Tag: Social issues

UPSC Syllabus: Gs Paper 2- Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Introduction India diagnoses and treats over 25 lakh TB cases every year, yet stigma and social exclusion remain strong barriers. Early responses focused mainly on clinical care and ignored lived experiences. Over the last decade, the TB Champion… Continue reading A Decade of Building India’s TB Champion Movement

UPSC Syllabus: Gs Paper 2- Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Introduction India is pushing AYUSH into the mainstream through higher funding, new institutes, and global trade openings. The India–EU FTA expands its global reach. This shift brings both opportunity and responsibility. If India wants AYUSH… Continue reading India must use the AYUSH opportunity

UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2- Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. . Introduction India’s welfare system depends on millions of women who provide health, nutrition, and childcare services. The Union Budget 2026–27 proposes training 1.5 lakh multiskilled caregivers under NSQF, recognising the growing demand for… Continue reading The Need to Recognise ‘Volunteer’ Care Work

UPSC Syllabus: Gs Paper 2- Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Education, Human Resources. Introduction India’s demographic dividend, which ends by 2040, offers a rare opportunity to transform the country into a global skill hub. Yet vocational education remains deeply neglected, with only 1.3% of secondary students enrolled, compared to… Continue reading Skill India as Herculean Challenges, Galgotian Blunders

UPSC Syllabus: Gs Paper 2- Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein. Introduction The Sixteenth Finance Commission worked with unusual flexibility because its terms of reference flowed directly from constitutional provisions. It examined… Continue reading Sixteenth Finance Commission — Misses and Concerns

UPSC Syllabus: Gs Paper 2 –Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Introduction The recent deaths of three adolescent girls in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, brought national attention to child and adolescent mental health. Such incidents should not be seen as isolated tragedies. They point to deeper structural… Continue reading The Quiet Crisis of Adolescent Mental Health in India

UPSC Syllabus: Gs Paper 2- Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Education and Human Resources. Introduction India’s higher education system has expanded rapidly and now includes more than 1,100 universities and 4.3 crore learners. Access has improved, but outcomes remain a concern. India must now move from access-led expansion to… Continue reading Role of University Townships in Integrating Education with Industrial and Logistics Corridors

UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2-Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Education, Human Resources. Rethinking India’s skilling outcomes. Introduction Over the last decade, India has built one of the largest skilling systems in the world. Strong public funding and multiple schemes show serious intent. Yet skilling has not become an… Continue reading Rethinking India’s skilling outcomes

UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2- Issues related to Constitution, GS 1- Issues Related to Women. Introduction Invalidating all forms of unilateral talaq raises a core question about fairness, equality, and consent in Muslim marriage and divorce. Recent judicial concern shows that practices allowing a husband to end marriage alone, even through agents, break the… Continue reading Invalidate all forms of unilateral talaq