CSE · GS-2Official PYQ · CSE 2020 · Q17Social Justice · Poverty and Hunger · 15 marks · 250 words
English
“Micro-Finance as an anti-poverty vaccine, is aimed at asset creation and income security of the rural poor in India”. Evaluate the role of the Self Help Groups in achieving the twin objectives along with empowering women in rural India.
हिन्दी
“सूक्ष्म-वित्त एक गरीबी-रोधी टीका है जो भारत में ग्रामीण दरिद्र की परिसंपत्ति निर्माण और आयसुरक्षा के लिए लक्षित है”। स्वयं सहायता समूहों की भूमिका का मूल्यांकन ग्रामीण भारत में महिलाओं के सशक्तिकरण के साथ साथ उपरोक्त दोहरे उद्देश्यों के लिए कीजिए।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2020 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Social Justice · Poverty and Hunger
Issues relating to poverty and hunger.
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