INCLUDE ELIGIBLE DISABLED PERSONS IN NFSA
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? The Department of Food and Public Distribution under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution has sent letters to States Governments/UTs to include all eligible disabled persons under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013. Details The NFSA Act mandates that the Central Government may from time […]
OVER 80% OF STUDENTS DEPEND ON MOBILES: NCERT
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? School education in the time of COVID is heavily dependent on mobile phones, with 80-90% of older students in Central government schools saying they use mobiles rather than laptops to access digital schooling during the pandemic, according to an official sample survey conducted by the National Council of […]
MINIMUM AGE OF MARRIAGE FOR WOMEN: MAKE IT SAME
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Introduction The government’s decision to reconsider the minimum age of marriage for women is a step welcomed by many. Currently pegged at 18 years for women and 21 for men, the minimum age of marriage is a product of personal laws that mostly do not have equal rights for women. For […]
HARYANA’S ASHA WORKERS DISCONNECTED
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? At the frontline of the country’s battle against COVID-19, Accredited Social Health Activists, or ASHAs, in Haryana have gone on strike after they were issued new Jio 4G SIM cards and their old SIMs disabled to ensure they migrate to android phones for better monitoring of service delivery. […]
ARIIA-2020 ANNOUNCED
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? The Vice-President of India virtually announced Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2020. Highlights The Vice President called upon researchers and scientists to pay greater attention to agriculture and come up with innovations to address the problems faced by farmers stressing on the need for preventing […]
PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? More than 1800 roads of length greater than 11,000 kilometres and 84 bridges have been completed in Jammu & Kashmir under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. Benefits cited: With construction of such all weather roads, the socio-economic condition of the inhabitants of the stated villages will certainly […]
TRIBAL HEALTH & NUTRITION PORTAL – ‘SWASTHYA’
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? A series of initiatives were announced by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs which included the Tribal Health and Nutrition Portal ‘Swasthya’ and e-newsletter on health and nutrition ALEKH; opening of National Overseas Portal and National Tribal Fellowship Portal. Details of Initiatives ‘Swasthya’ The e-portal ‘Swasthya’ is a first […]
ISSUES FACING ONLINE EDUCATION
Focus: GS-III Social Justice Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the education sector globally as classes have been suspended to enforce social distancing and educational institutions, from schools to universities, have shifted to online methods of teaching and evaluation. This has encouraged some sort of a permanent tilt, if not a complete shift, to online […]
A DIGITAL PUSH FOR HEALTHCARE
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Introduction A personal health record (PHR) is a health record where health data and other information related to the care of a patient is maintained by the patient. An electronic health record (EHR) is the systematized collection of patient and population electronically-stored health information in a digital format, which can be […]
INDIAN RAILWAYS GENERATES WORK UNDER GKRA
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? Indian Railways has generated more than 5.5 lakhs mandays of work under Gareeb Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan in 6 States viz. Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (PM – GKRA) The Government of India launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) initiative […]