 So I wish to join the civil service because of the diversity of the opportunity it provides. With that there is a good career prospect and I also get to serve the society. Very nice. So what qualities do you possess which will make you a good civil servant? So I think I have a decent knowledge of the society. I am honest and possess integrity. I am patient and can understand people. I am sensitive towards people in the society. I think these qualities make me able to be joining the services. When did you complete your VAC honours? So I completed my VAC honours in 2016. Okay, since then what have you been doing? Sir, I started preparing in 2016. I gave my personal opinion. What is judicial activism? So judicial activism is a means by which judiciary tries to enter the premises of the legislature or the executive. However, it does so in the constitutional means itself when it sees that certain laws are lacking in certain areas or implementation of these laws have not been done properly. Can you think of some cases where you think and you feel that judiciary cross-delimits and maybe it mounted to judicial activism as per your definition? Sir, on the top of my mind I have one incident where judiciary announced that CNG buses should be made compulsory in Delhi. You have heard of Visakha Guidelines. Do you think that was activism? Sir, I wouldn't say it was activism per se, but definitely because judiciary entered the premises of making these guidelines and directed to have them implemented. So yes, sir, it would be a waterline case of judicial activism. What is the present scenario with respect to the present law on sex or last inter-workplace? The name, you don't need to know, but do you know what has happened subsequently? What is the new development? So the development right now is that all the companies and firms, they have to implement sectional harassment guidelines which are there in the mentioned in the Visakha Guidelines. And they also need to have an ICC to oversee any complaints that come in for sectional harassment in workplaces. I need to point out, the Visakha Guidelines court itself said that there is a vacuum. That's why we are saying these guidelines are there. Till enactment of a law, now law has been enacted. Yes, sir. What do you think about the Me Too movement? I think the Me Too movement was a great step forward because it brought in a lot of changes in the way victims were perceived earlier before this movement. I also feel that Me Too movement changed the way organizations used to function before it. It also gave a lot of courage to women to come in and complain right on the spot. They got a lot of force with the other women in the society who joined in. And because of that, many women who had faced a lot of harassment five or ten years back were also able to come out. Was it an account of systemic failure on the document law? Why? Because if there is law, they could have invoked the law as well. So the laws are not as such. I wouldn't say that there are less laws. Laws are definitely there. But yes, there have been some errors in implementation. And at a societal level, we have not been able to bring in the change in mentality towards women as such because of which a social movement like Me Too was necessary. Recently, one judgment was delivered with respect to 1984 incident. Do you remember? Sir, could you please... It was related to violence at your stake. Yes, Sir, Sikrayat's case. What was that? Sir, the judgment that came in was... Sir, one of the people from the Congress Party that time was convicted in the Sikrayat's case of 1984. Okay. There was a... Right now, there was a Supreme Court doing against certain practices in the scheduled cast. Subsequently, there was an amendment. What is the latest position on that? Sir, now some review petitions have been filed. The last year, Supreme Court had allowed the changes, the amendments which were brought in by the government in prevention of atrocities against SCST. Earlier, anticipatory bails were not being provided. But according to these amendments, now they can apply for anticipatory bail. Supreme Court allowed these changes because it felt that a lot of cases which were coming in were actually fake cases and the conviction rate was low because of that. Okay. Last question. What was the judgment in that case between Delhi government and the left-wing and governor? What was the judgment by the Supreme Court? Sir, by the judgment of this case against... of Delhi government versus the left-wing governor, Supreme Court cleared the position of the government and said that Delhi itself has a special status and it is actually a constitutional hybrid. These are the words which Supreme Court used. Earlier, the left-wing governor could take a lot of matter to the president, which will not be happening right now. The Supreme Court also cleared that the left-wing governor has to work clearly on the aid and advice of the council of ministers of the Delhi government. What are the three subjects which are there with the center? So, land, public order and police. Pass on. Do you have a B.S.C. or a Felix? Yes, sir. Do you have a ticket for sociology at your option? Yes, sir. Why so? Sir, actually when I took physics after standard 12, I had a lot of interest in physics. But after studying it for one year, I realized that I do not have a calling for that subject. It was maybe because of my way of looking at it. So, in my second year of physics, I decided to take up civil services. And then after my graduation, when I started researching about which subject should I take, I found sociology syllabus quite easy for me. I thought that I could do it. And also, I looked at the question papers and the past year questions. And I found that if I take up the subject, then I can score a decent amount of marks. You are interested in ODC? Yes, sir. As well as Bollywood dancing. Yes. What is the difference? Sir, these two are totally different dance forms per se. Because ODC comes from the classical dance form school. And Bollywood dancing encompasses everything in it. And ODC dance is specific to the culture of Odisha. And there are a lot of traditional elements in Odisha dance. Sir, from itkin. So, it comes from the temple dances called the Devadasi dance. Name five living Odisha dancers. Prominent. Yes, sir. So, the five prominent living Odisha dancers would be Sunil Kansing, Kumkum Anti, Mardhvi Mughal, Arunam Anti and Sajjani Mahal. Yeah. Okay. Name one foreign, you know, citizen who has adopted this form of classical dance and made a name. She has a dance school also. Sir, she would be Ilyana Sitaras. Correct. Okay. You have heard of the Kaliya scheme of Odisha? Yes, sir. How it is a march over the other schemes for relieving these farmers of their distress? Sir, Kaliya scheme is a revolution because it's not a farm loan waiver scheme which is being seen in most states right now. Secondly, it is applicable to all sections of farmers, landless farmers, cultivators, sharecroppers, landowners. Thirdly, the scheme covers not just farming. It also gives alternators for fisheries and agricultural processing industry. It would be a direct income transfer scheme and which would allow farmers to have 5000 rupees in grabi and 5000 rupees in current season. Have they started the implementing? Yes, sir. It has been started in some areas, not in the whole state. How much fund is there for this, any idea? Yes, sir. The funding is of 10,000 crore. Okay. Around 10,000 crore. It's little more than that. Okay. Tell me, you know, Orissa, you are from Orissa? Yes, sir. Orissa is full of mineral resources. Yes, sir. But it is still a poor and backward state. Yes, sir. Why it is so? Sir, there are some factors which are responsible why this state has been backward despite having a lot of mineral resources. The first would be infrastructure. The infrastructure development is low which includes both the basic and the infrastructure needed for industries. The second would be low level of industrialization. So the third would be the human resource development has been low because of which poverty still remains. There is a lack of skilled development in the state. Sir, and I think these are the basic reasons why it remains backward. You know, there will be something about the smart city projects. So the smart city project is a flagship scheme of the present government. It is to make the cities which we live in today better in terms of infrastructure, in terms of living conditions, to bring about digital technologies and digital interventions to change the way cities function. It would also have components of better ways disposal, traffic management, law and order. How many cities has been enlisted? Sir, I don't know the correct figure right now, but initially hundreds of cities have been enlisted. What is the budget? Last year, whether they have allocated something out of the total amount to get furthest? The size of total amount of cities. Okay, thank you. You studied sociology. Tell me what are the effects of immigration? Immigrations, firstly, are a huge burden on the resources. Secondly, because of immigration, the social conditions are affected in an area. The immigrants in an area have to face a lot of problems in merging with the living conditions of the cities. There is a problem of housing, of any other kind of resource distribution that has to happen. Have you heard of the Rohingyas? Yes. What is the problem about the Rohingyas? The Rohingyas come from the prosecuted minorities of Myanmar. They were pushed out of the country because of the prosecution that was happening from the Buddhist sections of those cities. So do we have also some Rohingyas in our country? Yes, we do. What's their present status? Last year, an effort was made to have a deliberation with Bangladesh to send the Rohingyas to Bangladesh because it was seen that some radical elements present in the Rohingyas community could pose a danger for our society. And right now we are working on that front to have continuous dialogue and deliberation so as to have them safely deported back. It is being said that the values of our youth are changing in India. What would you ascribe these changes to? Keeping social energy and the Bangladesh. Ma'am, the youth today are far more integrated with technology and society because of social media, digitalization and mass media present today. What about concepts like westernization, urbanization, modernization? Ma'am, westernization, modernization, urbanization are concepts which are affecting the whole society as such. And the youth form a large part of the society. So westernization, modernization as we know they are external factors which come in and affect the society. They bring in changes in lifestyle, food, culture, taste of the people. So the youth today are very much influenced by the western factors and the western influences that our society is facing. Urbanization has led, there are positive and negative factors. Now the negative factors would be that because of extreme amount of urbanization, the youth face a problem, a resource crunch. The number of jobs are declining in the cities where the youth go out for work. And because we have a significant demographic dividend, so the youth you mean by a demographic dividend? The demographic dividend is the kind of youth bulge that we see. That is the people in the working age from 15 to 59 years are in large numbers but if they are not slimmed then what could happen? Now that is the issue. Though we have a huge demographic dividend but unskilled demographic dividend would actually lead to a disaster because they would enter into social crimes and create nuisance in the society. So skilled demographic dividend would mean we have more people in the job sector and they are able to contribute to the common economy. The problem of left-wing extremism continues to happen. In fact, I think also the most important stress problem is persisting. How do you adjust the amount of sociology? What do you take on that? So left-wing extremism was very rampant during the 2010-2011 but has been declining since last two years. That is because of the combined effort of centre and state. This naturally happened in the state because of the infrastructure deficit and development deficit that we saw in many parts of the world as opposed to the post-luritsa which was getting developed. So these people, especially in the tribal world, they were being radicalized by certain sections of the accidents and the mowers and they were entering the left-wing extremism. However, in the last 50 years and from the reports, we have seen that there is a huge decline in the numbers and that is majorly because of the state. Are you aware that 115 districts have been identified? This is called the Aspirational Districts. Yes, sir. How many districts from Odisha have been identified? Any idea? And how have they been identified? On what basis? Sir, I don't remember the figure from Odisha but these districts are majorly the ones which have been left behind in the development index and basically these are the districts which would be taken up by, which would be taken up. And who monitors the progress? The district magistrate will be monitoring the progress. The macro level? Sir, the IOP? Yes. Okay, now Nihangiri, you must have heard of that, right? What is the significance of Nihangiri's argument? Sir, the significance is that it is a tribal belt and the tribes were having a problem with the project which I come into. Which company? Which company were you? Sir, it was... Vedanta. Okay, continue. Sir, Vedanta wanted to exploit Bokside from the Nihangiri area. What was the final judgment of Nihangiri? Sir, the judgment was in favour of the tribals and indigenous people. Now the project will not be taken up and these people because they will be having a problem of livelihood. What is the legal or the law point that Supreme Court made in the judgment about displacement of tribals? Sir, I don't know. Okay. Udhan scheme, you must have heard. Yes. Tell us briefly about what was the idea behind the Udhan scheme. So the Udhan scheme looks at regional connectivity to many of the tier 2 and tier 3 cities which were not being connected by air. In Udhan scheme, a lot of cities have been brought in and... There is a subsidy involved, right? Yes, sir. And there is an element of subsidising the unsurped and underserved cities. How is the subsidy to be met? Is there any role of financing as a part of the scheme? Something called viability? Yes, sir. What does it mean? Sir, in viability, so I don't... Okay. Any district, any place from Udisha which is covered under this Udhan scheme? Yes, sir. Please, sir. Jhatsupada and Laokkala. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Can you recall some two, three major landmark judgments of the Supreme Court in recent months which have a very wide social impact? Yes, sir. So, the first would be the Sakrimana judgment. The second would be the judgment of the CBI in the CBI case. So, and the third would be... Social impact. CBI, isn't it? And Savimala is confined to all the one state. There are some other issues, some other very major... So, I can recall these two. Privacy. Privacy. So, last two, three... Yes, privacy is important. Tripultala? Yes, sir. Tripultala. What about 377? Yes, sir. Decision of 377? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. And also, it has decriminalized adultery? Yes, sir. Okay. Yes, sir. What is Udisa's growth rate? Sir, last year the growth rate was 7.14%. Correct. Good. This year, figures haven't come. No, sir. And, but in... It was pretty good. 7.1 is not bad. Yes, sir. What is India's average? Sir, this year, according to CIO estimates, it's 7.2%. 7.2%. And in the human development index, where does it stand? Sir, it stands on the lower end. I'm not able to recall the exact length. Is Udisa... What are the main features? If you look, go through Udisa. Go to countryside and all. What impression do you get about this state? It has poverty. It has hunger. Or the people are happy and the... What impression do you get? Sir, basically, there is a general lack of urban development in Udisa. And because of that, we see only 16% of the population lives in urban areas, as opposed to the national average is 30%. I'm talking of over-helping. The population lives in the villages, countryside. Yes, sir. Or in suburban areas. No, sir. What is the impression do you get? Sir, the impression that we get from countryside is that there is a problem of poverty. And even education and health... How much nutrition do you find there? Yes, sir, there is malnutrition. Nutrition. So the figures are getting better day by day? Not day by day. Possibly in a decade they will get better. Alright. So what are the schemes, government schemes, which are prevalent in Udisa for better health, better food, nutrition? What schemes are involved? Sir, for health, the most important flagship scheme is Biju, Swasta, Kalyan, Yojna. For food and health, there are a lot of schemes which are given to the farmers like Madhuk, like Prushak, I'm not able to remember the names. And even national health mission which is being forced is also having some elements of nutrition in it. Food security act? Yes, the food security act. Which is enforced through the PDA system? Correct or not? Yes, sir. That is one of the major schemes. Yes, sir. Now, Udisa hasn't accepted Ayushman scheme. No, sir. Which scheme is better, Ayushman or Biju? Sir, though Ayushman Bharat has many positives, but Udisa government is going with Biju, Swasta, Kalyan, Yojna because it gives the health insurance to around 7 lakh, there will be around 7 lakh as the insurance benefit which is 5 lakh per year in Ayushman Bharat. So that is the... So it's a better scheme? Yes. It covers up to 7 lakhs? Yes, sir. Very good. So we close the interview here. You have performed very well and you have been able to handle all questions with a lot of confidence and good knowledge. I'd like to just give you a little feedback. Most questioning is going to be based on your background. From bio-data, what we find is that you... Number one is you are from Udisa. So questions from Udisa are definitely going to be asked. Sociology. Then third would be your cultural... Your extracurricular activities like Udisi dance, etc. So we have asked you questions on those also. Dance forms, etc. Then current affairs and constitutional issues. So from that point of view, if you see, we have asked you about Udisha activism, VISA, SC, SD8, then KALIA scheme, which is an important scheme. Udisa full of mineral resources by SC tour, that is the reason. You were asked about smart cities and the most liveable city in India, which is considered the most liveable city in India? Sir, I... This ranking has been done by a foreign agency. Yes, sir. Which one? I think KALPOOL, I am not sure. No, not sure. It's been developed as a smart city. Yes, sir. And it comes within the first 20 cities, most liveable cities in the world. So 20th number is Udisa. You should be proud of it, but you should know something about it. What has been done there? Then sociology, we have asked you a large number of questions on sociology. So team called judgments, and then about Udisa itself, like Aishman Harath scheme, your Biju Patnaik, Biju Patnaik scheme, then growth human development index. These are the areas on which you must focus your attention. Right? Are you reading those texts? Yes, sir. Carefully? Yes, sir. Good. You have done really well. Keep up your good work. Thank you. Is this your first time? Yes, sir. Thank you. Don't forget to like, share and subscribe to our channel. And press the bell icon to never miss an update.