Subject: Governance
Important aspects of Governance
Administration
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Water Management – Institutional Reforms, Conservation Efforts, etc.
Importance for the exams Mains – Understand the problems with the existing water management institutions. How a new institutional framework tries… Continue reading Water Management – Institutional Reforms, Conservation Efforts, etc.
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One Rank One Pension Issue
A brisk walk down the memory lane to understand the origins of OROP and the major milestones in its evolution.
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BCCI Reforms – Lodha Committee, etc.
What are the key points of Lodha committee report? Analysing the report under various dimensions.
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Aadhaar Card Issues
Will Aadhar enable better targeting of subsidies or will it create an Orwellian surveillance apparatus?
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Electoral Reforms In India
PM Modi recently advocated for simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies. This has set off the debate over the long pending electoral reforms in the country.
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NITI Aayog’s Assessment
The Aayog seeks to evolve a shared vision of national development priorities sectors and strategies with the active involvement of States in the light of national objectives
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NGOs vs. GoI: The Conflicts and Scrutinies
Last year, a much publicised leaked report by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) warned us that several NGOs, including Greenpeace India, were having a detrimental effect on India’s economic development. What does it mean? What's the background story and milestone developments in this news segment?
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National Green Tribunal’s Role and Contributions
In the corridors of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), growing frustration is evident against NGT. Some call it a “power-hungry institution” that has failed the purpose for which it was created. But does NGT need to be reined in or do we need to give it more powers? How has it fared on various counts?
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Digital India Initiatives
#VikasKaBudget
Health
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Mother and Child Health – Immunization Program, BPBB, PMJSY, PMMSY, etc.
Empowering the girl child
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Liquor Policy of States
Let's see the issue of liquor prohibition in states from various dimensions.
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Communicable and Non-communicable diseases – HIV, Malaria, Cancer, Mental Health, etc.
Understand the two types of the disease and what you can do to mitigate the effects
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Zika Virus Outbreak
Do you know why is it called Zika Virus? It was first isolated from Rhesus monkeys in Zika forest near Lake Victoria in Uganda.
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Swachh Bharat Mission
The mission seeks to eliminate open defecation, eradicate manual Scavenging, modern and scientific municipal solid waste management. It also seeks to effect behavioral change regarding healthy sanitation practices, to generate awareness about sanitation and its linkage with public health.
Human Resource Development
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Medical Education Governance in India
The MCI has been in the news for the wrong reasons as the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health in its… Continue reading Medical Education Governance in India
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LGBT Rights – Transgender Bill, Sec. 377, etc.
Amid the debate on the archaic sedition law that should have no place in democratic India, President called for the thorough revision of the IPC 1860 to meet the needs of the 21st century. Let's see why is it so necessary to amend the code.
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Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.
In India, education is in the concurrent list, where federal states and the central government share responsibilities. Until recently, legislations in higher education prohibited profit making in the sector. Higher education was defined as a not-for-profit sector.
The UGC under the Department of Higher Education in the MHRD acts as the coordinator as well as prescriber of standards for education in the country.
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Skilling India – Skill India Mission,PMKVY, NSDC, etc.
In July this year, Prime Minister launched the Rs. 1,500-crore Skill India campaign, which aims to train 40 crore people by 2022.
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Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act
Significant provisions and scope of the bill.
