Current Affair Category: Social Issues

Why in News? The  completions of  9 years  of Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan  was recently highlighted in major news papers. The article highlights Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan (Accessible India Campaign) as a transformative initiative launched to create an inclusive environment for persons with disabilities (PwDs) in India. It reflects on its achievements over the past nine years […]

Electronic Tracking of Undertrials on Bail: Benefits and Challenges: Why in News? This article explores the concept of electronically tracking undertrial prisoners released on bail, a measure proposed to address India’s prison overcrowding crisis. What is Electronic Tracking of Prisoners? It refers to the use of electronic devices, such as ankle bracelets, wristbands, or other […]

What India’s AI Safety Institute could do?  Article Published : The Hindu ( 02/12/2024) Important for –GS 3 Gist/ Summary of the Article: The article discusses the plans of the Indian government, through the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), to establish an AI Safety Institute under the IndiaAI Mission. This initiative aligns with […]

Why in News? Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet has recently  approved ‘One Nation One Subscription’, a new central government scheme to ensure country-wide access to scholarly research articles and journal publications. The Modi government has allocated Rs 6,000 crore for a period of three years for the initiative which is in line with the […]

An unseen health crisis: India’s poor air quality its impacts: the topics was published in the HINDU-25/11/24 Why it is important: GS 3/GS1 – Impacts of Air pollution on Social/ Economic/Health India’s poor air quality has been silently affecting communities for decades, with lethal results. “Air pollution is the biggest environmental risk to health, even […]

Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB): Gender Equality & Challenges before India India struggles with limited effectiveness of its gender responsive budgeting: UN Report The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was adopted by countries across the world in 1995 as a framework for advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.  What report said […]

The State of Food and Agriculture 2024’ (SOFA 2024): Why in News? The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has  recently released ‘The State of Food and Agriculture 2024’ (SOFA 2024). Key Findings: True Cost Accounting: The report calls for the importance of true cost accounting in agrifood systems. It helps to uncover the hidden costs […]

The top court has laid down a ‘holistic and realistic’ test to determine the ‘minority character’ of an educational institution that would ensure special protections underArticle 30 Is Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) a minority educational institution (MEI) with significant constitutional protections to manage its affairs? A seven-judge Bench of the Supreme Court has  laid down in […]

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has taken cognisance of representations sent to it against a June advisory of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), asking state forest departments to submit action plans on the relocation of villages from tiger reserves. Further, the commission also decided to seek an action-taken report from the Union […]

Maharashtra economically better off, but lags behind in social measures: The State is among the top 10 in per capita income; it ranks last among all the States in the share of wasted children: Maharashtra is economically better off than many other States and it weathered the pandemic well. However, its performance on various social […]