TNPSC Group I Mains — Answer Writing
Three papers, each of them entirely written, and Tamil Nadu's society, welfare record and Dravidian political history run through all three. This is a mains where state knowledge is not a bonus dimension but the spine.
Answer all questions. Answers may be written either in Tamil or in English, but not in both.
- 1.Examine Tamil Nadu's social welfare model and assess whether it is fiscally sustainable.15
- 2.Discuss the impact of the Dravidian movement on the social structure of Tamil Nadu.15
- 3.Analyse the challenges facing agriculture in the Cauvery delta region.20
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Examine Tamil Nadu's social welfare model and assess whether it is fiscally sustainable.
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Tamil Nadu is known for its welfare schemes like the midday meal scheme which started here, free bus travel for women, and the public distribution system which is universal. These have improved human development indicators. But they cost a lot of money and the state has high debt?. So sustainability is a concern. The model goes back to the social reform movement and the Justice Party, which tied welfare to social justice and to reservation in education and employment, so schemes here have always been seen as a right rather than as charity. The noon meal scheme, free textbooks, uniforms, bicycles and laptops for school students, maternity assistance, subsidised rice and free electricity for farmers are the main components. Along with a wide network of primary health centres these have given the state a high literacy rate, a low infant mortality rate and a life expectancy above the national average. Women benefit particularly because a large number of the schemes are addressed to them, and the noon meal scheme is credited with keeping girls in school. On the other side the spending on subsidies and transfers grows every year and the state budget is under pressure. The subsidy paid to the electricity distribution company is a heavy burden and its losses keep rising. New schemes are announced before every election and once a scheme is announced it can never be withdrawn, so the burden only accumulates.
- Debt-to-GSDP and committed expenditure as the sustainability measures
- The universal versus targeted PDS design choice and its cost
- The counter-argument: welfare spending as human capital investment with a return
Model answer for this question
Describe the model through its instruments and their lineage — universal PDS, midday meals from 1956 and expanded in 1982, nutrition and maternity support, transport concessions, Amma canteens. Evidence outcomes with IMR, MMR, enrolment and female workforce participation. Then assess fiscally with debt-to-GSDP and committed expenditure ratios, and take a position: high but not indiscriminate, with the design choice of universality as the real fiscal question.
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Three named correctly; Amma canteens and the universal PDS design deserve a line each.
Human development asserted; IMR, MMR or school enrolment would evidence it.
No fiscal indicator at all — the second half of the question is unanswered.
A concern is registered; a position is not taken.
TNPSC Group I at a glance
| Conducting body | Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission |
|---|---|
| Mode | Handwritten in an answer booklet |
| Papers | 3 |
| Total | 750, plus the interview |
| Marking | TNPSC Group I — examiner criteria |
What TNPSC Group I sets
The papers you sit, and what each is worth.
- Marked to the TNPSC Group I scheme
- Model answer, every time
- Handwriting read from a photo
- AI viva on any topic
- Full timed papers
- Every attempt kept in your archive
- WriteA question, answered and marked.
- VivaQuestioned on Dravidian movement and more.
- Full paperA timed paper, one scorecard.