Category: Indian Society

Context: The Supreme Court in Secretary, Ministry of Defence vs. Babita Puniya case directed the government to ensure that women officers in the Army be granted permanent commission…

Context: Patriarchal societies seem to perpetually find themselves in a precarious position, where the line between order and disorder is dangerously blurred. Relevance: GS Paper 1: Role of…

Focus: GS-I Indian Society Why in news? The Uttar Pradesh government has recently embarked upon a scheme to take the unique culture of its ethnic Tharu tribe across…

Context: New Education Policy 2020: A look at the proposals on curriculum, courses and medium of instruction, and the takeaways for students, schools and universities. Relevance: GS Paper…

Focus: GS-I Indian Society, GS-II Governance Why in news? The makeup of the present criminal justice system points to a bias against Scheduled Tribes or Adivasis, who accounted…

Focus: GS-I Indian Society Why in news? Members of the Great Andamanese tribe, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), have tested positive for COVID-19. Details Great Andamanese are…

Focus: GS-I Indian Society Why in news? The COVID-19 pandemic has reached the Bondas, a tribal community residing in the hill ranges of Malkangiri district in Odisha. Bonda…

Focus: GS-I Indian Society Why in news? An apex body of the Kukis, one of the three major ethnic groups of Manipur, has asked the Centre to weigh…

Focus: GS-I Indian Society The story of women being empowered for self-protection Women, children and the old and infirm were left behind every year as Majhiyar’s men travelled…