QUESTION 11
GS3
15 marks
Explain the key challenges for India’s energy security. What measures do you suggest for ensuring energy security along with economic growth and sustainability?
WRITE IN
11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Treat energy security as reliable, affordable and resilient supply, then build a portfolio that protects growth while lowering import and environmental risks.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1Challenges: import dependence, price/geopolitical exposure, demand growth, infrastructure, transition finance, intermittency and critical minerals≈50 words
- 2Supply diversification/domestic capacity and strategic resilience≈50 words
- 3Efficiency, clean-energy transition, storage/grids and demand-side measures≈50 words
- 4Trade-offs among affordability, growth and sustainability≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Security dimensionsChallenge matrixDiversified response portfolioTransition trade-offs
Where marks usually go
- Reducing energy security to oil imports
- Proposing a rapid fossil exit without reliability/affordability considerations
Value addition
- Energy trilemma triangle
→ Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.
Official source anchors
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