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MAHARASHTRA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
RAJYASEVA (MAIN) EXAMINATION
GENERAL STUDIES — PAPER III
Time Allowed: Three HoursMaximum Marks: 250

All questions are compulsory. Answers may be written in Marathi or English. Marks are indicated against each question.

  1. 1.Analyse the role of the cooperative sector in Maharashtra's rural economy and the reasons for its decline in sugar and credit cooperatives.10150 words
  2. 2.Discuss the causes of agrarian distress in the Marathwada region.10150 words
  3. 3.Examine the state's industrial policy and its impact on regional balance.15250 words
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General Studies III10 marks
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Analyse the role of the cooperative sector in Maharashtra's rural economy and the reasons for its decline in sugar and credit cooperatives.

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Maharashtra has a strong cooperative movement especially in sugar and banking. Sugar cooperatives helped farmers get better prices. But now many cooperatives are in loss and being sold to private players. Political interference is the main reason. The sector needs reforms. The movement began with the sugar factory at Pravaranagar in Ahmednagar and spread across western Maharashtra, where farmers pooled their cane and shared the profit of the factory. Cooperative credit societies and district banks financed the crop and cooperative dairies were built on the same model, so the entire rural credit chain was cooperative. Over time the boards became a route to political power, and appointments and purchases began to be decided on political lines rather than on merit. Many factories borrowed heavily, ran below capacity and had to be supported by state guarantees again and again.
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Q. No. 1General Studies IIIMax. marks 10
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Maharashtra has a strong cooperative movement especially in sugar and banking. Sugar cooperatives helped farmers get better prices. But now many cooperatives are in loss and being sold to private players. Political interference is the main reason.? The sector needs reforms. The movement began with the sugar factory at Pravaranagar in Ahmednagar and spread across western Maharashtra, where farmers pooled their cane and shared the profit of the factory. Cooperative credit societies and district banks financed the crop and cooperative dairies were built on the same model, so the entire rural credit chain was cooperative. Over time the boards became a route to political power, and appointments and purchases began to be decided on political lines rather than on merit. Many factories borrowed heavily, ran below capacity and had to be supported by state guarantees again and again.

District Central Cooperative Banks and their NPAsFair and Remunerative Price and the payment-delay cycle
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VagueIt is a real cause, but a 10-marker needs the mechanism: patronage appointments, delayed FRP payments, and lending against political rather than commercial criteria.
StrongCorrect and current — the conversion of sick sugar mills is the specific fact the question is about.
What the examiner wanted and did not find
  • District Central Cooperative Banks and their NPAs
  • Fair and Remunerative Price and the payment-delay cycle
  • The 97th Amendment and the cooperative governance framework
Model answer for this question

Role: sugar cooperatives as the engine of western Maharashtra's rural economy, PACS and DCCBs as the credit spine, dairy and marketing federations alongside. Decline: overcapacity and low crushing efficiency, FRP payment delays, patronage-driven boards, NPAs in DCCBs, and the shift of sick mills to private hands. Reform: professional boards, audit reform, and the 97th Amendment framework.

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Examiner criteria
Role established with substance2/3

Sugar and credit named; the dairy and PACS layers are missing.

Causes of decline, analysed1/3

One cause, unexplained. Overcapacity, cane pricing, and NPAs in district central banks are the rest.

Maharashtra specificity1/2

Region-level detail — western Maharashtra's belt — would ground it.

Structure for a 10-marker1/2

One block; three headed parts read better under an examiner's clock.

Total 5/10AverageAI estimate — not an official score

MPSC Mains at a glance

Conducting bodyMaharashtra Public Service Commission
ModeHandwritten in an answer booklet
Papers9
MarkingMPSC Mains — examiner criteria
Marked the way MPSC Mains answers are marked — examiner criteria, against this exam's own conventions rather than a generic essay rubric.
The descriptive pattern was phased in recently. Confirm the paper list and marks for your examination year.

What MPSC Mains sets

The papers you sit, and what each is worth.

1Marathi

Qualifying language paper.

2English

Qualifying language paper.

3Essay250 marks 180 min
4General Studies I250 marks 180 min
5General Studies II250 marks 180 min
6General Studies III250 marks 180 min
7General Studies IV250 marks 180 min

Ethics, integrity and aptitude.

8Optional Paper I250 marks 180 min
9Optional Paper II250 marks 180 min
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