Important Editorials on Society, Culture and Health
[Society] Declining Fertility and Consequence
Declining Fertility and Consequence: Global population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 Average global fertility has been consistently declining over the [...]
#Must Read [Society] The future of old times in India
Life expectancy in India has more than doubled since Independence — from around 32 years in the late 1940s to [...]
[Society] India needs more investment in higher education
Background : 1) A few days before India celebrated the 75th year of Independence, Union Minister of Education said in [...]
[Society] Glass Ceiling Effect in India
What is Glass Ceiling ? Glass ceiling refers to the fact that a qualified person whishing to advance within the hierarchy [...]
[Society] Quota without data
An exclusive internal quota for a single caste group was always fraught with the danger of judicial invalidation. It is [...]
Global Hunger Index 2021 and India
This year’s Global Hunger Index (GHI) did not go down well with the government. This was expected given that it [...]
Covid-19: Disturbing impact on India’s children
14% of children studying in government schools in villages, and 20% of those in government schools in urban areas, were [...]
Economic Cost of neglecting mental health of children
Economic price for neglecting mental health of children is $387.2 billion a year: UNICEF More than 13% adolescents aged 10-19 [...]
Emergency Report of School Education (ERSE)
The prolonged closure of schools after the sudden and totally unplanned lockdown in March 2020 to a possible re-opening at the end [...]
#Must Read-[Society] Why coercive population control measures are a bad idea
Syllabus Connect :- GS I ( Population and associated issues) Context Recently, population control measures are being discussed by [...]
[Society] Providing horizontal quota: the Bihar way
Syllabus:- GS II ( Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance [...]
No need for a drastic population policy
Population policy is suddenly in the news in India with States such as Assam and Uttar Pradesh proposing to bring in or bringing [...]
[Report] The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020
Food insecurity has been on the rise since 2014, and the year 2000 has added equal to the last five [...]
National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) – Phase-I (Important Data Sets and Some Key Questions)
Context:- The first phase of the 5th round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) was conducted in 2019-20 and [...]
India sees largest drop in open defecation since 2015: WASH report
India was responsible for the largest drop in open defecation since 2015, in terms of absolute numbers, according to a new report [...]
Lessons from Rajasthan’s rural power solution
Context :- Estimates suggest that India has doubled the electrified rural households, from 55% in 2010 to 96% in 2020. [...]
e-Governance and Police
An efficient and well-oiled criminal justice system helps a country politically, socially and economically. The economic cost of the failed [...]
Resilience to Calamities: Lessons from New Zealand, Singapore, S Korea and Kerala
Societies do not differ vastly in their ability to predict disasters, but their readiness to cope with them varies widely. [...]
COVID, Birthrate and the Globe
Birthrates are declining globally – here’s why it matters Birthrates are falling globally. In many countries, COVID-19 has suppressed population [...]