CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2020 · Q12Ethics · Case Studies · 20 marks · 250 words
English
Migrant workers have always remained at the socio-economic margins of our society, silently serving as the instrumental labour force of urban economics. The pandemic has brought them into national focus. On announcement of a countrywide lockdown, a very large number of migrant workers decided to move back from their places of employment to their native villages. The non-availability of transport created its own problems. Added to this was the fear of starvation and inconvenience to their families. This caused, the migrant workers to demand wages and transport facilities for returning to their villages. Their mental agony was accentuated by multiple factors such as a sudden loss of livelihood, possibility of lack of food and inability to assist in harvesting their rabi crop due to not being able to reach home in time. Reports of inadequate response of some districts in providing the essential boarding and lodging arrangements along the way multiplied their fears. You have learnt many lessons from this situation when you were tasked to oversee the functioning of the District Disaster Relief Force in your district. In your opinion what ethical issues arose in the current migrant crisis? What do you understand by an ethical care giving state? What assistance can the civil society render to mitigate the sufferings of migrants in similar situations?
हिन्दी
नगरीय अर्थतंत्र के सहायक श्रमिक बल के रूप में मूक रह कर सेवा प्रदान करते हुए, प्रवासी श्रमिक सदैव हमारे समाज के सामाजिक-आर्थिक हाशिये पर रहे हैं। महामारी ने उन्हें राष्ट्रीय केंद्रबिंदु पर ला दिया है। देशव्यापी लॉकडाउन की घोषणा से, प्रवासी श्रमिकों की एक बड़ी संख्या ने अपने रोजगार के स्थानों से अपने मूल गाँवों को लौटने का निर्णय लिया। आवागमन की अनुपलब्धता ने अपनी समस्याऐं खड़ी कर दीं। इसके अलावा अपने परिवारों की भुखमरी और असुविधा का डर भी उन्हें सता रहा था। इनके चलते प्रवासी श्रमिकों ने अपने गाँवों को लौटने के लिए मजदूरी और आवागमन की सुविधाऐं माँगीं। उनकी मानसिक व्यथा बहु कारणों से और भी बढ़ गई जैसे आजीविका का आकस्मिक नुकसान, भोजन के अभाव की संभावना और समय पर घर नहीं पहुँच पाने से रवि की फसल की कटाई में मदद नहीं करने की असमर्थता। उनकी आशंकाऐं ऐसी खबरों से और भी बढ़ गईं जिनमें रास्ते में कुछ जिलों में रहने और खाने के अपर्याप्त प्रबन्ध के बारे में बताया गया था। जब आपको अपने ज़िले के ज़िला आपदा मोचन बल की कार्यवाही का संचालन करने की जिम्मेदारी दी गई थी तो इस परिस्थिति से आपने अनेक सबक हासिल किए। आपके मतानुसार सामयिक प्रवासी संकट में क्या नीतिपरक मुद्दे उभर कर आए? एक नीतिपरक सेवा प्रदाता राज्य से आप क्या समझते हैं? समान परिस्थितियों में प्रवासियों की पीड़ाओं को कम करने में सभ्य समाज क्या सहायता प्रदान कर सकता है?
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2020 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Ethics · Case Studies
Case studies on the above issues.
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