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Dalit Business Owners Face Income Disparity

For Prelims: Dalit, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes,  Jyotiba Phule, Dayanand Saraswati, Bhakti Movement, Neo-Vedantic Movements, Dr....

16 Aug 2024 Social Empowerment

No Legal Right on Child for Sperm/Egg Donors

Source: TH Recently, The Bombay High Court ruled that a sperm or egg donor does not have legal rights over a child and cannot claim to be the...

16 Aug 2024 Social Empowerment

WHO Study on Adolescent Girls

For Prelims: WHO, Legal property rights, Inheritance rights, Gender equality, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Mahila Shakti Kendra, National Creche...

31 Jul 2024 Social Empowerment

Lack of Authority of States in Altering SC List

For Prelims: Criterion for SC Status, Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order of 1950, Registrar General of India. For Mains: Criterion for SC...

17 Jul 2024 Social Empowerment

Issue of Menstrual Leave for Women

For Prelims: Menstrual Health, Right of Women to Menstrual Leave and Free Access to Menstrual Health Products Bill, 2022, Right of Children to Free...

11 Jul 2024 Social Empowerment

Extension of Smart Cities Mission

For Prelims: Smart Cities Mission, Centrally Sponsored Scheme, Sustainable development, Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), Public-Private Partnership...

06 Jul 2024 Social Empowerment

Death Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda

Source: BS Why in News? Every year, 4th July is observed as the death anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. He is considered as the father of modern...

04 Jul 2024 Social Empowerment

High Court Struck Down Bihar 65% Quota Rule

For Prelims: Bihar Reservation Law and Breaching 50% Limit, Supreme Court (SC), Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Castes & Other Backward Classes,...

24 Jun 2024 Social Empowerment

Special Marriage Act, 1954

For Prelims: Special Marriage Act 1954, Inheritance rights, Muslim Marriage Act, 1954, Hindu Marriage Act 1955 For Mains: Basic Provisions of...

06 Jun 2024 Social Empowerment

AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) Scheme

For Prelims: AMRUT, Pey Jal Survekshan, Technology Sub-Mission for Water, National Water Policy, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), River...

04 Jun 2024 Social Empowerment

Menstrual Hygiene in Indian Prisons

For Prelims: World Menstrual Hygiene Day, National Family Health Survey, National Crime Records Bureau, World Bank, Menstrual Hygiene Scheme For...

30 May 2024 Social Empowerment

Self-Help Groups

For Prelims: Kudumbashree mission, Self Help Groups (SHGs), NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development), National Rural...

22 May 2024 Social Empowerment

Smart Cities Mission

For Prelims: Smart Cities Mission, Centrally Sponsored Scheme, Sustainable development, Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), Public-Private Partnership...

16 May 2024 Social Empowerment

Allegations of Child Labour in Trade Negotiations with Australia

For Prelims: India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement, Bonded labour, Child labour, International Labour Organization, Article 24,...

14 May 2024 Social Empowerment

Migration: Trends, Challenges, and Solutions

This editorial is based on “Migration matters” which was published in Business Standard newspaper on 13/05/2024. The article examines...

13 May 2024 Social Empowerment

Corporal Punishment

For Prelims: National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, Right to Education...

06 May 2024 Social Empowerment

Gender Gap in Indian STEM Faculties

For Prelims: STEM, Women in STEMM (WiS) Program, Vigyan Jyoti, International Day of Women and Girls in Science For Mains: Underrepresentation of...

26 Apr 2024 Social Empowerment

Issue of Reservation for Muslims in Andhra Pradesh

For Prelims: Reservation, Indra Sawhney Judgment, Article 16 (4), Article 16 (4A), Article 16(4B), Article 15(4) For Mains: Reservation in Public...

25 Apr 2024 Social Empowerment

134th Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti

Source: PIB Why in News? The 134th Dr Ambedkar Jayanti was celebrated on 14th April 2024, by the Dr. Ambedkar Foundation (DAF) on behalf of the...

15 Apr 2024 Social Empowerment

Profits and Poverty: The Economics of Forced Labour

For Prelims: Profits and Poverty: The Economics of Forced Labour, International Labour Organization (ILO), Forced Labour. For Mains: Profits and...

21 Mar 2024 Social Empowerment