Tag: Governance

Source: The post Panchayat Advancement Index improves grassroots data use has been created, based on the article “Getting the ‘micropicture’ at the panchayat level” published in “The Hindu” on 20 May 2025. Advancement Index improves grassroots data use. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper2-governance-devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein. Context:… Continue reading Advancement Index improves grassroots data use

Source: The post Supreme Court ensures digital access for disabled people has been created, based on the article “Does Article 21 include right to digital access?” published in “The Hindu” on 16 May 2025. Supreme Court ensures digital access for disabled people. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper2- Governance-mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the… Continue reading Supreme Court ensures digital access for disabled people

Source: The post India must empower nurses as healthcare leaders has been created, based on the article “The yearly ‘thank you’ to nurses is not enough” published in “The Hindu” on 16 May 2025. India must empower nurses as healthcare leaders UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper2-Governance-Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating… Continue reading India must empower nurses as healthcare leaders

Source: The post Procedural law ensures fair and principled criminal justice has been created, based on the article “Principled criminalisation and the police as pivot” published in “The Hindu” on 15 May 2025. Procedural law ensures fair and principled criminal justice. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2-Governance – Justice Context: A recent Supreme Court judgment… Continue reading Procedural law ensures fair and principled criminal justice

Source: The post India’s Repairability Index aims to make electronic items more durable has been created, based on the article “The right to repair movement in India” published in “The Hindu” on 14 May 2025. India’s Repairability Index aims to make electronic items more durable. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2- Government policies and interventions… Continue reading India’s Repairability Index aims to make electronic items more durable

Source: The post Universities are losing their freedom and academic purpose has been created, based on the article “The educational landscape, its disconcerting shift” published in “The Hindu” on 13 May 2025. Universities are losing their freedom and academic purpose. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper2-Governance – Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating… Continue reading Universities are losing their freedom and academic purpose

Source: The post Social media deeply affects youth mental health has been created, based on the article “Is social media defining self-worth?” published in “The Hindu” on 9 May 2025. Social media deeply affects youth mental health. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper2-Governance – Issues relating to Health. Context: The tragic death of a young entrepreneur,… Continue reading Social media deeply affects youth mental health

Source: The post Declining foreign aid threatens India’s NGOs and democratic health has been created, based on the article “Demise of foreign aid in India” published in “The Hindu” on 5 May 2025. Declining foreign aid threatens India’s NGOs and democratic health. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper2-Governance- the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and… Continue reading Declining foreign aid threatens India’s NGOs and democratic health

Source: The post Private Member’s Bills need urgent democratic revival has been created, based on the article “Reviving a far-sighted but forgotten Bill mechanism” published in “The Hindu” on 2 May 2025. Private Member’s Bills need urgent democratic revival. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper2-Parliament and State legislatures—structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and… Continue reading Private Member’s Bills need urgent democratic revival

Source: The post Bonded labour persists in India despite laws against exploitation has been created, based on the article “India’s shame — the trap of bonded labour” published in “The Hindu” on 1 May 2025. Bonded labour persists in India despite laws against exploitation. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper2-Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the… Continue reading Bonded labour persists in India despite laws against exploitation