SECTIONS – SCHEDULED CASTE

16% of India’s population #Issues 1]Social discrimination based on caste – mainly reflected in job orientation towards manual scavengers, manhole cleaners, municipal cleaners……SECC report says 1.8 lakh households involved in manual scavenging... Read more »

SECTIONS – Scheduled Tribes

population – 8% 0f India Features Distinctive cultures and traditions Geigraphical isolation Primitive lifestyle Low standards Issues land deorivetion and alienation : no legal mechanism, therefore they are exploited by clan ownership... Read more »

SECTORS – HUMAN RESOURSE

Human resourse is considered in skill level and employment EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS IN INDIA Unemployment Rate in India increased to 3.52 percent in 2017 from 3.51 percent in 2016. Unemployment Rate in India... Read more »

NEW EDUCATION POLICY

The National Policy on Education (NPE) is a policy formulated by the Government of India to promote education amongst India’s people. The policy covers elementary education to colleges in both rural and... Read more »

HIGHER EDUCATION

CHALLENGES #Affordability #Supply vs demand gap #Quality : poor R&D, lack of high quality infrastructure, lack of industry academy link #low govt investment and commercialisation of education #Outdated learning process, currculam and... Read more »

SECONDARY EDUCATION

ISSUES #Low enrollement ratio #Low quality #No of schools are less RASHTRIYA MADHYAMIC SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (RMSA) >launched in March, 2009 Objective To enhance access to secondary education Improving quality of education imparted... Read more »

PRIMARY EDUCATION

First put forward thriugh National Education Policy – 1987 challenges multidimensional crisis : poverty + availability + accessbility poor learning outcome high drop out rate exclusion : Right to education act (RTE)... Read more »

EDUCATION – SECTOR

“INTELLIGENCE + CHARACTER IS THE GOAL OF EDUCATION” – Martin Luther King Why education is so important in India ??? By 2020 India contribute 160 million workforce Analysis of India Education path... Read more »

PALLIATIVE HEALTH

Most advanced level of healthcare which addresses physical, psychological and spiritual needs of the patient,, Target : old age, chronically ill and disabled focus chronic and lethal diseases Poorly developed in India... Read more »

HEALTH INSURANCE – Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)

  INTRODUCTION Present coverage in India < 15% (rural – 13% and  urban – 12%) – ( NSSO Report) Reasons for this – lack of awareness, financial constraints, low penetration etc In... Read more »