Role of NGOs in Indian Democracy India has nearly 3.4 million non-governmental organisations (NGOs), working in a variety of fields ranging from disaster relief to advocacy for marginalised and disadvantaged communities. There the role and responsibilities are immense in developing country like India, which can listed as follows: Bridging The Gap: NGOs endeavour to plug gaps […]
Read MoreMajor Gandhian Ideologies Truth and Non-violence: They are the twin cardinal principles of Gandhian thoughts. For Gandhi ji, truth is the relative truth of truthfulness in word and deed, and the absolute truth – the ultimate reality. This ultimate truth is God (as God is also Truth) and morality – the moral laws and code – […]
Read Morehe report estimated that India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) was around 2.2 in the year 2018, which is close to the replacement rate of 2.1. This clearly marks the success of government measures to bring population control. However, on flip side the SRS report highlights the declining sex ratio at birth in India that has further got […]
Read More#NEP2020 #NationalEducationPolicy 2020 #UKPSCMAINS #UPSCMAINS New Policy aims for Universalization of Education from pre-school to secondary level with 100 % GER in school education by 2030 NEP 2020 will bring 2 crore out of school children back into the main stream New 5+3+3+4 school curriculum with 12 years of schooling and 3 years of Anganwadi/ […]
Read MoreKey Points The Jal Shakti Abhiyan was launched by the Ministry of Jal Shakti in 2019. It is a campaign for water conservation and water security in the country through a collaborative effort of various ministries of the Government of India and state governments. The focus of the campaign is on water stressed districts and blocks. The important water conservation interventions are : Water conservation and rainwater […]
Read MoreIndia, like the rest of the world, is intensely debating population explosion. But while countries are struggling to keep their numbers at replacement level, India is on the right path towards stabilising population sooner than expected
Read MoreIn India, the under-five mortality rate for boys, in 2018, was 36 per 1,000 population while that for girls was 37. The Indian government woke up to the problem during the 1991 census. By 2001, the problem had worsened and the government had to work in mission mode to correct the skewed sex ratio. Measures […]
Read MoreASER 2019 shows how poor the quality of education in government schools The wide gap between the learning levels of students in government schools and those in private schools has become something of a leitmotif of the Annual Status of Education Reports (ASER). The 2019 report focuses on ‘Early Years’ (ages 4-8) since these are […]
Read MoreA dip in India’s ranking in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) has rightly created a stir in the country. The continued focus on calories, and the ignorance of nutritional aspects of food are responsible for the distressed state of the food and nutrition system in our country. The present ranking is an outcome, and a […]
Read MoreGlobal Gender Gap Index The Global Gender Gap Index for the year 2020 was released by World Economic Forum. Iceland, Norway, and Finland occupy the top three spots in the Report. Yemen ranked at the last place (153rd). India has ranked 112th among 153 countries, slipped four places from the previous year ranking. Bangladesh, Nepal, […]
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