What’s in the news? The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved major and transformatory changes in the centrally sponsored Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for students belonging to Scheduled Castes to benefit at least 40 million SC students in the …
Background The Parliament recently passed three labour law codes that complete the government’s consolidation of 29 labour laws into four codes. The three Bills are the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 and …
ISSUE There have been farmers’ protests going on in Punjab, Haryana and around the region of Delhi. Opinion of the general public on the support to the movement is divided. BACKGROUND Government brought three agriculture farm bills which are aimed …
Features of the Act : Definition of consumer: A consumer is defined as a person who buys any good or avails a service for a consideration. It does not include a person who obtains a good for resale or a …
Need for Electricity Rights of Consumers The Rules emanate from the conviction that the power systems exist to serve the consumers and the consumers have rights to get the reliable services and quality electricity. The Distribution Companies across the country …
NEWS The Maharashtra Shakti Criminal Law (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill, 2020, recently tabled in the state’s assembly, takes a myopic view of the problem of sexual violence. ISSUES WITH THE BILL Most governments, when faced with the question of improving women’s …
What’s in the news? The standing committee on Home Affairs has submitted its report to Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu. Recommendations Need for a comprehensive public health Act The standing committee recommended that there should be a comprehensive public health …
CONTEXT India’s health care consists of 70% private and 30% public in a country where 80% people do not have any protection for health the out-of-pocket expense is as high as 62%. Public spending in health care is merely 1.13% …
What is the National Family Health Survey? The NFHS is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India. The survey provides state and national information for India on fertility, infant and child mortality, the practice …