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Context Recentlygovernment has rolled out several schemes/programmesto improve health care system Constitution Provision Health care delivery is in State List. Most provisions related to health are in Part-IV {Directive Principles}. These are: Article 38, 339(e), 41,42, 47 and 48 A Panchayats and Municipalities also have some provisions related to health. These include drinking water, health… Continue reading Health Care System in India

Context 10thBRICS summit was held at Johannesburg, South Africa between 25 and 27th July, 2018 About BRICS BRICS countries come from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America and all are member of G-20 Together the nation account for 26.46% of world’s land area, 42.58% of world’s population, 13.24% of world bank voting power and 14.91%… Continue reading 10th BRICS Summit

Context Recently, parliament has adopted amendments to the Prevention of Corruption Bill, 2018 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 It consolidated the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, some sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code, and the Criminal Law Act, 1952. The 1988 Act enlarged the scope of the term… Continue reading Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2018

Context The draft personal data protection bill, 2018, submitted by Justice BN Srikrishna Why we need data protection law At present India does not have a separate law for data protection which is essential for the 21st century global digital landscape Efficient management of data in the age of Big Data Big data is a… Continue reading The draft personal data protection bill, 2018

Context A new report from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) says India has brought down HIV incidence Fast Facts Total HIV patients in India: 2.1million Among 15-49 years of affected people: 83% Among children below 15 years: 3.3% Among women: 39% HIV is highly prevalent in states of South, West and North… Continue reading HIV in India: An Analysis

Context Recently, Constitutional bench of Supreme Court allowed women entry into subrimala temple. Background of case The Sabarimala temple restricts women between age of 10 and 50 years from taking the pilgrimage to Sabarimala. The restriction finds its source in the legend that the Sabarimala temple deity, Swami Ayyappa, is a ‘NaishtikaBrahmachari’. Rule 3(b) of… Continue reading Sabrimala Temple Entry Case

Context Recently, Uttarakhand High Court declares “Entire Animal Kingdom” as Legal Entity, with rights, duties & liabilities of a living person The court verdict The Division Bench was hearing a PIL that sought directions to restrict the movement of horse carts, or tangasbetween Indian and Nepal through Banbasa in Uttarakhand’sChampawat district However, in its judgment… Continue reading Living person status to entire animal kingdom

Context: Recently Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tobgay had briefed India about its current state of relations with China. Timeline of events: Treaty of Punaksha (1910): Bhutan become protectorate state of ‘British India’. It means Bhutan to have Internal autonomy and not external autonomy Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation(1949) : India and Bhutan signed the Treaty of… Continue reading India-Bhutan relations

Context Item 14 in the legislative agenda of the monsoon session of Parliament says “To amend The Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005 — for Introduction, Consideration, and Passing.” Objective of RTI It mandates the replacement of a prevailing culture of secrecy with a culture of transparency Empowerment of the citizens Promotion of transparency and… Continue reading Right to Information Act, 2005: An Analysis

Context Prime Minister has recently said that the growth of India is incomplete without the growth of East and North East Regions Fast fact about North East North East is connected to the rest of the country through a narrow corridor called the chicken neck, near Siliguri. North East is surrounded by Bangladesh, Bhutan, China,… Continue reading Development of North East Region