RTE (Amendment) Act, 2019: No-Detention Controversy
The Right to Education Act, 2009 prohibits the detention of children till they complete elementary education (class 8)…
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Solid Waste Management in India – Issues & Responses
One of the most serious issues arising out of the wave of rapid urbanization and the resultant lifestyle changes is th…
Child Sexual Abuse in India – The Piercing Sound of Silence
Child sexual abuse, also called as child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which a girl or a boy who is under the age of 18 years forced into s…
Draft Indian Forest Act 2019: Dehumanising Forests
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has released the first draft of the comprehensive amendments to the Indian Forest Ac…
Honour Killing in India – Reasons & Responses
Recently, there has been a rise of honor killings in the country and this has led the government as well as the Suprem…
Clinical Trials in India – Conflict between Public Health Vs Safety
The New Drugs and Clinical Trial Rules, 2019 released by the government seeks to enable faster approvals and to cut do…
Forest Rights Act 2006 – Features, Implementation, Challenges & Solutions
The Supreme Court has recently directed the state governments to evict around 10 lakh forest dwelling communities whose claims have been rejected unde…
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY) – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)
While listing out the achievements of the government in social welfare measures, President Ram Nath Kovind recently mentioned that, under the Deen Day…
[Premium] Mental Healthcare in India – Key Issues and Analysis
Recently, the Supreme Court of India was moved by the plight of the chained mentally ill patients in a “faith-healing asylum” at Badaun, Uttar Pra…
