Mr Kaswan’s tweet has garnered over 329,000 views and nearly 3,000 likes.
Every year, lakhs of UPSC aspirants appear for the Civil Services Examination, however, only a lucky few make it through. The exam includes many offbeat questions which can be difficult to answer.
Now recently an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer shared his experience of appearing in a civil services interview where he was asked about India’s spending on space missions when the country was battling poverty. Taking to Twitter IFS Parveen Kaswan gave his reply. He also asked his followers how they would answer this tricky question.
“My Civil Services Interview!! ‘Third Board Member: We are spending crores on space missions and here we have so much poverty, how do you see it??'” Mr Kaswan wrote.
My Civil Services Interview!!
“3rd Board Member: We are spending crores on space mission and here we have so much poverty, how do you see it??
Me: Sir, I think both the things are not competitive in nature. In 1928, Dr. CV Raman while inquiring about the color of the sea…
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) June 2, 2023
“Me: Sir, I think both the things are not competitive in nature. The idea of Raman scattering was given by Dr. CV Raman in 1928 while inquiring about the color of the sea water and today Raman has been used in many fields including spectroscopy. Used on a large scale. Medical science. It takes time but research does bear fruit,” the IFS officer revealed.
Mr Kaswan shared the tweet on Friday morning and since then there have been several reactions to his post. Many users also shared their views.
One user wrote, “I would use the example of geo satellites which help in accurate weather forecasting. India’s major population is still agrarian and they are heavily dependent on weather. ISRO’s reaching for the stars means finally There will be better awareness among farmers about the weather.” ,
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“We cannot eliminate poverty by reducing our costs in some area of exploration. People are poor because they are not earning. They are not earning because they are not skilled. They are not skilled because our education system Flawed. What we need to work on,” said another.
A third user commented, “Research multiplier is 100 times, but yields come in 10 years. Space missions will help us find out the problems that cause nature-based disasters and help in eradicating poverty.” ” The fourth said, “This question arises when we do not have enough resources for both the sectors. But, poverty is caused by inefficient use of resources, i.e. manpower resource or any other resource. The problem is in the missions on earth, not that in resources. space”.
Mr Kaswan’s tweet has garnered over 329,000 views and nearly 3,000 likes.
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