Mains Question:
Q1. “Students at all age require a safe learning environment for their better education and development”. In this context suggest reforms in education sector to help students attain their full potential. (150 words)
Approach
- Introduction- child protection in schools in India
- Challenges faced by students
- Impact
- Suggest required measures
- Conclude accordingly
Q2. Do you think formation of new districts can lead to ‘decentralisation of governance’. (150 words)
Approach
- Introduction- Brief about district formation (third tier of India’s governance structure)
- Discuss how size of a district is not a big factor in governance
- Impacts on governing structure
- decentralisation at the district level
- ease of administration and decentralization
- better governance, peace, security and transparency
- benefit from district-specific central government initiatives
- Conclude accordingly
Context
A number of countries, including India, are now considering the use of other currencies to avoid the U.S. dollar and its hegemonic role in settling international transactions.
The present scenario
- Using rupee as settlement of payments- India has been taking an active interest in having the rupee used for trade and the settlement of payments with other countries, which include Russia, now facing sanctions.
- Mode of settlement with Russia- Settling payments with Russia by India, especially for mineral fuels and oil imports as well as for the S-400 Triumf air defence system has been continuing on a semi-informal basis through rupee payments by using the Vostro accounts maintained by Russian banks in India.
- Advantage of RBI’s circular- The current RBI’S circular aims to operationalise the special Vostro accounts with Russian banks in India, in a bid to promote trade and also gain a better status for the rupee as an international currency.