GPSC Class 1 & 2 case studies

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The Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) recruits for the Gujarat Administrative Service, Class-1, the Gujarat Civil Services, Class-1 & Class-2, and the Gujarat Municipal Chief Officer Service, Class-2 - the combined advertisement commonly called GPSC Class 1 & 2. This is a state civil-services credential, aimed at graduates who want a career in Gujarat's administrative, revenue, police, and municipal cadres rather than a single technical post. The GPSC Class 1 & 2 case studies are 5 cases and about 3,722 words.

Cyclone Evacuation Sequence Under Shelter and Tide Constraints

At 0600 on 12 June the India Meteorological Department upgrades a deep depression in the Arabian Sea to a severe cyclonic storm, expected to make landfall near Porbandar in 34 hours with winds of 110-120 km/h and a storm surge of 2.5 m. You are the Sub-Divisional Magistrate of a coastal taluka with nine villages in the inundation zone and 4,200 residents.

762 words, about 4 min 2

Groundwater Allocation Between Dyeing Units, Farmers and Fluoride-Affected Villages

You chair a district-level committee in a semi-arid block of Gujarat where the Central Ground Water Board records an aquifer decline of 2.4 m a year over five years; 38 per cent of wells now go dry in summer. Twenty-seven textile dyeing and processing units draw 9.6 million litres a day from borewells under no-objection certificates issued in 2014, all of which expire in three months.

771 words, about 4 min 3

Substandard Road, a Politically Connected Contractor and a Subordinate's Bribe Admission

You take charge as Municipal Commissioner of a mid-sized city on 1 May. On 9 May an internal audit note shows that 3.4 km of road leading to four schools and the district hospital was laid in February at a cost of 6.7 crore rupees, but core samples from 7 of 11 locations show bitumen thickness of 42 mm against a specification of 50 mm.

715 words, about 4 min 4

Tribal Residential Schools: Where to Spend an Unspent Grant Before December

You are District Primary Education Officer in a tribal district with 14 residential schools of 4,800 seats. Enrolment was 4,120 in June and 2,640 by December; the sharpest fall is at Class 9, where 38 per cent of girls enrolled in Class 8 never appear.

744 words, about 4 min 5

Solar Park on Grazing Land: Livelihood, Wildlife and the Subsidy Deadline

The state has approved a 900 MW solar park on 4,600 acres of revenue land in a dry district. Of this, 1,700 acres are recorded as grazing land used by 11 maldhari families with about 2,400 head of cattle and sheep; 900 acres are under cultivation by 220 households that have farmed it for 12 years.

730 words, about 4 min