Topic: GS-2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
GS-3: Government Budgeting.
3. Critically analyse the risks of economic policy parochialism at the state level in India with respect to Job Quotas. (250 words)
Reference: Live Mint
Why the question:
The article explains in what way State job quotas are symptoms of a bigger unemployment crisis.
Key Demand of the question:
Discuss the issues arising out of such parochialistic policies by the States and suggest solutions to address them.
Directive:
Critically analyze – When asked to analyse, you have to examine methodically the structure or nature of the topic by separating it into component parts and present them as a whole in a summary. When ‘critically’ is suffixed or prefixed to a directive, one needs to look at the good and bad of the topic and give a fair judgment.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Start with brief background of the context of the question.
Body:
First explain the Economic policy parochialism at the level of states. Haryana job reservation legislation: Requires private employers to reserve 75% of new jobs that pay 50,000 or less per month for residents of the state. Similar measure in move-in Jharkhand and proposals in Tamil Nadu.
Discuss the reasons in detail.
Then discuss the key issues accompanied by such policy parochialism.
Present the policy measures in this direction.
Conclusion:
Union government shall focus on the parlous economic situation and proactively act to realize the scope of optimistic economic growth projections.
