Background Social justice in India faces several issues that need to be addressed to ensure the well-being of people and development of the country. These issues include poverty, lack of access to healthcare and education, gender inequality, and discrimination against …
Context The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, being the Nodal Department for welfare of senior citizens, develops and implements programmes and policies for these groups in close collaboration with State Governments, Non-Governmental Organizations and the civil society. Atal Vayo …
About As of the 2011 census, India is home to 2.68 crore Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), commonly referred to as Divyangjan. In 2017, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Government of India, initiated the Unique Disability ID …
About the Yojana The Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi, PM-DAKSH Yojana is being implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2020-21. The scheme aims to cover marginalized persons of Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes, Economically …
Context Justice Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court, in Sushma vs Commissioner of Police, urged the State government to come up with a procedure for registering a “Deed of Familial Association” which would provide legal status to relationships between …
About Nirbhaya Fund Framework Nirbhaya Fund is a dedicated fund set up by the Government of India in 2013 which can be utilized for projects specifically designed to improve the safety and security of women. It is a non-lapsable corpus …
About ASIIM The Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission (ASIIM) was launched in 2020 by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment as a flagship scheme to promote innovation and entrepreneurship skills among youths of Scheduled Castes (SCs). ASIIM has …
About the Act Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 fulfills the obligations to the United National Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), to which India is a signatory and subsequently ratified the same on 1st October, …