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Background UN Conventions on the Rights of the Child states that the State shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that the child is protected from all forms of punishment or discrimination on the basis of the status, activities, expressed opinions, or beliefs of the child’s parents, legal guardians, or family members.  However, child labor, […]

Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community. (WHO) Issues High Public Health Burden: An estimated 150 million people across India are

The need of NMHP has always been felt. The latest Lancet Report’s findings also reflect on the mental health of the people in India. Hence, NMHP is a right step towards mental health support. Findings of the Lancet Report [Indian Scenario]: 197.3 million people were reported to have mental disorders in 2017. 45.7 million people

The Criminal Justice System (CJS) includes the institutions/agencies and processes established by a government to control crime in the country. This includes components like police and courts. The aim of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) is to protect the rights and personal liberty of individuals and the society against its invasion by others. The Criminal law in India

Context: The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to apprise it on whether observations homes, where minors in conflict with law kept, and Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) are equipped with video-conferencing facility Who is a Juvenile? A juvenile can be defined as a child who has not attained a certain age at which he can

Social Action is considering as one of the secondary methods of social work. The goal of social action is redistribution with regard to resources and power to provide social justice to all. Its objective is the proper shaping and development of socio-cultural environment in which a richer and fuller life may be possible for all

Defined by the World Bank NGOs refers to not-for-profit organizations that pursue activities to relieve suffering, promote the interests of the poor, protect the environment, provide basic social services, or undertake community development. These organisations are not a part of the governement, have a legal status and are registered under the specific Act (Societies Registration

A new study, recently published by Seattle-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) predicts that India will be the most populated country in the world. Its population will peak by 2050 by reaching 1.64 billion and thereafter it will decline to 1.09 billion by 2100. On the contrary, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) projects that India’s population

To deal with the problem of abuse of synthetic drugs and New Psychotropic Substances (NPS), the government is considering generic scheduling of drugs to replace the practice of substance-by-substance scheduling. Apart from this, the Narco Coordination Centre (NCORD) discussed the issue of large scale heroin trafficking from neighbouring countries, the diversion and abuse of pharmaceutical preparations, and

There have been rising instances of attack on field enumerators conducting National Sample Survey exercise in some areas of Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal owing to apprehensions and mistrust people have gathered regarding the new citizenship law and the pan India NRC exercise. This can negatively affect the house-listing operation and the updation of the National Population Register (NPR) exercise, which