Read Think and Write Day-40

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Utilization of public funds is the topic for the day-40 of the Read Think and Write program. Utilization of public funds creates ethical dilemmas and conflict of interest. Ethics preparation made easy through answer writing and RTW strategy. The objective of this program is to enable aspirants to score 130 plus in Ethics paper in CSE Mains. Ethics is one of easily scoring subject with minimal effort compared to all other GS papers. Most of the syllabus overlap with GS-2.


Q.1) Define the following terminologies/concepts/ethical words/principles in your own words. And write an example picking a story from your life or from the life of great leaders/thinkers or a hypothetical story in about 50-70 words for each of the concepts.

  1. Public fund
  2. Economic justice
  3. Social justice
  4. Public Fund Management System
  5. Equitability

Q.2) There is a heavy ethical responsibility on the public servants because they occupy positions of power, handle huge amounts of public funds, and their decisions have wide-ranging impact on society and environment. What steps have you taken to improve your ethical competence to handle such responsibility? (2014) (150 words)