Facts: Women make up only a fifth of ISRO’s workforce. Women form 0.56% of our army, 1.08% of the air force and 6.5% of the navy In the Indian judiciary, only 11 (or 4.2%) of Supreme Court judges over the past 71 years have been women, and not a single woman has headed it since 1950. Gender Stereotypes: Perceptions and stereotypes: Perceptions that boys are naturally more …
Over the last decade, India’s sporting culture has seen tremendous improvement in terms of: Parental support, The expansion of government and corporate programs such as: Khelo India Fit India TOPS The overall social acceptance of sports as a career.
Facts: Cities across the world contribute about 80% of global GDP. In India: Around 50% of a city’s population occupies 10% of the land 26-37 million families in urban India reside in informal housing. Impacts of unbalanced urbanization in India: Environmental Vulnerability: Unbalanced development has made cities more vulnerable to environmental shocks that get more frequent …
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According to the WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report for 2021, India is ranked at number 140 out of 156 nations. It is a drop of 28 places compared to last year. While Bangladesh is the best performer in South Asia, ranked 65th. Comparison between India and Bangladesh Indicators where Bangladesh doing better than India- Sex …
Context: The Union Cabinet has passed a proposal to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, the same as men. The government has taken this decision based on the recommendations of the Committee headed by Jaya Jaitly. What is the minimum age of marriage currently? For Hindus, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 sets 18 …
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Findings of World Inequality Report: Top 10% earn 57% of national income, and within that top 1% earns 22% while the bottom 50% earn only 13% of the income. This deeply impacts social mobility. This has also translated to inequalities in education and the labour market. What trends emerge from labour market analysis? Since the …
NOTE: Good content for essays on globalisation Globalization in the past Human beings have travelled to distant places to survive, trade, and communicate. Harappan seals dating back to 3000 BCE found in Mesopotamia indicate trade and contacts between ancient civilizations. The number Zero, algebra, gunpowder, religions spread around the world like wildfire. Changes: Globalization isn’t …
National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reports show that in almost all the states of the Indian Union, irrespective of the party holding office, religious minorities are over-represented in jail. Muslims are over-represented among jail inmates in almost all the Hindu-majority states. For example, In Assam, Muslims, according to the 2011 census, are 34% of the population and …
Facts: As per the World Air Quality Report of 2020, published by IQAir, 22 out of the 30 most polluted cities in the world are in India. Delhi’s pollution, in November, is generally above 300 on AQI scale. It is the worst amongst the G20 members capital’s where AQI is below 50 mostly, as per World Air …
As per NITI Aayog National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Impact of college educated females : Graduate Females Nutrition Schooling Electricity Access >2.2% of Population 30% deprived 8.4% deprived 5.2% deprived <2.2% of Population 42.3% derived 18% deprived 15.9% deprived