What’s in the news? A record 13.5 crore people moved out of multidimensional poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21 as per NITI Aayog’s Report ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023’. Based on the latest National Family Health Survey [NFHS-5 …
NEWS It is time to formulate a wage employment-based national urban livelihood scheme similar to MGNREGS. CONTEXT During the pandemic, people around the globe faced, again and again the difficult choice of saving lives versus protecting livelihoods. AS PER THE …
CONTEXT Recently veteran actor Kamal Haasan and his Makkal Needhi Maiam party promised salaries for housewives as a part of the party’s election manifesto. This has revived the debate on the recognition of domestic work as work. BURDEN ON THE …
NEWS Poor nutritional outcomes in NFHS-5 show that a piecemeal approach does not work. CONTEXT The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released data fact sheets for 22 States and Union Territories (except Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Punjab,Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, …
NEWS The year 2020 has been designated as “International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife”. PRESENT STATUS OF INDIA’S NURSING SYSTEM Nurses and midwives are central to achieving universal health coverage in India. India’s nursing workforce is about two-thirds …
About the Report It is a biennial report released by the World Bank. It provides a global audience with the latest and most accurate estimates on trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. Why in News? The World Bank has …
Why in News The police in central Assam’s Karbi Anglong district have arrested nine people, including three women, for killing two persons for allegedly practising witchcraft. About witchcraft in Assam Witch-hunting has been an age-old social malaise in Assam, mostly …
About the scheme Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana –“Saubhagya” is a scheme under the Ministry of Power to ensure electrification of all willing households in the country in rural as well as urban areas. The scheme was launched …
Context: A recent Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) analysis shows that hundreds of millions of people in India above the international poverty line of $1.90 purchasing power parity (PPP) per person per day cannot afford a healthy or nutritious diet. …
Context: To cope up with the ongoing economic crisis due to COVID-19, poor households urgently need a chance to earn cash for which India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) offers an obvious alternative at least for rural areas. Let …