GS4 · UPSC Mains
You are the District Magistrate of district, which has recently witnessed rapid transmission of the Covid-19 pandemic. The district has high population density and a sizeable chunk of migrant workers. There has been a shutdown of business activities and the workers are yearning to go back to their native places. The administration has announced a strict lockdown and divided the district into containment zones. There is a severe shortage of people, material and money in the administration and fear and panic is seen to be gripping them. (a) What are the qualities of a civil servant that are revealed in such testing times? (b) What measures would you suggest for: (i) Dealing with the current issue. (ii) Making the district administration more resilient to respond to such a critical situation in the future.
GS4 · Case studies on the above issues
| Topper | Rank | Source | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faizan Ahmed | — | VisionIAS | p.29 |
| Mohit Kasniya | — | VisionIAS | p.29 |
| Priyansha Garg | — | VisionIAS | p.29 |
| Arpit Gupta | — | VisionIAS | p.29 |
| Jaspinder Singh | — | VisionIAS | p.29 |
| Aakash Shrishrimal | — | VisionIAS | p.29 |