Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs) & Mandatory Front-of-Pack Warning Labels
Why is it in News? Relevance Basics What are Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs)? Why are UPFs harmful? Key Findings UPFs and Children Challenges in Elimination What India must to do? Mandatory Front-of-Pack Warning Labels (FoPL) Regulate UPF Advertising Reform School Canteen Regulations Public Awareness Campaigns Nutrient Profiling System Promote Traditional Diets Identifying UPFs? Health Impacts
Over 50% Cases Pending in Juvenile Justice Boards
Why Is It in News? Relevance What Are JJBs? Key Data (India Justice Report 2023) Pendency Vacancies & Institutional Weakness Weak Data Governance Inter-agency Coordination Failures Why the System is Failing ? Impact Way Forward
Election Data Analysis
Why Is It in News? Relevance GS-2: Governance GS-3: Science & Tech GS-3: Cybersecurity What Is Election Data Analysis? Pre-2017 “Dark Ages” – Manual & Slow A. Manual Data Scraping B. Mapping Challenges C. Charting 2017–2019: Transition to “Industrial Tools” Key Shifts Limitations 2019–2024: The Industrial Revolution Characteristics 2025 Bihar Assembly Election – The AI […]
Tihar Jail cow therapy initiative
Why is it in News? Relevance: Background: Implementation in Tihar Jail: Additional Support Systems: Impact:
SC strikes down provisions of Tribunal Reforms Act
Why is it in News? Relevance: Background: Key Issues Identified by the SC: Supreme Court Observations: Implications:
DPDP Rules 2025 — Separate Section for Persons with Disabilities
Why in News ? Relevance : Basics What Has Changed ? Why the Change Matters ? Key Issues Still Unresolved Concerns from Activists and Civil Society Positive Outcomes of the Revision Way Forward
Digital Labour Chowk, LCFCs & New Cess Portal
Why in News? Relevance : Basics Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 Key Institutions What the New Digital Initiatives Do CWFI’s Key Objections CWFI’s Specific Critiques 1. “Digital gates while the vault stays locked” 2. Fundamental flaws 3. Anti-worker implications 4. Lack of transparency about welfare funds Government’s […]
Social Audit for SIR 2.0
Why in News? Relevance : What is Special Intensive Revision (SIR)? Legal Framework: Electoral Roll Revision Bihar Case Study: What Went Wrong? Evidence of Disenfranchisement Why It Became Controversial ? Institutional Issues Raised Election Commission of India (ECI) Supreme Court Vulnerability of Internal Migrants Democratic Implications Need for Mandatory Social Audit Concept Constitutional & Institutional […]
Ladakh Groups Submit Draft Proposal to MHA on Statehood
Why in News? Relevance : Governance Structure of Ladakh What is the Sixth Schedule? Why Ladakh Wants Sixth Schedule Status? Key Demands in the 29-Page Draft Proposal Why the Issue Matters? Challenges & Concern Areas Potential Outcomes Going Forward
What are Digital Personal Data Protection Rules?
Why in News? Relevance GS 2 – Polity & Governance GS 3 – Cybersecurity DPDP Act, 2023 Purpose Key Concepts Core Obligations on Fiduciaries Rights of Data Principals Children’s Data DPDP Rules, 2025 – What They Add Institutional Mechanism Data Protection Board of India (DPBI) Major Controversy: RTI Act Amendment What changed? Why activists oppose […]