CSE · GS-2Official PYQ · CSE 2018 · Q17Social Justice · Poverty and Hunger · 15 marks · 250 words
English
How far do you agree with the view that the focus on lack of availability of food as the main cause of hunger takes the attention away from ineffective human development policies in India?
हिन्दी
आप इस मत से कहाँ तक सहमत हैं कि भूख के मुख्य कारण के रूप में खाद्य की उपलब्धता में कमी पर फोकस, भारत में अप्रभावी मानव विकास नीतियों से ध्यान हटा देता है?
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2018 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Social Justice · Poverty and Hunger
Issues relating to poverty and hunger.
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