CSE · GS-2Official PYQ · CSE 2014 · Q8Polity · Statutory Bodies · 12.5 marks · 200 words
English
The setting up of a Rail Tariff Authority to regulate fares will subject the cash strapped Indian Railways to demand subsidy for obligation to operate non-profitable routes and services. Taking into account the experience in the power sector, discuss if the proposed reform is expected to benefit the consumers, the Indian Railways or the private container operators.
हिन्दी
किरायों का विनियमन करने के लिए रेल प्रशुल्क प्राधिकरण की स्थापना आमदनी-बंधे (कैश स्ट्रैप्ड) भारतीय रेलवे को गैर-लाभकारी मार्गों और सेवाओं को चलाने के दायित्व के लिए सहायिकी (सब्सिडी) मांगने पर मजबूर कर देगी। विद्युत क्षेत्रक के अनुभव को सामने रखते हुए, चर्चा कीजिये कि क्या प्रस्तावित सुधार से उपभोक्ताओं, भारतीय रेलवे या कि निजी कंटेनर प्रचालकों को लाभ होने की आशा है।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2014 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Polity · Statutory Bodies
Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies.
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