CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2016 · Q14Ethics · Case Studies · 25 marks · 300 words
English
Saraswati was a successful IT professional in USA. Moved by the patriotic sense of doing something for the country she returned to India. Together with some other like-minded friends, she formed an NGO to build a school for a poor rural community. The objective of the school was to provide the best quality modern education at a nominal cost. She soon discovered that she has to seek permission from a number of Government agencies. The rules and procedures were quite confusing and cumbersome. What frustrated her most was the delays, callous attitude of officials and constant demand for bribes. Her experience and the experience of many others like her has deterred people from taking up social service projects. A measure of Government control over voluntary social work is necessary. But it should not be exercised in a coercive or corrupt manner. What measures can you suggest to ensure that due control is exercised but well meaning, honest NGO efforts are not thwarted?
हिन्दी
सरस्वती यू.एस.ए. में सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी की एक सफल पेशेवर थी। अपने देश के लिए कुछ करने की राष्ट्र-भावना से प्रेरित होकर वह वापस भारत आई। उसने ग़रीब ग्रामीण समुदाय के लिए एक पाठशाला निर्माण के लिए एक-जैसे विचारों वाले कुछ मित्रों के साथ मिलकर एक ग़ैर-सरकारी संगठन बनाया। पाठशाला का लक्ष्य नाममात्र की लागत पर उच्च स्तरीय आधुनिक शिक्षा प्रदान करना था। उसने जल्दी ही पाया कि उसे कई सरकारी ऐजेन्सियों से अनुमति लेनी होगी। नियम एवं प्रक्रियाएँ काफी अस्पष्ट एवं जटिल थीं। अनावश्यक देरियों, अधिकारियों की कठोर प्रवृत्ति एवं घूस की लगातार माँग से वह सबसे ज़्यादा हतोत्साहित हुई। उसके एवं उस जैसे दूसरों के अनुभव ने लोगों को सामाजिक सेवा परियोजनाओं को लेने से रोका हुआ है। स्वैच्छिक सामाजिक कार्य पर सरकारी नियन्त्रण के उपाय आवश्यक हैं। परन्तु इन्हें बाध्यकारी या भ्रष्टरूप में प्रयोग में नहीं लिया जाना चाहिए। आप क्या उपाय यह सुनिश्चित करने के लिए सुझाएँगे कि जिससे आवश्यक नियन्त्रण के साथ नेक इरादों वाले ईमानदार ग़ैर-सरकारी संगठन के प्रयासों में बाधा नहीं आए?
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2016 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Ethics · Case Studies
Case studies on the above issues.
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