World Inequality Report 2022
Context: World Inequality Report 2022 by the World Inequality Lab was released recently, according to which India is now among the most unequal countries in the world. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice and Governance (Issues related to poverty & minorities, Inclusive Growth) Dimensions of the Article: Highlights of the World Inequality Report 2022 About the report […]
U.P. tops list in human rights violation: MHA
Context: According to data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs to the Rajya Sabha – around 40% of human rights violation cases lodged annually by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in the past three financial years (2019-21) till October 2021 were from Uttar Pradesh. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice and Governance, GS-II: Polity and […]
Health account numbers that require closer scrutiny
Context: National Health Accounts (NHA) report for 2017-18 released shows an increase in public spending on health and a decline in out-of-pocket expenditure. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice and Governance (Issues related to Health, Government Policies and Initiatives) Dimensions of the Article: Highlights of the National Health Accounts (NHA) report 2017-18 Issues with National Health Accounts […]
The need to reopen anganwadis
Context: Being closed since the April 2020-lockdown, anganwadis are slowly reopening. Those in Karnataka, Bihar and Tamil Nadu are opening or considering opening shortly. As part of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), anganwadis play a crucial role in supporting households, particularly from low-income families, by providing childcare, health and nutrition, education, supplementary nutrition, immunisation, […]
Poshan Tracker: Rs. 1000 Crores spent
Context: The Ministry of Women and Child Development has spent over Rs. 1,000 crores on its Poshan or Nutrition Tracker, which records real-time data on malnourished and ‘severe acute malnourished’ children in each anganwadi. But four years since its launch, the Government is yet to make the data public. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice and Governance […]
World Migration Report 2022 in Climate disasters
Context: According to the World Migration Report 2022, published every second year by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) of the UN, in 2020, “30.7 million new displacements were triggered by disasters in 145 countries and territories.” Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice (Issues relating to the development and management of Social Sector/Services, Issues relating to poverty, […]
Errors of judgment in POCSO case
Context: The Allahabad High Court recently held that oral sex with a minor (aged about 10 in this case) is not a case of ‘aggravated penetrative sexual assault’ under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. This is shocking as the Act clearly lays down that “whoever commits penetrative sexual assault on a […]
PIB – 2 DECEMBER 2021
CONTENTS: INDIA-ITU JOINT CYBERDRILL 2021 NATIONAL RURAL LIVELIHOOD MISSION WORLD AIDS DAY PM MEGA INTEGRATED TEXTILE REGION AND APPAREL (PM MITRA) PARKS INDIA-ITU JOINT CYBERDRILL 2021 Focus: GS Paper – 3: Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Challenges to Internal Security through Communication Networks Why in news? Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have […]
PIB – 1 DECEMBER 2021
CONTENTS: ANAEMIA AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE COUNTRY PROGRAMME TO UPSKILL STREET FOOD VENDORS NATIONAL JAL JEEVAN MISSION (NJJM) NATIONAL EDIBLE OIL MISSION-OIL PALM (NMEO-OP) LITHIUM ANAEMIA AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE COUNTRY Focus: GS Paper 2: Health, Government Policies & Interventions, Welfare Schemes, Issues Related to Women Why in news? As per recently released […]
MGNREGA scheme: Rs. 10,000 crores more
Context: The Finance Ministry has allocated additional funds of ₹10,000 crore as an interim measure for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme after it ran out of funds allocated in the budget, according to the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD). Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice and Governance (Health and Poverty related issues, […]