UPSC FIX 2024 - 25

⚡️ PLEDGE-2 - Preparing Case Studies / Examples

👉Case studies -

1. Kokrajhar traditionally has had high rates of undernutrition, malnourishment, anaemia and IMR/MMR. So, it was decided to use mushrooms as a tool to solve the challenge of malnutrition.

👉Impact of Introducing Mushrooms in diet
●Undernourishment in children reduced by 56%
●Anaemia in Children reduced by 76%
●Number of Wasted Children reduced by 55%

2. Case study on ineffectiveness of PM-Ayushman Bharat Yojana.
● Lack of Private Hospitals in Backward areas, specially hit by LWE.
● Lack of trust in quality of treatment in Government Hospitals resulting in Rush to Private Hospitals.
● Low carrying capacity of Private Hospitals.
Thus, need of Effective Public Sector Health Infrastructure along with treatment insurance for allover development of Health Ecosystem.

3. Case study on Ineffectiveness of Drugs Regulation in India
● Maiden Pharmaceuticals- "killer" cough syrup (Sonipat, Haryana)
● Chennai case of ' Spurious Drugs Kingpin '

4. Food wastage
● On an average about 40% of food gets wasted in an Indian Marriage and the country witnesses about 1 crore marriages a year.

5. Best Practices-
- Community Refrigerators in Western Countries to donate and preserve surplus food.

- Gleaning programs with farms to provide left over food after the harvest to the food banks.

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⚡️ PLEDGE-1 - REMEMBER THE DATA

✅ Theme of the day- Healthcare in India

1. Expenditure on Health :

●Central Government- 2.1% of GDP in FY 2023-24.
●National Health Policy- aims to increase expenditure to 2.5% by 2025.
● Economic Survey 2021 and 15th Finance Commission recommends expenditure to be atleast 3% of GDP.
● Global average- 6% of GDP.


2. Availability :

● Doctor : Population Ratio- 1: 834 ( better than WHO norm of 1: 1000)
● 68% vacancy of Specialised Doctors in rural areas (Concentration of doctors in Urban areas)
● National Health Profile highlights availability of 0.9 beds / 1000 population, out of which only 30% is in rural areas.


3. Out of Pocket Health Expenditure (OOPE):
●National Health Accounts highlights significant Decline in OOPE, from 62.6%(2014-15) to 39.4% (2022-23) .


4. Disease Burden (WHO reports)
● 61% deaths in India due to Non-Communicable diseases.
●Diabetes - 11% population
●Hypertension- 35.5% population


5. National Family Health Survey -5
●Undernourished- 32.1% of population
●Wasting - 21% population
● Stunted under 5 - 38% children

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⚡️ PLEDGE-5 - GATHERING THE QUOTES

✅ QUOTES OF THE DAY

1. "Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere"
- Kofi Annan

2. "Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime"
--Aristotle

3. "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.”
- Albert Einstien

4. "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
- Martin Luther King Jr.

5. "So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every person a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them."
-Swami Vivekananda

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⚡️ PLEDGE-4 -- ANWER WRITING PRACTICE

✅ Questions of the day

Q. Multidimensional approach to assess deprivation is critical to combat poverty and achieve sustainable development goals. Discuss. (150 words )

Q. Critically examine whether growing population is the cause of poverty OR poverty is the main cause of population increase in India.( 250 words )

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⚡️ PLEDGE-2 - Remebering Examples

1. Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA): SEWA is a trade union that started in Gujarat, India, in 1972, focusing on organizing women in the informal sector. It has significantly contributed to poverty alleviation by providing access to financial services, skills training, and advocacy for fair wages and working conditions.


2. Kudumbashree in Kerala: Kudumbashree is a women-oriented, community-based, poverty reduction project implemented by the State Poverty Eradication Mission of the Government of Kerala. It empowers women through micro-enterprises, skill development, and social security initiatives, leading to substantial poverty reduction at the grassroots level.

3. Dr. Paul Farmer in his book 'INFECTIONS AND INEQUALITIES' examined the link between poverty and diseases.

4. Nobel Laureates Abhijit Bannerjee and Esther Duflo in their book " Poor Economics" talked about how Efficient poor people function in the times of hardship.

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✅ Theme - Poverty and Development issues


⚡️ PLEDGE-1 -- Remember The Data

1. According to the 2023 Global MPI, India lifted 415 million people out of poverty between 2005-06 and 2019-21.
●India is one of 25 countries that have successfully halved their global MPI values within 15 years.


2. NITI AAYOG : India has experienced a significant reduction in multidimensional poverty from 29.17% in 2013-14 to 11.28% in 2022-23, marking a decrease of 17.89% points.

3. OXFAM Report " INEQUALITY Inc." : At current rates, it will take 230 years to end poverty.

4. Since 2020, the richest five men in the world have doubled their fortunes. During the same period, almost five billion people globally have become poorer [ DECADE of DIVISION ]

5. India is one of the most unequal countries in the world, with the top 10% of the population holding 77% of the total national wealth.
● The richest 1% of the Indian population owns 53% of the country’s wealth, while the poorer half jostles for a mere 4.1% of national wealth.

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⚡️ PLEDGE-5 # GATHERING THE QUOTES

✅ QUOTES OF THE DAY

1. Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody."
- Jane Jacobs

2. "Urbanization is not a problem to be solved, but a tremendous opportunity to be seized."
- Ban Ki-moon

3. Urbanization is the ultimate expression of human freedom, but it is also an ecological time bomb."
- David Attenborough

4. What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and one another.
- Mahatma Gandhi

5. I raise my voice not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.
- Malala Yousufzai

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✅ Providing you some keyterms to enrich your answers.

1. Gentrification:
The transformation of a neighborhood from low to high value through the influx of wealthier residents and businesses, often displacing original inhabitants.

2.Urban Sprawl:
The uncontrolled expansion of urban areas into surrounding rural lands, often resulting in low-density development and increased automobile dependency.

3.Smart Cities:
Urban areas that leverage technology and data to enhance efficiency, sustainability, and quality of life for residents.

4. Green Infrastructure

5. Sponge Cities-
Urban areas designed to absorb, clean, and use rainwater sustainably to reduce flooding and water pollution.

6. Affordable Housing

7. Sustainable Development

8. Compact Cities

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⚡️ PLEDGE 4 # ANSWER WRITING PRACTICE

✅ Questions for the day

Q. Urbanization has long been associated with human development and progress, but it has been observed that urban settings can also lead to significant inequalities and health problems. Discuss the statement. (250 words)

Q. Does urbanization lead to more segregation and/or marginalization of the poor in Indian metropolises? (150 words )

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⚡️ PLEDGE-2 # MEMORISE THE EXAMPLES

✅ Some Global Examples -

1.Curitiba, Brazil : known for its innovative urban planning and sustainable development initiatives including the Bus Rapid Transit system and extensive green species.

2. Singapore; transformation from a small-city to global financial hub through Effective urban planning, public Housing policies and transportation systems.

3. Best practices - Tokyo Metropolitan Government hold responsibility for Conducting Tokyo Olympics, 2020. This highlights the level of development of urban local bodies in Japan.

4. Case study -
● Lavasa City near Pune
● Twin Towers, Noida
becoming a challenge for environment sustainability and affordable houding solutions highlighting administrative malpractices in the country.

5. Ganga River getting polluted from the industrial effluents from cities like Kanpur and Varanasi. Thus impacting both aquatic life and public health.

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⚡️ PLEDGE-1 # REMEMBER THE DATA

✅ THEME- URBANISATION

1. "According to NITI Aayog, cities in India occupy only 3% of the land, but they contribute more than 60% of India's GDP.

2. India is the world's second largest urban system, with almost 11% of the total global urban population residing in Indian cities.

3. State of the World Cities Report (UN-HABITAT) : As per the latest estimates more than half of the global population lives in Urban areas, and this proportion is expected to reach two-thirds by 2050.

4. World’s Wealthiest Cities Report 2024 - Only 2 Indian Cities in Top 50 cities .
Mumbai (24th place) , Delhi (37th place)

5. AMPLIFI 2.0 PORTAL by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to develop a transparent and comprehensive database based on cross-city outcomes across 14 sectors.

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