Many critical issues related to Intellectual property regime has been raised after Covid pandemic along with demand for liberalisation of public health related goods and services. Discuss.

After COVID, different nations, non-state groups and citizens have sought affordable access to patented vaccines and medicines developed to treat COVID. These nations include South American Countries, India, South Africa, etc. Issues raised regarding Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): These drugs ..

In the light of the All India Survey on Higher Education 2018-19, discuss the social composition of teachers in the Higher Education Institutions.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development has released the All India Survey on Higher Education 2018-19. The report is based on the survey which covers all the Institutions in the country engaged in imparting of higher education based on the parameters ..

Why government is collecting data on SC, ST employee in Private Firms?

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has initiated a survey which requires establishments contributing to the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) including those from the private sector to furnish information on the number of SC and ST employees in their ..

What are Fixed Dose Combination Drugs (FDCs)? Enumerate the concerns associated and despite all the harms why they are so popular in India?

A fixed drug combination is combination of two or more Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) combined in a single dosage form. Fixed dose combinations (FDCs) were declared irrational by a Health Ministry expert committee set up in 2014. Concerns associated: FDCs ..

What is the plan formulated by the Ministry of Human Resources Development to reduce the dropout rates in IITs?

The Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs), India’s premier Engineering Institutions are mulling over an early exit option for academically weak students in undergraduate courses. Those students will be allowed to opt-out after three years with a B.Sc. degree in engineering ..

Examine the trends in Notified TB Cases.

Tuberculosis is a notified disease in India. The India TB Report 2019 makes the following observations related to notified TB cases: There was a 16% increase in the number of notified TB cases in 2018 as compared to the previous ..

What are the components of the new framework proposed by the government to sustain 100 per cent ODF status?

The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation under the Union Jal Shakti Ministry has launched a 10-year national rural sanitation strategy to sustain India’s 100 per cent Open Defecation Free (ODF) status claimed by the Centre. National Rural Sanitation Strategy The ..

What are the findings of the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey?

The Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey was conducted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in association with UNICEF between February 2016 and October 2018. Findings of the Study About 10% of children in the age group of 5-9 years ..