Statement: Should government established higher level Institutes of Technology (IIT's) be privatized?

Arguments:

1. Yes. Privatization will make these institutes financially healthy, competitive and quality conscious.
2. Yes. Privatization is the key of the new era - can we survive without it?
3. No. Standard of education of these institutes will fall.

Arguments:

1. Yes. They are equally capable.
2. No. They have to shoulder household responsibilities.
3. Yes. They should also go into the outside world.

Arguments:

1. Yes. It is the present management theory.
2. No. Many workers are illiterate and so their contributions will not be of any value.
3. Yes. Employees-owned companies generally have higher productivity.
4. No. Employee-union ownership drives up salaries and wages.

Arguments:

1. Yes. This would give more opportunities of development to the weaker sections of the society and thus help reduce the gap between the affluent and the downtrodden in India.
2. No. The private sector does not get any government assistance and therefore they should not be saddled with such policies.
3. No. Nowhere else in the world such a practice is being followed.
4. No. The management of the private sector undertaking would not agree to such compulsions.

Arguments:

1. Yes. It will be beneficial for those candidates who are unable to bear the expenses of entrance tests.
2. Yes. Many deserving candidates securing high marks in their qualifying academic examinations do not perform well on such entrance tests.
3. No. The standard of examinations and assessment conducted by different Boards and universities are not comparable and hence there is a need to conduct entrance tests to calibrate them on a common yardstick.

Arguments:

1. No. It would be an injustice to those juniors who are more deserving and suitable for higher positions than their senior counterparts.
2. Yes. Otherwise senior employees do feel humiliated.
3. Yes. Senior employees are more experienced and must be rewarded for the same.

Arguments:

1. Yes. This is the only way to bring about uniformity in the educational standards.
2. No. This is administratively impossible.
3. Yes. This will make the degrees procured by students, comparable for offering jobs.

Arguments:

1. Yes. The present stock of coal will not last long if we continue mining at the present rate.
2. No. We do not have alternate energy source of sufficient quantity.
3. No. This will put millions of people at a disadvantage and their lives will get adversely affected and also the industry.

Arguments:

1. Yes. This will considerably simplify the tax collection mechanism and the cost of collecting tax will also reduce.
2. Yes. The manufacturers and traders will be benefited by this which in turn will boost tax collection.
3. No. No other country has adopted such system.

Arguments:

1. Yes. This is the only way to sustain present rate of technological development in India.
2. No. The Indians settled abroad send huge amount of foreign exchange and this constitutes a significant part of foreign exchange reserve.
3. No. The practical knowledge gained by Indians by working in other countries help India develop its economy.

Arguments:

1. Yes. It is wrong to smoke away millions of money.
2. No. It will throw thousands of workers in the tobacco industry out of employment.
3. No. The government will lose huge amount of money as it will not earn by way of taxes on these products.