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Daily Current Affairs Quiz 5 November 2026
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2 questions · write first, then compareGS-315 marks250 words
Q1. The Agnipath scheme has been modified to offer a longer engagement and a wider path to regular service. Critically examine how short-term military recruitment can balance a youthful force profile with the career aspirations of recruits.
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Introduction: Agnipath (2022) recruits Agniveers for a four-year tour, with 25% retained on merit. The Cabinet has now allowed the remaining 75% a two-year second tour and a chance for all who qualify to join as regular soldiers.
Rationale
1. Younger profile: keeps the forces fitter and more tech-adaptable.
2. Merit filters: multiple selection layers raise quality.
3. Aspiration: a visible permanent path addresses youth anger over early exit.
4. Skills: service training can feed defence manufacturing and security jobs.
Concerns
1. Uncertainty: relative merit still creates stress among Agniveers.
2. Experience gap: high turnover can thin mid-level expertise if retention is mismanaged.
3. Exit shock: those who leave need civilian credentials and jobs.
4. Social equity: outcomes must stay fair across regions and genders.
Way forward
1. Publish uniform selection criteria for the second tour and final enrolment.
2. Enhance Seva Nidhi and skilling for those who exit.
3. Track performance in a transparent central database.
4. Link exits to National Skill Development Corporation and defence industry apprenticeships.
Conclusion: The tweak better aligns force needs with recruit aspirations, but fairness and post-service livelihoods will decide its success.
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Q2. Falling fertility has led the Supreme Court to question two-child norms for local bodies. Discuss the demographic transition in India and the constitutional issues raised by coercive population policies.
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Introduction: India's total fertility rate has fallen from about 3.0 (2003) to 1.9, below the 2.1 replacement level. The Supreme Court has said two-child penalty laws have lost relevance and referred Javed (2003) to a larger Bench.
Demographic transition
1. Lower fertility with still-growing absolute population for some years.
2. Ageing ahead: smaller future workforce share if fertility stays low.
3. State variation: some States are already far below replacement.
4. Dividend window: skill and jobs must match the working-age bulge while it lasts.
Constitutional issues
1. Article 21: reproductive autonomy and dignity.
2. Political participation: bars on panchayat office exclude a class of citizens.
3. Equality: rules may burden women candidates more.
4. Proportionality: old overpopulation fears may no longer justify the restriction.
Way forward
1. Await larger-Bench clarity on Javed.
2. Prefer voluntary family planning and health services over penalties.
3. Plan for ageing — pensions, care and female labour force participation.
4. Align State local-body laws with constitutional rights.
Conclusion: Population policy must track today's fertility and rights, not yesterday's fear of overpopulation.
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