About the Scheme Atal Pension Yojana (APY) addresses the old age income security of the working poor. It is focused on the unorganized sector workers. It encourages the workers in the unorganised sector to voluntarily save for their retirement. The …
What’s in the news? The Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry is set to launch a scheme for rehabilitation of persons engaged in begging and for providing support to transgender persons. The Ministry said it had formulated an umbrella scheme, …
Why in News? Recently, The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was introduced, which seeks to raise the age of legal marriage for women from 18 to 21, will apply to all communities in the country and, once enacted, …
Context Traditionally, the institution of joint family used to take care of the elderly when they reached the stage of not being able to work and contribute to the household earnings or participate actively in daily chores. Over time, the …
Context This article highlights the challenges in sustaining LPG adoption in rural India and emphasises that the goal must be a more sustainable energy basket per family. About PMUY The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas launched PMUY in 2016 …
Key Provisions of the Act The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 addresses the issue of workplace sexual harassment faced by women in private institutions and government organisations. The act superseded Vishakha Guidelines laid …
About the scheme Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) is a flagship scheme of Government of India to “fund the unfunded” by bringing such enterprises to the formal financial system and extending affordable credit to them. Launched in 2015 to promote …
About the Scheme Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme is a tri-ministerial initiative of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Human Resource which focuses on awareness and advocacy campaign for changing mind-sets, multi-sectoral action, enabling …