Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2016 (English and Hindi). Source

Syllabus

Social Justice · Social Sector

Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

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