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#GS4 Role of Society and Educational institutions in inculcating values. #Case study #Gs2 Vulnerable Sections - Children

Benefits of amendment to NFSA 1. Remove intra category inequity, ensure Horizontal equity 2. Better nutritional targeting - allocation based on number of people rather than based on Ration card 3. Effective resource mobilization+ optimum utilisation 3. Efficient use of subsidies 4. Remove scope of misallocation Concerns: 1. Reduction in entitlement for small families - affects nuclear families. 2. Disproportionate impact on Southern states - will increase regional disparity 3. Increased household exp 4. May affect nutritional security 5. Undermine social protection - per capita may weaken this protection 6. North South divide Way forward Undertake wider consultation with states + consider regional demographic difference before implementation+ periodically update beneficiary database to remove ineligible beneficiaries.

#GS2 Federalism, #GS3 PDS and NFSA

Key Outcomes of Modi's visit 1. MoU b/w Australian Maritime Boarder Command and Indian coast guard - better Maritime surveillance and interoperability 2. Operationalisation of Aus Uranium export to india 3. Partnership on Cyber, Critical Tech, and Supply chain 4. Indian Ocean cooperation- undersea cable security, protection of sea lanes, Maritime domain awareness Why I and A converging? 1. China growing assertiveness 2. Uncertainty over US foreign policy 3. To Reduce dependency on any one country 4. Resilient supply chains 5. Shared commitment to open, free and rules based indo pacific. Challenges Australia priority towards AUKUS + Ind-Aus ECTA, but MSME lagged behind + Strategic convergence has not translated into wide public awareness+ Indian immigrant born community in Australia. Add your Way Forward, addressing different challenges.

#GS2 The article argues that India and Australia have achieved strategic convergence but must now move towards strategic alignment. Convergence: Shared interests and similar strategic outlook. Alignment: Building institutions, capabilities, and long-term cooperation to achieve those interests.

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E-Vehicles Data. Scheme associated PM E-DRIVE #GS3

In support of Cash Transfers: 1. Improve welfare -like nutrition, consumption , abhijeet and Esther Duflo, though they advocated for evidence based welfare 2. Women economic empowerment- helpful in self employment 3 . Consumption smoothing - Increase the DD, gear up the economy 4. Nutritional security and educational security 5. Counter cyclic social protection+ social safety net 6. Human capital formation 7. Unconditional cash transfers led to inclusive growth. 8. Milton friedman - Cash transfer supports market efficiency. However, 1. It should enhance capability not merely income - Amartya sen 2. It increases the fiscal stress - 1.68 lakh crore in 2025-26 from 12 states 3. Promote freebie culture+ electoral populism 4. Inter generational fiscal burden 5. Crowding out the capital expenditure 6! Inflation pressure 7. Reduce the labour force participation rate. 8! Political clientelism 9! State debt sustainability risk + reduced fiscal space for productive investment+ long term macroeconomic stability (Concerns raised by RBI ) Can conclude with Amartya sen's capability approach or Jean Dreze's idea of essential public service

#GS3 Welfarism vs Populism, Effecient resource mobilisation

#GS1 society M.N srinivas observed that caste is not a static institution but a dynamic social system. So, caste is fluid as well as static. Caste is fluid due to modernity- to some extent casteism declining 1. Achieved status> Ascribed status , intercaste marriages between doctors, IAS, IPS 2. Caste to class transformation 11.6% marriages inter caste, India human development Survey. 3. Identity fluidity 4. Social churning + modernisation thesis+ embedded inequality weakening 5. isations-- sanskritisation MN srinivas, urbanisation, industrialisation, modernisation increases the edu, opportunity, eco mobility 6. Anonymity of urban life 7. De ritualisation of occupation. However the casteism is static 1. SC ST representation at joint secretary level is less than 5%. And dominated by Brahaman other general castes. (Sharma, Bhardwaj etc) 2. Untouchability - 38% of govt schools require Dalit students to eat separately under MDM (National Campaign for dalit human rights) 3. 1/4th OBJ jobs/ seats captured by 10% of communities 4. 60% SC St living in rural area don't have agri land 5. Manual scavenging - 1.80 lakh households of Dalits still in it. 6. NCRB 60k approx cases under STSC act in 2023. Caste atrocities still present. 7! Vote bank politics, Caste based politics 8! Endogamy. Only 11% intercaste marriages. 9. Persistent of caste consciousness

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Reasons for frequent paper leaks: 1. Institutional deficit - weak institutional capacity, administrative apathy, Fragmented accountability, coordination failure 2. Regulatory loopholes 3. Weak oversight mechanism 4. Poor standard Operating procedures SOPs 5. Inadequate audit of exam process 6. Criminalization of recruitment led to paper leak mafia, Org rackets, Nexus with officers 7. Weak cybersecurity infra + Data Breach 8. Biggest reason- Massive competition + limited Government Jobs+ competitive pressure 9. Political patronage 10. Human resources issues - poorly trained staff and outsourcing of confidential work. Suggest way Forward in the comments.

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