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Q1. What is the need to link the aadhar card with the voter id card? Discuss.

Paper & Topic: GS III – Government Policies and Interventions related issues

Model Answer:

Why do voter ID and Aadhaar have a connection?

Election records from each voting location are used to conduct elections for the State Legislature and Parliament, and these lists frequently contain factual and typographical errors. When the rolls are linked to Aadhaar numbers, accuracy increases and de-duplication is made easier. The Supreme Court used the PAN number controversy as an illustration.
The connecting mechanism would help first-time voters by expediting the process of adding names to the rolls. Aadhaar verification is already required for a large number of other government services, including e-Shram UAN numbers and passports.
Voters who relocate to new addresses must apply to the electoral registration officers to have their names added to or deleted from records. Due to how challenging this process is for them, poor immigrants usually decide against having their names added to the rolls in their new town. The solution to this problem might be the integration of EPICs with Aadhaars.

Issues associated:

Adult residents who are merely citizens are only allowed to vote because Aadhaar only acts as proof of residency, not citizenship.
Integrating Aadhaar with the voter list for verification isn’t always a good idea. According to the Internet Freedom Foundation, the Aadhaar database supposedly has more self-reported errors than the vote database.

How do we go about it?

Two definite victories for the Indian political system are regular elections and a respectably high voter turnout. The simple operation of the EVMs and ECI’s initiatives to increase voting turnout both contributed to the high turnout.
Due to the growing immigrant population in metropolitan areas and the rise in eligible voters as a result of demographic changes, the ECI is required to update the electoral rolls on a regular basis. Voters can now register using identification that proves their address and age because the registration procedure has been streamlined as a result of the repeated election cycles.

conclusion:

Voter turnout and electoral roll accuracy may both rise as a result of connecting voter identity to Aadhaar for voter authentication. This ought to be voluntary, though, given the lack of a robust data protection policy.

Q2. Give details about the socio-economic conditions during the Sangam Age. Discuss.

Paper & Topic: GS I – Art and Culture

Model Answer:

An important era in South Indian history is the Sangam Age. Legend has it that there were three Sangams, also known as Muchchangam or Academies of Tamil Poets, in prehistoric Tamil Nadu. The royal assistance of the Pandyas allowed these Sangams to flourish. Between the third century B.C. to the third century A.D., South India (the region south of the rivers Krishna and Tungabhadra) saw the Sangam Period.

Era of Sangam Society:

The five geographical divisions of Tolkappiyam are Kurinji (hilly roads), Mullai (pastoral), Marudam (agricultural), Neydal (coastal), and Palai (desert).
Each of these five different groups of people had a primary occupation and a deity they particularly revered.
Murugan, the principal deity, is famed for his prowess in both beekeeping and hunting.
The main deity, Mayon (Vishnu), is well known for running cattle herds and dealing in dairy products.
The primary occupation of the main deity Marudam is agriculture.
Neydal is the primary deity because Varunan is primarily involved with fishing and salt manufacturing.
The main target of thieves is the supreme god Korravai, also called Palai.
The four castes arasar, anthanar, vanigar, and vellalar are also known as tolkappiyam. The word “arasar” alludes to the nobility.
The politics and theology of the Sangam were influenced by the Anthanars. The Vanigars were entrepreneurs.

The economy of the Sangam Period:

The industry that produced the most jobs overall was agriculture. The most extensively cultivated crop was rice.
Ragi, sugarcane, cotton, pepper, ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, and a variety of fruits were also farmed.
The Chera people were known to enjoy jackfruit and pepper. The primary crop produced under the Chola and Pandya kingdoms was paddy.
The handicrafts of the Sangam era were well-liked. Some of them include weaving, woodworking, welding, shipbuilding, and making jewellery out of beads, stones, and ivory.
Due to growing local and international trade, there was a considerable demand for these goods during the Sangam era.
Fabrics made of silk and cotton were spun and woven to the highest standards.
Cotton, the fabric mentioned in the poetry, is as light as a steam mist or a snake’s slough.
There was a large market for the cotton clothes made at Uraiyur, especially in the West.
Throughout the Sangam Age, both domestic and international trade was expertly regulated.

Conclusion:

A significant period in South Indian history is the Sangam Age. In ancient Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and parts of Sri Lanka, the Sangam period or age, and particularly the third Sangam period, was a historical era that spanned roughly from the sixth century BCE to the third century CE. The illustrious Maduraian Sangam schools of poets and thinkers served as the model for its name.