Page-303 of UPSC Questions

What is the mandate of Article 312 in the constitution with respect to delegated legislation? Discuss while highlighting what system is in place in India for scrutinizing the delegated legislation.

Delegated legislation refers to regulations, orders, rules, by-laws and other instruments that are needed for effective implementation of the primary legislation. Usually, the primary legislation gives power to executive...

January 18, 2023

Discuss the reasons and extent of regional disparity in India. What role has been played by Finance commission to fill the gulf of regional disparity?

Model Answer: Regional imbalances in a country may be due to unequal distribution of natural resources and/or man-made in the sense of neglect of some regions in Government...

January 18, 2023

Explain the concept of Geographical Inertia with respect to location of Industries.

It is usually found that it is cheaper to modernise a manufactur­ing unit or to convert it to another kind of unit rather than to move it to...

January 17, 2023

The government should use the cess proceeds and publish an annual account of how they have been spent. Examine.

The season of filing tax returns enumerates the accountability of the private sector towards the government. The season also brings to light the sense of accounting and accountability...

January 17, 2023

Discuss the aims and objects of the Khilafat Movement. To what extent was it successful?

Khilafat Movement (1919-1924) originated in India to support the Caliphate of Ottoman Empire in Turkey against the insulting treatment by the Britishers after the First World War. Sultan...

January 17, 2023

Discuss the short term and long term initiatives launched by government of India towards skill development. Why some express concerns that these initiatives are creating skills for those sectors where jobs are not being created? How such concerns should be addressed?

Government of India has launched various short term and long term initiatives launched towards skill development as follows: Skill India Mission was launched with an objective to train...

January 17, 2023

What are the objectives of the Bretton Woods Institutions? Discuss why there are vociferous demands for reforms in them.

The Bretton Woods Institutions are the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). They aim to help rebuild the shattered economy and to promote international economic cooperation....

January 17, 2023

Explain the constitutional provision of "ordinarily resident"for voting while critically analyzing the the arguments against allowing proxy voting for NRIs.

Article 326 of constitution-provides that any person not otherwise disqualified and has attained eighteen years of age and is ordinarily resident in a constituency, has a right to...

January 17, 2023

How far would you agree that the Belgians should bear most of the responsibility for the outbreak of civil war in the Congo in 1960 and its continuation until 1965?

Belgians were to be blamed to a great extent for the outbreak of civil war in Congo. Congo was earlier in Belgian colony. Belgians suddenly left Congo in...

January 17, 2023

What do you understand by Blood Diamonds? Critically examine the performance of Kimberley Process in limiting the number of conflict diamonds entering the market.

Some regions in Africa are rich in Diamonds. The Central African and West African countries are politically unstable where armed revolutionary group control diamond mines. They sell the...

January 16, 2023