Deepika Singla
Winner Of CSC May 2022 Essay Competition
Role of Research and Innovation in India’s Economic Growth
Historically, technological progress via new innovations has been a key force behind sustaining economic growth, improving living standards and offering better health outcomes. In the present era too, innovation has shown that it is the savior of human civilization. Innovation has been at the forefront of our battle against the unprecedented crisis created by the pandemic, and will be pivotal in driving the country’s resilience and self- reliance.Realizing this India is making great initiatives to become the part of global innovation hub. This has been evident by India’s rising trajectory, over the past several years in the Global Innovation Ind
Gaurav Kumar - Rohtas, Bihar
Winner Of CSC March 2022 Essay Competition
Role of Judiciary in Promoting Democracy in India
Judiciary is the one of the three pillars of Indian democracy. The other two pillars are the legislative and the executive. Judiciary is also the final arbitrator of Indian constitutional arrangement. It functions as the guardian of fundamental rights as well as conscience keeper of normative values that are allocated by the state. After the French Revolution, the demand for democratic form of government has increased substantially. Through freedom struggles, many states established democracy.India adopted for a democratic form of government with a written Constitution and welfare nature of state. Montesquieu, in his book 'T
Abhirami Ajai Pathanamthitta, Kerala
Winner Of CSC January 2022 Essay Competition
Social Good and Upliftment of the Masses: Role of Social Impact Programmes in Rural India
India, that is Bharat, was once synonymous with a resplendent rural agglomeration. As the pages of history turned to the era of British Raj, the self-sufficient units, as the villages used to be, lay shattered.Stories of British exploitation harboured by an attitude of disdain handicapped the ‘soul of India’. But ever since India achieved independence, she knew exactly where her heart beats lay. Embracing welfarism & socialism, a slew of measures was adopted to dress the sore wounds the British had inflicted upon rural India.With the first five-year plan itself, government touched the core of rural development; agric
Ashutosh Pujari 13 Lord Sinha Road, Kolkata
Winner Of CSC December 2021 Essay Competition
Urban Middle Class – Key to Transform India
2500 years ago, in his theory of the Golden Mean, Aristotle extolled the virtue of avoiding the extremes. The middle class represents that golden mean in today’s socio-economic landscape with unique strengths, insights and challenges. Today, it is the urban middle class that is leading the transformation of India. However, scholars have found it difficult to define what it means to be part of the urban middle class.The middle class makes up 28% of the total population of India and 79% of the total tax base. Economic criteria alone is found wanting in defining the middle class as it ranges from the lower middle class – a
Khushi Chauhan (Dehradun, Uttarakhand)
Winner Of CSC November 2021 Essay Competition
Women's Empowerment in India – Reality or Rhetoric?
Undoubtedly women empowerment has been the foremost subject matter in the spheres of development in India since ages.
"Empowerment of women leads to development of a good family, good society and ultimately a good nation. When a woman is happy, the home is happy, when the home is happy, the society is happy and when the society is happy the state is happy and when the state is happy, there will be peace in the country and it will develop at a greater pace."
-A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
The historical analysis of India set prominent standards for feminism. Savitr
Somaiya Ruhee Nabha (Punjab)
Winner Of CSC October 2021 Essay Competition
Education is the Manifestation of Perfection Already Existing in Man
Since a long time, education has been given paramount importance in our life. Many great thinkers, philosophers, social reformers, great educators and revolutionaries have shed light on role of education in improving our lives.Swami Vivekananda, the great social reformer and thinker of India in the 19th century (1863-1902) had quoted on education - “Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man”. During the life time of Vivekananda, education scenario in India was dismal. So, he made education as the mission of his life. He travelled a lot in India to propagate the importance of education. Without
Harmanjot Singh Gulmohar City, Jalandhar (Punjab)
Winner Of CSC September 2021 Essay Competition
‘Role’ more than ‘Rule’ is important for today's Civil Servant
"Administration is meant to achieve something and not to exist in some kind of an ivory tower following certain rules of procedure and Narcissus-like looking on itself with complete satisfaction.The test after all, is the human being and their welfare.”
– Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Civil Services: Steel Frame of our Country
Civil services, since independence, has been regarded as the steel frame of our country. From the echelons of high offices of superior officers to the last rung peon, civil services has a strong presence and foundation in our country. Civil servants perform a magnificent range of services from rai
Phani Kondeti (Miyapur, Hyderabad)
Winner Of CSC August 2021 Essay Competition
India’s Policy Options in Middle-East
Middle-East had been the World's most volatile region for decades, and the history of conflicts and struggles of Middle-East is as old as that of India. Middle-East is a region of contradictions, stretching from the ravaged wilderness of Yemen to the modern cities of Turkey, from the troubled waters of Gaza to the hostile mountains of Iran. It is a region dominated by religious, sectarian, ethnic and political divisions, and it presents the biggest challenge to the Non-Aligned credentials of India for the foreseeable future.Turmoil of the Middle-East :With the exception of few relatively stable Arab monarchies, every Nation in the Middle-East is going through a period
Monika Dash (Nalco Nagar, Angul, Odisha)
Winner Of CSC June 2021 Essay Competition
The Idea of Self-Reliant India
The basic thrust for any species around the world is to make their offspring self-reliant. The birds teach their nestlings to spread the wings and gather food, human teach their young ones from birth till the time they are old enough to earn a living by providing them food, shelter, education, and guidance all through the growing age. This pattern is followed among families, communities, societies, and nations at large. Today the whole world is facing unprecedented turmoil – the Covid19 pandemic that has made the people and resources around the world struggle collectively with disruption of essential supply chains, crumbling economies, and a grim job. India, with its basic e
PankajYadav
Winner Of CSC April 2020 Essay Competition
Be the change you want to see in others
Everyone’s contribution is needed to create a better world
“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.” -Paulo CoelhoWe all have a different version of the world we live in, further almost every one of us is not satisfied with the present and want a change in some way or the other. It could be the daily bus that you take to the office but never find a seat on the same and many a times it gets stuck in traffic and you reach late. It could be the pollution levels in the city you live in, where the air has become toxic. It could be the garbage thrown here