comment.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                67. Discuss the merits and demerits of the government's bank recapitalisation scheme.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                68. Among several factors for India's potential growth, savings rate is the most effective one. Do you agree? What are the other factors available for growth potential?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                69. How the Differentiated Bank Licensing (DBL) is different from that of Universal Bank Licensing? Discuss elucidating the RBI measures to promote differentiated banking.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                70. To make Indian banking and financial sector more competitive, should RBI dilute the restrictions imposed on foreign banks?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                71. What is Academic inflation? How academic inflation deflated the quality education in the country over last decade?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                72. What is a "dark fibre"in terms of stock trading? Explain the recent controversy pertaining to National Stock Exchange (NSE) and algorithm trading.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                73. What is Gini coefficient? Discuss the factors that led to rise in Gini coefficient in country over last few decades.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                74. What is Academic inflation?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                75. How PFMS can increase the transparency as well as the accountability to the social sector? Discuss its working mechanism.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                76. How the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill together make difference in the life of a common man? How they would affect public policy in financial matters? Critically discuss.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                77. Explain the composition of the GST Council while elucidating recent decisions taken towards making GST more refined. Do you agree with the view that the committee system in GST council (much like parliament) will help towards its better functioning?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                78. Discuss three key changes India's development policy planning after abolition of Planning Commission.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                79. Several states have alleged that after abolition of Planning Commission, its fearsome powers have now gone to Finance Ministry, leading to much more centralization. Give your opinion on such allegations.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                80. The Banking Correspondent Model was launched in 2006 to provide banking services at reasonable costs to the poor people. After over a decade, to what extent this model has been able to achieve its stated objectives? Critically discuss its success and failures.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                81. What do you understand by Fiscal Consolidation? Elucidate the bottlenecks and steps taken by the government in recent years to achieve the same.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                82. What can be the reasons for widening fiscal deficit of a country? While throwing light upon reasons of recent "fiscal slippage", discuss its possible consequences on economy.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                83. Examine the provisions of Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India), Order 2017. How it encourages manufacturing and 'Make in India'?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                84. A significant trend in recent years seen in India is that while large manufacturing companies are shifting in rural areas, the smaller ones are clustering in urban areas. Critically discuss the reasons and consequences of such trend.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                85. What are the criteria of ranking countries in the Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Democracy Index? Critically discuss India's rank in the recent released Global Democracy Index.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                86. Economic survey of 2018 brings out a severe crisis in India due to investment slowdown. How this affects Indian Economy? Analyze.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                87. What is Zero Defect – Zero Effect (ZED) scheme? How it can boost India's MSME sector?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                88. What are the steps being taken to prevent the banking frauds?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                89. What are the recommendations of the Shekatkar committee constituted to recommend measures to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence expenditure of the armed forces?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                90. What are the challenges India is facing due to inefficient tax assessment? How it can be addressed?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                91. What are the features of the recent move by the finance ministries road map to rationalize PSU banks' foreign operations?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                92. Does Privatization of Banks hold key for the problems haunting Indian Banking Sector?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                93. What are key recommendations of the insolvency law committee to deal with cross border insolvency?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                94. What are the recent trends in the income tax collection?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                95. What are the various steps taken by RBI to address the crisis haunting the NBFC sector so far?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                96. "The business model of the small finance banks is such that they are aimed to serve the small borrowers."Discuss differentiating them from Payment banks.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                97. The concept of payment banks seems to be a novel concept having financial inclusion its most likely outcome. However, some have expressed doubts over their viability and scalability. Examine the issue throwing light on their business model.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                98. Why the GST council is considering an amnesty scheme?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                99. How under-reporting (of income) is a major concern for mobilization of resources despite growing tax collection?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                100. "A large part of Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton's work is related to India."Examine his contribution to Indian economic policy making.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                101. While putting latest budget figures in focus, examine the role of Income Tax in overall revenue mobilization. In the light of these figures, do you agree with the view that time has come to abolish the personal income-tax?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                102. One of the biggest failures of Indian Economy is that it has not been very successful in establishing employment-intensive industries. Can the proposed Coastal Employment Zones bring substantial success towards this? Discuss highlighting the salient features of Coastal Employment Zones.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                103. Explain the implications of rupee falling / rising against dollar on India's (1) Exports (2) Imports (3) Domestic Trade.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                104. Despite the fact that services share a huge fraction of India's GDP, there is no index of service production similar to Index of Industrial Production so far. While explaining how measuring production of services is different than measuring production of goods; suggest the key heads which should be placed in the Index of Services Production (ISP) for India.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                105. To what extent the government strategies have been able to change financial literacy / inclusion bank driven model to customer driven model? Discuss critically.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                106. As most steps taken so far to fight the problem of non-performing assets in banks fail, the idea of a Public Sector Asset Rehabilitation Agency (PARA) seems to be promising as well as optimistic. Do you agree? Argue.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                107. What are the new parameters designed by the NITI Aayog to quantify the social progress of Indian States?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                108. Discuss the composition and functions of National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                109. Tax reforms Needed to Increase Tax Mobilization
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                110. Is Indian economy heading towards slowdown?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                111. How Indian Economy has fared in the second quarter?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                112. What are the goals set for India of 2022?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                113. How Planning has helped in building an robust base for Indian Economy?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                114. Why India needs to focus on planning to address the structural deficiencies of Indian economy?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                115. What are the UNDP indicators with reference to the planning process?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                116. What do you understand by the two-part tariff in Economics?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                117. �What are your views on the �on tap� license released for the small finance banks?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                118. Do you think defence reforms should be a priority for the Indian government?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                119. Do you think that RBI needs to set up a special liquidity window for NBFCs as the sector is in dire need of a shakeup? Comment.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                120. Do you think that changes are needed in the higher echelons of RBI as no economic policy is forever. Examine this in light of lessons India should learn from Global Macroeconomics.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                121. The SEBI has come up with more strict regulations for the management of mutual fund Do you think the regulator can actually protect the investors beyond a certain point?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                122. Do you think as per the international standards, GST which has taken two years to stabilise has really done well in terms of revenue yield? Comment.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                123. According to you, what kind of governmental support is essential for the RBI Payments Vision 2019-21 to be successful?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                124. What is Purchase Managers Index? What are its implications for the economy?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                125. What is a commercial paper? Enumerate the implications of using commercial paper as a source to raise funds.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                126. Enumerate the composition and functions of the GST Council.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                127. Examine the India wide trends in Agricultural Credit Outstandings.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                128. What are the recommendations of the RBI internal working group (IWG) to review agriculture credit?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                129. What are the recommendations of the RBI Internal Group set up to review the current liquidity management framework?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                130. What are the findings of the RBI report States Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2019-20?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                131. What are key components of the latest monetary policy release of the RBI?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                132. Why India needs Foreign Direct Investment Policy 2.0?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                133. Foreign Direct Investment Policy 2.0
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                134. Examine the causes behind the rate cut proposed by the monetary policy committee headed by the RBI governor.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                135. Artificial Intelligence is an emerging technology in need of direction through a policy. Conflicting and confusing strategies by various government agencies have led to confusions. Discuss
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                136. ‘In the context of neo-liberal paradigm of development planning, multi-level planning is expected to make operations cost effective and remove many implementation blockages.’-Discuss.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                137. Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics. Discuss how their study has transformed development economics.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                138. Explain the approach Randomised Control Trial which was the tool used by the Nobel laureates in their study of poor Economics.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                139. Despite the huge upbeat around the Make in India campaign the initiative has failed to deliver in the last 5 years since its launch. Examine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                140. What are the objectives of Make in India campaign? Examine how the initiative has fared in attaining these objectives.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                141. What are the findings of the Niti Aayog study on new direct benefit scheme for fertilizers?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                142. The rate cut by the RBI is not resulting in commensurate interest cut by Banks. Discuss why.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                143. Describe the nature of the current 'economic slowdown' that India is experiencing and how it’s different from the previous economic slowdowns that India has experienced.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                144. With a spate of suicides by contractual workers working for BSNL/MTNL, describe the situation of contract workers in India.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                145. The Government seeks to push ahead with the strategic sales of profit-making PSUs. In this context, discuss whether this decision is strategically sound or not.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                146. The country is currently embroiled in a low growth and high inflation conflict which raises the root cause of the crisis. Elucidate.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                147. Alternatives to revive the economy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                148. Tackling recent economic slowdown
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                149. Discuss the National Infrastructure Pipeline and its effects on the Indian Economy.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                150. Foreign capital is very important for a developing country like India, however there are various concerns associated with it. Discuss.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                151. Explain the significance of credit rating agencies in India and highlight the issues in their working.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                152. Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have a great potential for economic growth, however, they have achieved limited success in India. Mention the factors responsible and also suggest some steps to address the problem.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                153. India has a very high potential for startups, however, there has been limited success because of various challenges. Discuss.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                154. It has been argued, that the time has come for India to usher in full liberalization of the capital account. Analyze.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                155. Throwing light on the role of off-budget borrowings, explain how it helps the government in raising funds for various expenditures. Also examine its desirability.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                156. How land banks can encourage land use efficiency and create economic growth? Discuss in light of increasing prominence of land banks in India. Also, examine the concerns associated with it.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                157. Asset monetization is imperative to achieve the goal of $5 trillion economy and fund India’s massive infrastructure needs. In the light of above statement, critically discuss the need of national monetization pipeline. Also discuss the issues that need to be addressed for its success.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                158. Despite having the potential to become a maritime power house, India cannot utilize its full potential until it integrates the dispersed logistic activities of maritime trade. Comment.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                159. In order to make India a manufacturing hub, there is a need to focus on the core areas which are crucial for promoting exports. Discuss in the backdrop of Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                160. To achieve the goal of $5 trillion economy, it is imperative to put primary focus on private investments. Discuss. Also, highlight the steps taken by government to boost private investments.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                161. India needs a targeted region-specific action plan in order to achieve an equitable distribution of fruits of prosperity, owing to its geographical diversity and varied levels of development across regions. Elaborate.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                162. India’s per capita GDP has grown five times in last two decades, however the income distribution is highly uneven. In this context, discuss the issue of rising inequality in India.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                163. Critically discuss how ‘Barbell Strategy, Safety Nets & Agile Response’ helped the Government of India to deal with extreme uncertainty imposed by Covid-19 Pandemic.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                164. The infrastructure is considered as a key determinant of the economic development of a nation. In this context, highlight the issues faced in infrastructure financing in India.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                165. The informal sector in India is plagued by several issues. In this context, highlight the measures taken by GOI to tackle these issues.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                166. Highlight the role of public private partnership (PPP) and input-based distribution franchisee models in the power sector to handle the problem of distribution losses.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                167. Highlight the reasons behind an underdeveloped corporate bond market in India. Suggest reforms required in this regard.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                168. The government has renewed its focus on strategic disinvestment in recent times. In this light, examine the rationale behind it and discuss the concerns raised against it.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                169. For making Public Finance Management effective, India needs to reengineer its present system and make a transition towards outcome-based budgeting. Analyze.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                170. Examine the need of multi-year budgeting in the context of India.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                171. Give an account of the hurdles faced in financing of infrastructure in India. Also mention the steps taken by the government to resolve them.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                172. Investment in social infrastructure is imperative for an inclusive and sustainable growth in India. Discuss.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                173. The labour intensive industries in India have been showing sluggish growth presently. Highlight the factors responsible for this and give some remedial measures.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                174. It has been argued by some that increased penetration of technology and industrialization has led to increase in inequality in India, however the reasons for the same lie somewhere else. Critically analyze.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                175. A fiscal stimulus is seen as an efficient tool for reviving economies from slowdowns; however it alone cannot handle cyclical and structural issues. Discuss in context of India.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                176. Public private partnership (PPP) is needed to transform Indian railways; but the transition to PPP model needs to be managed carefully. Analyze.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                177. Highlight the reasons behind declining private investment in India in past few years. Suggest some steps to revive it.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                178. There are several issue related to regulatory, structural and operational aspects of Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) in India, which are in dire need of corrective reforms. Discuss.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                179. Highlighting the need for India to participate in Global Value Chains (GVCs), mention the associated concerns. Also suggest remedial measures.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                180. The e-commerce has grown at an exponential rate in fast few years in India, along with that the need for a comprehensive policy on e-commerce has also grown to safeguard India’s interests globally. Discuss.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                181. The FinTech sector has grown significantly in India, discuss its potential and challenges in its mainstreaming.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                182. After doing mergers of several public sector banks, the government is planning for a second round of merger. Analyse how consolidation of banks can help in addressing the existing problems of the banking sector.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                183. The contribution of the manufacturing sector, as a percentage of the GDP, has remained stagnant in recent years. In this context, analyse the achievements of National Manufacturing Policy, 2011 with regards to its intended objectives.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                184. A lower value of Incremental Capital Output Ratio (ICOR) is crucial for a developing economy like India. In this context, highlight the factors that limit efficient conversion of savings rate into investments in India. Also, suggest measures to improve it.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                185. For increasing Ease of Doing Business and making India an attractive investment destination, it is imperative to deal with the complexities and high compliance costs associated with existing labour laws at both centre and state level. Discuss. What steps have been taken by the central government to address these challenges?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                186. In view of the upcoming introduction of CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) by RBI, discuss its concept, advantages and associated challenges.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                187. Evaluate the performance of PM KISAN in easing the cash crunch faced by the farming community.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                188. What are Digital Banking Units? Comment on how DBUs are the next big step in India’s digital banking journey.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                189. Discuss the pros and cons of the free-UPI MODEL.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                190. Does the Indian fiscal situation call for the establishment of a fiscal council? Evaluate its utility in addressing the freebies issue.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                191. Comment on the prevalence of anti-competitive practices in the Indian e-commerce sector.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                192. What is the IoRS (Interoperable Regulatory Sandbox) for which RBI recently released an SOP? What needs to be done to get the most out of this initiative?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                193. Evaluate the performance of the National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited in cleaning up legacy bad loans. What are the major impediments to its effective functioning?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                194. How can the recent rate hikes, to tackle inflation, affect MSME sector? Citing the importance of MSMEs, discuss how India can protect its small businesses?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                195. Explain how the PLI Scheme works. What are the advantages and challenges of the scheme?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                196. What are the pros and cons of a cashless economy? What are the measures taken by the government towards realizing a cashless society?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                197. What is the significance of the government’s recent push to facilitate international trade in Rupee, as opposed to the Dollar? What more needs to be done to conserve forex reserves?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                198. What are the pros and cons of a strong Rupee? What can be done to strengthen the currency?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                199. Comment on the situation of the informal sector in India. What are the challenges faced by them? Enumerate the government's initiatives to benefit this sector.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                200. What are the pros and cons of launching polymer banknotes? Which countries are issuing such currencies?
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