CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2018 · Q10Ethics · Case Studies · 20 marks · 250 words
English
A big corporate house is engaged in manufacturing industrial chemicals on a large scale. It proposes to set up an additional unit. Many States rejected its proposal due to detrimental effect on the environment. But one State government acceded to the request and permitted the unit close to a city, brushing aside all opposition. The unit was set up 10 years ago and was in full swing till recently. The pollution caused by the industrial effluents was affecting the land, water and crops in the area. It was also causing serious health problems to human beings and animals. This gave rise to a series of agitations demanding the closure of the plant. In a recent agitation thousands of people took part, creating a law and order problem necessitating stern police action. Following the public outcry, the State government ordered the closure of the factory. The closure of the factory resulted in the unemployment of not only those workers who were engaged in the factory but also those who were working in the ancillary units. It also very badly affected those industries which depended on the chemicals manufactured by it. As a senior officer entrusted with the responsibility of handling this issue, how are you going to address it?
हिन्दी
एक बड़ा औद्योगिक परिवार बड़े पैमाने पर औद्योगिक रसायनों के उत्पादन में संलग्न है। यह परिवार एक अतिरिक्त इकाई स्थापित करना चाहता है। पर्यावरण पर दुष्प्रभाव के कारण अनेक राज्यों ने इसके प्रस्ताव को अस्वीकार कर दिया। किन्तु एक राज्य सरकार ने, सारे विरोध को दरकिनार करते हुए, औद्योगिक परिवार की प्रार्थना को स्वीकार कर लिया और एक नगर के समीप इकाई स्थापित करने की स्वीकृति प्रदान कर दी। इकाई को 10 वर्ष पूर्व स्थापित कर दिया था और अभी तक बहुत सुचारु रूप से चल रही थी। औद्योगिक बहिःस्रावों से पैदा हुए प्रदूषण से क्षेत्र में भूमि, जल और फ़सलों पर दुष्प्रभाव पड़ रहा था। इससे मनुष्यों तथा पशुओं में गंभीर स्वास्थ्य संबंधी समस्याएँ भी आ रही थीं। परिणामस्वरूप, इकाई को बंद करने की माँग को ले कर शृंखलाबद्ध आंदोलन होने लगे। अभी-अभी एक आंदोलन में हज़ारों लोगों ने भाग लिया जिससे पैदा हुई गंभीर क़ानून और व्यवस्था की समस्या से निपटने के लिए पुलिस को सख़्त कदम लेने पड़े। जनाक्रोश के पश्चात् राज्य सरकार ने फ़ैक्टरी को बंद करने का आदेश दे दिया। फ़ैक्टरी के बंद होने के परिणामस्वरूप न केवल वहाँ काम करने वाले श्रमिक ही बेरोज़गार हुए अपितु सहायक इकाइयों के कामगार भी बेरोज़गार हो गए। इससे उन उद्योगों पर भी बुरा प्रभाव पड़ा जो उस इकाई द्वारा उत्पादित रसायनों पर निर्भर थे। इस मुद्दे को संभालने के उत्तरदायित्व सौंपे गए एक वरिष्ठ अधिकारी होने के नाते, आप इस उत्तरदायित्व का निर्वहन किस प्रकार करेंगे?
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2018 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Ethics · Case Studies
Case studies on the above issues.
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