Examine the scope of the food processing industries in India. Elaborate the measures taken by the government in the food processing industries for generating employment opportunities.

Discuss the rationale of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme. What are its achievements? In what way can the functioning and outcomes of the scheme be improved?

Explain how the Fiscal Health Index (FHI) can be used as a tool for assessing the fiscal performance of states in India. In what way would it encourage the states to adopt prudent and sustainable fiscal policies?

Elaborate the scope and significance of supply chain management of agricultural commodities in India.

Explain the factors influencing the decision of the farmers on the selection of high value crops in India.

What are the challenges before the Indian economy when the world is moving away from free trade and multilateralism to protectionism and bilateralism? How can these challenges be met?

Distinguish between the Human Development Index (HDI) and Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) with special reference to India. Why is the IHDI considered a better indicator of inclusive growth?

Elucidate the importance of buffer stocks for stabilizing agricultural prices in India. What are the challenges associated with the storage of buffer stocks? Discuss.

What are the major challenges faced by the Indian irrigation system in recent times? State the measures taken by the government for efficient irrigation management.

What is the need for expanding the regional air connectivity in India? In this context, discuss the government’s UDAN Scheme and its achievements.

Discuss the merits and demerits of the four ‘Labour Codes’ in the context of labour market reforms in India. What has been the progress so far in these regards?

Explain the role of millets for ensuring health and nutritional security in India.

What were the factors responsible for the successful implementation of land reforms in some parts of the country? Elaborate.

What are the causes of persistent high food inflation in India? Comment on the effectiveness of the monetary policy of the RBI to control this type of inflation.

Examine the pattern and trend of public expenditure on social services in the post-reform period in India. To what extent has this been in consonance with achieving the objective of inclusive growth?

Explain the changes in cropping pattern in India in the context of changes in consumption pattern and marketing conditions.

Distinguish between ‘care economy’ and ‘monetized economy’. How can care economy be brought into monetized economy through women empowerment?

Most of the unemployment in India is structural in nature. Examine the methodology adopted to compute unemployment in the country and suggest improvements.

State the objectives and measures of land reforms in India. Discuss how land ceiling policy on landholding can be considered as an effective reform under economic criteria.

How does e-Technology help farmers in production and marketing of agricultural produce? Explain it.

What is the status of digitalization in the Indian economy? Examine the problems faced in this regard and suggest improvements.

Faster economic growth requires increased share of the manufacturing sector in GDP, particularly of MSMEs. Comment on the present policies of the Government in this regard.

Economic growth in the recent past has been led by increase in labour activity.” Explain this statement. Suggest the growth pattern that will lead to creation of more jobs without compromising labour productivity.

The increase in life expectancy in the country has led to newer health challenges in the community. What are those challenges and what steps need to be taken to meet them ?

Elaborate the scope and significance of the food processing industry in India

What are the major challenges of Public Distribution System (PDS) in India ? How can it be made effective and transparent ?

Is inclusive growth possible under market economy ? State the significance of financial inclusion in achieving economic growth in India.

Why is Public Private Partnership (PPP) required in infrastructural projects ? Examine the role of PPP model in the redevelopment of Railway Stations in India.

What are the present challenges before crop diversification? How do emerging technologies provide an opportunity for crop diversification?

What are the salient features of the National Food Security Act, 2013 ? How has the Food Security Bill helped in eliminating hunger and malnutrition in India?

“Investment in infrastructure is essential for more rapid and inclusive economic growth. ”Discuss in the light of India’s experience.

Do you agree that the Indian economy has recently experienced V- shapes recovery? Give reasons in support of your answer.

How and to what extent would micro-irrigation help in solving India’s water crisis ?

How did land reforms in some parts of the country help to improve the socio-economic conditions of marginal and small farmers ?

Distinguish between Capital Budget and Revenue Budget. Explain the components of both these Budgets.

Explain the difference between computing methodology of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) before the year 2015 and after the year 2015.

What are the major factors responsible for making the rice-wheat system a success? In spite of this success, how has this system become bane in India?

Explain the rationale behind the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act of 2017. How has COVID-19 impacted the GST compensation fund and created new federal tensions?

Explain the meaning of investment in an economy in terms of capital formation. Discuss the factors to be considered while designing a concession agreement between a public entity and a private entity.

What are the challenges and opportunities of the food processing sector in the country? How can income of the farmers be substantially increased by encouraging food processing?

What are the main constraints in transport and marketing of agricultural produce in India?

Define potential GDP and explain its determinants. What are the factors that have been inhibiting India from realising its potential GDP?

Explain intragenerational and intergenerational issues of equity from the perspective of inclusive growth and sustainable development.

How is the Government of India protecting traditional knowledge of medicine from patenting by pharmaceutical companies?

Elaborate the policy taken by the Government of India to meet the challenges of the food processing sector.

What are the reformative steps taken by the Government to make the food grain distribution system more effective?

The public expenditure management is a challenge to the Government of India in the context of budget making during the post liberalisation period. Clarify it.

It is argued that the strategy of inclusive growth is intended to meet the objectives of inclusiveness and sustainability together. Comment on this statement.

How did India benefit from the contributions of
Sir M. Visvesvaraya and Dr. M. S. Swaminathan
in the fields of water engineering and
agricultural science respectively?

Elaborate the impact of the National Watershed
Project in increasing agricultural production from
water-stressed areas.

How far is the Integrated Farming System (IFS)
helpful in sustaining agricultural production?

Do you agree with the view that steady GDP
growth and low inflation have left the Indian
economy in good shape? Give reasons in
support of your arguments.

Enumerate the indirect taxes which have been
subsumed in the goods and services tax (GST)
in India. Also, comment on the revenue
implications of the GST introduced in India
since July 2017.

With growing energy needs should India keep on expanding its nuclear energy programme? Discuss the facts and fears associated with nuclear energy.

How has the emphasis on certain crops brought about changes in cropping patterns in the recent past? Elaborate the emphasis on millet production and consumption.

Assess the role of the National Horticulture Mission (NHM) in boosting the production, productivity and income of horticulture farms. How far has it succeeded in increasing the income of farmers?

How would the recent phenomena of protectionism and currency manipulations in world trade affect the macroeconomic stability of India?

How are the principles followed by NITI Aayog different from those followed by the erstwhile planning commission in India?

Sikkim is the first ‘Organic State’ in India. What are the ecological and economic benefits of an Organic State?

Examine the role of supermarkets in supply chain management of fruits, vegetables and food items. How do they eliminate the number of intermediaries?

What do you mean by Minimum Support Price (MSP)? How will MSP rescue the farmers from the low-income trap?

Comment on the important changes introduced in respect of the Long term Capital Gains Tax (LCGT) and Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT) in the Union Budget for 2018-2019.

“Access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy is the sine qua non to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”.Comment on the progress made in India in this regard.

How do subsidies affect the cropping pattern, crop diversity and economy of farmers? What is the significance of crop insurance, minimum support price and food processing for small and marginal farmers?

What are the major reasons for declining rice and wheat yield in the cropping system? How crop diversification is helpful to stabilise the yield of the crop in the system?

What are the salient features of ‘inclusive growth’? Has India been experiencing such a growth process? Analyse and suggest measures for inclusive growth.

“Industrial growth rate has lagged in the overall growth of Gross-Domestic-Product(GDP) in the post-reform period” Give reasons. How far are the recent changes in Industrial Policy capable of increasing the industrial growth rate?

One of the intended objectives of the Union Budget 2017-18 is to ‘transform, energise and clean India’. Analyse the measures proposed in the Budget 2017-18 to achieve the objective.

What are the reasons for the poor acceptance of cost effective small processing units? How will the food processing unit be helpful to uplift the socio-economic status of poor farmers?

Explain various types of revolutions, that took place in qgriculture after the Independence of India.How have these revolutions helped in poverty alleviation and food security in India?

Examine the developments of Airports in India through Joint Ventures under Public-Private Partnership(PPP) model. What are the challenges faced by the authorities in this regard?

Account for the failure of the manufacturing sector to achieve the goal of labour-intensive exports rather than capital-intensive exports. Suggest measures for more labour-intensive rather than capital-intensive exports.

Among several factors for India’s potential growth, the savings rate is the most effective one. Do you agree? What are the other factors available for growth potential?

Given the vulnerability of Indian agriculture to vagaries of nature, discuss the need for crop insurance and bring out the salient features of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).

Discuss the role of land reforms in
agricultural development. Identify the
factors that were responsible for the
success of land reforms in India.

What is allelopathy? Discuss its role in
major cropping systems of irrigated
agriculture.

What is water-use efficiency? Describe
the role of micro-irrigation in increasing
the water-use efficiency.

Comment on the challenges for inclusive
growth which include careless and
useless manpower in the Indian context.
Suggest measures to be taken to face
these challenges.

Justify the need for FDI for the
development of the Indian economy.
Why there is a gap between MOUs
signed and actual FDIs? Suggest
remedial steps to be taken to increase
actual FDIs in India.

What are ‘Smart Cities’?
Examine their relevance for urban development in India. Will it increase rural-urban
differences?
Give arguments for ’Smart Villages’ in the light of PURA and RURBAN Mission.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
(PMJDY) is necessary for bringing the
unbanked to the institutional finance
fold. Do you agree with this for the
financial inclusion of the poor section
of the Indian society? Give arguments
to justify your opinion.

Women empowerment in India needs
gender budgeting. What are the
requirements and status of gender
budgeting in the Indian context?

How globalization has led to the
reduction of employment in the formal
sector of the Indian economy? Is
increased informalization detrimental
to the development of the country?

There is a clear acknowledgement that Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are a tool for industrial development, manufacturing and exports. Recognising this potential, the whole instrumentality of SEZs requires augmentation. Discuss the issue plaguing the success of SEZs with respect to taxation, governing laws and administration.

To what factors can the recent dramatic fall in equipment cost and tariff of solar energy be attributed? What implications does the trend have for thermal power producers and related industries?

“Success of Make in India program depends on the success of Skill India programme and radical labour reforms.” Discuss with logical arguments.

The Craze for gold in India has led to a surge in the import of gold in recent years and put pressure on the balance of payments and the external value of the rupee. In view of this, examine the merits of the Gold Monetization scheme.

What are the impediments in marketing and supply chain management in developing the food processing industry in India? Can e-commerce help in overcoming this bottleneck?

In what way could the replacement of price subsidy with direct benefit Transfer (DBT) change the scenario of subsidies in India? Discuss.

How can the Digital India program help farmers to improve farm productivity and income? What step has the government taken in this regard?

In view of the declining average size of land holdings in India which has made agriculture non–viable for a majority of farmers should contract farming and land leasing be promoted in agriculture? Critically evaluate the pros and cons.

Livestock rearing has a big potential for providing non-farm employment and income in rural areas. Discuss suggesting suitable measures to promote this sector in India.

The nature of economic growth in India in recent times is often described as jobless growth. Do you agree with this view? Give arguments in favour of your answer.

International civil aviation laws provide all countries complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above their territory. What do you understand by ‘airspace’ What are the implications of these laws on the space above this airspace? Discuss the challenges which this poses and suggest ways to contain the threat

In a globalised world, Intellectual Property Rights assume significance and are a source of litigation. Broadly distinguish between the terms—Copyrights, Patents and Trade Secrets.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the defence sector is now set to be liberalized: What influence this is expected to have on Indian defence and economy in the short and long run?

National Urban Transport Policy emphasises ‘moving people’ instead of ‘moving vehicles’. Discuss critically the success of the various strategies of the Government in this regard.

Explain how Private Public Partnership arrangements, in long gestation infrastructure projects, can transfer unsustainable liabilities to the future. What arrangements need to be put in place to ensure that successive generations’ capacities are not compromised?

Capitalism has guided the world economy to unprecedented prosperity. However, it often encourages short-sightedness and contributes to wide disparities between the rich and the poor. In this light, would it be correct to believe and adopt capitalism to bring inclusive growth in India? Discuss.

The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 has come into effect from Ist January 2014. What are the key issues which would get addressed with the Act in place? What implications would it have on industrialization and agriculture in India?

“In the villages itself no form of credit organization will be suitable except the cooperative society.” – All India Rural Credit Survey. Discuss this statement in the background of agricultural finance in India. What constraints and challenges do financial institutions supplying agricultural finance face? How can technology be used to better reach and serve rural clients?

There is also a point of view that Agricultural Produce Market Committees [APMCs) set up under the State Acts have not only impeded the development of agriculture but also have been the cause of food inflation in India. Critically examine.

“While we flaunt India’s demographic dividend, we ignore the dropping rates of employability.” What are we missing while doing so? Where will the jobs that India desperately needs come from? Explain.

Normally countries shift from agriculture to industry and then later to services, but India shifted directly from agriculture to services. What are the reasons for the huge growth of services vis-a-vis industry in the country? Can India become a developed country without a strong industrial base.

The circumstances in 2005 forced an amendment to section 3(d) in the Indian Patent Law, 1970. Discuss how it has been utilized by the Supreme Court in its judgment rejecting Novarti's patent application for “Glivec“. Discuss briefly the pros and cons of the decision.

Adaptation of the PPP model for the infrastructure development of the country has not been free from criticism. Critically discuss the pros and cons of the model.

Discuss the rationale for introducing Goods and services tax in India. Bring out critically the reasons for delay in roll out for its regime.

Though India allowed foreign direct investment (FDI) in what is called multi-brand retail through a joint venture route in September 2012, the FDI even after a year, has not picked up. Discuss the reasons.

Discuss the impact of FDI entry into the multi-trade retail sector on supply chain management in the commodity trade pattern of the economy.

Establish the relationship between land reform, agriculture productivity and elimination of poverty in the Indian Economy. Discuss the difficulty in designing and implementing agriculture-friendly land reforms in India.

Examine the impact of liberalization on companies owned by Indians. Are they competing with the MNCs satisfactorily?

India needs to strengthen measures to promote the pink revolution in the food industry for better nutrition and health. Critically elucidate the statement.

What are the different types of agriculture subsidies given to farmers at the national and state levels? Critically analyze the agriculture subsidy regime with reference to the distortions created by it.

The Food Security Bill is expected to eliminate hunger and malnutrition in India. Critically discuss various apprehensions in its effective implementation along with the concerns it has generated in the WTO.

What is the meaning of the term tax-expenditure? Taking the housing sector as an example, discuss how it influences the budgetary policies of the government.

What are the reasons for the introduction of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act, 2003? Discuss critically its salient features and their effectiveness.

With a consideration towards the strategy of inclusive growth, the New Companies Bill, 2013 has indirectly made CSR a mandatory obligation. Discuss the challenges expected in its implementation in right earnest. Also, discuss other provisions in the bill and their implications.