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Annual Essay Prize Competition 2015 :

Entries are invited for the Annual Essay Prize Competition-2015. The value of the prize for the competition will be as under:
First Prize Rs.5,000/- , Second Prize Rs.3,000/- , Third Prize Rs.2,000/-

Last Date : August 31, 2015

Any competitor who has got a prize on one occasion will not, on any subsequent occasion, be eligible for an equivalent or lower prize. The joint authorship of essays shall not be allowed and any essay under joint authorship shall not be considered for competition.

The subject for the competition :

(i) ‘Making in India’ : Rhetoric or Reality
(ii) Clean India (Swachh Bharat)
(iii) Millennium Development Goals

The essay writers are expected to cover the following aspects in their respective entries:
Topic : ‘Making in India’ : Rhetoric or Reality

India is an agriculture economy, wherein 60 percent of its population is dependent, directly or indirectly, on agriculture; and is also witnessing largest injection of working age population in this decade. Further, with fall in the contribution of manufacturing to GDP to 17 percent, and the objective to increase it to 25 percent by 2022, lays focus on the need for ‘Make in India’ campaign. The campaign has the objective to attract foreign investors and to make the country a global manufacturing hub, to create jobs opportunities to meet the aspirations of the young population and also those moving out of agriculture. Estimates are that such manufacturing opportunities will create millions of jobs in the next decade and are required to have a sustained rate of growth of eight percent and above. This is on the line of the rapidly developed economies like, Malaysia, Indonesia china which have increased the share of GDP beyond 20 percent.

‘Make in India’ campaign by the present government, though laudable, has to be vigorously followed to make the Indian industry competitive for the rest of the world and also to upgrade the skills of our people as over six lakh units in medium, small and micro enterprises sector (MSME) in India provide jobs to about 65 percent of all employed, but it is characterized as imbalanced in terms of inefficiency with productivity gains being negatives in many industries in this sector.

Defence in India is dependent on imports for fifty percent of their equipments, and the need is why not to make them in India, same is the position of various industries like, automobile, pharmaceuticals the main drivers of manufacturing growth in India. Higher education and medical care are other areas where India is attractive and stands in favourable position in attracting customers , in particular when India is characterized having low manpower cost with better quality.

Make in India, a step towards imports substitution, to promote exports and to create job is to be adopted by States which are as most unfriendly places to do business, poor infrastructure, policy uncertainty, rigid labour laws and ‘inspector raj’ . India ranks 142 among 189 countries in terms of doing business, though has good record in putting down laws, acts and procedures but still is very poor in implementation. More so, emphasis required is to create a nation of ‘job creators’ rather than ‘job seekers’. How far the above factors will ‘Make in India’ campaign a reality!

Essay should be based on personal research or experience of the competitors and show evidence of original thinking and scholarship as well as a critical analysis of the subject. Broad generalizations should be avoided.

The essay should be in English or Hindi. The length of an essay should approximately be 5000 words and the competitors must indicate the total number of words of the essay contributed by them. Essay exceeding 5500 words will not be accepted. The contestants must indicate the total number of words of the essay, failing which it will not be accepted. All essays must be typed in double space on one side of the paper only and those entries which do not adhere to the stipulation can be rejected. It should be submitted in triplicate under a “nom-de-plume” or “alias.” The full name and address of the competitor should be given on a separate sheet and enclosed in a sealed envelope bearing the nom-de-plume on the outer cover with the following inscription.

Annual Essay Prize Competition-2015, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi.

All essays should be sent to the Director, Indian Institute of Public Administration, Indraprastha Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi-110002, by Registered Post, so as to reach him not later than the August 31, 2015. The envelope should be marked “Annual Essay Prize Competition 2015”. The entries received after the due date may not be entertained.

The essays will be adjudged by a body of judges and the award of the judges shall be final. The institute reserves the right not to make any award if none of the essays submitted meets the necessary standard. Any essay which receives an award shall become the joint intellectual property of the author and IIPA.

N.B.: Intending competitors who wish to seek any further clarification may write to The Director, Indian Institute of Public Administration, Indraprastha Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi-110002.