Jharkhand bill: 75% quota for locals in private jobs
Context: The Jharkhand Assembly recently passed a Bill, which provides 75% reservation for local people in the private sector up to ₹40,000 salary a month. Once notified, Jharkhand will become the third State in the country, after Andhra Pradesh and Haryana, to pass such law for the reservation in private sector jobs. Relevance: GS-II: Social […]
NCW: Rise in complaints of crimes against women in 2021
Context: The country saw a rise of 46 per cent in complaints of crimes against women in the first eight months of 2021 as against the corresponding period of 2020, according to the National Commission for Women (NCW). Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice (Issues Related to Women, Government Policies and Initiatives) Dimensions of the Article: About […]
Survey on impact of school closures and Shikshak Parv
Context: The prolonged closure of primary and upper primary schools during the pandemic months has led to “catastrophic consequences” for school students, particularly in rural India, says an emergency report. The private sector must come forward and contribute to increasing the quality of education in government schools, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while launching a […]
Over 4 billion don’t have social protection: UN
Context: In a report on the state of social protection globally, the UN’s International Labour Organization said that over half of all people in the world have no social protections. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice (Issues related to Poverty, Government Interventions and Policies, Issues arising out of the design and implementation of Government Policies) Dimensions of […]
105th Amendment: How was the backward classes policy restored?
Context: With the passing of the 127th Constitution Amendment Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha and its receiving assent from the President – the 105th Constitution Amendment will now be restoring to the States their power to identify socially and educationally backward classes is fully operational. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice and Governance (Issues related to Minorities, […]
Economic criterion not sole basis for creamy layer: SC
Context: Haryana state government had recently issued two notifications under the Haryana Backward Classes (Reservation in Services and Admission in Educational Institutions) Act of 2016. The notification had sub-classified backward classes solely on an economic basis while fixing the criteria for the creamy layer. Backward community members earning above ₹6 lakh annually were to be […]
Gujarat’s anti-conversion law
Context: The Gujarat High Court recently, stayed key provisions of The Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021 pertaining to marriages involving religious conversion of either of the two parties. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice and Governance (Government Policies and Initiatives, Issues arising out of the design and implementation of Policies), GS-II: Polity and Constitution (Constitutional […]
Afghan returnees to be vaccinated against polio
Context: India has decided to vaccinate Afghanistan returnees against polio for free as a preventive measure against the wild polio virus. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice (Issues related to Health, Government Policies and Initiatives) Dimensions of the Article: What is Polio? Recent Outbreaks of Polio Polio in India India’s Pulse Polio Programme Steps taken by the […]
Draft Arunachal Inheritance Bill
Context: The draft Arunachal Pradesh Marriage and Inheritance of Property Bill, 2021, envisaging land rights for girls has met with stiff opposition in the State. Experts have asked the Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Women (APSCW) to scrap certain provisions from the proposed Arunachal Pradesh marriage and inheritance bill, keeping in view the public sentiment […]
Minorities must be treated as ‘weaker sections’: NCM
Context: The Delhi High Court extended the deadline given to the Centre to nominate persons to all the vacant positions in the National Commission for Minorities by two months (till September 2021). The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) is now down to just one member. There is only one vice-chairperson, who is currently functioning in […]