*How should l prepare for the Essay?*
The Civil Service preparation is exhaustive.While preparing General Studies & Optionals, you cover a wide range of issues. All this preparation per se directly helps you in Essay preparation.
Additionally, you may read Google News(online) to keep yourself abreast with Current Affairs...Many/most essays come straight out of the contemporary happenings.
*For instance:* This year you may expect essay from the following current happenings:
•Goods & Services Tax.
•Aadhar & Right to Privacy.
•Uniform Civil Code & Triple Talaq
•Electoral Reforms
How to narrow down on the actual essay to be written in Mains, out of the given 10 options?
Keep it flexible & give yourself maximum opportunity to score.You could opt for any variant of essays:
•Factual •Philosophical •Contemporary or •Classic/Traditional.
Keep no bias, any essay of whatsoever genre can fetch you a high score.No point in falling to the bait of Factual or Philosophical.
*What's the ideal length of Essay?*
1200 +_ 300
Which implies an ideal essay's word limit is between 900-1500.
*Note:* It's is a broad idealisation, but try to adhere the word limit.No point in stretching your essay unnecessarily.
*How to actually write the Essay?*
Let's take Goods & Services Tax (GST) as an illustration, say if the topic to be written is:
'The Impact of GST on Indian Economy'.
The Essay is to be divisible into 3 main components-- •Introduction •Body •Conclusion.
*INTRODUCTION*
Write briefly about the topic that you have chosen to write.
In case of GST, you need to write the following:
• GST Definition.
• Mention it's components--Central GST...State-GST...UT-GST...IGST.
• GST Council.
•GST-Network.
*Note:* Although GST per se isn't asked, rather it's impact on economy is asked, it's advisable to give a brief intro of the subject matter that you're going to discuss threadbare in the Body.
*BODY*
Now we're down to the actual business end.In the body, you're supposed to write pros & cons of the topic...this is called 'Critical-Analysis'.
Note: Critical Analysis means discussing threadbare both positives & negatives( & not just negatives only).
In case of GST, the body would flow like:
*POSITIVES/PROS*
• GST truely makes India--One Nation, One Market,One Taxation.
• Mitigation of multiple taxation(Cascading Taxation).
• Automation & Formalization of Economy.
• Single Window Clearance.
• Brodening of Tax net & hence more resources in State Exchequer.
• Easier inter-state movement of goods.
• Enhances Export Competitiveness.
• Input Tax Credits & reduction in tax burden.
• Curtailment of Red tape...Corruption...Inspector Raj.
• Tax Evasion checked.
• Attracts FDI.
• Gives flip to Cooperative Federalism.
• Improves ease of doing business.
• Fosters Reverse Brain Drain...et al.
*NEGATIVES/CONS/CHALLENGES*
• Revenue loss to states.
• Detrimental effect on MSME's.
• Breaches 'No Taxation Without Representation' doctrine.
• Inflationary spike.
• Data security concerns.
• Legal hassles.
• GST only a modified version of erstwhile VAT regime.
• Alcohol & Petroleum products out of GST net.
•Regime difficult to comprehend.
•Online business houses sceptical...et al.
*CONCLUSION*
This part marks the culmination of your essay.In conclusion you may give constructive suggestions & suggest the way forward.
Sound optismitic & practical here.
*The GST discussion could be concluded with following points:*
• Compensating States/UT's for revenue losses initially.
• Safeguarding MSME's via Tax-Sops & Exemptions .
•Allay fears of e-Commerce.
• Ensuring adequate mechanism for Anti-Progiteering.
• Placing Essential Commodities in low Tax-Slabs
• Empowering Local Bodies(PRI & UlB) by giving discrete tax Leving Collecting & Appropriating powers.
• Building a dedicated Data Security Mechanism.
• Training Bureaucracy in new Taxation Laws & Rules.
• Gradually moving towards a Single Tax Slab System.
•Learning from Internation experiences(NZ & Australia) & Replicating the Best Practices.
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