2021-11-05T11:56:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|Tags: The Hindu|
An exclusive internal quota for a single caste group was always fraught with the danger of judicial invalidation. It is no surprise, therefore, that the Madras High Court has struck down the Tamil Nadu law that earmarked 10.5% of seats in educational institutions and jobs for the Vanniyakula Kshatriya community [...]
2021-10-18T22:46:07+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|Tags: The Hindu|
This year’s Global Hunger Index (GHI) did not go down well with the government. This was expected given that it ranks India 101 out of 116 countries for which reliable and comparable data exist. To add insult to injury, the GHI puts India far below some of its neighbouring countries. [...]
2021-10-06T21:21:45+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|Tags: Hindustan Times|
14% of children studying in government schools in villages, and 20% of those in government schools in urban areas, were deprived of midday meals during the pandemic period. […]
2021-10-06T17:29:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|Tags: DTE|
Economic price for neglecting mental health of children is $387.2 billion a year: UNICEF More than 13% adolescents aged 10-19 live with a diagnosed mental disorder globally […]
2021-09-22T15:35:13+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|Tags: Frontline|
The prolonged closure of schools after the sudden and totally unplanned lockdown in March 2020 to a possible re-opening at the end of September 2021 (a period of 18 months) has grabbed some media attention at last. Following the release of the Emergency Report of School Education (ERSE) based on the School [...]
2021-08-12T07:44:04+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|Tags: The Indian Express|
Syllabus Connect :- GS I ( Population and associated issues) Context Recently, population control measures are being discussed by the states of Assam and Uttar Pradesh. Many other states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and Odisha have been following a two-child norm [...]
2021-08-04T22:56:57+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|Tags: The Hindu|
Syllabus:- GS II ( Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections) The case for reservations for women and transgender persons in State jobs [...]
2021-07-29T16:36:03+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Policy, Society|Tags: The Hindu|
Population policy is suddenly in the news in India with States such as Assam and Uttar Pradesh proposing to bring in or bringing in draft legislation aimed at controlling their populations. […]
2021-07-16T15:19:55+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
Food insecurity has been on the rise since 2014, and the year 2000 has added equal to the last five years combined. Nearly one in three people in the world ie about 2.7 billion, did not have access to adequate food in 2020. Close to 12 per cent of the [...]
2021-07-03T21:02:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
Context:- The first phase of the 5th round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) was conducted in 2019-20 and its findings were released in December 2020. States/UT Covered Under Phase-I In the first phase of the fifth round, the findings for 17 states and 5 union territories been presented. [...]
