Discuss the need for setting up of social stock exchange in India. What are the key challenges in their effective implementation?

Social stock exchange (SSE) refers to a stock exchange platform, to enable funding for enterprises with social benefits. An expert panel constituted by the SEBI has recommended allowing non-profit organisations to directly list on Social Stock Exchanges (SSE). Need for setting up of SSEs: Financial: As per government estimates there are 31 lakh NGOs in ..

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Economic empowerment of women is the key to ensure their social empowerment. Discuss in context of India.

Our constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender and strives for equal pay for equal work (DPSPs). This depicts the link between economic and social empowerment. Economic empowerment – Key to ensuring social empowerment: Economic empowerment brings independence in decision making. Women who earn a decent living can make life choices independently. Enhances reproductive ..

Topics: 016 - Role of Women and Womens Organization • 021 - Social Empowerment Communalism Regionalism Secularism • 048 - Social Sector Services Education Human Resources

Karnataka Asks Private Sector To Reserve Blue-Collared Jobs For Kannadigas

The Karnataka government has passed amendments to rules regarding industrial establishments that have taken any support from the government for priority to be given to Kannadigas, who are local to Karnataka, in jobs on shop floors in the ‘C’ and ‘D’ category of employees. What is the new directive? The government directive now is that ..

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India Takes Steps Towards Feminization Of Agriculture

India has recently launched the Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana, under the provisions of National Policy for Farmers (NPF) (2007). It is a component of the Deendayal Antodaya Yojana-NRLM (DAY-NRLM) and aims at improving the status of women in agriculture. What is the Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana? The Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP), as the name ..

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Women Empowerment is the need of the hour. Discuss the steps to be adopted in India for ensuring better opportunities and growth for Women.

Man and�women�are one of the major components of society. Since the formation of the society, there has been�discrimination�on how society looks on both the genders.�The essential factors for empowerment are�self-confidence, exposure and independence. The�empowerment and the improvement of their political, social, economic and health status is a highly important issue in itself. Measures to be ..

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How should the government come to the rescue of the presence of genuine secularism in the country?

It is one of the primary responsibilities of the government to not let any kind of religion-based violence and discrimination. There is a dire need for the government to renew its focus on the secularism as the word was grossly missing from the election campaigns. PM has often spoken of fake secularism which came into ..

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