Social Issues

Government Proposes Incorporating Class 9-11 marks into Class 12 Report Cards

Context: A recent report from PARAKH, a unit created within NCERT to standardise assessments across school boards, suggests that a...

Rising Mental Health Issues Among Indians

Rising Mental Health Issues Among Indians

Context: The Economic Survey 2023-24 highlights that mental health issues have a broader impact on productivity than physical health issues....

Financing Challenges for Food Security

Context: UN report “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024” reveals that approximately 63% of low...

Cultural Mapping of Villages

Context: Under the National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM), the government has taken an initiative to provide a comprehensive overview...

Gender Gap in Education

“If you educate a man, you educate an individual, however, if you educate a woman, you educate a whole family....

Tanti-Tatwa quashed as Scheduled Caste by Supreme Court

Context The Supreme Court Monday ruled states cannot make changes to the Scheduled Caste list published under Article 341 of...

Global Education Monitoring Report of UNESCO

Context: A recent report by the Global Education Monitoring Report of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...

National Skill Development Corporation ‘s (NSDC) Recommendations to Finance Ministry

Context: NSDC recommended tax breaks/incentives to boost skills training, along with easier access to loans for skill development to strengthen...

Tobacco Industry

Context: The Delhi High Court has upheld the Central Government’s decision to require statutory warnings on pan masala packages to...

Caste Census

Context: With the census delayed until the end of 2024, there is a demand to amend the Census Act of...

NITI Aayog’s ‘Sampoornata Abhiyan’

Context: NITI Aayog to introduce ‘Sampoornata Abhiyan’, a three-month campaign scheduled to run from July 4th to September 30th, 2024....

Reversal in Progress on Zero Hunger

Reversal in Progress on Zero Hunger

Context: The progress towards achieving ‘SDG 2 – zero hunger’ has reversed with 30% of the world’s population now experiencing...

The Fertility Myth

Context: Recently, the Supreme Court stayed the release of “Hamare Baarah” (originally “Hum Do, Hamare Barah”) and directed the Bombay...

Women’s Participation in Science And Technology

Context: 300 women scientists will receive research grants for three years under the CSIR-ASPIRE scheme.   More in news: A...

Child Food Poverty

Context: Over 180 million children are significantly lacking proper nutrition according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Child Food...