Child Labour
Facts: According to Census 2011 reports, India has 10.1 million working children in the age group of 5-14 years. (#diagram) Out […]
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Social Justice
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Prison Reforms & undertrials
Facts: SC : Jails are overcrowded by 150% According to official data, two of every three persons incarcerated in India
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Prison Reforms
Facts: In India there are around 1,400 prisons, ‘housing’ over 5 lakh prisoners. According to the National Crime Records Bureau’s report for 2019
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Tobacco Control
Facts: India is the second-largest consumer of tobacco in the world, with 28.6% of adults above 15 years and 8.5%
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Transforming Indian Education – UPSC GS2
Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) Launched by MHRD To enlarge and deepen the interface between India’s institutions of higher
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Swachh Bharat Mission Analysis
Background: 4 years completed The programme aims to eliminate open defecation by 2019, as fitting tribute to the 150th Birth
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Non Communicable Disease
Facts: Non-Communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases like heart attacks and stroke, Diabetes, Chronic Respiratory Diseases (Asthma and Chronic
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Manual Scavenging
What is Manual Scavenging? “Manual scavenger” means a person engaged in manually carrying human excreta and the expression “manual scavenging”
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Land Acquisition – Issues
In India under the Schedule VII, land is a state subject while land acquisition is a concurrent subject. This creates
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ESIC Reforms
Government has shown interest in reforming the Employees State Insurance Corporation of India, or ESIC. Do you think this reform