UPSC PYQs: Social Justice

Review complete published questions grouped by subject: Social Justice.

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“Women as a class neither belong to a minority group nor are they regarded as forming a backward class.” In the light of this statement, discuss the evolution of women's reservation from local bodies to Parliament.2026 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Women’s Political Representation
Does India's tribal development policy reflect the aspirations for a socially grounded and equity-based governance? Justify your answer.2026 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Tribal Development and Equity-Based Governance
Malnutrition in India is not merely a public health concern; it is also a challenge of social equity, human development and effective welfare governance. Discuss.2026 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Malnutrition and Welfare Governance
Can the constitutional mandate of rights-based welfare be effectively realised in the context of non-integrated governance and minimal public investment? Examine.2026 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Rights-Based Welfare and State Capacity
Should education be treated primarily as a welfare obligation of the state or as a strategic investment for building a globally competitive, knowledge-driven nation? Critically evaluate.2026 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Education as Welfare and Strategic Investment
Women’s social capital complements in advancing empowerment and gender equity. Explain.2025 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Women Empowerment
Inequality in the ownership pattern of resources is one of the major causes of poverty. Discuss in the context of ‘paradox of poverty’.2025 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Poverty and Resource Ownership
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has to address the challenges faced by children in the digital era. Examine the existing policies and suggest measures the Commission can initiate to tackle the issue.2025 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Child Rights in Digital Era
Public charitable trusts can make development more inclusive by addressing vital public issues. Comment.2024 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Charitable Trusts
Poverty and malnutrition form a vicious cycle affecting human capital. What steps can break it?2024 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Poverty and Malnutrition
Suggest how the Indian State can strengthen grassroots public healthcare amid marketisation of healthcare.2024 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Public Healthcare
Human Resource Development has received inadequate attention in India’s development process. Suggest measures to address this.2023 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Human Resource Development
Development and welfare schemes for vulnerable groups are discriminatory by nature. Do you agree? Give reasons.2023 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Welfare Schemes
Analyse the linkages between education, skill and employment in the context of skill-development programmes.2023 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Skill and Employment
The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 remains only a legal document without intense sensitisation of government functionaries and citizens regarding disability. Comment.2022 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Disability Rights
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 remains inadequate in promoting an incentive-based system for children’s education without generating awareness about the importance of schooling. Analyse.2022 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Right to Education
Besides being a moral imperative of the Welfare State, primary health structure is a necessary pre-condition for sustainable development. Analyse.2021 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Primary Health
Earn while you learn scheme needs to be strengthened to make vocational education and skill training meaningful. Comment.2021 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Vocational Education
Though women in post-Independent India have excelled in various fields, the social attitude towards women and the feminist movement has been patriarchal. Apart from women education and women empowerment schemes, what interventions can help change this milieu?2021 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Women Empowerment
In order to enhance the prospects of social development, sound and adequate health care policies are needed in the fields of geriatric and maternal health care. Discuss.2020 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Geriatric & Maternal Health
Critically examine the role of WHO in providing global health security during the COVID-19 pandemic.2020 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · COVID-19
Which steps are required for constitutionalisation of a commission? Do you think imparting constitutionality to the National Commission for Women would ensure greater gender justice and empowerment in India? Give reasons.2020 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Gender
Incidence and intensity of poverty are most important in determining poverty based on income alone. In this context, analyze the latest United Nations Multidimensional Poverty Index report.2020 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Poverty
Microfinance as an anti-poverty vaccine is aimed at asset creation and income security of the rural poor in India. Evaluate the role of Self Help Groups in achieving twin objectives along with empowering women in rural India.2020 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Gender
National Education Policy 2020 is in conformity with Sustainable Development Goal 4. It intends to restructure and re-orient the education system in India. Critically examine the statement.2020 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Education and Ethics
Despite consistent experience of high growth, India still goes with the lowest indicators of human development. Examine the issues that make balanced and inclusive development elusive.2019 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Inclusive Development
There is a growing divergence in the relationship between poverty and hunger in India. The shrinking of social expenditure by the government is forcing the poor to spend more on non-food essential items squeezing their food budget. Elucidate.2019 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Poverty
The reservation of seats for women in the institutions of local self-government has had a limited impact on the patriarchal character of the Indian political process. Comment.2019 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Gender
The performance of welfare schemes that are implemented for vulnerable sections is not so effective due to the absence of awareness and active involvement at all stages of the policy process. Discuss.2019 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Welfare Schemes
Appropriate local community level healthcare intervention is a prerequisite to achieve Health for All in India. Explain.2018 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Community Healthcare
How far do you agree with the view that the focus on lack of availability of food as the main cause of hunger takes attention away from ineffective human development policies in India?2018 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Hunger and Human Development
Professor Amartya Sen has advocated important reforms in primary education and primary health care. What are your suggestions to improve their status and performance?2016 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Primary Education and Health
Examine the main provisions of the National Child Policy and throw light on the status of its implementation.2016 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · National Child Policy
Demographic Dividend in India will remain only theoretical unless our manpower becomes more educated, aware, skilled and creative. What measures have been taken by the government to enhance the capacity of our population to be more productive and employable?2016 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Demographic Dividend
The Self Help Group (SHG) Bank Linkage Programme (SBLP), which is India’s own innovation, has proved to be one of the most effective poverty alleviation and women empowerment programmes. Elucidate.2015 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · SHG Bank Linkage
The quality of higher education in India requires major improvement to make it internationally competitive. Do you think that the entry of foreign educational institutions would help improve the quality of technical and higher education in the country? Discuss.2015 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Higher Education
Public health system has limitation in providing universal health coverage. Do you think that private sector can help in bridging the gap? What other viable alternatives do you suggest?2015 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Health Sector
Though there have been several different estimates of poverty in India, all indicate reduction in poverty over time. Do you agree? Critically examine with reference to urban and rural poverty indicators.2015 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Poverty Estimation
National Human Rights Commission in India can be most effective when its tasks are adequately supported by other mechanisms that ensure accountability of government. Assess the role of NHRC as an effective complement to judiciary and other institutions in promoting and protecting human rights standards.2014 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · NHRC
The penetration of Self Help Groups in rural areas in promoting participation in development programmes is facing socio-cultural hurdles. Examine.2014 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Self Help Groups
Do government schemes for uplifting vulnerable and backward communities by protecting required social resources for them lead to their exclusion in establishing businesses in urban economies?2014 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Vulnerable Communities
An athlete participates in Olympics for personal triumph and nation’s glory; victors are showered with cash incentives by various agencies on return. Discuss the merit of state-sponsored talent hunt and cultivation as against the rationale of a reward mechanism as encouragement.2014 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Sports Policy
The concept of Mid Day Meal scheme is almost a century old in India with early beginnings in Madras Presidency in pre-independent India. The scheme has again been given impetus in most states in the last two decades. Critically examine its twin objectives, latest mandates and success.2013 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Mid Day Meal Scheme
The Central Government frequently complains on the poor performance of the State Governments in eradicating suffering of the vulnerable sections of the society. Restructuring of Centrally sponsored schemes across the sectors for ameliorating the cause of vulnerable sections of population aims at providing flexibility to the States in better implementation. Critically evaluate.2013 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · Centrally Sponsored Schemes
Identify the Millennium Development Goals that are related to health. Discuss the success of the actions taken by the Government for achieving the same.2013 · Mains GS2 · Social Justice · MDGs and Health