GS2 · Topic
Poverty and Hunger
Measurement, food security and the programmes against them.
73 UPSC Mains GS2 questions on Poverty and Hunger that toppers answered in test series, CSE 2017–2025, most answered first. Open one to see how toppers opened, built and closed it.
How would you explain the persistence of high malnutrition rates with declining poverty rates in India? (10M)
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Poverty and HungerHealth
Discuss the need to formulate migration-centric policies, strategies, and institutional mechanisms to promote sustainable migration in India.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Welfare SchemesVulnerable Sections
While income poverty has declined, nutritional poverty persists in India. How can the present food security interventions of the government be restructured to address this concern holistically?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper
Poverty and HungerWelfare Schemes
While on the one hand food subsidies are a major drain on government resources, on the other hand they ensure accessibility and affordability of food to millions of people. Do you think there is a need to balance both the interests? If yes, suggest some measures that can be taken in this regard.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Poverty and HungerWelfare Schemes
There is an urgent need for global cooperation to eradicate poverty and hunger. In this context analyse how international cooperation can impact efforts to address the challenges of poverty and hunger.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Poverty and HungerGlobal Institutions
Discuss the multidimensional poverty in India and its impact on various aspects of human development.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Poverty and HungerSocial Sector Services
Enduring effects of covid 19 pandemic have exacerbated existing issues of poverty and hunger. Explain.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Poverty and HungerWelfare Schemes
Given its impact on both individual resilience and the resilience of the economy, is there a case for strong universal social protection in India? Discuss.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Welfare SchemesPoverty and Hunger
Discuss the factors that have led to a significant increase in internal migration in the country over the past two decades. What are the challenges faced by migrant workers in India? Suggest measures that are needed to address these challenges.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Policy Design and ImplementationVulnerable Sections
Self Help Groups (SHGs) has emerged as an innovative programme in dealing with the feminization of poverty in India. To what extent, SHGs have been successful in achieving its objectives?
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
NGOs, SHGs and Civil SocietyWomen and Gender
Illiteracy, poverty and unemployment provides an inter-related syndrome which demands a whole of government approach for its effective eradication. Elucidate.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper
Policy Design and ImplementationPoverty and Hunger
Self-Help Groups (SHGs) can play a crucial role in alleviating rural poverty by providing women with access to microfinance, enabling them to start small businesses and improve their livelihoods. Examine.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
NGOs, SHGs and Civil SocietyPoverty and Hunger
Analyze the potential challenges and benefits involved in leveraging SHGs as platforms for skill development, entrepreneurship, and income generation among marginalized communities to effectively counter poverty. Answer in 250 words)
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
NGOs, SHGs and Civil SocietyPoverty and Hunger
Illiteracy and poverty are hindrances in the formation of healthy public opinion on public policies. Discuss with suitable examples.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Poverty and HungerTransparency and Accountability
India produces enough food for its people, but not all people get enough food to eat. Discussing this paradox, highlight some of the major interventions taken in the past few years in this regard.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2018
Poverty and HungerWelfare Schemes
Do you think that the period of high growth in Indian economy has mostly coincided with increasing inequality? Also, highlight some of the measures that can be taken to break this nexus of growth and inequality. (15M)
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Poverty and HungerPolicy Design and Implementation
Self-Help Groups (SHGs) have the potential to act as a powerful tool to break the vicious cycle of poverty in India. Discuss.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
NGOs, SHGs and Civil SocietyPoverty and Hunger
MGNREGA, the lynchpin of rural poverty alleviation, has become victim of fiscal apathy. Critically examine.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Welfare SchemesPoverty and Hunger
How far do you agree with the view that India has nearly eradicated extreme poverty?
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Poverty and HungerWelfare Schemes
Self-Help Groups (SHGs) can play a crucial role in alleviating rural poverty by providing women with access to microfinance, enabling them to start small businesses and improve their livelihoods.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
NGOs, SHGs and Civil SocietyPoverty and Hunger
How would you explain the persistence of high malnutrition rates with declining poverty rates in India?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Poverty and HungerHealth
Constitution is the mere skeleton whereas Constitutionalism is the soul of Democracy. Discuss. There is a need for convergence of 'nutrition-specific' and 'nutrition-sensitive' interventions to effectively tackle child undernutrition in India. Examine.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Constitution and Basic StructurePoverty and Hunger
Self-Help Groups (SHGs) are an effective model of social entrepreneurship for women empowerment and have multiplier effects on developmental processes in rural areas. Elaborate with suitable examples.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
NGOs, SHGs and Civil SocietyWomen and Gender
Geopolitical tensions unchecked often, turn into humanitarian crises. Discuss the role of ‘World Food Programme’ in containing poverty and hunger near battlegrounds.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Global InstitutionsPoverty and Hunger
Critically assess the role of microfinance in satisfactorily addressing the interconnected challenges of poverty and unemployment.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
NGOs, SHGs and Civil SocietyPoverty and Hunger
The strategy for combating poverty in India has incorporated two approaches that is "sustained rapid growth and anti-poverty programs". Elaborate. How such programs can be improved to maximize their impact on poverty reduction.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2018
Poverty and HungerWelfare Schemes
The problem of hunger in India does not lie in food production but various other underlying issues. Discuss in the wake of decline in India's ranking in the Global Hunger Index, 2021.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Poverty and HungerWelfare Schemes
"MGNREGA, lynchpin of rural poverty alleviation, has become victim of fiscal apathy". Critically analyze in light of recent developments. The budget for MGNREGA was cut in Budget 2023-24 by ~ 15%, in light of revival of economy and employment.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Policy Design and ImplementationPoverty and Hunger
‘Freebies in welfare schemes work in the short term and aren’t really free, they also create a patron-client syndrome’. Analyze the statement in context of governance in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Policy Design and ImplementationWelfare Schemes
Discuss the need and objectives of social legislation? Highlight the importance of social legislation in eradicating poverty in India.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Welfare SchemesVulnerable Sections