GS-II: Social Justice

Targeted Welfare Schemes and the Politics of Social Assistance

On August 24, 2026, Tamil Nadu’s new welfare measures, including a newborn gold ring scheme and six free LPG cylinders a year for eligible families, have renewed debate...

August 24, 2026

Ageing in India and Social Security for Senior Citizens

Senior Citizens Day was recently celebrated on August 21, 2026 with renewed focus on India’s fast-ageing population. It highlights how social security, healthcare, and dignity in old age...

August 23, 2026

Poverty and Globalization

India embraced liberalisation, privatisation, globalisation (LPG) in 1991. Embracing globalisation has been a mixed experience for India. Poverty & Globalization It is observed that Poverty rates around the...

October 10, 2017

Global Hunger Index 2015

The 2015 GHI was calculated for 117 developing countries and countries in transition, 80 of which with alarming or serious hunger levels. The focus of GHI 2015 was...

October 10, 2016

2016 Global Nutrition Report

The 2016 Global Nutrition Report (GNR) was released recently providing an independent and annual review of the state of the world’s nutrition.  The vision of the GNR is...

October 10, 2016

Poverty and State Of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) by FAO 2015

FAO had released the SOFA in 2015. It highlights the status of agriculture and food in the counties. Through the SOFA, FAO brings out a positive co-relation between...

October 10, 2016

Poverty and Socio-Economic and Caste Census

The 1st ever post independence Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) was conducted in 2011.  Government released the results of SECC-2011 in July 2015. SECC-2011 was first caste based...

October 10, 2016

Poverty and Terrorism

Experts have noted recently that the failure to provide opportunities which leads to poverty coupled with misreading of religion has helped fuel terrorism worldwide.  Extreme poverty is the...

October 10, 2016

Urban Poverty versus Rural Poverty in India

Earlier, poverty was only looked upon as a rural phenomenon. However, India faces problem of both rural poverty as well as urban poverty. This was one of the...

October 10, 2016

Poverty and SDG-1: India’s Challenges and Way Forward

Amongst the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs), the goal 1 relates to ending poverty in all its forms everywhere by 2030 and transform the world. Background More than...

October 10, 2016

Quercetin and Public Health

Recently, a team from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, had found that Quercetin helps to prevent multiplication of cancerous cells by blocking the process of cell division....

October 6, 2016

Various Issues Around NPDS Act

As per the NDPS Act, narcotic drugs include coca leaf, cannabis (hemp), opium and poppy straw. Psychotropic substance means any natural or synthetic material or any salt or...

October 6, 2016