Examine the rising trends in Diphtheria cases in India as a concern for India’s public health.

Diphtheria is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheria. Diphtheria particularly affects children aged 1 to 5 years. Diphtheria is fatal in only 5-10% cases. As per the national health portal: One type of diphtheria affects the throat and ..

What in your opinion are the reasons for the downward revision of MGNREGA budget for 2019-20?

The allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has been revised to Rs. 60,000 Crores for the Budget year 2019-2020 which is less than the amount which was allotted last year. The Finance Minister, Piyush Goyal ..

What are the steps taken by the government to integrate Ayurveda, Yoga, Homeopathy systems with Modern Medicine?

The Ministry of Ayush has undertaken following steps to integrate Ayurveda, Yoga, Homeopathy systems with Modern Medicine to increase their acceptability as scientific and reliable alternative system of medicine: The Ministry of Ayush under National AYUSH Mission (NAM) is co-locating ..

Are you of the view that the workforce of India is masculinizing gradually?

It has been gradually seen that fewer women are entering the work-force and ones which are working have to spend long hours without getting adequate pay. Only 9 nations in the world have lower proportion of women working and two ..

Examine the trends in unemployment rates across various religious groups in the light of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data by Ministry of Minority Affairs.

The Ministry of Minority Affairs has placed the data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) related to unemployment rates across various religious groups. Trends across Religious Groups The 2017-18 PLFS had pegged the unemployment rates at 5.8% for rural male, ..

What are the issues surrounding the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme?

The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme has allocated Rs. 6000 crores for nearly 12 crore farmer families who owns nearly two hectares of land. The total number of land holdings is defined by the last agricultural census but the ..

Why India refused to sign Osaka declaration on free flow of data across borders?

At the G20 Summit, the world leaders came together to launch of “Osaka track”, an overarching framework promoting cross-border data flow with enhanced protections launched by Japan. India, South Africa, Egypt and Indonesia stayed away from the declaration. Osaka Track ..

How do you think the government can plug in the loopholes in the education system?

The draft of the new Education Policy of the Modi government has already sparked many debates in society. The good part of the whole document is that it has boldly accepted the �severe learning crisis�. The top-most priority as outlined ..