UPSC Themes

UPSC CSE Mains 2015 · GS1

Discuss the positive and negative effects of globalization on women in India.

Theme

T67 Women & the economy: gig work, feminisation of agriculture, care economy, gender budgeting, migration

What UPSC asks in this theme

A strong cross-paper theme: gig economy and women, feminisation of agriculture, care economy, gender budgeting, globalisation's effect on women, and migration of young women.

What to cover

Writing the answer

These notes are for the whole theme, built from all 6 of its PYQs. UPSC does not publish model answers.

More PYQs from this theme

  1. GS1202415 marks

    Globalization has increased urban migration by skilled, young, unmarried women from various classes. How has this trend impacted upon their personal freedom and relationship with family?

  2. GS3202315 marks

    Distinguish between ‘care economy’ and ‘monetised economy’. How can care economy be brought into monetised economy through women empowerment?

  3. GS12021

    Examine the role of ‘Gig Economy’ in the process of empowerment of women in India.

  4. GS32016

    Women empowerment in India needs gender budgeting. What are the requirements and status of gender budgeting in the Indian context?

  5. GS12014

    Discuss the various economic and socio-cultural forces that are driving increasing feminization of agriculture in India.

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