CSE · GS-2Official PYQ · CSE 2025 · Q8Governance · Development Processes and NGOs · 10 marks · 150 words
English
Civil Society Organizations are often perceived as being anti-State actors than non-State actors. Do you agree? Justify.
हिन्दी
नागरिक समाज संगठनों को गैर-राज्य अभिनेता की तुलना में प्रायः राज्य-विरोधी अभिनेता माना जाता है। क्या आप सहमत हैं? औचित्य सिद्ध कीजिए।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2025 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Governance · Development Processes and NGOs
Development processes and the development industry—the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders.
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