Mains Answer Writing Solved…………………

Introduction -Various Types :

● Current Affairs Based

● Definition Based

● Data / Fact based

● Quotes : mainly in GS 4 / Social issues / Indian Society

● Historical Evolution

● Your mains answer sheet must contain an ideal mixture of all of this

Body
● Main Part

● Understand all parts of the question

● Breaking question down as soon as you look at it

● Generating Dimensions and Logical Thinking through approaches

● This is where you will fetch marks

● This is the skill we need to learn

Conclusion
● Examiner will give marks after he/she reads the conclusion

● Must be positive and futuristic

● Use Value Addition points : SDG / DPSP / FD

● Acronym Based Conclusions in some places :

 Internal Security : Naxalism : SAMADHAN

● Name of Committees

● Best Practice
Generating Dimensions
1. STAPLE approach
 Social : education / health / social security / exploitation / identity
 Technology : Access / vulnerability / Infrastructure (enabling)
 Administration : Data (lack thereof) / Institutions / Implementation / Inter ministerial
Coordination
 Political : Policies / Political Participation
 Legal : Laws / Constitutional Provisions / SC verdicts
 Economic : Gainful employment / Skills / Capital / Marketing / Poverty Trap

2. Temporal Approach
 Traditional vs Required Administration
 Status quo vs Change Oriented
 Rigid vs Flexible and Dynamic
 Ivory tower approach vs People centric Approach
 Authoritative vs Democratic
 Veil of Secrecy vs Transparency and Accountability
 Think : Evolution of Indian Federalism?

3. Level Analysis
 Thinking at various levels of institutions
 Individual level
 Group Level / Society Level
 National Level
 International Level
 Ex : What does happiness mean to you? (GS4)

4. Life Cycle Based Approach

 Analyzing something across its life cycle and generating various dimensions :
5. Stakeholder Based Approach
 Considering all the stakeholders in a process and generating points for each of them
 Why is there a rise in NPA (non performing assets) in the banking sector and what is its
impact?
 Think for body : Who are the stakeholders for NPAs?
o Government
o Borrowers
o Depositors
o Banks
o Regulators
o Society

6. Supply Chain Approach

7. GS paper wise
 Any question : Take dimensions from GS papers
 Historical / Social / Geographical
 Political / International / Governance Based
 Economic / Environmental / Technological / Security
 Ethical
 Ex : Cryptocurrency based question
8. SWOT Analysis
 Strengths
 Weakness
 Opportunity
 Threat

9. Social Divide
 Rich vs Poor
 Urban vs Rural
 Men vs Women vs Transgender

10. Definition Based

 Good Governance :
o Consensus Orientation
o Responsive
o Accountable
o Pariticipatory
o Transparency
o Rule of Law
o Equity and Inclusiveness
o Effective and Efficiency

11. Component Based

 Issues / Challenges of any Body
 Ex : NHRC asked in 2021 and 2022
12. Demand and Supply
 Thinking from the perspective of the seeker and the supplier
 Ex : RTI challenges
 Demand : Citizen
o Awareness
o Difficulty in filing : only 77% literacy
o Many exemptions
o Victimization of Activists
o Lack of Last mile delivery
o Poor quality of information
 Supply : Government
o Misuse of Section 8
o Bureaucratic Resistance
o Training lacking
o Lack of Digitization of Information
o Penalties not enforced
o Overburdened
o Adjudication
o Vacancy in Information Commissioner in 9 states
o No contempt power with Information Commissioners
o Culture of Secrecy
o Lack of Infrastructure and Staff