Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. No UPSC scan of this paper found. English settled question by question by majority of three copies (Unacademy/Anantam compilation, Drishti IAS’s bilingual retype, ForumIAS); Hindi transcribed from Drishti’s copy, https://www.drishtiias.com/hindi/images/pdf/GS-2-2015.pdf.

Syllabus

Governance · Development Processes and NGOs

Development processes and the development industry—the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders.

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