2022

21st – 22nd July 2022 | Daily Brief

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What does each of the following quotations mean to you?

“Every work has got to pass through hundreds of difficulties before succeeding. Those that persevere will see the light, sooner or later.-Swami Vivekananda
“हर काम को सफल होने से पहले सैकड़ों कठिनाइयों से गुजरना पड़ता है। जो दृढ़ रहते हैं, वे देर-सबेर प्रकाश को देखेंगे।-स्वामी विवेकानंद

Life doesn’t make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, it is better for us all.” -Erik Erikson
परस्पर निर्भरता के बिना जीवन का कोई अर्थ नहीं है। हमें एक-दूसरे की जरूरत है, और जितनी जल्दी हम इसे सीख लें, यह हम सभी के लिए बेहतर है।” -एरिक एरिकसन

20th July 2022 | Daily Brief

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Identify five ethical traits on which one can plot the performance of a civil servant. Justify their inclusion in the matrix.
पांच नैतिक लक्षणों की पहचान करें जिन पर कोई एक सिविल सेवक के प्रदर्शन की साजिश रच सकता है। मैट्रिक्स में उनके समावेश का औचित्य सिद्ध कीजिए।

“Integrity is a value that empowers the human being.” Justify with suitable illustration. 
“ईमानदारी एक ऐसा मूल्य है जो मनुष्य को सशक्त बनाता है।” उपयुक्त दृष्टांत के साथ औचित्य सिद्ध कीजिए।

19th July 2022 | Daily Brief

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Sunil is a young civil servant and has a reputation for his competence, integrity, dedication and relentless pursuit of difficult and onerous jobs. Considering his profile, he was picked up by his bosses to handle a very challenging and sensitive assignment. He was posted in a tribal-dominated district notorious for illegal sand mining. Excavating sand from the river belts and transporting it through trucks and selling them in the black market was rampant. This illegal sand mining mafia was operating with the support of local functionaries and tribal musclemen who in turn were bribing selected poor tribals and had kept the tribals under fear and intimidation.
Sunil being a sharp and energetic officer immediately grasped the ground realities and the modus operandi followed by the mafia through their devious and dubious mechanism. On making inquiries, he gathered that some of their own office employees are in hand and glove with them and have developed close unholy nexus. Sunil initiated stringent action against them and started conducting raids on their illegal operations of the movement of trucks filled with sand. The mafia got rattled as not many officers in the past had taken such steps against the mafia. Some of the office employees who were allegedly close to the mafia informed them that the officer is determined to clean up the mafia’s illegal sand mining operations in that district and may cause them irreparable damage.
The mafia turned hostile and launched a counter-offensive. The tribal musclemen and mafia started threatening him with dire consequences. His family  (wife and old mother) were stalked and were under virtual surveillance and thus causing mental torture, agony and stress to all of them. The matter assumed serious proportions when a muscleman came to his office and threatened him to stop raids, etc., otherwise, his fate will not be different from some of his predecessors (ten years back one officer was killed by the mafia).
◦ Identify the different options available to Sunil in attending to this situation.
◦ Critically evaluate each of the options listed by you.
◦ Which of the above, do you think, would be the most appropriate for Sunil to adopt and why?

(Answer in 250 words)