What is the e-Shram portal? The government has unveiled the e-shram portal which aims to register 38 crore unorganised workers, such as construction labourers, migrant workforce, street vendors and domestic workers, among others. The workers will be issued an e-Shram …
CONTEXT Recently the voices for a fresh caste census are getting louder in the country after the Bihar Chief Minister led a delegation of 10 political parties of the State to meet the Prime Minister. No political party in the …
About the platform PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation) is a ICT based multi-purpose and multi-modal platform launched in 2015 by the Prime Minister’s office (PMO). It is aimed at addressing common man’s grievances and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important …
Creamy layer concept In the 1992 Indra Sawhney judgment, the supreme court upheld the government’s move to give 27% reservation to Other Backward Classes (based on the Mandal Commission report). The apex court also introduced the concept of creamy layer …