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QUESTION PYQ 06
GS3
15 marks

Do you think India will meet 50 percent of its energy needs from renewable energy by 2030 ? Justify your answer. How will the shift of subsidies from fossil fuels to renewables help achieve the above objective? Explain.

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250 words

What the examiner wants

For Renewable-Energy Target & Subsidies, discuss in sequence: first, Do you think India will meet 50 percent of its energy needs from renewable energy by 2030 ; then, Justify your answer. How will the shift of subsidies from fossil fuels to renewables help achieve the above…. Keep evidence and the conclusion tied to these exact limbs.

Justify · ExplainAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Do you think India will meet 50 percent of its energy needs from renewable energy by 2030 ?≈65 words
  2. 2Justify your answer. How will the shift of subsidies from fossil fuels to renewables help achieve the above objective?≈65 words
  3. 3Use at least two question-relevant examples/evidence points to support the final judgment on Renewable-Energy Target & Subsidies, proportionate to a 250-word answer≈65 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Concept/mechanismTransmission channelOfficial evidenceGainsRisks/constraintsCalibrated policy response for Renewable-Energy Target & Subsidies

Where marks usually go

  • Over-writing ‘Do you think India will meet 50 percent of its energy needs from renewable energy by…’ while reducing ‘Justify your answer. How will the shift of subsidies from fossil fuels to renewables…’ to a token paragraph
  • Adding correct but adjacent facts on Renewable-Energy Target & Subsidies that do not advance the exact causal, comparative or evaluative task in this PYQ

Value addition

  • Renewable-Energy Target & Subsidies: mechanism/value-chain diagram — input/constraint → transmission → outcome → policy lever
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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