Various Safeguards for Women in India: Constitutional Safeguards: Fundamental Rights: It guarantees all Indians the right to equality (Article 14), no discrimination by the State on the basis of gender (Article 15(1)) and special provisions to be made by the State in favour of women (Article 15(3)). Fundamental Duties: The Constitution imposes a fundamental duty on every citizen through Articles …
Disparity between States: The low-income States (LIS) have low accessibility to credit, investments, power availability, and high energy costs. The high-income States (HIS), on the other hand, have a big share in industry and commerce. 6 High Income States (HIS) are : Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. 6 Low Income States …
What is Section 375 in The Indian Penal Code? It defines rape. It has an exception which says “Sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of age, is not rape.” The Delhi High Court is hearing a challenge to the constitutional validity of the ‘marital rape …
Context: Some hate speech incidents have taken place in Uttarakhand and Delhi. Speakers made statements about killing Muslims to make a Hindu Rashtra, shooting a former prime minister and calling upon the police, leaders and the army to take up arms to indulge in ethnic cleansing. Government has constituted an SIT to look into the matter. Legal provisions: Indian penal code penalises …
Facts: India had about 1.38 billion (138 crore) people in 2020. Studies estimate the country’s population to peak at 1. 5-1. 6 billion somewhere between 2040 and 2048. Every year since 2003 the number of live births has been falling consistently. Fertility rate came down to 2, well below the world average in 2019. It took only 14 years …
Why India’s Population Issue is unique? – UPSC GS1 Read More »
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 …
Need of empowered City Administration – UPSC GS1 Read More »
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 …
Raise marriage age of women from 18 to 21 – UPSC GS1 Read More »