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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

How do you define development ? What are your suggestions to resolve the issues of displacement and environment related to development ?

  • UPSC 2008
  • Challenges of Social Transformation

Development is contested, and the definition one adopts decides what counts as a cost. So the question must be answered in that order: define, then prescribe.

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  • How the concept has been defined
  • Suggestions on displacement
  • Suggestions on environment
  • Conclusion

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