Incentives For Having More Children Announced in Mizoram Source :  Hindustan Times GS II : Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate Approach “Incentives For Having More Children…

Seniorcare Ageing Growth Engine Source : PIB GS I : Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India Why in News ? Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment launched the…

Van Gujjars Remain Nomadic Source : Down To Earth GS III : Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment Why in News ? Recently interim order in favour of…

Why in News ? Time Use Survey (TUS) provides a framework for measuring time dispositions by the population on different activities. It is an important source of information about the…

Why in News ? The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has constituted the National Council for Transgender Persons a requirement under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.…

Why in News ? Annual cleanliness survey conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) released. Performance of cities Indore was ranked first as the cleanest city in…

Why in News According to data in the Science and Technology Indicators (STI) 2018 Indian private sector research companies to employ a larger proportion of women in core research and…

About Priyadarshini Scheme Source: The Hindu GS I: Women’s Empowerment The programme (Priyadarshini Scheme) is being introduced by the Ministry in 13 blocks spread across 5 districts in Uttar Pradesh…

Why in news ? Veerashaiva/Lingayata Dharma demanded that it is an independent religion and is different from Hinduism and want independent religion status for the same. Why they Claim a…

A comprehensive module for capacity building of Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) of Panchayats and a training program for Trainers of women panchayat leaders across the country was launched by the…