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4. What is the ‘hub and spoke model’ of mega food parks being followed to promote the food processing industry in India? What are its advantages? How is it beneficial to the rural economy? Discuss.
3. The potential of the food processing industry isn’t confined to creating employment opportunities but is equally vital for the ongoing social transformation and nutrition transition. Elucidate.
2. What do you understand by the terms ‘upstream and downstream requirements’, ‘backward forward integration’ in the parlance of food processing industry? Explain by taking suitable examples.
1. The entire value chain of the food processing industry has the potential to create gainful employment for both the rural and the urban economy. Do you agree? Substantiate by taking examples.
5. The recommendations of the Shanta Kumar Committee on reorganization of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and reforms in the Public Distribution System (PDS) will go a long way in ensuring efficiency of food management and addressing wastage. Discuss.
4. The existing food management and distribution framework in India is faced with many anomalies and challenges. Elucidate. What steps can be taken to address them?
3. High minimum support prices (MSPs) induce distortions, some of which ultimately hurt the poor. Examine.
2. What do you understand by nutrient based subsidy (NBS)? Discuss its merits. How keeping urea outside the ambit of NBS has defeated the purpose of promoting balanced fertilizer consumption? Discuss.
1. The govt has decided redevelop 400 railway stations using the Swiss challenge method. What is this method? What are its advantages? Discuss.
5. Disputes arising from Artificial Intelligence (AI) use are governed by archaic laws, which do not address issues like data privacy, consumer protection and labour liability. Comment.
4. Drones can be a potential tool to better control our agricultural productivity and to best invest our limited resources. Discuss.
3. Information sharing across ministries and departments will solve half of the existing governance problems. Do you agree? Substantiate.
2. The most important instrument of social empowerment is the Right to Information (RTI). Do you agree? Also discuss the significance of transparency in governance.
1. What are the objectives of probity in governance? What are the tools to ensure probity?
5. The rhetoric of global war on terror must transform into an actionable roadmap to uproot terrorism. However, this is possible only when the categorization in the form of good and bad terrorism would cease to exist and consensus is evolved on the very definition and characteristics of terrorism. Critically examine.
4. Outsourcing food production to BRICS countries, and opening up the country to cheaper imports will destroy food self-sufficiency – and the livelihood of millions. Critically comment.
3. What are ‘technology missions’? What is their importance in agriculture? Explain by taking suitable examples.
2. Animal rearing can be an effective alternative to address agricultural distress in the drought hit areas of India. Do you find merit in this argument? What challenges and problems do you envisage in this direction? Analyse.
1. Despite having the largest livestock population in the world, the livestock economy in India has performed well below its potential. Do you agree? Are we missing out something substantial by not achieving our true potential? Elucidate.
5. India needs more ISROs and more Government-led strategic R&D investments. Elucidate.

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