Society Watch

Social Issues/Problems in India

1 Tobacco Free Youth Campaign 2.0

2 States & UTs to Notify Centre’s Guidelines on School Safety

3 Crime against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

4 Hema Committee Report

5 Living Will

6 NHRC’s Observations & Directives against Human Trafficking

7 Low Representation of Women in STEM Faculty

8 Supreme Court’s Observations on Hindu Marriage

9 Khula under Islamic Law

10 India’s declining Fertility Rate & its Impact

11 Right to adopt Child not a Fundamental Right

12 Muslim Women’s Right to Maintenance

13 Deletion of Kuki-Chins Tribe from ST List

14 Delhi High Court reaffirmed the ban on Incestuous ‘Sapinda’ Marriages

15 Bubble Baby Syndrome

16 WHO declares ‘Noma’ as Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD)

17 Supreme Court's Verdict on Section 498A of IPC

18 Assessment of National Policy on Child Labour

19 Right of the Unborn Child

20 Protocol for Management of Malnutrition in Children

21 Justice Amitava Roy Committee

22 Law Commission Report on POCSO Act, 2012

23 Hmar Community

24 Nikah Halala and Nikah Mut’ah

25 Legal Provisions Related to Abortion in India

26 Self-respect Marriages

27 Supreme Court Judgment on Inheritance

28 Hindu Undivided Family & Uniform Civil Code

29 Manual Scavenging

30 Horizontal Reservation for Transgender Community

31 International Pathogen Surveillance Network

32 UNICEF Analysis on Child Marriage

33 PRET Initiative

34 Menstrual Hygiene in School

35 ‘Triple Tests’ for Altruistic Surrogacy

36 Karnataka re-classifies the Definition of ‘Backward Classes’ for Reservation

37 Guidelines for Blood Donor Selection & Blood Donor Referral 2017

38 Affinity Test & Caste Claims

39 NHRC Flags Implementation Gap in Mental Healthcare Act 2017

40 Child Marriage

41 Right against Self-incrimination

42 Right to be Forgotten

43 JJ Act: Draft Guidelines on Conducting Preliminary Assessment

44 Supreme Court Simplifies Procedure for Passive Euthanasia

45 CAG Audit Report on Assam’s NRC

46 Growing World Population: Implications and Opportunities

47 All Women Bench of Supreme Court

48 Debate around Surrogacy in India

49 Nikah-Halala

50 Conversion Therapy

51 SMILE-75 Initiative

52 Special Marriage Act 1954

53 Abortion Laws in India

54 ‘Hyderabad Declaration’ on Human Trafficking

55 Self-Help Groups

56 First International Day for Countering Hate Speech

57 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2021

58 Multi Hazard Vulnerabilities in Jaipur: UN Habitat

59 Surrogacy

60 SC Directives on Rehabilitation of ‘Children in Street Situation’

61 Decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio

62 Determination of Minority Status

63 Misuse of Section 498A of IPC

64 National Commission for Safai Karamcharis

65 Decline in Fertility Rate

66 The National Anti-Doping Bill 2021

67 Bhima Koregaon Commission

68 Mental Health Issue in India

69 National Fund to Control Drug Abuse

70 PoshanVatika: Addressing Malnutrition

71 Hate Speech

72 e-Prison Project

73 Chakma and Hajong Communities

74 Adoption (First Amendment) Regulation 2021

75 Moral Policing

76 Dying Declaration

77 Constitutional Validity of Restitution of Conjugal Rights

78 Assam to Implement Two-Child Policy

79 Disability Early Intervention Centres

80 SAGE Initiative

81 Highest Demand under MGNREGA

82 Commitment to Reduce Inequality Index 2020

83 Swachh Survekshan (SS) 2021

84 Global Gender Gap (GGG) Report

85 World Happiness Report 2021

86 Denial of Justice to Victims of Child Sexual Abuse Rampant: A Study

87 Three Umbrella Schemes of Ministry of Women & Child Development

88 Upliftment of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

89 COVID 19: A Threat to Progress Against Child Marriage

90 Ease of Living Index and Municipal Performance Index 2020

91 Survey to Address Data Gap on Migrant Workers

92 Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge

93 EdTech Entities for Online Lessons

94 Corruption Perception Index 2020

95 UN Report: Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition

96 NHRC Recommends Special Act Against Manual Scavenging

97 Anthropological Survey of India Policy Document on Sentinelese Tribe

98 1.7 million Indians Died due to Air Pollution in 2019: Lancet Report

99 World Malaria Report 2020

100 Priority Beneficiaries for COVID-19 Vaccine to be Identified by Electoral Rolls

101 Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge

102 NITI Aayog’s Third Progress Report on Poshan Abhiyan

103 UN Launches Food Coalitionto Prevent Food Crisis

104 Global Tuberculosis Report 2020

105 Global Hunger Report 2020

106 NHRC Advisory on Women’s Rights during Pandemic

107 Decade of Healthy Ageing Initiative Launched on International Day for Older Persons

108 Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission

109 NCRB Report: ‘Crime in India’ 2019

110 UN’s Levels &Trends in Child Mortality Report 2020

111 Village Poverty Reduction Plan

112 UN Guidelines on Access to Social Justice for People with Disabilities

113 New Population Projections for India

114 ARIIA 2020 Rankings

115 Swachh Survekshan 2020

116 MANODARPAN Initiative for Mental Health and Counselling of Students

117 PRAGYATA Guidelines For Digital Education

118 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020

119 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2020

120 National Institutional Ranking Framework Rankings 2020

121 COVID-19 Widened Educational Divide: UNESCO Report

122 NHRC Asks Centre to Provide Interim Aid to Stranded Migrants

123 Annual India TB Report 2020

124 COVID 19 Pushed 45 million Globally into Food Insecurity: FAOReport

125 Government Announces Several Initiatives to Boost Education Sector

126 Over 42,000 Undertrials Released to Unclog Prisons: NALSA Report

127 National Infant Mortality Rate at 32 as per Sample Registration System Data

128 New POCSO Rules Make the Law Against Sexual Offences More Stringent

129 Contact Tracing to Help Control Disease Outbreaks

130 Cabinet Gives Stimulus to Domestic Manufacturing of Medical Devices

131 ‘A Future for the World’s Children’ Report

132 Happiness Curriculum

133 School Health Ambassador Initiative Curriculum launched under Ayushman Bharat

134 NITI Aayog Report Flags Discrepancies in Maternity Benefit Scheme

135 Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020

136 Crime in India Increased by 1.3% in 2018: NCRB

137 SDG Index 2019

138 PM Matru Vandana Yojana: Insufficient Coverage, Dismal Approach

139 77 million Diabetics Reported in India

140 FSSAI Seeks to Clampdown on Junk Food Served in Schools

141 National Health Profile, 2019

142 India Slips to 112th Rank on Gender Parity Index

143 Swachh Survekshan League (SSL) 2020

144 SDG Gender Index

145 Hike in National Defence Fund Scholarship Assistance

146 Amendment to Foreigners (Tribunals) Order, 1964

147 Swachh Bharat Helped Reduce Ground Water Contamination: UNICEF

148 ICMR Recommends Ban on Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)

149 Prison Statistics India, 2016

150 Government reduces ESI contribution rate to 4 per cent

151 E-Governance Initiatives for ST Welfare Schemes

152 Meghalaya Launches Aroma Mission

153 NPPA Slashes prices of 9 Non-Scheduled Cancer Drugs

154 NOTTO’s Nod must for Organ Allocation to Foreign Nationals

155 Supreme Court disapproves Assam’s Foreigner’s Tribunals Plan

156 SC Upholds Constitutional Validity of Consequential Seniority

157 First Global Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

158 Research Begins on Zika Virus

159 Multi-drug Resistant Yeast Present in India since 2011

160 Ministry of AYUSH, CSIR sign MoU to Promote Traditional Medicine

161 Know Your Medicine

162 Annual Surveillance Reports on Antimicrobial Resistance

163 ICMR Launches ‘MERA India’

164 100 Years of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

165 India on the Brink of a Dry Eye Disease Epidemic

166 Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019

167 FeFA Girls: Initiative to Tackle Malnutrition

168 National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS 2018-19)

169 Adoption of Girl Child

170 Gender Gap in Wages

171 National Survey on Extent and Pattern of Substance Use

172 Fertility Gap and Religion

173 Guidelines for Operation Greens Issued

174 Falling Sex Ratios at Birth

175 Poor Living Conditions Responsible for New Leprosy Cases

176 Progress towards Malaria Control

177 No Fund Allotted to Treat Rare Diseases

178 National Medical Devices Promotion Council to be Set up under DIPP

179 Boost to Educational Infrastructure in Tribal Areas

180 No Rise in Working Women Despite High Literacy Levels

181 Surrogacy Bill, 2016

182 Anaemia among Girls, Women Still Prevalent

183 National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, 2018

184 Lexicon for Rare Tribal Languages

185 Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2018

186 India Accounts for 27% of the Global TB Burden: WHO Report

187 State of the World’s Children Report

188 Government launches SUMAN Scheme

189 NCRB Data Decoded

190 India Child Well-being Index Released

191 Project SU.RE launched by Textile Ministry for Sustainable Fashion

192 Rotavirus Vaccine expanded to Entire County

193 POCSO (Amendment) Bill, 2019

194 “State of the Education Report for India: Children with Disabilities”

195 10-year Sanitation Plan to Focus on Waste Management

196 Two out of Three Child Deaths in India due to Malnutrition: Lancet

197 All India Survey on Higher Education Report (2018-19)

Social Justice

1 Mankidia Community Granted Habitat Rights in Odisha

2 Promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

3 Divorced Muslim Women’s Maintenance Rights

4 National Workshop on Sankalp: Hub for Empowerment of Women

5 Nyishi Community

6 NCBC Recommendations on Reservation Quota for OBCs

7 Committee to Examine Concerns of Queer Community

8 Childcare Leave: A Constitutional Right of Women

9 Kutia Kondh Community Attended Republic Day Parade

10 NHRC Advocates Implementation of Idate Commission Report

11 Enhancing Outreach of Self-Help Groups

12 ECI Issues Guidelines to Move towards Respectful Discourse for PwDs

13 Employment Opportunities for Transgenders in Armed Forces

14 Judgments by Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities

15 Enhancing Corporate Inclusivity for Persons with Disabilities

16 Supreme Court Directions on Eradication of Manual Scavenging

17 Habitat Rights of PVTGs

18 The Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023

19 Justice Gita Mittal Committee

20 Parliamentary Panel on Persons with Disabilities

21 Meira Paibis

22 UNDP and DAY-NULM for Women Entrepreneurs

23 Supreme Court’s Directions Regarding POSH Act

24 Centre Revises Nutritional Criteria for Children’s Food Safety Scheme

25 Silver Jubilee of Kudumbashree

26 Anubhuti Inclusive Park

27 Mahila Samman Savings Certificate

28 Panda Task Force

29 Ranganath Mishra Commission

30 International Day of Rural Women

31 Extension of Ayushman Bharat Scheme to Transgenders

32 Tribal TB Initiative

33 Mission Shakti – An Initiative towards Women Safety, Security and Empowerment

34 Mission Vatsalya

35 National Initiative for Promoting Upskilling of Nirman

36 One Nation One Ration Card

37 Eklavya Model Residential School

38 Residential Education For Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas

39 Community Forest Resource Rights

40 Hattis of Himachal Pradesh

41 National Conference on Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals

42 NITI Aayog and UNICEF India Sign SoI on SDGs Focusing on Children

43 POSH Act

44 Ujjwala Effect

45 New India Literacy Programme

46 SEED Scheme

47 SMILE Scheme

48 Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on MGNREGA

49 Guidelines for Universal Accessibility in India 2021

50 National Commission for Women

51 Supreme Court Judgment on Inherited Property

52 Vulnerable Witnesses: A Broader Definition

53 Separate Wards for Transgender Jail Inmates

54 Government forms Panel to Review EWS Quota

55 Registration of Births and Deaths Act (RBD) 1969

56 New Guidelines for Air Travel of Differently-abled Passengers

57 Acute Shortage of Funds under MGNREGA

58 Forest Rights Act

59 PM-DAKSH Scheme

60 Kapu Community to get Reservation

61 Extension to OBC Sub-Categorisation Commission

Socio- Economic Development

1 Women in Space Leadership Programme

2 WHO Launches First Global Framework for Pathogen Origins

3 Periodic Labour Force Survey

4 National Health Accounts Estimates for India 2020-21 & 2021-22

5 Impact of SBM on Infant Mortality Rates in India

6 WHO Declares Mpox a PHEIC

7 RESET Programme

8 NCERT Evaluation on Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya

9 Model Foster Care Guidelines (MFCG), 2024

10 New Definitions for ‘Literacy’ and ‘Full Literacy’

11 WHO Data on India’s Childhood Immunisation Coverage

12 PARAKH: Recommendations to Standardise Evaluation Process

13 Centre Halts Funding over PM SHRI Dispute

14 Second Phase of KIRTI Programme Launched

15 Women Entrepreneurship Program

16 Government Launches Revised Model Skill Loan Scheme

17 All-India Survey on ‘Ayush’

18 Third Annual Conference on Motor Neuron Diseases

19 Human Rabies: Now a Notifiable Disease in J&K

20 ABHA-based Scan and Share Service

21 Campaign on Tobacco Free Educational Institutions

22 CSIR-ASPIRE Scheme: Empowering Women Scientists

23 Ladakh Achieves Full Functional Literacy

24 R21/Matrix-M Malaria Vaccines

25 WHO Updates Bacterial Priority Pathogens List

26 77th World Health Assembly

27 Randomised Controlled Trials

28 Statins

29 Lyme Disease Reported in Kerala

30 India’s First Indigenous Drug for Sickle Cell Disease

31 India receives ‘Measles and Rubella Champion’ Award

32 WHO launches CoViNet

33 Eradication of Guinea Worm Disease

34 WHO Guidelines for Clinical Management of Diphtheria

35 Edwards Syndrome

36 Ayush Holistic Wellness Centre Inaugurated in Supreme Court

37 Mission Utkarsh to Combat Anaemia

38 Scrub Typhus

39 ICMR to Revise National Essential Diagnostics List

40 Central Government Approves New Leprosy Treatment Regimen

41 Radhakrishnan Committee: Reforming Higher Education

42 National Steering Committee for the Development of National Curriculum Frameworks

43 Jan Shikshan Sansthan

44 Samagra Shiskha 2.0

45 Samvad 2.0

46 Rice Fortification

47 Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021

48 New Population Policy of Uttar Pradesh

49 NIPUN Bharat Programme

50 National Ayush Mission

51 Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), 2017-18

52 National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP) to Boost Rural Incomes

53 Women’s Labour Force Participation Report: Oxfam

54 MSP for Minor Forest Produce Extended

55 8 States Achieve 100% Electrification

56 Umbrella Scheme for “Family Welfare and Other Health Interventions”

57 NITI Aayog Releases Second Delta Ranking of the Aspirational Districts

58 Three Central Schemes have Generated 2.7 Million Jobs

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