Examine the relevance of key new criteria for identification of rural Urban poor as per Bibek Debroy Committee for implementation of the Socio Economic Survey. {This question had a mistake in original test paper, the word rural is to be replaced by urban.}

Union Ministry of Housing and Urban poverty alleviation ministry had set up a committee under NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy to fine tune the socio-economic caste census to identify urban poor. SECC data for urban areas had three categories Automatic ..

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To what extent, the recent Supreme Court Judgement upon Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act tries to remove gender inequality perpetuated by this law? Examine.

Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act makes father the natural guardian of a Hindu Child while the mother is considered a natural guardian in absence of father. Thus mother does not hold an equal right as father in taking decisions for ..

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Why the Citizenship Amendment Bill has created lot of unrest in Assam?

The Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 has met with lot of resistance in Assam which is facing the crisis of illegal migrants. The state of Assam is facing lot of unrest as the bill proposes granting citizenship to a section of ..

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Why India needs to address the issue of overcrowding in prisons?

Much has been debated about the need of prison reforms in the India. But very little has been moved in this direction even after reports submitted by many committees. Why India needs to address overcrowding of its prisons? The cardinal ..

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Most of the states and UTs in India have their own anti-begging law. Are such anti-begging laws a comprehensive solution to begging menace? Discuss while suggesting alternative solutions.

In India, there is no major law which penalizes beggars and begging but around 22 states (including Union Territory) have their own anti-begging laws. Most of these laws are derived from the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959. Using this ..

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Differentiate between "Passive Euthanasia"and "Living Will". Throw light on the ethical concerns involved in legalising these concepts in India.

“Passive Euthanasia” is defined as to withhold medical treatment and withdraw life sustaining devices from a terminally ill patient with deliberate intention to let the patient die. Passive euthanasia occurs when the patient dies because the medical professionals either don’t ..

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