Economy & Development — UPSC Mains Essay PYQ

2020

1. Q6
   There can be no social justice without economic prosperity but economic prosperity without social justice is meaningless.

   125 marks 1200 words Medium Model answer →

2019

1. Q6
   Neglect of primary health care and education in India are reasons for its backwardness.

   125 marks 1200 words Medium Model answer →

2018

1. Q3
   Poverty anywhere is a threat to prosperity everywhere.

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2017

1. Q1
   Farming has lost the ability to be a source of subsistence for majority of farmers in India.

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2016

1. Q4
   Innovation is the key determinant of economic growth and social welfare.

   125 marks 1200 words Medium Model answer →
2. Q7
   Near jobless growth in India: An anomaly or an outcome of economic reforms.

   125 marks 1200 words Hard Model answer →
3. Q8
   Digital economy: A leveller or a source of economic inequality.

   125 marks 1200 words Medium Model answer →

2015

1. Q8
   Can capitalism bring inclusive growth?

   125 marks 1200 words Hard Model answer →

2014

1. Q8
   Tourism: Can this be the next big thing for India?

   125 marks 1200 words Easy Model answer →

2013

1. Q3
   GDP (Gross Domestic Product) along with GDH (Gross Domestic Happiness) would be the right indices for judging the well-being of a country.

   250 marks 2500 words Medium Model answer →

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   Financialisation of life turns citizens into spreadsheets

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2. •
   Quantum technology is the next sovereignty

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3. •
   Data sovereignty is the freedom of the 21st-century citizen

   125 marks 1150 words Hard Model answer →
4. •
   Growth without meaning becomes a treadmill the rich also cannot leave

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5. •
   The gig economy is freedom in the morning and fragility by night

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6. •
   Artificial intelligence will not replace creativity; it will exhibit our laziness

   125 marks 1100 words Medium Model answer →
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   The gig economy promises freedom but demands the architecture of fairness

   125 marks 1100 words Hard Model answer →
8. •
   The wealth of a nation is the wellbeing of its weakest

   125 marks 1100 words Hard Model answer →
9. •
   Artificial intelligence holds up a mirror to whoever holds it

   125 marks 1100 words Medium Model answer →
10. •
    Data is the new soil; dignity must be its first crop

    125 marks 1100 words Hard Model answer →