UPSC IAS Infrastructure Previous Year Mains Questions

Please note that this section includes Investment , Infrastructure and Industry

Here we are provided subject-wise previous Year questions for UPSC IAS Infrastructure Previous Year Mains Questions. 

This will help more understanding of the topic and exam pattern. Provided questions from 2023 to 2014

Syllabus for Infrastructure

1. 1. Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth
   2. Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc
   3. Investment models

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Last Updated on: 07-01-2024

2023 UPSC IAS Infrastructure Previous Year Mains Questions

No  Questions in 2023.

2022 UPSC IAS Infrastructure Previous Year Mains Questions

1. Why is Public Private Partnership (PPP) required in infrastructural projects? Examine the role of PPP model in the redevelopment of Railway Stations in India. (Answer in 150 words)

2021 UPSC IAS Infrastructure Previous Year Mains Questions

1. “Investment in infrastructure is essential for rapid and inclusive economic growth.” Discuss in the light of India’s experience. 

2020 UPSC IAS Infrastructure Previous Year Mains Questions

1. Explain the meaning of investment in an economy in terms of capital formation. Discuss the factors to be considered while designing a concession agreement between a public entity and a private entity. (Answer in 250 words) 

2019 UPSC IAS Infrastructure Previous Year Mains Questions

1. The public expenditure management is a challenge to the government of India in the context of budget-making during the post-liberalization period. Clarify it. (Answer in 250 words) 

2018 UPSC IAS Infrastructure Previous Year Mains Questions

1. With growing energy needs should India keep on expanding its nuclear energy programme? Discuss the facts and fears associated with nuclear energy.
2. Access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy is the sine qua non to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Comment on the progress made in India in this regard.
3. How would the recent phenomena of protectionism and currency manipulations in world trade affect the macroeconomic stability of India?

2017 UPSC IAS Infrastructure Previous Year Mains Questions

1. Examine the developments of Airports in India through Joint Ventures under Public-Private Partnership(PPP) model. What are the challenges faced by the authorities in this regard.
2. “Industrial growth rate has lagged behind in the overall growth of Gross-Domestic-Product(GDP) in the post-reform period” Give reasons. How far the recent changes in Industrial Policy are capable of increasing the industrial growth rate?

2016 UPSC IAS Infrastructure Previous Year Mains Questions

1. What are ‘Smart Cities? Examine their relevance for urban development in India. Will it increase rural-urban differences? Give arguments for Smart Villages’ in the light of PURA and RURBAN Mission.

2015 UPSC IAS Infrastructure Previous Year Mains Questions

1. There is a clear acknowledgement that Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are a tool of industrial development, manufacturing and exports. Recognizing this potential, the whole instrumentality of SEZs requires augmentation. Discuss the issues plaguing the success of SEZs with respect to taxation, governing laws and administration.

2014 UPSC IAS Infrastructure Previous Year Mains Questions

• The right to fair compensation and transparency land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement act, 2013 has come into effect from 1 January 2014. What implication would it have on industrialisation and agriculture in India?
• Explain how private public partnership agreements, in longer gestation infrastructure projects, can transfer unsuitable liabilities to the future. What arrangements need to be put in place to ensure that successive generations’ capacities are not compromised?
• National urban transport policy emphasizes on moving people instead of moving vehicles. Discuss critically the success of various strategies of the government in this regard.

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