CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2016 · Q11Ethics · Case Studies · 20 marks · 250 words
English
Suppose you are an officer in-charge of implementing a social service scheme to provide support to old and destitute women. An old and illiterate woman comes to you to avail the benefits of the scheme. However, she has no documents to show that she fulfils the eligibility criteria. But after meeting her and listening to her you feel that she certainly needs support. Your enquiries also show that she is really destitute and living in a pitiable condition. You are in a dilemma as to what to do. Putting her under the scheme without necessary documents would clearly be violation of rules. But denying her the support would be cruel and inhuman. (a) Can you think of a rational way to resolve this dilemma? (b) Give your reasons for it.
हिन्दी
कल्पना करें कि आप एक सामाजिक सेवा योजना की क्रियान्विती के कार्य प्रभारी हैं, जिससे बूढ़ी एवं निराश्रय महिलाओं की सहायता प्रदान करनी है। एक बूढ़ी एवं अशिक्षित महिला योजना का लाभ प्राप्त करने के लिए आपके पास आती है। यद्यपि, उसके पास पात्रता के मानदंडों को पूरा करने वाले काग़ज़ात दिखाने के लिए नहीं हैं। परन्तु उससे मिलने एवं उसे सुनने से आप यह महसूस करते हैं कि उसे सहायता की निश्चित रूप से आवश्यकता है। आपकी जाँच में यह भी आया है कि वास्तव में वह दयनीय दशा में निराश्रित जीवन व्यतीत कर रही है। आप इस धर्मसंकट में हैं कि क्या किया जाए। उसे बिना आवश्यक काग़ज़ात के योजना में सम्मिलित किया जाना, नियमों का स्पष्ट उल्लंघन होगा। उसे सहायता के लिए मना करना भी निर्दयता एवं अमानवीय होगा। (a) क्या आप इस धर्मसंकट के समाधान के लिए कोई तार्किक तरीका सोच सकते हैं? (b) इसके लिए अपने कारण बतलाइए।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2016 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Ethics · Case Studies
Case studies on the above issues.
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