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CHRONICLE ESSAY COMPETITION, published in the CSC English Magazine is an initiative to give our readers a chance to test their essay writing skills and win a prize money of Rs. 1000/-. Many readers across the country have shown interest and have been participating in the competition for several years now. The best essay gets published in the magazine and on the website every month.

Deepika Singla
IAS
Deepika Singla

Winner Of CSC July 2022 Essay Competition

Changing Contours of India’s Foreign Policy: Imperatives & Implications

In the globalizing world it is necessary to form vital links with the neighboring countries. Realizing this every country formulates a foreign policy to reap maximum benefits for itself. Demography, availability of resources, ability to meet rising demand, scientific advancement & technological development and economic strength of a country determines the fundamentals of foreign policy of any country and so does of India’s, thereby maintaining dynamism in the foreign policy.India is the fifth largest economy in the world and third actually by PPP terms. Thus, its foreign policy has turned over a new leaf from independe
Gaurav Kumar
IAS
Gaurav Kumar

Winner Of CSC June 2022 Essay Competition

"India's Unstable Neighbourhood: Strategic and Economic Implications"

Decolonization of South Asia was done in the mid of the 20th century. It led to the emergence of post-colonial states like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, etc. Most of the post-colonial states in South Asia faced instability at home. The trend of instability still continues in the states of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Nepal, etc. It is well said that one country can't become great with its dwarf neighbours. Thus, for India to become a major power pole in world politics, its neighbourhood should be healthy.Recent political instability in Pakistan, the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, the Anti-India campaig
Deepika Singla
IAS
Deepika Singla

Winner Of CSC May 2022 Essay Competition

Role of Research and Innovation in India’s Economic Growth

Historically, technological progress via new innovations has been a key force behind sustaining economic growth, improving living standards and offering better health outcomes. In the present era too, innovation has shown that it is the savior of human civilization. Innovation has been at the forefront of our battle against the unprecedented crisis created by the pandemic, and will be pivotal in driving the country’s resilience and self- reliance.Realizing this India is making great initiatives to become the part of global innovation hub. This has been evident by India’s rising trajectory, over the past several years in the Global Innovation Ind
Gaurav Kumar - Rohtas, Bihar
IAS
Gaurav Kumar - Rohtas, Bihar

Winner Of CSC March 2022 Essay Competition

Role of Judiciary in Promoting Democracy in India

Judiciary is the one of the three pillars of Indian democracy. The other two pillars are the legislative and the executive. Judiciary is also the final arbitrator of Indian constitutional arrangement. It functions as the guardian of fundamental rights as well as conscience keeper of normative values that are allocated by the state. After the French Revolution, the demand for democratic form of government has increased substantially. Through freedom struggles, many states established democracy.India adopted for a democratic form of government with a written Constitution and welfare nature of state. Montesquieu, in his book 'T
Abhirami Ajai Pathanamthitta, Kerala
IAS
Abhirami Ajai Pathanamthitta, Kerala

Winner Of CSC January 2022 Essay Competition

Social Good and Upliftment of the Masses: Role of Social Impact Programmes in Rural India

India, that is Bharat, was once synonymous with a resplendent rural agglomeration. As the pages of history turned to the era of British Raj, the self-sufficient units, as the villages used to be, lay shattered.Stories of British exploitation harboured by an attitude of disdain handicapped the ‘soul of India’. But ever since India achieved independence, she knew exactly where her heart beats lay. Embracing welfarism & socialism, a slew of measures was adopted to dress the sore wounds the British had inflicted upon rural India.With the first five-year plan itself, government touched the core of rural development; agric
Ashutosh Pujari 13 Lord Sinha Road, Kolkata
IAS
Ashutosh Pujari 13 Lord Sinha Road, Kolkata

Winner Of CSC December 2021 Essay Competition

Urban Middle Class – Key to Transform India

2500 years ago, in his theory of the Golden Mean, Aristotle extolled the virtue of avoiding the extremes. The middle class represents that golden mean in today’s socio-economic landscape with unique strengths, insights and challenges. Today, it is the urban middle class that is leading the transformation of India. However, scholars have found it difficult to define what it means to be part of the urban middle class.The middle class makes up 28% of the total population of India and 79% of the total tax base. Economic criteria alone is found wanting in defining the middle class as it ranges from the lower middle class – a
Khushi Chauhan (Dehradun, Uttarakhand)
IAS
Khushi Chauhan (Dehradun, Uttarakhand)

Winner Of CSC November 2021 Essay Competition

Women's Empowerment in India – Reality or Rhetoric?

Undoubtedly women empowerment has been the foremost subject matter in the spheres of development in India since ages. "Empowerment of women leads to development of a good family, good society and ultimately a good nation. When a woman is happy, the home is happy, when the home is happy, the society is happy and when the society is happy the state is happy and when the state is happy, there will be peace in the country and it will develop at a greater pace." -A.P.J. Abdul Kalam The historical analysis of India set prominent standards for feminism. Savitr
Somaiya Ruhee Nabha (Punjab)
IAS
Somaiya Ruhee Nabha (Punjab)

Winner Of CSC October 2021 Essay Competition

Education is the Manifestation of Perfection Already Existing in Man

Since a long time, education has been given paramount importance in our life. Many great thinkers, philosophers, social reformers, great educators and revolutionaries have shed light on role of education in improving our lives.Swami Vivekananda, the great social reformer and thinker of India in the 19th century (1863-1902) had quoted on education - “Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man”. During the life time of Vivekananda, education scenario in India was dismal. So, he made education as the mission of his life. He travelled a lot in India to propagate the importance of education. Without
Harmanjot Singh Gulmohar City, Jalandhar (Punjab)
IAS
Harmanjot Singh Gulmohar City, Jalandhar (Punjab)

Winner Of CSC September 2021 Essay Competition

‘Role’ more than ‘Rule’ is important for today's Civil Servant

"Administration is meant to achieve something and not to exist in some kind of an ivory tower following certain rules of procedure and Narcissus-like looking on itself with complete satisfaction.The test after all, is the human being and their welfare.” – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Civil Services: Steel Frame of our Country Civil services, since independence, has been regarded as the steel frame of our country. From the echelons of high offices of superior officers to the last rung peon, civil services has a strong presence and foundation in our country. Civil servants perform a magnificent range of services from rai
Phani Kondeti (Miyapur, Hyderabad)
IAS
Phani Kondeti (Miyapur, Hyderabad)

Winner Of CSC August 2021 Essay Competition

India’s Policy Options in Middle-East

Middle-East had been the World's most volatile region for decades, and the history of conflicts and struggles of Middle-East is as old as that of India. Middle-East is a region of contradictions, stretching from the ravaged wilderness of Yemen to the modern cities of Turkey, from the troubled waters of Gaza to the hostile mountains of Iran. It is a region dominated by religious, sectarian, ethnic and political divisions, and it presents the biggest challenge to the Non-Aligned credentials of India for the foreseeable future.Turmoil of the Middle-East :With the exception of few relatively stable Arab monarchies, every Nation in the Middle-East is going through a period
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