Civil Services - Essay Contest

Showcase your ideas on public policy and current affairs by entering our essay writing competition. Every month, students can choose any one topic and send their essays. Make sure you first prepare well and then write down the essay as it will give you great practice for the actual UPSC essay exam. Selected essays will be published on our website with the name of the author. The best essay winner will get a free session on essay writing by one of our experts. S/he will also get a free subscription of our current affairs E magazine for six months and 50% off on our Prelims test series. Others selected will be given one month free current affairs E-magazine and 50% off on our Prelims test series.. We hope more and more students will participate in the Essay contest, which includes topics of current affairs. One should remember that these topics will be useful not only for the IAS exams but also for other competitive exams.

Practice Essay Topics for UPSC

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What are the rules of Essay contest ?

1. The essay should be sent in the word format with 14 font size. It should carry the name of the author and its e mail ID. Any other format of submission is not acceptable.
2. The essay should contain a declaration saying that its original content of the author and is not copied from anywhere.
3. If the essay is found to be copied it will be rejected and senders ID will be blocked.
4. Civil Service India reserves the Copyright of the essays; however in case of copyright infringement (copied matter) Civil Service India is not liable for it.
5. Civil Service India reserves the right to edit the essay for clarity of language, grammar and space.
6. One person can send only one essay for one topic It's advised to go through the essay carefully before sending it once and finally.
7. The Essay must be between 500 and 800 words. An ideal essay should be of 650 words.
8. Please send your entries much before the Deadline to concerninfo2012@gmail.com.

Selected Essay Topics: July & August 2021

1. Ships do not sink because of water around them, ships sink because of water that gets into them.-Vinita Murmu

2. Patriarchy is the least noticed yet the most significant structure of social inequality.-Komal Sharma

3. Technology as the silent factor in international relations.-Abraham johnson anchaniyil (Winner)

4. Ships do not sink because of water around them, ships sink because of water that get into them.-JNANDEEP BORA. (Winner)

5. SIMPLICITY IS THE ULTIMATE SOPHISTICATION-GUDIBANDI VAISHNAVI (Winner)

6. Patriarchy is the least noticed yet the most significant structure of social inequality.-Namrata Sinha (Winner)

7. Ships do not sink because of water around them, ships sink because of water that gets into them.-Nair Reshma

8. Technology as the silent factor in international relations.-Abu Taher

9. Patriarchy is the least noticed yet the most significant structure of social inequality-Anusha Kolli

Selected Essay Topics: June 2021

1. There can be no Social Justice without Economic Prosperity but Economic Prosperity without Social Justice is meaningless.-Tejaswita Sahoo(Winner)

2. LIFE IS A LONG JOURNEY BETWEEN HUMAN BEING AND BEING HUMANE-DHWANIT GOR(Winner)

3. Life is a long journey between human being and being humane-JNANDEEP BORA

4. Life is a long journey between human being to being humane-Anusha Kolli

5. Mindful manifesto is the catalyst to a tranquil self-Muhammad Fasal M B T(Winner)

Selected Essay Topics: May 2021

1. Should Indian shift being socialist economy to a capitalist economy? Why?-Monika Dash

2. AN INCREASING NUMBER OF YOUTH ARE BURDENED WITH STRESS. HOW SHOULD WE HELP THEM HOPE?-Roohi Jain

3. Should 50% of Indian Police Force Consist of Women?-

4. An increasing number of youth are burdened with stress. How should we help them hope?- NAIR RESHMA RAJASEKHARAN

5. Should indian shift being socialist economy to a capitalist economy? Why?-Trisha Nagpal(Winner)

6. An increasing number of youth are burdened with stress. How should we help them hope?-Jyotsana Soni(Winner)

7. Should 50% of Indian Police Force constitute women -Anusha Kolli (Winner)

8. SHOULD 50% OF THE INDIAN POLICE FORCE CONSTITUTE OF WOMEN? -Dhwanit Gor

9. Should 50% of Indian Police Force consist of women-Vaishali Soni

10. An increasing number of youth are burdened with stress. How should we help them hope?-Meeta Kumari

11. What is the role of a bureaucrat ? Is an IAS officer needed in new India ?-Abraham Johnson Anchaniyil(Winner)

12. Should Indian Shift being Socialist Economy to a Capitalist Economy-J.ASHRITH

13. An increasing number of youths are burdened with stress. How should we help them hope?-JNANDEEP BORA.

Selected Essay Topics: April 2021

1. The Race for Mars, where will it lead?-Vishvesh Roshan

2. “How important is to maintain Ethics in politics?”- Vaishali Soni

3. “How important is it to maintain ethics in politics?”-JNANDEEP BORA.(Winner)

Selected Essay Topics: March 2021

1. The future of petrol after electric cars. Discuss the geopolitical changes it will result in.-Monika Dash

2. Future Of Petrol after Electric cars and the subsequent Geopolitical changes-Nirmit Patil(Winner)

3. Satyagrah, its relevance today. Analyse.-Padma Bandaru

4. Future of petrol after electric cars- Geopolitical changes it will result in.-Namrata Sinha.

5. The future of petrol after electric cars. Discuss the geopolitical changes it will result in.-THORAM AISHWARYA

6. Satyagraha it’s relevance today-Ishani Ghosh(Winner)

Selected Essay Topics: February 2021

1. Is reconstructing our past more important than building our future?-Arathi Nair K G(Winner)

2. Is the way we consume our food the reason for increase in diseases like cancer, mental illness and PCOD-Juli Medhi(Winner)

3. Mental And Physical Strength How Important Is It For Success-Aditya Kumar Rai

4. Mental And Physical Strength How Important Is It For Success-Gudibandi Vaishnavi(Winner)

Selected Essay Topics: January 2021

1. Is it important to be a good human being and accommodating or should we be aggressive and achieve success?-Prakhar Nema

2. -“Is it important to be a good human being and accommodating or we should be aggressive and achieve success?”-JNANDEEP BORA.

3. How can individuals contribute to the growth of a nation’s economy-ABRAHAM JOHNSON ANCHANIYIL(Winner)

4. HOW CAN INDIVIDUALS CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH OF A NATIONS ECONOMY?- G.VAISHNAVI

5. In the tussle between a local vaccine and an international vaccine , how does a government decide ?-Adhyan Srivastava(Winner)

6. Is it important to be a good human being and accommodating or should we be aggressive and achieve success?- Vidhiveerbhan(Winner)

Selected Essay Topics: December 2020

1. Life lessons that coronavirus taught me-G.VAISHNAVI(Winner)

2. “Life lessons that corona virus taught me”.-JNANDEEP BORA.

3. LIFE LESSONS THAT CORONA VIRUS TAUGHT ME.-Vidhi Veerbhan

4. LIFE LESSONS THAT CORONA VIRUS THOUGHT ME –-ADARSH BAJPAI

Selected Essay Topics: September- 2020

1. DOES INDIA NEED MORE MISSILES OR MORE INDUSTRIES.-B.DWARAKANADHA REDDY

2. Depression and work from home- explore the relationship!-Avishi Agrawal Class 10th (Winner)

3. NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL POLICY-ANALYSE AND GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS.-M. Jhoshit Reddy(Winner)

4. National Education Policy Analyze and Suggestions-Sharooq Ahamed

5. Dose India need more Missiles or More Industries?-Jayant Joshi

6. Dose India need more Missiles or More Industries?-Avinash Srivastava

7. COMMENT’S ON INDIA’S POLICY OF SOCIALISM-B.DWARAKANADHA REDDY(Winner)

8. DEPRESSION AND WORK FROM HOME, EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP-Vidhi Veerbhan

9. DEPRESSION AND WORK FROM HOME,EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP.-B. V. Krishna Reddy

10. Does India need more missiles or more industries?-Jnandeep Bora (Winner)

Selected Essay Topics: August - 2020

1. Covid -19, the roadmap to recovery. Getting the economy back on track.-Name(Winner)

2. Covid-19, the roadmap to the recovery. Getting the economy back to track -Impana

3. Future of TV Channels with the advent of OT4T Platform-Anusha Kolli(Winner)

4. Covid-19 a road map to recovery getting the economy back on track-Sharooq Ahamed

5. What would the covid-19 pendemic be like without internet.-Anjali Sharma

6. What would the Covid pandemic be like without internet?-Naveen G

7. What would the Covid-19 pandemic be like without internet?-Mahitha B(Winner)

8. Nepotism in bollywood – the truth and the speculations.-Mahitha B

9. Nepotism in Bollywood - the truth and the speculations-Prachi Jha(Winner)

10. What would the covid pandemic be like without internet-Juli Medhi

Selected Essay Topics: July - 2020

1. Online schooling, can it be the future of education?-B. Dwarakanadha Reddy

2. Has the family gained during corona times? The good, bad and the ugly of being quarantined at home-Palak Nayar

3. India china border issues – how can India maintain balance between conflict & trade relations? is make in India a solution, even as raw materials are supplied by china-Abirami.A

4. India China border issues – How can India maintain balance between conflict and trade relations? Is make in India a solution even as raw materials are supplied by China?-Shuvajyoti Dutta

5. Online schooling, can it be the future of education?-Monika Dash

6. COVID-19: Biodiversity Conservation– Our Solutions are in Nature-Shivani Singh Sengar(Winner)

7. Is humanity enough to handle crisis and serving people in need?-Jnandeep Bora

8. India china border issues – how can India maintain balance between conflict & trade relations? is make in India a solution, even as raw materials are supplied by china-Naveen G

9. Has the family gained during corona times? The good, bad, & the ugly of being quarantined at home.-Naveen G

10. Online schooling, can it be the future of education?-Anjali Sharma

11. Online schooling, can it be the future of education?-Sangeeta Paul

Selected Essay Topics: June - 2020

1. Is Work From Home next big thing as companies and individuals save resources like time and money?-Anusha Kolli(Winner)

2. What is freedom? Is lockdown a curtailment of our right to freedom?-Jnandeep Bora

3. What is freedom? Is lockdown a curtailment of our right to freedom?-Shraddha Srivastava(Winner)

4. Is Working From Home The Next Big Thing as Companies and Individuals Can Save Resources Like Time and Money?-Chitrak Dey

5. Handling the migrant labor issue during corona, discuss-Purvi Soni

6. What is freedom? Is lockdown a curtailment of our right to freedom?-Sangeeta Paul

7. How can the global economy survive Corona?-G Naveen(Winner)

8. How can the global economy survive Corona?-B. Dwarakanadha Reddy

Selected Essay Topics: May 2020

1. Is being vegetarian the way to go for the world ?-Abraham Johnson Anchaniyil

2. Challenges to the world economy in 2020-Sangeeta Paul(Winner)

3. Is online education and work from home here to stay?-Snigdha Kashyap

4. Is online education and work from home here to stay?-Divyam Vyas

5. Is Online Education and Work from Home Here To Stay?-Chitrak Dey(Winner)

6. Is online education and work from home here to stay?-Avantika Verma

7. Has the corona virus brought the family together or has it strained relations.- Maheba M(Winner)

8. Has the corona virus brought the family together or it has strained the relations?-Savita Malik

9. Has the corona virus brought the family together or Has it strained relations? -Antra Shukla

10. Is online education and work from home here to stay?-Harshini Manthripragada

11. Challenges to the world economy in 2020-B. Dwarakanadha Reddy

12. Is Online Education And Work From Home Here To Stay ?-Suvojit Sen

13. Is online education and work from home here to stay?-Pallavi Seth

14. Is becoming vegetarian way to go for the world?-Pallavi Seth

15. Is becoming vegetarian way to go for the world?-Ankush Gaba(Winner)

16. Is becoming vegetarian the way to go for the world?-Tasha.B.Joseph

17. Challenges To The World Economy In 2020-Monika Dash

Selected Essay Topics: April - 2020

1. How Does A Leader Impact The Destiny Of His Country?-Priyanka Singh(Winner)

2. How Does A Leader Impact The Destiny Of His Country?-PALAK MEHTA

3. Happiness-- how dependent is it on external factors?-Sangeeta Paul

4. Happiness--- how dependent is it on external factors-Jnandeep Bora

5. HAPPINESS- how dependant it is on external factors ?-Adarsh Bajpai(Winner)

6. Happiness-how Dependent Is It On External Factors-Isha Rastogi

Selected Essay Topics: March 2020

1. How does a society gain if more and more women are employed as decision makers?-Babun Chandra Pal

2. How does a society gain if more and more women are employed as decision makers?-JNANDEEP BORA

3. How does a society gain if more women are employed as decision maker-Pallavi Seth(Winner)

4. How does a society gain if more and more women are employed as decision makers?-Mano

5. Is being rich more Important than being righteous?-Abraham Johnson Achaniyil

6. How does a society gain if more and more women are employed as decision makers?-Ayush Kokate

7. How does a society gain if more and more women are employed as decision makers?-Vaishali

Selected Essay Topics: February 2020

1. Is the world prepared to handle outbreak and spread of diseases like the Corona Virus?-Monika Dash(Winner)

2. What is it to be human? What defines humanity?-Jnandeep Bora(Winner)

3. Is The World Prepared To Handle Outbreak And Spread Of Disease Like Corona Virus -Abhishek Kumar Rawat

4. Domestic violence, how can we control it?-Himangshu Sarmah (Winner)

5. Domestic violence, how can we control it?-Snigdha Kashyap

6. Domestic violence, how can we control it?-Sangeeta Paul

Selected Essay Topics: January - 2020

1. Contribution and growth of women in sports in India-Gurkirandeep kaur (Winner)

2. Should students limit themselves to studies and stay away from agitations?-Snigdha Kashyap(Winner)

3. Is CAA against the spirit of the Indian Constitution? What are the social and economic ramifications?-SAMPADA PULKESHI SANGA

4. Is CAA against the spirit of the Indian Constitution? What are the social and economic ramifications?-ARPIT SAMANT

5. Is CAA against the spirit of the Indian Constitution? What are the social and economic ramifications?-Anand Sharma(Winner)

6. Should students limit themselves to studies and stay away from agitations?-Arunava Das

Selected Essay Topics: December - 2019

1. Are we corrupt as a nation? How can the common man stay away from activities that encourage Corruption?-SRISHAKTHI.M
2. Are we corrupt as a nation? How can the common man stay away from activities that encourage Corruption?-ADARSH BAJPAI
3. Are we corrupt as a nation? How can the common man stay away from activities that encourage Corruption?-ARPIT SAMANT(Winner)
4. Air Pollution, the road ahead. Will using alternate number cars, no firecrackers in Diwali help?-NIVEDITA ROY(Winner)
5. Air Pollution, the road ahead. Will using alternate number cars, no firecrackers in Diwali help?-Sangeeta Paul
6. Is nationalism above humanism?-ABRAHAM JOHNSON ANCHANIYIL
7. Is nationalism above humanism?-Sujeet Kumar(Winner)
8. Should India, Pakistan and Bangladesh become one country? List advantages and disadvantages.-JNANDEEP BORA(Winner)

Selected Essay Topics: November - 2019

1. Unemployment in India and the roadmap ahead.- SADIQUE MD YUSUF SHAIKH(Winner)
2. Rural development – what are the possibilities?.- ZEENAT ABDUL KARIM SHAIKH
3. Rural development – what are the possibilities?.- NIVEDITA ROY(Winner)
4. Can live in relationships be considered a new age form of marriage?- shuvajyoti dutta
5. Can live in relationships be considered a new age form of marriage?- JNANDEEP BORA. (Winner)
6. What does the youth of India want? Engaging the youth.- Shaoni Chakraborty
7. What does the youth of India want? Engaging the youth.- Rachna Gupta (Winner)

Selected Essay Topics: October - 2019

1. Biased Media is a real threat to Indian Democracy.- Sangeeta paul(Winner)
2. Biased Media is a real threat to Indian Democracy.- Surya M
3. Rise of Artificial Intelligence : the threat of jobless future through reskilling and upskilling- Maryam Maqsood (Winner)
4. Courage to accept and decision to improve are two keys to success- SRISHAKTHI.M(Winner)

Selected Essay Topics: September - 2019

1. How Important the Role of a Housewife to India’s Economic Growth? - Srishakthi.M
2. Feeding India's Billion plus Population , the Roadmap Ahead. - Uday Kiran.D
3. What Does Marriage Mean to the Millennials in India? - Surya. M
4. What Does Marriage Mean to the Millennials in India? - Abraham Johnson Anchaniyil.
5. Feeding India's Billion plus Population , the Roadmap Ahead. - Niharika Tahasheeldar
6. Tree Plantation Drives, Are They Enough to Get Sufficient Rains - Prathamesh Mahajan
7. Feeding India's Billion plus Population , the Roadmap Ahead. - Krupan.P.M(Winner)
8. Feeding India's Billion plus Population , the Roadmap Ahead. - Goutham.R
9. What Does Marriage Mean to the Millennials in India? - Jnandeep Bora(Winner)
10. How Important the Role of a Housewife to India’s Economic Growth? - Nikita Mehta
11. Feeding India's Billion plus Population , the Roadmap Ahead. - Shuvajyoti Dutta

Selected Essay Topics: August - 2019

1. Fulfilment of ”new Women” in India Is a Myth - Dr.Rashmi Bhat.
2. Fulfilment of ”new Women” in India Is a Myth - Yohalakshmi Nethi Gopalakrishnan
3. Farming Has Lost the Ability to Be a Source of Subsistence for Majority of Farmers in India - M.Surya(Winner)
4. Is There Enough Employment for the Youth of India? What Can Be Done? - Jnandeep Bora.(Winner)

Selected Essay Topics: July - 2019

1. Customary Morality Cannot Be a Guide to Modern Life - Karthiayani Nair
2. A Good Life Is One Inspired by Love and Guided by Knowledge - Krupan P M(Winner)
3. A People That Values Its Privileges above Its Principles, Loses Both - Shuvajyoti Dutta

Selected Essay Topics: June - 2019

1. Alternative Technologies for Climate Change. - Surya
2. Alternative Technologies for Climate Change. - Sayyed Samreen Roomi
3. Poverty Anywhere is a Threat to Prosperity Everywhere. - Durgesh Kumar Singh(Winner)
4. Poverty Anywhere is a Threat to Prosperity Everywhere. - Mimansa Sahrawat
5. Poverty Anywhere is a Threat to Prosperity Everywhere. - Jnandeep Bora

Selected Essay Topics: May - 2019

1. Rise of Religious Terrorism in Sri Lanka - Sayed Nishat Tanaum(Winner)
2. India's Decision to Create Indo-pacific Division. - Malavika.R
3. The Proposal to Allow Dentist Practice as General Physician. - Reshma Bhat.DR

Selected Essay Topics: April - 2019

1. Rahul Gandhi's minimum income guarantee scheme - Harshini Manthripragada(Winner)

Selected Essay Topics: March - 2019

1. Priyanka Gandhi and her entry into politics - JNANDEEP BORA(Winner)
2. Pulwama terror attack and its aftermath - Amit Aseri(Selected)
3. Government announcement of No tax for income till Rs. 5 lakh - Sneha Lad(Selected)

Essay Topics: February - 2019

1. 10 Per Cent Reservation For General Category - Veena Goyal(Winner)
2. 10 Per Cent Reservation For General Category - Manish Kumar(Selected)

1. Economic Offenders in India - Abraham Johnson Achaniyil(Selected)

Essay Topics: January - 2019

1. Plastic ban in India - Manish Kumar(Winner)

1. Importance of reservation of seats for women in Parliament - Dr Rashmi Bhat(Selected)