Background: The care of elderly people is managed by a set of professionals or voluntary organisations interested in geriatric services. These homes are run by NGOs, religious or voluntary organisations with support from the government, or by local philanthropists. The …
What’s in the news? A special flight under Operation Ganga carrying 146 Indian nationals from Ukraine has landed at Hindon Airbase from Romanian capital Bucharest. Over 3,700 Indians have returned on 17 special flights after fleeing Ukraine and reaching its …
About TB TB continues to be one of India’s severest health challenges. India has a large number of ‘missing’ cases every year that are not detected or reported. In 2018, the Government of India started a holistic initiative to End …
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog. The inter-governmental body sets international standards that aim to prevent these illegal activities and the harm they cause to society. As a policy-making body, the …
Background In 2020, the Parliament passed three labour law codes that complete the government’s consolidation of 29 labour laws into four codes. The three Acts are the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 …
What’s in the news? The Government of India, the Government of West Bengal, and the World Bank signed a $125 million loan to support efforts to help poor and vulnerable groups access social protection services in the state of West …
What’s in the news? Union Minister for MSME Narayan Rane has launched the MSME Innovative Scheme (Incubation, Design and IPR) along with the MSME Idea Hackathon 2022. MSME Innovation Scheme will promote and support untapped creativity of the MSME sector. …
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/water-management-needs-a-hydro-social-approach/article65208277.ece Overuse of water resources and a decline in water supplies due to climate change are pushing India closer to the brink of water scarcity. Aside from these, several government policies, particularly those pertaining to agriculture (minimum support price), have …
Background According to a 2018 study by the International Labour Organization (ILO), more than 95% of India’s working women are informal workers who work in labour-intensive, low-paying, highly precarious jobs/conditions, and with no social protection. The World Health Organization bulletin …