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Context: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released data fact sheets for 22 States and Union Territories (UTs) based on the findings of Phase I of the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5). The 22 States/ UTs don’t include some major States such as Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Madhya Pra... .Read more
Updated on 15 December, 2020 GS2 Social issues & Justice
In News: The Maharashtra government introduced a draft bill making changes to existing laws on violence against women and children . The Bill, proposed to be enacted as Shakti Act, 2020, has provisions for enhancing punishment including capital punishment for rape, fine up to Rs 10 lakh on culprits of violence, quicker investigations and quicker dispos... .Read more
Updated on 11 December, 2020 GS2 Social issues & Justice
In News: Last week, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court reopened the legal debate on sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for reservations, referring the issue to a larger Bench to decide. While this concerns SCs and STs, a Commission has been examining sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) for almost thre... .Read more
Updated on 7 December, 2020 GS2 Social issues & Justice
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Context: To avoid allegations of unfairness and bias in case of complaints of sexual harassment against high-rank officers of the government, majority of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) members preferably should not be from the same Ministry or Department, the Delhi High Court has ruled. What is the issue? The High Court’s was adjudicating... .Read more
Updated on 5 December, 2020 GS3 Social issues & Justice
The international labour organization published the Global Wage Report 2018-19 with a focus on the gender pay gap. Gender Pay Gap The average difference between the remunerations received by the women and the men is called the gender pay gap. The Global Wage Report highlights the goal 8.5 of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) that calls for... .Read more
Updated on 5 December, 2020 GS2 Social issues & Justice
What is Disability Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; An activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; A participation restriction... .Read more
Updated on 4 December, 2020 GS2 Social issues & Justice
