Women Empowerment in India Most countries today consider gender equality and women’s empowerment to be essential for the development and well-being of families, communities and nations. No nation, society, and family can flourish and be happy if fifty per cent of its population. i.e. women and girls, are not respected, free and happy. Not just […]
One Nation One Language India | UPSC – IAS The debate over One Nation One Language started in the constituent assembly debates on the official language. — Hindi was voted as official language, however due to outpour and anti-Hindi agitation from various sections, English was also continued as an associated official language. The Constituent Assembly
POCSO Act | Child Sextual Abuse in India| UPSC – IAS India has one of the largest population of children in the world – Census data from 2011 shows that India has a population of 472 million children below the age of eighteen, of which 225 million are girls. In order to effectively address the
SDG Gender Index to measure global Gender Equality | UPSC – IAS The 2019 SDG Gender Index enables us to tell a story of global progress, as well as being a tool that gender advocates can use to frame their influencing on the gender equality elements of the SDGs. The SDG Gender Index, a new
Urbanization their Problems and their Remedies | UPSC – IAS (The Nature and Concept of Urbanization) Urbanization refers to the population shift from rural areas to urban areas, the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas, and the ways in which each society adapts to this change. Urbanization is a universal
Salient features of Indian Society | UPSC – IAS India is one of the most religiously and ethnically diverse nations in the world, with probably the most profoundly religious societies and cultures. Religion plays significant role in the life of its people. Although India is a secular Hindu-dominant country. Concept of Indian Society | UPSC
Minimum Basic Income in India | UPSC IAS Recently, there have been calls for introduction of Minimum Basic Income (MBI) in the India. The Minimum Basic Income is a social welfare system that guarantees a basic income to households, provided they meet certain conditions. This is different from Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme, which is
Role of Women and Women’s Organizations in India | UPSC – IAS (An Introduction and Analysis) Indian Society, which is largely male dominated, for the position of women in society. Not only men, even most women internalize their position in society as a fair description of their status through the ages. These generalizations apply to
Reservation in India Advantages and Disadvantages The system of reservation in India consists of a series of measures, such as reserving access to seats in the various legislatures, to government jobs, and to enrollment in higher educational institutions. The reservation nourishes the historically disadvantaged castes and tribes, listed as Scheduled Castes and Scheduled tribes (SCs
Reservation in India and its constitutional Provisions | UPSC IAS | PCS Reservation in Indian | Introduction Reservation in Indian law is a form of affirmative action whereby a percentage of seats are reserved in the public sector units, union and state civil services, union and state government departments and in all public and private
What is Globalization and its Significance, Causes and Effects ? | UPSC – IAS (Brief Overview) Globalization thrives on the world’s new, inexpensive transportation and communication facilities. It requires freedom of movement across borders of goods, services, capital, knowledge, and people. It also requires new institutions for negotiating rules and regulations across international borders. With
