Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a campaign by the Government of India to keep the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country’s cities and towns and its rural areas clean. It...
As per the latest National Sample Survey Office survey on healthcare, in 2014, medicines emerged as a principal component of total health expenses—72% in rural areas and 68%...
Nobel economic prize has been awarded to Richard Thaler who popularized the idea of Nudge theory, work on how human nature affects supposedly rational markets. Nudge Theory is...
World is witnessing the rise of chronic and non-communicable diseases with high morbidity and mortality. Organ replacement is one of the treatments for diseases like chronic kidney illness...
Social evils like child marriage deny individuals with opportunities for education and self advancement. They violate their right to bodily integrity and meaningful life. Supreme Court ruled that...
India’s new education policy envisages India as a knowledge superpower with enviable research output and mainstreaming of vocational education with higher education. Addressing challenges: Access – Enrolment in...
Vector borne diseases are those diseases which are spread by vectors like mosquitoes, e.g. malaria, dengue, etc. Epidemic proportions of such diseases: The incidence of vector-borne diseases have...
Demographic Dividend occurs when the working age population is higher in a country driving economic growth. For India to reap the benefit of demographic dividend it needs to...
Passive euthanasia, is the act of withdrawing life support to a terminally-ill patient. The Supreme Court of India legalised passive euthanasia by means of the withdrawal of life support to patients in...
Mission Indradhanush was launched by the Ministry of health in 2015 to attain full immunization of children and pregnant and lactating women. Features of Mission Indradhanush: Greater role...
