[In-Depth] Debate on Freebies in India.

2022-09-06T02:16:05+05:30By |Categories: Economy|

Background: A petition was filed in January in the Supreme Court, which sought judicial intervention to direct the Election Commission to derecognise political parties who use freebies to lure voters to vote in favour of these parties.  This issue has invited clamor and debates from various sections of society after [...]

[Culture] UNESCO Intangible Heritage List of India

2022-09-03T20:39:04+05:30By |Categories: Culture|

Background:- West Bengal's Durga Puja was inscribed as an Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2022   UNESCO Intangible Heritage List of India :- Durga Puja — celebrated predominantly by Bengali communities in India and abroad — is [...]

[Environment] Ban on Single ­Use Plastics

2022-09-03T16:54:06+05:30By |Categories: Environment|Tags: |

Background:- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021 on August 12, 2021. In keeping with the spirit of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, the country is taking steps to curb littered and unmanaged plastic waste pollution. [...]

[Society] Glass Ceiling Effect in India

2022-09-03T15:51:50+05:30By |Categories: Society|Tags: |

What is Glass Ceiling ? Glass ceiling refers to the fact that a qualified person whishing to advance within the hierarchy of his/her organization is stopped at a lower level due to a discrimination most often based on sex or race. The glass ceiling refers thus to vertical discrimination most frequently [...]

[Economy] The debate of Freebies

2022-08-22T15:44:48+05:30By |Categories: Economy|

The issue of ‘freebies’ has bounced back, when the Supreme Court of India on August 3, 2022, recommended constituting an expert committee comprising representatives of the beneficiaries, Union and State governments, the Finance Commission, NITI Aayog and the Reserve Bank of India to study the issue of ‘freebies’. [...]

[History] Dharasana Satyagraha

2022-08-01T14:22:46+05:30By |Categories: History|

  The Salt March to dandi, concluding with the making of illegal salt by Gandhi on April 6, 1930, launched a nationwide protest against the British salt tax. ⁣ ⁣ At Dharasana, another town in Gujarat, salt production and storage was monopolized by the British.⁣ On May 4, 1930, Gandhi [...]

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