Public Programmes Poverty Alleviation / Employment / Rural Development / Environment & Sustainable Development

Public Programmes

Poverty Alleviation / Employment / Rural Development / Environment &

Sustainable Development

1.       How is poverty line defined in India? Briefly enumerate the measures undertaken by the Government in recent year to alleviate poverty? ( 1996/20)

2.       What is a Lorentz curve? (1996/2)

3.       What measures has the government taken to make women economically independent self reliant during the last decade? (1997/20)

4.       Why was the rationale for ‘Mid-day Meal’ Scheme? (1997/3)

5.       Describe the use of ‘Command Area Development’ in India. ( 1997/3)

6.       What is (Revised) Targeted Public Distribution System?What are its main features? (2000/15)

7.       What are the objectives of Social Security? (2000/2)

8.       Describe the use of ‘Command Area Development’ in India. (2000/2)

9.       How has the Census (1991) defined the Urban Areas? (2000/2)

10.   What is the rationale for ‘Mid-day Meal’ Scheme? (2000/2)

11.   With what objectives was ‘Essential Commodities Act 1955' amended last year?(2002/15)

12.   Highlight salient feature of ‘National Highway Development Project’. (2002/2)

13.   With what objectives was ‘Annapurna’ Scheme launched? (2002/2)

14.   Elucidate ‘Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojna’. (2002/2)

15.   Why was Janashree Bima Yojana introduced? (2003/2)

16.   What was the essential feature of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana? (2003/2)

17.   Explain the objectives of Plant Varieties Right Act, 2002. (2004/2)

18.   Write about Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Yojana. (2005/2)

19.   What is the difference between Green Box subsidies and Blue Box subsidies?(2006/2)

Economic Organisation (India & World)

1.       Write a short note on European Common Market (1992). (1990/5)

2.       Give the full names of: (1992/3)

(i)        FAO

(ii)      FOB

(iii)    GATT

3.       What is Group of 77? (1995/3)

4.       What are the main objectives of NABARD? (2000/2)

5.       What do you know about 11th Finance Commission? (2000/2)

6.       What is the role of SEBI? (2002/2)

7.       What is a Finance Commission? (2003/15)

8.       When was the idea of Agriculture Insurance Corporation mooted? (2003/2)

9.       What are the objectives of the Twelfth Finance Commission? (2004/2)

10.   What is the main objective of Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?(2004/2)

11.   What is IFC? (05/2)

12.   Examine the functions of the European Free Trade Association.  (2005/5)

13.   What is CEMA bloc? (2006/2)