Category: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL & SOCIAL

Context: After two and a half years, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has witnessed several notable achievements in reducing open defecation but it still has a long way to go to make it a grand success by October 2,2019 Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Movement), implemented from October 2nd, 2014, is a campaign by the Government of India to… Continue reading Half way through for a Swachh Bharat

Context The Supreme Court pointed out a lack of clarity on the pollutive impact of explosive substances used in firecrackers and ordered officials from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Firework Research and Development Centre at Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu to be present in court. Concerns The concerns are reiterated with respect to air… Continue reading SC points out ambiguous impact of explosives used in firecrackers

Context The recent faceoff at Doklam is a message about China’s ire at India building alliances with its adversaries in Asia, and with the US. Background India China Bhutan standoff over Doklam Plateau A change of mindset is vital Ever since the Doklam crisis began this summer, strategists in India have been hostage to what… Continue reading Doklam conflict might be much more than a mere territorial issue

Context: To curb the misuse of anti-dowry law the Supreme Court ordered the setting up of family-welfare-committees in all districts under the supervision of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). Explanation: The Dowry system in India refers to the durable goods, cash, and real or movable property that the bride’s family gives to the bridegroom,… Continue reading Structure of dowry in India

Context: NITI Aayog has unveiled a program in which the private providers will take charge of any tier1 and tier2 district. Explanation: The public health system in India comprises a set of state-owned health care facilities funded and controlled by the government of India. Some of these are controlled by agencies of the central government… Continue reading Public Health in India

Context Hydropower projects needs attention as territorial disputes may affect the functioning. Hydropower Generation Hydropower is a renewable energy resource because it uses the Earth’s water cycle to generate electricity. Water evaporates from the Earth’s surface, forms clouds, precipitates back to earth, and flows toward the ocean. The movement of water as it flows downstream… Continue reading Hydropower Projects in India

Context Pressure is mounting on India to open up its more than $300 billion-worth public procurement market under the proposed mega Free Trade Agreement (FTA) called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Opening up of Public Procurement Public procurement in India needs to be opened up to ensure greater competition. While privatization of public assets… Continue reading India forced to open up its Public Procurement

Context: There is an urgent need to reconsider the denotation of privacy as a term. Since Aadhaar and many of the contemporary discussions on privacy are related to deep technological developments, the question of privacy should be rethought in the context of these technologies. Introduction: Very often when we worry about questions of privacy that… Continue reading Right to Privacy in the present day context

Context: The Supreme Court has shown due restraint in declining to apply the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act to mentally retarded adults whose mental age may be that of a child. Why the SC restrained the provision? POCSO is meant to protect children from sexual offences. To extend it to… Continue reading Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO)

India-UK relation (Historical Background) East India Company (1600–1857): Trade was established between Tudor England and Mughal India in 1600 when Elizabeth I granted the newly formed East India Company a royal charter. Following the Indian Mutiny of 1857, where Indian sepoys rebelled against their British officers, the East India Company was dissolved the following year.… Continue reading India-UK Relations