UPSC Ethics by VK IAS
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GS4- Ethics- Key takeaways from Gandhi's life for dealing with COVID-19 crisis
1) Swadeshi- Reducing dependence on global value chains
2)Swacchtha- Desire for neatness and cleanliness
3) Sarvodaya- Universal upliftment for all-Economies of scope- local clusters rather than global value chains+ systems thinking- i.e. dealing with interrelated concepts holistically- Ex: Poverty-health- environment should be dealt together

Most importantly- Local governments should become stronger= Community engagement
GS1- Art and culture
#GS1-#Art_and_Culture
GS3- Economic growth
GS4- Ethics
GS-2 Health- Mental health

🔴Very Imp perspective for Essay and Interview

🔵Q) Do actors deserve the kind of importance they get in the society?

This question has varied interpretations- But the question is this- How come actors and cricketers get the kind of importance nobody else gets and WHY IS OUR SOCIETY OKAY WITH it?

Personal perspective : It is because without arts, there is no human progress- If we look at history- whenever societies flourished- arts flourished. So the level of encouragement for arts in a society is a sign of happiness in that society. Arts are a yardstick for our mental health. During times of COVID lockdown it would be so much worse without the arts for common public.

That is the reason why the deaths of Irffan Khan and Rishi Kapoor affects people .

Though this article is Not directly related to UPSC- forming opinions is important for the exam. What is your perspective on this issue?
Gs3- Role of media
GS-4 Media ethics


Click here for a prelims question
GS4- Ethics- Key takeaways from Gandhi's life for dealing with COVID-19 crisis
1) Swadeshi- Reducing dependence on global value chains
2)Swacchtha- Desire for neatness and cleanliness
3) Sarvodaya- Universal upliftment for all-Economies of scope- local clusters rather than global value chains+ systems thinking- i.e. dealing with interrelated concepts holistically- Ex: Poverty-health- environment should be dealt together

Most importantly- Local governments should become stronger= Community engagement

In addition to these points= take away= Systems thinking of economic development
Important for Essay : COVID -19 Impact on

1) Society- Institution of family- How will it affect family bonds, Impact on Older generation- their mental health- parents are happy to spend time with their kids
Women's dimension- The silent pandemic- Domestic violence
3) On environment- Reports of clear skies and Himalayan mountains
4) On Technology- How Technology should serve human needs rather than the other way around
5)Ethics- Most important dimension that questioned all our belief systems and values- Your thoughts?
GS2- Poverty and Hunger
GS3- Poverty and unemployment
GS4- Ethics- Key takeaways- The idea of poverty- Very important for essay- Can be used in introductions of essays and articulating your opinions in interview
GS4- Ethics- Attitude- Persuasion as a tool for enforcing behavioral change

Q) What do you understand by behavioral change? How is it Important for COVID-19 crisis?

🎖Key takeaway=Term : Social vaccine
GS4- Ethics- Attitude- Persuasion as a tool for enforcing behavioral change
Q) What do you understand by behavioral change? How is it Important for COVID-19 crisis?

Note
: There is a chapter in prev economic survey on nudge theory and behavioral change- please have a look at it
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🔴Gs3- Economic development- idea of swarajya

Gs4- Ethics- Key takeaways from Gandhi's life for dealing with COVID-19 crisis
1) Swadeshi- Reducing dependence on global value chains
2)Swacchtha- Desire for neatness and cleanliness
3) Sarvodaya- Universal upliftment for all-Economies of scope- local clusters rather than global value chains+ systems thinking- i.e. dealing with interrelated concepts holistically- Ex: Poverty-health- environment should be dealt together

Most importantly- Local governments should become stronger= Community engagement

In addition to these points= take away= Systems thinking of economic development

Adding to the above point- swarajya- what does it mean and what is its implication- How can we see a convergence of ideas of swarajya and social democracies in scandinavian countries?
Take away from the article :
1)Using Justice khanna as an Ethics casestudy- example of professional integrity and having a futuristic vision that stands by the values of democracy.

2) ADM jabalpur case details.
Take away from the article :
1)Using Justice khanna as an Ethics casestudy- example of professional integrity and having a futuristic vision that stands by the values of democracy.

2) ADM jabalpur case details.
GS2- Poverty and Hunger
GS3- Poverty and unemployment
GS4- Ethics- Key takeaways- The idea of poverty- Very important for essay- Can be used in introductions of essays and articulating your opinions in interview
GS3- Disaster Management

The East Punjab Agricultural
Pests, Diseases and Noxious Weeds Act, 1949- Implications

GS4- Ethics- ENvironmental ethics- The ethos of environmental conservation must be mainstreamed- otherwise more such events will occur
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GS4- Ethics- This speech may have a political tone

Take away : The quotation at the end of the article- can be used for essay/Ethics
Gs-4 Ethics -Attitude

Power of an apology -George flyod case- Great example

What do you mean by a national apology?



If light can come out of darkness, then alone can love emerge from hatred”~ Gandhi. (1929)
Gs3- conservation- Man- animal conflict

The first motivation behind this channel was to just maintain a repository for all the positive news for myself and that's how the first post on the channel was about Man- animal conflict.... This ghastly incident reminds me of the burial of nilgai when IT was ALIVE.....

Nilgai buried alive

A person I know casually responded that... "Hota hai yaar, ab hum kya kar sakte hai.. they had no choice as it was destroying their crops"

This is not a call for being an animal rights activist. It's just that If this doesn't affect you a bit... Or if you are reducing this news to just a "current affairs" material... - in the lexicon of civil services syllabus- you lack empathy (GS-4 : Ethics)🙏 . I would end this post here...

You all prepare for this exam, you must have prepared environment syllabus- you know what just happened. Just note down your own thoughts to know yourself better. I rest my case here. Sorry for the long post.

Pc : Satish acharya- Cartoonist
GS3- Agriculture- Cropping patterns- Restructuring our food systems for a healthy world- click here

Example of how food systems are linked with anthropogenic disruptions -Click here

Lab grown meat for protein- Click here

Governance measures to reduce food wastage and increasing food security - Click here and here and FAO food wastage stats

How land use is linked to food production- New set of ethics involved in the idea of sustainability - Click here
🔴GS3- Economic development - along with this article- you can take a lot of cues from this article- Click here - Gandhian thought for Indian economy and its relevance


I have summarized the idea of this article in the following blog article . Please follow this blog for more such articles.


Click here for the blog link Explained - Aasan Basha

Self Reliance is not isolation- spirit of Atma Nirbhar Bharat -the aspiration of being a vishwa guru

This topic has a high probability of being asked in essay, ethics or mains.
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GS4- EThics and values- Values of journalism

An optional read- you can read if you have time- On the george flyod issue- read only after all other articles are done
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#GS2 #IR
GS2- IR : US-china - India relations

Why is china turning aggressive?- Very imp article especially for PSIR optional

Prelims details about natuna islands?-
Click here

Note : Thucyides- theory- Useful even in international relations ethics- Please note
🔴GS4- Ethics- Attitude- Persuasion as a tool for enforcing behavioral change

🎖Key takeaway=Term : Social vaccine
-Click here and here

This can be an important article for interview candidates and other also for ethics case study- steps needed to contain the spread of covid in rural areas.