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Of the nine States considered to be seriously affected by LWE, six are States with Scheduled districts. Among the 83 LWE-affected districts, 42 districts have Scheduled Areas. These regions are marked by the following features Serious neglect and deprivation, widespread poverty and poor health and educational status; Exploitation and oppression by traders and money lenders, […]

Schedule Tribes The tribal population in India, though a numerically small minority, represents an enormous diversity of groups. They vary among themselves in respect of language and linguistic traits, ecological settings in which they live, physical features, size of the population, the extent of acculturation, dominant modes of making a livelihood, level of development and

India continues to struggle to provide its women with equal opportunity. In 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic, female labor force participation in India was 23.5%, according to ILO estimates. The pandemic has made this situation worse. It has hit women disproportionately — because they work in sectors that have been the hardest hit; work more

Women bear a disproportionately high burden of unpaid domestic work and care work in India. They carry a disproportionately higher burden of unpaid work, namely, unpaid domestic services as well as unpaid care of children, the old, and the disabled for their respective households. Women do this job not necessarily because they like it or

Parliament has passed 3 labour code bills aimed at labour welfare reforms covering more than 50 crores organized and unorganized workers in the country. This opens up the doors for social security to those in the self-employment sector. These three Bills are Social Security Code, 2020. Code on Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code,

Recently, the Labour and Employment Minister has informed the Lok Sabha that Oxfam Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index 2020 lacked clarity and did not take into account provisions of the four new labour codes. Key Points About: The Index ranked countries measuring their policies and actions in three areas that it said are proven to be directly related to

Key Points Need of the Amendment: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) audit of Child Care Institutions (CCIs) in 2020, 90% of which are run by NGOs, found that 39% CCIs were not registered, even after the 2015 amendment was brought in. It also found that less than 20% CCIs, especially for girls, had not been

The JJA, 2015 replaced the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000. Given below are a few salient points about the Juvenile Justice Act: Enactment Date:  December 31, 2015 Short Title:  The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. Long Title:  An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to children alleged and found to

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