Women often form the backbone of grassroots movements in India, yet they remain largely invisible and excluded from the decision-making process. Examine.

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Honesty and uprightness are hallmarks of a civil servant, the backbone of any strong organization. In duty they take decisions, sometimes bonafide mistakes — not intentional, no personal benefit — yet with unforeseen adverse long-term consequences. Recently, instances surfaced where civil servants were implicated, prosecuted and even imprisoned for bonafide mistakes, rattling the moral fibre of the services. How does this trend affect the functioning of the civil services? What measures can ensure honest civil servants are not implicated for bonafide mistakes? Justify.