KAS Essays 2024 Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) exams important essay topics 2024 PDF Download
KAS Important Essay Topics 2024
- Judiciary and judicial adventurism.
- Electoral Reforms.
- 100% FDI in E-commerce.
- Freedom of Speech & Expression against Nationalism
- Farmer’s Suicides.
- Make in India and its effects
- Politics on Beef.
- India’s responsiveness to natural disasters
- Intolerence and Nationality
- Cashless Economy
- India against Terrorism
- India against Corruption
- Water Dispute in Indian States
- Education System in India
- Women safety in India
- Poverty and Crime
- Freedom of Press in India
- Gender Equality in India
- Juvenile Crime in India
- Crime against Women in India
- Social Media versus Conventional Media
- Environment vs Growth.
- Artificial intelligence.
- Skill development & its future prospects.
- Rt to Privacy & it’s implications.
- India’s role in changing global world order.
- India’s growing soft power.
- Agricultural crisis & rising farmer suicides.
- Too much of reservation will annul the very logic
- The veil of privacy and the credentials of democratic institutions in India
- Altruistic surrogacy: new frontiers of bio ethics
- Policy inconsistency of education affects generations
- The next seven decades of India in the light of unfinished tasks
- Cultural capitalism
- Appetite of tolerance is the root of social malevolence
- Religious freedom resides in individual not in their institutions
- God man & the holy man: vulnerability of religion or humanity
- Globalisation and its discontent through current contraction in world
- MAD and the global peace
- Refugees: whose responsibility after all?
- India’s foray into leadership responsibilities and the space diplomacy
- Economic reforms a matter of choice or compulsion in India?
- Cashless economy how real
- Tourism; the untapped potential of India
- Sex is not a binary instance
- Sub-nationalism Vs diversity in India
- Unplanned urbanization and erratic climatic behavior: Are the urban population aware of the threat that looms large?
- Artificial intelligence and its future
- Relativity applies to physics only?
- Cyber threat- the real threat Farming has lost the ability to be a source of subsistence for majority of farmers in India.
- Impact of the new economic measures on fiscal ties between the union and states in India Destiny of a nation is shaped in its classrooms.
- Joy is the simplest form of Gratitude Fulfilment of ‘new women’ in India a myth.
- We may brave human laws but cannot resist natural laws.
- ’Social Media’ is inherently a selfish medium.
- Relevance of Non-Alignment Movement (NAM)
- If Development is not engendered, it is endangered
- Need Brings Greed , if need increases it spoils breed
- Water Dispute Between States in Federal India
- Innovation is the key determinant to Economic Growth and Social welfare
- Co-operative Federalism –Myth or Reality
- Cyberspace and Internet – Blessing or curse to the Human Civilization in the long run
- Digital Economy- A leveler or a source of Economic Inequality
- Judiciary and its working
- Water disputes between States.
- Skilling the youth of India
- India’s role in changing global world order
- National health protection scheme
- Nationalism debate
- Pollution Crisis in urban areas
- Politics, bureaucracy and business – fatal triangle. (UPSC 1994)
- Politics without ethics is a disaster. (UPSC 1995)
- The VIP cult is a bane of Indian democracy. (UPSC 1996)
- Need for transparency in public administration. (UPSC 1996)
- The country’s need for a better disaster management system. (UPSC 2000)
- How should a civil servant conduct himself? (UPSC 2003)
- Whither Indian democracy? (UPSC 1995)
- What we have not learnt during fifty years of independence. (UPSC 1997)
- Why should we be proud of being Indians? (UPSC 2000)
- What have we gained from our democratic set-up? (UPSC 2001)
- How far has democracy in India delivered the goods? (UPSC 2003)
- National identity and patriotism. (UPSC 2008)
- In the context of Gandhiji’s views on the matter, explore, on an evolutionary scale, the terms ‘Swadhinata’, ‘Swaraj’ and ‘Dharmarajya’. Critically comment on their contemporary relevance to Indian democracy. (UPSC 2012)
- Is the colonial mentality hindering India’s success? (UPSC 2013)
- Dreams which should not let India sleep. (UPSC 2015)
- Management of Indian border disputes – a complex task. (UPSC 2018)
- Resource management in the Indian context. (UPSC 1999)
- GDP (Gross Domestic Product) along with GDH (Gross Domestic Happiness) would be the right indices for judging the wellbeing of a country. (UPSC 2013)
- Was it the policy paralysis or the paralysis of implementation which slowed the growth of our country? (UPSC 2014)
- Crisis faced in India – moral or economic. (UPSC 2015)
- Near jobless growth in India: An anomaly or an outcome of economic reforms. (UPSC 2016)
- Digital economy: A leveller or a source of economic inequality. (UPSC 2016)
- Innovation is the key determinant of economic growth and social welfare. (UPSC 2016)
- Impact of the new economic measures on fiscal ties between the union and states in India. (UPSC 2017)
- The language problem in India: its past, present and prospects. (UPSC 1998)
- Water resources should be under the control of the central government. (UPSC 2004)
- Evaluation of panchayati raj system in India from the point of view of eradication of power to people. (UPSC 2007)
- Is autonomy the best answer to combat balkanization? (UPSC 2007)
- Creation of smaller states and the consequent administrative, economic and developmental implication. (UPSC 2011)
- Cooperative federalism: Myth or reality. (UPSC 2016)
- Water disputes between States in federal India. (UPSC 2016)
- The Indian society at the crossroads. (UPSC 1994)
- New cults and godmen: a threat to traditional religion. (UPSC 1996)
- The composite culture of India. (UPSC 1998)
- Youth culture today. (UPSC 1999)
- Modernism and our traditional socio-ethical values. (UPSC 2000)
- Indian culture today: a myth or a reality? (UPSC 2000)
- As civilization advances culture declines. (UPSC 2003)
- From traditional Indian philanthropy to the gates-buffet model-a natural progression or a paradigm shift? (UPSC 2010)
- Judicial activism. (UPSC 1997)
- Judicial activism and Indian democracy. (UPSC 2004)
- Justice must reach the poor. (UPSC 2005)
- Reservation, politics and empowerment. (UPSC 1999)
- Food security for sustainable national development. (UPSC 2005)
- The focus of health care is increasingly getting skewed towards the ‘haves’ of our society. (UPSC 2009)
- Farming has lost the ability to be a source of subsistence for the majority of farmers in India. (UPSC 2017)
- Poverty anywhere is a threat to prosperity everywhere. (UPSC 2018)
- Misinterpretation and misuse of freedom in India. (UPSC 1998)
- Mass media and cultural invasion. (UPSC 1999)
- Responsibility of media in a democracy. (UPSC 2002)
- How has satellite television brought about cultural change in Indian mindsets? (UPSC 2007)
- Role of media in good governance. (UPSC 2008)
- Does Indian cinema shape our popular culture or merely reflect it? (UPSC 2011)
- Is sting operation an invasion on privacy? (UPSC 2014)
- Urbanization is a blessing in disguise. (UPSC 1997)
- Protection of ecology and environment is essential for sustained economic development. (UPSC 2006)
- Urbanisation and its hazards. (UPSC 2008)
- Should a moratorium be imposed on all fresh mining in tribal areas of the country? (UPSC 2010)
- We may brave human laws but cannot resist natural laws. (UPSC 2017)
- Multinational corporations – saviours or saboteurs. (UPSC 1994)
- Globalization would finish small-scale industries in India. (UPSC 2006)
- BPO boom in India. (UPSC 2007)
- Special economic zone: boon or bane? (UPSC 2008)
- Are our traditional handicrafts doomed to a slow death? (UPSC 2009)
- Is the criticism that the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model for development is more of a bane than a boon in the Indian context, justified? (UPSC 2012)
- Tourism: Can this be the next big thing for India? (UPSC 2014)
- Restructuring of Indian education system. (UPSC 1995)
- Literacy is growing very fast, but there is no corresponding growth in education. (UPSC 1996)
- Irrelevance of the classroom. (UPSC 2001)
- Privatization of higher education in India. (UPSC 2002)
- Modern technological education and human values. (UPSC 2002)
- What is real education? (UPSC 2005)
- “Education for all” campaign in India: myth or reality. (UPSC 2006)
- Independent thinking should be encouraged right from the childhood. (UPSC 2007)
- Is an egalitarian society possible by educating the masses? (UPSC 2008)
- Credit – based higher education system – status, opportunities and challenges. (UPSC 2011)
- Is the growing level of competition good for the youth? (UPSC 2014)
- Are the standardized tests good measure of academic ability or progress? (UPSC 2014)
- Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make a man more clever devil. (UPSC 2015)
- Destiny of a nation is shaped in its classrooms. (UPSC 2017)
- The new emerging women power: the ground realities. (UPSC 1995)
- Greater political power alone will not improve women’s plight. (UPSC 1997)
- Woman is god’s best creation. (UPSC 1998)
- Women empowerment: challenges and prospects. (UPSC 1999)
- Empowerment alone cannot help our women. (UPSC 2001)
- Whither women’s emancipation? (UPSC 2004)
- If women ruled the world. (UPSC 2005)
- The hand that rocks the cradle. (UPSC 2005)
- Women’s reservation bill would usher in empowerment for women in India. (UPSC 2006)
- Managing work and home – is the Indian working woman getting a fair deal? (UPSC 2012)
- If development is not engendered, it is endangered. (UPSC 2016)
- Fulfillment of ‘new woman’ in India is a myth. (UPSC 2017)
- Youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret. (UPSC 1994)
- Useless life is an early death. (UPSC 1994)
- Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the lifeblood of civilisation. (UPSC 1995)
- When money speaks, the truth is silent. (UPSC 1995)
- Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. (UPSC 1995)
- Truth is lived, not taught. (UPSC 1996)
- True religion cannot be misused. (UPSC 1997)
- Search for truth can only be a spiritual problem. (UPSC 2002)
- The paths of glory lead but to the grave. (UPSC 2002)
- If youth knew, if age could. (UPSC 2002)
- There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. (UPSC 2003)
- Be the change you want to see in others. (UPSC 2013)
- With greater power comes greater responsibility. (UPSC 2014)
- Words are sharper than the two-edged sword. (UPSC 2014)
- Lending hands to someone is better than giving a dole. (UPSC 2015)
- “The past’ is a permanent dimension of human consciousness and values. (UPSC 2018)
- Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it. (UPSC 2018)
- Attitude makes habit, habit makes character and character makes a man. (UPSC 2007)
- Discipline means success, anarchy means ruin. (UPSC 2008)
- Character of an institution is reflected in its leader. (UPSC 2015)
- Need brings greed, if greed increases it spoils breed. (UPSC 2016)
- Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. (UPSC 2017)
- A good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. (UPSC 2018)
- A people that values its privileges above its principles loses both. (UPSC 2018)
- Customary morality cannot be a guide to modern life. (UPSC 2018)
- Modernisation and westernisation are not identical concepts. (UPSC 1994)
- The world of the twenty-first century. (UPSC 1998)
- The implications of globalization for India. (UPSC 2000)
- My vision of an ideal world order. (UPSC 2001)
- The masks of new imperialism. (UPSC 2003)
- Globalizations and its impact on Indian culture. (UPSC 2004)
- ‘Globalization’ vs. ‘nationalism’. (UPSC 2009)
- Preparedness of our society for India’s global leadership role. (UPSC 2010)
- The modern doctor and his patients. (UPSC 1997)
- Value-based science and education. (UPSC 1999)
- The march of science and the erosion of human values. (UPSC 2001)
- Spirituality and scientific temper. (UPSC 2003)
- The lure of space. (UPSC 2004)
- Science and Mysticism: Are they compatible? (UPSC 2012)
- Science and technology is the panacea for the growth and security of the nation. (UPSC 2013)
- Technology cannot replace manpower. (UPSC 2015)
- Alternative technologies for a climate change resilient India. (UPSC 2018)
- The cyberworld: its charms and challenges. (UPSC 2000)
- Increasing computerization would lead to the creation of a dehumanized society. (UPSC 2006)
- Cyberspace and Internet: Blessing or curse to the human civilization in the long run. (UPSC 2016)
- Social media is inherently a selfish medium. (UPSC 2017)
- Restructuring of UNO reflect present realities. (UPSC 1996)
- India’s role in promoting ASEAN cooperation. (UPSC 2004)
- Importance of Indo-US nuclear agreement. (UPSC 2006)
- Has the Non- Alignment Movement (NAM) lost its relevance in a multipolar world. (UPSC 2017)
- Terrorism and world peace. (UPSC 2005)
- Are we a ‘soft’ state? (UPSC 2009)
- Good fences make good neighbours. (UPSC 2009)
- In the Indian context, both human intelligence and technical intelligence are crucial in combating terrorism. (UPSC 2011)
- India’s contribution to world wisdom. (UPSC 1998)
- The pursuit of excellence. (UPSC 2001)
- Geography may remain the same; history need not. (UPSC 2010)
- Fifty Golds in Olympics: Can this be a reality for India? (UPSC 2014)
- Quick but steady wins the race. (UPSC 2015)
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