ESSAY TOPICS ASKED IN IAS EXAM

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·        2013
1. Be the change you want to see in others (Gandhi)

·        2. Is the Colonial mentality hindering India's Success

·        3. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) along with GDH (Gross Domestic Happiness) would be the right indices for judging the wellbeing of a country

·        4. Science and technology is the panacea for the growth and security of the nation.

2012

·        1. In the context of Gandhiji's views on the matter, explore, on an evolutionary scale, the terms 'Swadhinata', 'Swaraj' and 'Dharmarajya'. Critically comment on their contemporary relevance to Indian democracy.

·        2. Is the criticism that the 'Public-Private-Partnership' (PPP) model for development is more of a bane than a boon in the Indian context, justified?

·        3. Science and Mysticism: Are they compatible?

·        4. Managing work and home – is the Indian working woman getting a fair deal?

2011

·        1. Creation of smaller states and the consequent administrative , economic and developmental implication

·        2. Does Indian Cinema shape our popular culture or merely reflect it

·        3. Credit – based higher education system – status , opportunities and challenges

·        4. In the Indian context , Both human intelligence and technical intelligence are crucial in combating terrorism

2010

·        1. Geography may remain the same ; history need not.

·        2. Should a moratorium be imposed on all fresh mining in tribal areas of the country?

·        3. Preparedness of our society for India's global leadership role.

·        4. From traditional Indian philanthropy to the Gates-Buffet model-a natural progression or a paradigm shift?

2009

·        1. Are our traditional handicrafts doomed to a slow death?

·        2. Are we a 'Soft' state?

·        3. "The focus of health care is increasingly getting skewed towards the 'haves' of our society".

·        4. "Good Fences make good neighbors"

·        5. 'Globlisation' vs. 'Nationalism'

2008

·        1. Role of Media in good governance

·        2. National Identity and Patritism

·        3. Special Economic Zone : Boon or Bane

·        4. Descipline means success , anarchy means ruin

·        5. Urbanisation and Its Hazards

·        6. Is an Egalitarian society possible by educating the masses?

2007

·        1. Independent thinking should be encouraged right form the childhood.

·        2. Evaluation of Panchayati Raj System in India from the point of view of eradication of power to people.

·        3. Attitude makes, habit makes character and character makes a man.

·        4. Is Autonomy the best answer to combat balkanization?

·        5. How has satellite television brought about cultural change in Indian mindsets.

·        6. BPO boom in India.

2006

·        1. Women's Reservation Bill Would Usher in Empowerment for Women in India.

·        2. Protection of Ecology and Environment is Essential for Sustained Economic Development.

·        3. Importance of Indo-U.S. Nuclear Agreement

·        4. "Education for All" Campaign in India: Myth or Reality.

·        5. Globalization Would Finish Small-Scale Industries in India.

·        6. Increasing Computerization Would lead to the Creation of a Dehumanized Society.

2005

·        1. Justice must reach the poor

·        2. The hand that rocks the cradle

·        3. If women ruled the world

·        4. What is real education?

·        5. Terrorism and world peace

·        6. Food security for sustainable national development

2004

·        1. India's Role in Promoting ASEAN Co-operation.

·        2. Judicial Activism and Indian Democracy.

·        3. Whither Women's Emancipation?

·        4. Globalizations and Its Impact on Indian Culture.

·        5. The Lure of Space.

·        6. Water Resources Should Be Under the Control of the Central Government.

2003

·        1. The Masks of New Imperialism.

·        2. How far has democracy in India delivered the goods?

·        3. How should a civil servant conduct himself?

·        4. As civilization advances culture declines.

·        5. There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

·        6. Spirituality and Scientific temper.

2002

·        1. Modern technological education and human values.

·        2. Search for truth can only be a spiritual problem.

·        3. If youth knew, if age could.

·        4. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

·        5. Privatization of higher education in India.

·        6. Responsibility of media in a democracy.

2001

·        1. What have we gained from our democratic set-up?

·        2. My vision of an ideal world order.

·        3. The march of science and the erosion of human values.

·        4. Irrelevance of the classroom.

·        5. The pursuit of excellence.

·        6. Empowerment alone cannot help our women.

2000

·        1. Why should we be proud of being Indians?

·        2. The cyberworld: Its charms and challenges.

·        3. The country's need for a better disaster management system.

·        4. Indian culture today: A myth or a reality?

·        5. The implications of globalization for India.

·        6. Modernism and our traditional socio-ethical values.

1999

·        1. Women empowerment: Challenges and prospects.

·        2. Youth culture today.

·        3. Mass media and cultural invasion.

·        4. Resource management in the Indian context.

·        5. Value-based science and education.

·        6. Reservation, politics and empowerment.

1998

·        1. The composite culture of India.

·        2. Woman is God's best creation.

·        3.The misinterpretation and misuse of freedom in India.

·        4. India's contribution to world wisdom.

·        5. The language problem in India: Its past, present and prospects.

·        6. The world of the twenty-first century.

1997

·        1. What we have not learnt during fifty years of Independence.

·        2. Judicial activism.

·        3. Greater political power alone will not improve women's plight.

·        4. True religion cannot be misused.

·        5. The modern doctor and his patients.

·        6. Urbanization is a blessing in disguise.

1996

·        1. Literacy is growing very fast, but there is no corresponding growth in education.

·        2. Restructuring of UNO reflect present realities

·        3. New cults and Godmen: a threat to traditional religion

·        4. The VIP cult is a bane of Indian democracy

·        5. Need for transparency in public administration

·        6. Truth is lived, not taught

1995

·        1. Politics without ethics is a disaster.

·        2. The new emerging women Power: the ground realities.

·        3. When money speaks, the truth is silent.

·        4. Whither Indian democracy?

·        5. Restructuring of Indian education system.

·        6. Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the lifeblood of civilisation.

·        7. Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

1994

·        1. Youth is a blunder, Manhood a struggle, oldage a regret

·        2. The Indian society at the crossroads.

·        3. Modernisation and westernisation are not identical concepts.

·        4. Useless life is an early death.

·        5. Politics, bureaucracy and business - Fatal Triangle.

·        6. Multinational corporations - saviours or saboteurs

1993

·        1. My vision of India in 2001 A.D.

·        2. The global order: political and economic

·        3. He would reigns within himself and folds his passions and desires and fears is more than a king.

·        4. Compassion is the basic of all morality would

·        5. Men have failed: let women take over.

·        6. Economic growth without distributive justice is bound to breed violence.

·        7. Ecological considerations need not hamper development.

·        8. Computer: the harbinger of silent revolution.