Category: Social Issues
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Drugs and HIV in India’s Northeast: An Uneven Epidemic
Drugs and HIV in India’s Northeast: An Uneven Epidemic Context: India’s latest HIV Estimates 2023 reveal sharp regional disparities even as national infections decline, with several Northeastern states reporting rising prevalence linked to drug-trafficking corridors. What are the major concerns of the Northeastern region? High HIV Burden Concentrated in Border States: According to NACO’s HIV…
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असम का बहुविवाह विरोधी विधेयक 2025 -कानूनी प्रावधान, प्रमुख मुद्दे और प्रभाव
असम बहुविवाह विरोधी विधेयक 2025 बहुविवाह को अपराध घोषित करते हुए 10 वर्ष तक की सज़ा, जुर्माना, अयोग्यता और पीड़ितों के लिए मुआवज़ा प्रदान करता है। जानिए बहुविवाह क्या है, भारत में इसका कानूनी ढांचा, विधेयक के प्रावधान, अपवाद, सामाजिक प्रभाव और इससे जुड़े प्रमुख विवाद। असम का बहुविवाह विरोधी विधेयक 2025 असम सरकार ने…
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Assam’s Anti-Polygamy Bill 2025: Key Features, Legal Issues, and Social Implications
Understand the Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025—its key provisions, punishments, exemptions for tribal communities, legal challenges under personal laws, concerns of gender justice, and the emerging debate on federalism, social impact, and implementation challenges. Assam’s Anti-Polygamy Bill 2025: The Assam government tabled the Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025 in the state assembly which…
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Extreme Poverty Decline shows Kerala progress
Kerala’s success in eliminating extreme poverty under its 2021 Extreme Poverty Eradication Project (EPEP) showcases a rights-based, multidimensional approach to deprivation. Learn how Kerala’s model differs from traditional poverty metrics, its implementation strategy, and lessons for other Indian states battling chronic poverty. Kerala Eliminates Extreme Poverty Kerala’s recent claim of eliminating extreme poverty is based…
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Basic Structure and Anti-Conversion Laws
Explore how India’s anti-conversion laws intersect with the Basic Structure doctrine. This detailed analysis explains their constitutional challenges, key provisions, and implications for secularism, equality, and religious freedom — essential for UPSC Polity and Constitution preparation. Basic Structure and Anti-Conversion Laws: Constitutional Scrutiny and Implications As a decade after the first wave of anti-conversion laws,…
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Kerala Development Model Faces Emerging Challenges
Kerala’s development model has made it India’s first poverty-free state in 2025, but challenges like weak industrial growth, fiscal stress, and high unemployment threaten its sustainability. Explore insights on Kerala’s economy and future growth path. Kerala Development Model Faces Emerging Challenges | Kerala Economy & Growth Analysis 2025 Kerala’s recognition in 2025 as India’s first…
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RDIF and India’s Knowledge Economy
Explore how India’s ₹1-lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation Fund (RDIF) aims to transform India into a knowledge-driven economy through R&D financing, innovation, and high-skilled growth. RDIF and India’s Knowledge Economy The recent Nobel Prize in Economics (2025)—awarded for research on innovation-led growth—has reaffirmed a central economic truth: nations prosper not merely by accumulating capital…
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Urban Planning Reforms for Viksit Bharat
India’s journey toward Viksit Bharat (Developed India) depends on strong urban planning and sustainable city development. This blog explores how India can reform its outdated master plans through inclusive growth, environmental planning, regional integration, and good urban governance to create resilient, people-centric, and future-ready cities. Reforming Urban Planning for a Viksit Bharat Vision Urban planning…
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PM VIKAS Scheme: Skilling and Empowering Minority Communities
PM VIKAS integrates skilling, innovation, and heritage preservation to empower India’s minority communities for inclusive growth. Introduction The Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS) Scheme is a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Minority Affairs that seeks to drive inclusive socio-economic empowerment among India’s minority communities. Recently, the Ministry signed a Memorandum of Understanding…
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AI for Inclusive Societal Development
NITI Aayog’s study “AI for Inclusive Societal Development” highlights the need for equitable AI growth. It proposes Mission Digital ShramSetu to empower India’s 490 million informal workers through AI, blockchain, and digital skilling for inclusive economic transformation. Context The NITI Aayog has released a pioneering study titled “AI for Inclusive Societal Development”, aiming to ensure…
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DRAVYA Portal: Digitising Ayush Knowledge
The Ministry of Ayush launches the DRAVYA Portal to digitise Ayurvedic knowledge. Developed by CCRAS, this AI-ready platform bridges traditional wisdom and modern science, promoting evidence-based research and global collaboration in Ayush medicine. Context The Ministry of Ayush has launched the DRAVYA (Digitised Retrieval Application for Versatile Yardstick of Ayush) portal, a digital platform developed…
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Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 – Laszlo Krasznahorkai
Discover the life and art of Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. Explore how his long, poetic sentences, dark humour, and vision of endurance transform chaos into meaning and reaffirm the power of art in an uncertain world. Introduction In 2025, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to…
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Competitive Exams in India: Are We Measuring the Right Skills?
Devina Mehra critiques India’s competitive exams like CAT and UPSC, highlighting how speed, rote learning, and generalist selection overlook creativity, emotional intelligence, and specialised skills, leading to wasted talent and inefficiency. Introduction : Competitive Exams in India In her critique, “Competitive Exams in India: Are We Testing the Right Parameters?” (Mint, October 9, 2025), financier…
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MGNREGA 2025 Reforms: Strengthening Rural Water Conservation in India
Learn how MGNREGA 2025 reforms mandate block-level spending on water conservation and harvesting projects. Explore the impact on groundwater resilience, rural employment, and sustainable agriculture in India. Context Amid growing concerns over India’s deepening groundwater crisis, the Centre has amended Schedule-I of the MGNREGA Act, 2005, mandating minimum spending on water conservation and harvesting projects…
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Crimes Against Children Rise in 2023 : NCRB Report
India’s NCRB 2023 report shows a 10-fold rise in crimes against children since 2005. Learn about key trends, reasons for increased reporting, and how awareness and community initiatives can strengthen child safety and justice. Context The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, Crime in India 2023, reveals a worrying yet complex trend — crimes against…
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ULLAS: Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society
ULLAS (Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society) promotes adult literacy and lifelong learning in India. Discover its framework, achievements, and impact on inclusive education. Context India’s literacy mission has gained significant national attention through ULLAS (Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society), especially after states such as Himachal Pradesh declared themselves fully…
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India’s Path to Energy Self-Reliance: Strategic, Sustainable, and Inclusive
Explore India’s roadmap for energy Atmanirbharta, combining strategic mineral reserves, clean technology, global partnerships, and legislative reforms to achieve sustainable and resilient energy self-reliance. Introduction Energy security has become a central concern for all modern nations, and especially for a growing power like India. Within the framework of “Viksit Bharat” (Developed India) and “Atmanirbharta” (self-reliance),…
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The Pandemic Fund and the Next Global Health Crisis
Learn how the World Bank’s Pandemic Fund, launched in 2022, is financing global health preparedness. Discover its focus on disease surveillance, public health workforce, and equity to prevent the next pandemic crisis. Context In 2024, the Pandemic Fund fast-tracked US$129 million to contain the Mpox outbreak across ten Sub-Saharan African nations and has since announced…
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EAT–Lancet 2025 Report: Planetary Health Diet & Planetary Boundaries
Less than 1% of people live within ecological limits. The EAT–Lancet 2025 Report maps how food systems drive planetary boundary breach and prescribes the planetary health diet — a sustainable, equitable diet model for health and environment. Context The new EAT–Lancet Commission Report, released on 3 October 2025, delivers a grim assessment: less than 1%…
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India’s Diet and the Diabetes–Obesity Link: What Needs to Change
India’s carbohydrate-heavy diet and high sugar intake are fuelling diabetes, obesity, and prediabetes. An ICMR study highlights low protein, unhealthy fats, and micronutrient imbalance as key risks. Shifting towards millets, plant proteins, healthy fats, and nutrition-focused policies can curb the epidemic and promote balanced, sustainable diets nationwide. Context A landmark study by the Indian Council…
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Model Youth Gram Sabha (MYGS) Initiative
The Model Youth Gram Sabha (MYGS) simulates Gram Sabha meetings, empowering students with civic skills, grassroots governance experience, and democratic values. Context: Modelled on the lines of popular simulations like the Model United Nations (MUN), the Ministry of Panchayati Raj in collaboration with the Ministries of Education and Tribal Affairs, is set to launch the…