UPSC Mains 2022 · GS II · Q6 · 10 marks · 150 words

The Gati-Shakti Yojana needs meticulous coordination between the government and the private sector to achieve the goal of connectivity. Discuss.

हिन्दी में

गति-शक्ति योजना को संयोजकता के लक्ष्य को प्राप्त करने के लिए सरकार और निजी क्षेत्र के मध्य सतर्क समन्वय की आवश्यकता है । विवेचना कीजिए ।

Policy Design and Implementation

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Toppers wrote this one in a test series: “The Gati Shakti mission has the potential to not only address the issue of infrastructure bottlenecks but also streamline the governance processes in the country. Elucidate.”

Gamini SinglaAIR 3 · CSE 2021 · 141 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening

GATI Shakti mission is a focused mission on gender empowerment by including women in branches of science, technology and mathematics (STEM).

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Potential to address infrastructure issues

  1. Incubation of more state-of-the-art labs
  2. New equipments, and technologies to stimulate innovations
  3. Assurance of electricity supply, Specialised centres for skill development
  4. Enhanced availability of devices like smartphones, computers.

Streamline the governance process → Minimize gender inequalities by

  1. dealing with pink collarisation
  2. Minimizing gender digital divide eg "Mobile Gender Gap Report in India" 2019 → women 56% less likely than men to use internet
  3. Gender sensitisation while making new innovations eg: gender centric apps for security
  4. Diversity in opinions, while making decisions
  5. Increased expenditure on higher

Close · a framework

education → increase labour force participation rate.

GATI shakti, if implemented properly will help India to achieve SDG-5.0 - "gender equality"

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) Examination 2022, General Studies Paper II, Q6. The paper on upsc.gov.in. Themes and links to toppers’ answers are by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.