GS4 · UPSC Mains
You are an IAS officer, currently serving as the Secretary of the Public Works Department in a hill state. Recently, a disturbing incident has come to light involving a senior Cabinet Minister and two engineers of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). During an inspection of a critical highway project, the Minister was allegedly seen on video physically assaulting and verbally abusing the engineers in full public view. The video, recorded by bystanders, went viral on social media and was widely covered by television channels, sparking both outrage and support from different sections of society. The Minister later defended his actions, alleging that the officials were corrupt, unresponsive to local grievances, and responsible for inordinate delays in the project. He insisted that his actions were driven by public frustration and the urgency of delivering infrastructure to a remote region. However, the engineers have filed a police complaint and written to their superiors, claiming they were targeted for resisting political pressure to award contracts to specific local contractors linked to the Minister. As the situation escalated, a union of NHAI engineers declared a strike, (a) इस प्रकरण में शामिल प्रमुख नैतिक मुद्दे क्या हैं? हितधारकों और उनके परस्पर विरोधी हितों की पहचान कीजिए। (b) लोक निर्माण विभाग के सचिव के रूप में, आप उपयुक्त स्थिति में क्या कार्रवाई करेंगे? (c) ऐसी घटनाएं सिविल सेवकों के मनोबल और शासन में जनता के विश्वास को कैसे प्रभावित करती हैं? (250 शब्दों में उत्तर दीजिए)
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| Samiksha Dwivedi | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Akansh Dhull | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Abhishek Chauhan | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Bhavika Chopra | — | Visionias | p.37 |
| Ujjwal Priyank | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Aditya Narayan H | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Vishwajeet Gupta | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Ishan Bhatnagar | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Aryan Yadav | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Monika Srivastava | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Deeksha Patkar | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Aditya Mathur | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Simrandeep Kaur | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Ishitwa Anand | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Jayant Garg | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Apurva Verma | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Kiran Kamate | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Zinnia Aurora | — | Vision | p.37 |
| Rasneet Kaur | — | Vision | p.37 |