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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

India was responsible for the largest drop in open defecation since 2015, in terms of absolute numbers, according to a new report by the Wash Institute, a global non-profit organisation July 1, 2021. […]

Context :- Estimates suggest that India has doubled the electrified rural households, from 55% in 2010 to 96% in 2020. And despite greater electrification, power supply is often unreliable in rural areas. This, however does not account for connection to public utilities and social infrastructure such as schools, community spaces etc. [...]

An efficient and well-oiled criminal justice system helps a country politically, socially and economically. The economic cost of the failed criminal justice system is reflected in the reluctance of foreign companies to set up manufacturing and commercial ventures in India for want of quick settlement of criminal, labour and civil [...]

Societies do not differ vastly in their ability to predict disasters, but their readiness to cope with them varies widely. […]

Birthrates are declining globally – here’s why it matters Birthrates are falling globally. In many countries, COVID-19 has suppressed population growth by causing a decline in births, migration and life expectancy. Even before the pandemic, urbanization was driving population decline. At the end of May, the Chinese Government announced that [...]