ABORTIONS TILL 24 WEEKS FOR SPECIAL CATEGORIES
Focus: GS-II Social Justice, Governance, Prelims Why in news? The Lok Sabha on 17th March 2020, passed a Bill to extend the upper limit for permitting abortions from 20 weeks to 24 under special circumstances. The “special categories of women” include rape survivors, victims of incest, the differently abled and minors, Health Minister said moving […]
SUPREME COURT COMES DOWN ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? Sexual harassment of women at workplace is an affront to their fundamental right to equality and a life with dignity, the Supreme Court has held in a judgment. Sexual harassment at the workplace is an affront to the fundamental rights of a woman to equality under Articles 14 […]
LPG SCHEME PM UJJWALA YOJANA CLOSED, BUT ONLY 3 STATES HAVE GONE KEROSENE-FREE
Focus :GS-II Social Justice Why in news? A parliamentary committee has said only three States and five Union Territories have become kerosene-free. Government in September last met the target of eight crore LPG connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana on September 2020. Details of the report The report of the Parliamentary Committee on Petroleum, […]
MASON, CENTENARIANS, ARTISTS AMONG NARI SHAKTI WINNERS
Focus: GS-II Social Justice, Women Empowerment, Prelims Why in news? A mason, a centenarian athlete, Jharkhand’s “Lady Tarzan” and a “mushroom mahila” were among the 15 women awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar by President Ram Nath Kovind, on 8th March 2020, on account of International Women’s Day. The government gives away the awards every year […]
OVER 40% GOVT. SCHOOLS DON’T HAVE POWER, PLAYGROUNDS
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? Almost half of government schools in the country don’t have any electricity or playgrounds, according to a parliamentary panel on education. It identified shortfalls in both budgetary funding and utilisation, resulting in critical infrastructure gaps. Concerns of the Parliamentary Standing Committee The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource […]
WOMEN IN DEFENCE FORCES
Focus: GS-III Internal Security, GS-II Social Justice Why in news? Year wise induction details of women officers in the three armed forces during the past three years and current year, given in a written reply is as follows: 2017 2018 2019 2020 Indian Army 949 819 364 01 Indian Air Force 59 59 51 […]
A PLURAL LEGACY MORE VITAL THAN EVER
Focus: GS-II Social Justice To ensure good health by 2023, focus on agriculture, sanitation, women education: Why in news? President Donald Trump applauded India’s achievements in his February 24. These achievements ranged from religious freedom to reducing poverty to becoming an emerging giant economy. Facts about Poverty reduction: The World Bank’s estimates of extreme poverty […]
ALL BENEFITS REACHING RIGHT PERSONS: PM
Focus: GS-II Welfare Schemes, Prelims Why in news? Every penny dispatched from Delhi was reaching its rightful beneficiary said the Prime Minister in Bundelkhand, where he had been to lay the foundation stone for the Bundelkhand Expressway. Details of the announcement Over 50,000 crore had been directly deposited into the bank accounts of around 8.5 […]