CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2018 · Q9Ethics · Case Studies · 20 marks · 250 words
English
It is a State where prohibition is in force. You are recently appointed as the Superintendent of Police of a district notorious for illicit distillation of liquor. The illicit liquor leads to many deaths, reported and unreported, and causes a major problem for the district authorities. The approach till now had been to view it as a law and order problem and tackle it accordingly. Raids, arrests, police cases, criminal trials – all these had only limited impact. The problem remains as serious as ever. Your inspections show that the parts of the district where the distillation flourishes are economically, industrially and educationally backward. Agriculture is badly affected by poor irrigation facilities. Frequent clashes among communities gave boost to illicit distillation. No major initiatives had taken place in the past either from the government’s side or from social organizations to improve the lot of the people. Which new approach will you adopt to bring the problem under control?
हिन्दी
यह एक राज्य है जिसमें शराबबंदी लागू है। अभी-अभी आपको इस राज्य के एक ऐसे जिले में पुलिस अधीक्षक नियुक्त किया गया है जो अवैध शराब बनाने के लिए कुख्यात है। अवैध शराब से बहुत मौतें हो जाती हैं, कुछ रिपोर्ट की जाती हैं और कुछ नहीं, जिससे जिला अधिकारियों को बड़ी समस्या होती है। अभी तक इसे क़ानून और व्यवस्था की समस्या के दृष्टिकोण से देखा जाता रहा है और उसी तरह इसका सामना किया जाता रहा है। छापे, गिरफ़्तारियाँ, पुलिस के मुकदमे, आपराधिक मुक़दमे – इन सभी का केवल सीमित प्रभाव रहा है। समस्या हमेशा की तरह अभी भी गंभीर बनी हुई है। आपके निरीक्षणों से पता चलता है कि जिले के जिन क्षेत्रों में शराब बनाने का कार्य फल-फूल रहा है, वे आर्थिक, औद्योगिक तथा शैक्षणिक रूप से पिछड़े हैं। अपर्याप्त सिंचाई सुविधाओं का कृषि पर बुरा प्रभाव पड़ता है। विभिन्न समुदायों में बार-बार होने वाले टकराव अवैध शराब निर्माण को बढ़ावा देते हैं। अतीत में लोगों के हालात में सुधार लाने के लिए न तो सरकार के द्वारा और न ही सामाजिक संगठनों के द्वारा कोई महत्त्वपूर्ण पहलें की गई हैं। समस्या को नियंत्रित करने के लिए आप कौन-सा नया उपागम अपनाएँगे?
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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