GS4 · UPSC Mains

The steady decline in sex ratio suggests that marked improvement in the economy and literacy rates do not seem to have had any impact on this index. In fact, the availability of new technology and its easy access for the urban, wealthy and educated have worsened the trend and harmed the status of women in Indian society. (a) Explain why the phenomenon should not be simply viewed as a medical or legal issue and more attention should be given to the ethical issues involved. (b) Give some suggestions to tackle the problem of declining sex ratio. (c) Discuss the ethical dilemma involved in Right to abortion vs. Prevention of female foeticide. How can this be resolved?

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GS4 · Public/civil service values & ethics in public administration — status & problems; ethical concerns & dilemmas; conflict of interest

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Chitra Mishra—VisionIASp.35
Trupti Ankush Dhodmise—VisionIASp.29
Pawan Kumar Goel—VisionIASp.35
Ravi Kumar—VisionIASp.27
Shrestha Anupam—VisionIASp.35
Matthews Mathew—VisionIASp.32
Pratibha Verma—VisionIASp.35
Gunjan Dwivedi—VisionIASp.35
Mithun Premraj—VisionIASp.34
Kiranmayi Koppisetti—VisionIASp.34
Neha Bhosle—VisionIASp.35
Vikram Grewal—VisionIASp.29
Shivansh Awasthi—VisionIASp.25
Himadree Kaushik—VisionIASp.35
Akshat Jain—VisionIASp.35
Moomal Rajpurohit—VisionIASp.34
Gunjan Dwivedi—Visionp.35
Neha—Visionp.35
Pratibha V—Visionp.35
Akshat Jain—Visionp.35

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