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GAURAV KUMARAIR 377· 2025

Question Q.8(c)GS4GS2

What suggestions would you make to help officers like Srushti maintain a healthy work-life balance?

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Due to Designate maternity benefit: not 2024, Employers dared fine women, as financial burden, Also they are seen as special perm 1 privilege with maternity leave. Also under challenge Ray are facing as an care study.

Special issues here

1Anjali's professional integrity to maintain communal harmony & personal commitment towards family

(A) duty dilemma: office duty & family duty of mother

(B) Relationship money-general: husband & wives (age high

4life safeguarding & work-promoted
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GAURAV KUMAR

AIR 3772025

Subject & Paper

GS4GS2

Topic

Role of Civil Services in a Democracy

Work-Life Balance, Gender Equality

Institutional Mechanisms, Gender Issues

Writing Stats

75

Total words

6

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analytical

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At 9 pm on Saturday evening, Rashika, a Joint Secretary, was still engrossed in her work in her office. Her husband, Vikram, is an executive in an MNC and frequently out of town in connection with his work. Their two children aged 5 and 3 are looked after by their domestic helper. At 9:30 pm her superior, Mr. Suresh calls her and asks her to prepare a detailed note on an important matter to be discussed in a meeting in the Ministry. She realises that she will have to work on Sunday to finish the additional task given by her superior. She reflects on how she had asked forward to the posting and had worked long hours for months to achieve it, he had kept the welfare of people uppermost in discharging her duties. She feels that she has not done enough Justice to her family and she has not fulfilled her duties in discharging ential social obligations. Even as recently as last month she had to leave her sick child in the nanny’s care as she had to work in the office. No, she feels that she must draw a line, beyond which her personal life should take precedence over her professional responsibilities. She thinks that there should be reasonable limits to the work ethics such as punctuality, hard work, dedication to duty and selfless service. (a): Discuss the ethical issue involved in this case. (b): Briefly describe at least four laws that have been enacted by the Government with respect to providing a healthy, safe and equitable working environment for women. (c): Imagine you are in a similar situation. What suggestions would you make to mitigate such working conditions?

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