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This is the first audio in the Answer Writing Series.
I have made it after listening to the common problems that students face in order to get to the discipline of answer writing.
Please listen it to.
I hope it will help you all.
If you want us to make audio please, let us know.
As stated in the audio, I am sharing the marksheet for all of you to understand the importance of anwer writing.
Daily Answer Writing Practice
[Question 10, 22nd July 2020]
Dear Students,
Please find below the question for daily answer writing practice for today.
Q10. What do you understand by patriarchy? Explain the difference in the manner in which it influences the rural and urban women respectively. [10 marks, 150 words]
Model Answer would be posted after 8 pm today.
#GS1 #Society
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[Question 10, 22nd July 2020]
Dear Students,
Please find below the question for daily answer writing practice for today.
Q10. What do you understand by patriarchy? Explain the difference in the manner in which it influences the rural and urban women respectively. [10 marks, 150 words]
Model Answer would be posted after 8 pm today.
#GS1 #Society
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Q10. What do you understand by patriarchy? Explain the difference in the manner in which it influences the rural and urban women respectively. [10 marks, 150 words]
Patriarchy is a social institution marked by the supremacy of the male members. Fathers hold power over the families in general and male members exercise authority over female through property rights, social privileges and moral authority.
Although it affects all women in one way or another, its impact varies from place to place and class to class; and largely depends upon the difference in the nature of economic activities and the extent of traditional culture. In some way, its impact on urban and rural women is similar, while in other ways it's different.
• In rural areas, women generally live in joint families and are subjected to multiple structures of dominations. In city-based nuclear families, such domination is less acute.
• Many traditional patriarchal norms like dowry, child marriage, preference to male heir etc. are more prevalent in rural society compared to urban India.
• Patriarchy majorly works through the caste system in rural societies while in urban society, class norms dominate.
• Rural to urban migration of the male population leads to changes in the roles and responsibilities of women. They have to manage the household as well as agricultural activities. Yet they don’t assume the role of the head of the families in villages.
• Rural women rarely stay at home but they are principally engaged in unpaid labour (household as well as agricultural works). In cities, one finds middle-class women either stay at home or are engaged in all domains of work. However, such activities are paid employments.
• In villages, there is a trend of feminisation of agriculture while in the cities, the women tend to be segmented in certain service sector jobs more often.
However, as the cities generally provide better education, less societal control and paid employment, women get more options for social mobility and empowerment.
As the world gets more connected, various global feminist movements also make a direct impact in the cities first. Yet, it’s a long way to go to abolish completely the institution of patriarchy which is as old as human society.
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Patriarchy is a social institution marked by the supremacy of the male members. Fathers hold power over the families in general and male members exercise authority over female through property rights, social privileges and moral authority.
Although it affects all women in one way or another, its impact varies from place to place and class to class; and largely depends upon the difference in the nature of economic activities and the extent of traditional culture. In some way, its impact on urban and rural women is similar, while in other ways it's different.
• In rural areas, women generally live in joint families and are subjected to multiple structures of dominations. In city-based nuclear families, such domination is less acute.
• Many traditional patriarchal norms like dowry, child marriage, preference to male heir etc. are more prevalent in rural society compared to urban India.
• Patriarchy majorly works through the caste system in rural societies while in urban society, class norms dominate.
• Rural to urban migration of the male population leads to changes in the roles and responsibilities of women. They have to manage the household as well as agricultural activities. Yet they don’t assume the role of the head of the families in villages.
• Rural women rarely stay at home but they are principally engaged in unpaid labour (household as well as agricultural works). In cities, one finds middle-class women either stay at home or are engaged in all domains of work. However, such activities are paid employments.
• In villages, there is a trend of feminisation of agriculture while in the cities, the women tend to be segmented in certain service sector jobs more often.
However, as the cities generally provide better education, less societal control and paid employment, women get more options for social mobility and empowerment.
As the world gets more connected, various global feminist movements also make a direct impact in the cities first. Yet, it’s a long way to go to abolish completely the institution of patriarchy which is as old as human society.
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[Question 11, 23rd July, 2020]
Dear Students,
Please find below today's question for the daily answer writing practice:
[Ques-11]: "Allowing private players to operate passenger trains in India will negatively hamper the inclusive and welfare approach of the Indian Railways" Critically Analyze [10 marks, 150 words]
Please submit your answers before 8 pm @AnswerWritingDailyDiscuss
Model Answer would be posted after 8 pm today and no evaluation would be done after that.
#GS3 #Economy
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Dear Students,
Please find below today's question for the daily answer writing practice:
[Ques-11]: "Allowing private players to operate passenger trains in India will negatively hamper the inclusive and welfare approach of the Indian Railways" Critically Analyze [10 marks, 150 words]
Please submit your answers before 8 pm @AnswerWritingDailyDiscuss
Model Answer would be posted after 8 pm today and no evaluation would be done after that.
#GS3 #Economy
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Model Answer: [23rd July 2020]
Answer Writing - UPSC Mains
Q10. What do you understand by patriarchy? Explain the difference in the manner in which it influences the rural and urban women respectively. [10 marks, 150 words] Patriarchy is a social institution marked by the supremacy of the male members. Fathers hold…
[23rd July 2020][Ques-11]: "Allowing private players to operate passenger trains in India will negatively hamper the inclusive and welfare approach of the Railways" Critically Analyse [10 marks, 150 words]
Indian Railways have recently invited Request for Qualifications (RFQ) proposals for operation of passenger train services on 109 routes with 151 modern trains.
But, this initiative towards increasing the participation of private sector is facing criticism on the following grounds:
1) Profit Motive of private players will hamper inclusive and welfare approach of Indian Railways
2) Higher Fares may make private trains unsuitable for the poor and vulnerable
3) Private players may only be interested in running trains on busy and congested routes, and may ignore the remote and unserved areas.
But a careful analysis would negate the above concerns:
1) Operation by both public and private sector would promote competition and should hinder unfair fare increase.
2) More investment would mean more trains which would reduce demand supply deficit.
3) Efficient models of operations by private players may actually reduce cost of operations and provide better services.
Therefore, a liberalization of train services (not complete privatization) may actually be more inclusive and welfare oriented.
Government of India should also work towards setting up of an independent regulator and a route dispersal guideline (like that of airways sector). These would make operation of trains by private players more attractive and would make the services more inclusive for passengers
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Indian Railways have recently invited Request for Qualifications (RFQ) proposals for operation of passenger train services on 109 routes with 151 modern trains.
But, this initiative towards increasing the participation of private sector is facing criticism on the following grounds:
1) Profit Motive of private players will hamper inclusive and welfare approach of Indian Railways
2) Higher Fares may make private trains unsuitable for the poor and vulnerable
3) Private players may only be interested in running trains on busy and congested routes, and may ignore the remote and unserved areas.
But a careful analysis would negate the above concerns:
1) Operation by both public and private sector would promote competition and should hinder unfair fare increase.
2) More investment would mean more trains which would reduce demand supply deficit.
3) Efficient models of operations by private players may actually reduce cost of operations and provide better services.
Therefore, a liberalization of train services (not complete privatization) may actually be more inclusive and welfare oriented.
Government of India should also work towards setting up of an independent regulator and a route dispersal guideline (like that of airways sector). These would make operation of trains by private players more attractive and would make the services more inclusive for passengers
Join For Daily Answer Writing Practice for UPSC Mains: https://t.me/AnswerWritingDaily
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Through this channel we will provide one question everyday at 10 am. Students can discuss answers and give feedback to each other through the associated group.
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[Question 12, 24th July, 2020]
Dear Students,
Please find below today's question for the daily answer writing practice:
[Ques-12]: "A wise man's morality is the ethics of society". Do you agree? Also, explain with the help of examples difference between morality and ethics. [10 marks, 150 words]
Please submit your answers before 8 pm @AnswerWritingDailyDiscuss
Model Answer would be posted after 8 pm today and no evaluation of the answers posted after would be done.
#GS4 #Ethics
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Dear Students,
Please find below today's question for the daily answer writing practice:
[Ques-12]: "A wise man's morality is the ethics of society". Do you agree? Also, explain with the help of examples difference between morality and ethics. [10 marks, 150 words]
Please submit your answers before 8 pm @AnswerWritingDailyDiscuss
Model Answer would be posted after 8 pm today and no evaluation of the answers posted after would be done.
#GS4 #Ethics
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Daily Answer Writing Practice
[Question 13, 25th July]
Dear Students,
Please find below the question for daily answer writing practice for today
Critically examine the federal characteristics of the constitution of India. Do you think it is marred simultaneously with the challenges of centralisation and decentralisation?
[15 marks, 250 words]
Model Answer will be posted after 8 PM today.
#GS2 #Polity
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[Question 13, 25th July]
Dear Students,
Please find below the question for daily answer writing practice for today
Critically examine the federal characteristics of the constitution of India. Do you think it is marred simultaneously with the challenges of centralisation and decentralisation?
[15 marks, 250 words]
Model Answer will be posted after 8 PM today.
#GS2 #Polity
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[25th July 2020][Ques-13]:
Critically examine the federal characteristics of the constitution of India. Do you think it is marred simultaneously with the challenges of centralisation and decentralisation? [15 marks,250 words]
Indian Constitution is federal in structure because it has clear demarcation of boundaries between central & the state governments similar to that of the US. It makes elaborate provisions covering many aspects of Centre-State and interstate relationship, empowering the units in their respective spheres. Though it is not truly federal, it can’t be called as a unitary state either. The demand of the nation compelled the founding father to organize the best of both the worlds.
Federal characteristics of Indian Constitution:
• Dual Polity : The Constitution establishes a dual polity consisting of the Union at the Centre and the states at the Periphery. Each is endowed with sovereign powers to be exercised in the field assigned to them respectively by the Constitution. However, the emergency provisions make the polity unitary.
• Division of Powers : The Constitution divided the powers between the Centre and the states in terms of various Lists in the Seventh Schedule. However, the central government can make laws on the state subject in some cases like if the Council of States passes a resolution by a two-thirds majority declaring a particular subject or subjects to be of national importance or to honour international obligations. In the case of the concurrent list, the centre has the last say and subjects have been transferred to it from the state list.
• Written Constitution: It specifies the structure, organization, powers and functions of both the Central and state governments and prescribes the limits within which they must operate. However, the same constitution gives the Central government power to amend, and the states have no say in this. It allows for a single constitution for the whole country.
• Independent judiciary: The Constitution establishes an independent judiciary headed by the Supreme Court to protect the supremacy of the Constitution by exercising the power of judicial review; and to settle the disputes between the Centre and the states or between the states.
Further, some other provisions are unitary-like viz., the idea of single citizenship, All-India Services, the appointment of Governor by the Central government and so on.
The Contest between centralization and decentralization:
Since its inception, the Indian Federalism has been called upon to meet many challenges like the degree of centralization and that of decentralization.
Indian federal system since its inception was centralised with a system of centralised planning with many unitary features, but it witnessed several waves of decentralisation which started in the 1970s. The process of decentralisation started to deal with the incapacity of the Centre to deliver goods and services and transfer real political power to common citizens. The examples of decentralisation are 73rd, and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts, providing more fiscal autonomy to the States and to the local-self governments, delegation of powers to autonomous bodies and so on.
However, States could not improve their administrative capacity; Panchayati Raj system could not deliver political and socio-economic justice at the grass-root level, and developmental planning and the Finance Commission created a centralised revenue sharing model. At the same time, the Central government is frequently using the unitary features like emergency provisions, more fiscal powers to the Centre, and so on.
These various forces and compulsions have shaped and moulded the Indian Federalism. Therefore, the federal characteristics of Indian Constitution are sui-generis in nature and are constantly changing with time.
The need of the hour is a mixture of Cooperative, collaborative and competitive federalism as has been stated many times by the supreme court of India.
#GS2 #Polity
Join for daily answer writing practice for UPSC Mains @AnswerWritingDaily
Critically examine the federal characteristics of the constitution of India. Do you think it is marred simultaneously with the challenges of centralisation and decentralisation? [15 marks,250 words]
Indian Constitution is federal in structure because it has clear demarcation of boundaries between central & the state governments similar to that of the US. It makes elaborate provisions covering many aspects of Centre-State and interstate relationship, empowering the units in their respective spheres. Though it is not truly federal, it can’t be called as a unitary state either. The demand of the nation compelled the founding father to organize the best of both the worlds.
Federal characteristics of Indian Constitution:
• Dual Polity : The Constitution establishes a dual polity consisting of the Union at the Centre and the states at the Periphery. Each is endowed with sovereign powers to be exercised in the field assigned to them respectively by the Constitution. However, the emergency provisions make the polity unitary.
• Division of Powers : The Constitution divided the powers between the Centre and the states in terms of various Lists in the Seventh Schedule. However, the central government can make laws on the state subject in some cases like if the Council of States passes a resolution by a two-thirds majority declaring a particular subject or subjects to be of national importance or to honour international obligations. In the case of the concurrent list, the centre has the last say and subjects have been transferred to it from the state list.
• Written Constitution: It specifies the structure, organization, powers and functions of both the Central and state governments and prescribes the limits within which they must operate. However, the same constitution gives the Central government power to amend, and the states have no say in this. It allows for a single constitution for the whole country.
• Independent judiciary: The Constitution establishes an independent judiciary headed by the Supreme Court to protect the supremacy of the Constitution by exercising the power of judicial review; and to settle the disputes between the Centre and the states or between the states.
Further, some other provisions are unitary-like viz., the idea of single citizenship, All-India Services, the appointment of Governor by the Central government and so on.
The Contest between centralization and decentralization:
Since its inception, the Indian Federalism has been called upon to meet many challenges like the degree of centralization and that of decentralization.
Indian federal system since its inception was centralised with a system of centralised planning with many unitary features, but it witnessed several waves of decentralisation which started in the 1970s. The process of decentralisation started to deal with the incapacity of the Centre to deliver goods and services and transfer real political power to common citizens. The examples of decentralisation are 73rd, and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts, providing more fiscal autonomy to the States and to the local-self governments, delegation of powers to autonomous bodies and so on.
However, States could not improve their administrative capacity; Panchayati Raj system could not deliver political and socio-economic justice at the grass-root level, and developmental planning and the Finance Commission created a centralised revenue sharing model. At the same time, the Central government is frequently using the unitary features like emergency provisions, more fiscal powers to the Centre, and so on.
These various forces and compulsions have shaped and moulded the Indian Federalism. Therefore, the federal characteristics of Indian Constitution are sui-generis in nature and are constantly changing with time.
The need of the hour is a mixture of Cooperative, collaborative and competitive federalism as has been stated many times by the supreme court of India.
#GS2 #Polity
Join for daily answer writing practice for UPSC Mains @AnswerWritingDaily