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Why in News The anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests have brought demands of the Adivasis and tea tribes in Assam to the forefront. The...
04 Jan 2020 Indian Society
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Khond are people of the hills and jungles of Odisha state. They speak Kui and its southern dialect, Kuwi, of the Dravidian language family. Most...
27 Dec 2019 Indian Society
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Steps to Curb Abuse of Synthetic Drugs
Why in News To deal with the problem of abuse of synthetic drugs and New Psychotropic Substances (NPS), the government is considering generic...
22 Nov 2019 Indian Society
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The Ministry of Minority Affairs initiated the Jiyo Parsi Scheme in 2013 to check the declining Parsi population. The main objective of the scheme...
22 Oct 2019 Indian Society
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The Ministry of Minority Affairs initiated the Jiyo Parsi Scheme in 2013 to check the declining Parsi population. The main objective of the scheme...
22 Oct 2019 Indian Society
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Meghalayan Minor Tribes Exclusion
Recently, the Government of Meghalaya has decided to exclude ‘unrepresented tribes’ from the provisions of the Sixth Schedule of the...
09 Oct 2019 Indian Society
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Why in the news Recently, the Supreme Court in a case concerning the question of whether succession and inheritance of a Goan domicile is governed...
07 Oct 2019 Indian Society
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This editorial is based on “Menstrual hygiene: A challenging development issue” which was published in Down to Earth on 27/09/2019. It...
30 Sep 2019 Indian Society
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A population pyramid is a graphical representation of the age and sex composition of a specific population. It consists of two histograms, one for...
27 Sep 2019 Indian Society
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International Day of Indigenous Peoples
International day of indigenous people is observed on August 9 every year, in order to raise awareness of the needs of indigenous people. The first...
10 Aug 2019 Indian Society
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The next census of India to be conducted in 2021 with March 1, 2021 as the reference date, except for the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal...
03 Aug 2019 Indian Society
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This article is based on “Power, not justice” which appeared in The Indian Express on 1 August 2019. It critically analyses the...
01 Aug 2019 Indian Society
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29 Jul 2019 Indian Society
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Context India has 62.5% of its population in the age group of 15-59 years which is ever increasing and will be at the peak around 2036 when it will...
29 Jul 2019 Indian Society
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India’s Falling Fertility Rate
India’s total fertility rate (TFR) is declining. It is now 2.2 per woman, nearing the replacement rate of 2.1, according to the latest...
24 Jul 2019 Indian Society
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According to census data, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have a disproportionately high number of out-migrants, while migrants constitute more than...
24 Jul 2019 Indian Society
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Declining Sex Ratio and Fertility Rates
As per the Sample Registration System (SRS) data from the Registrar General of India, the country’s sex ratio at birth (SRB) declined to 898 in...
16 Jul 2019 Indian Society
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11 July is celebrated as World Population Day In 1989, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme recommended that 11 July...
11 Jul 2019 Indian Society
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Effect of Social Media on Teens
As per a recent survey conducted by Fortis hospital, around 82% of students studying psychology in classes XI and XII in at least 200 schools across...
08 Jul 2019 Indian Society
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Changing Demographic Profile: Faster Than Expectation
According to the Economic Survey 2018-19, India’s population growth rate will decline faster than assumed as the fertility rate in many states...
06 Jul 2019 Indian Society
