Discuss the key digital initiative taken by Ministry of Rural Development in recent years highlighting their potential in fixing the lacuane in India's rural development.

As per Census 2011, around 70% of the population lives in rural India, however the fund allocation and level of development are not symmetric to urban areas where only 30% of the population lives. Rural India is largely dependent on ..

Every now and then, India is facing spontaneous eruptions of farmers agitations in recent times. While throwing light upon various plights of the farmers, suggest policy measures.

Farmers in India have been at the receiving end of the superfluous welfare schemes and misplaced governmental policies which have been largely ineffective to bring an end to their miseries. Primary irritants: The gradual depletion of soil quality due to ..

The poor state of public hospitals in India suggests that the answer to healthcare problems of the country lies in private sector. Discuss critically.

As per Economic survey at the time of independence, public expenditure on health was an unusually low, 0.22 % of GDP and it has not increased much since then. Presently it is little over 1 % which is well below ..

How the personal laws in India impinge upon the gender equality? Discuss.

India is a diverse nation be it religion, be it language, be it ethnicity there is a huge diversity. In order to ensure that religious diversity is preserved, there are personal laws, for example Hindu law, Muslim personal law, Parsi ..

The problem of nutritional crisis is as big as the problem of hunger in India and has been a matter of long standing public threat. Discuss and suggest remedial measures.

The nutritional status in India is poor, as highlighted by NFHS-5. According to it, 67% of children and 57% of total women are anaemic, stunting stands at 35% and about 19% of children have issue of wasting. Nutritional status in ..

As per latest Global Hunger Index (GHI), India is ranked 100th out of 119 countries. What steps do you think should be taken to improve India's ranking?

The global hunger index not only considers calories intake but it also considers child wasting (low weight for height), stunting (lower height than typical for age) and under-5 mortality within the definition of hunger.  As per recent Global Hunger Index ..

There is a need to focus on all three levels of healthcare in India with special focus on the primary health care. Comment.

Healthcare in India is in the developing stage with nearly 1.6% of GDP being spent on health care. There is a need to focus on development of all three levels of healthcare as: Rising burden of non-communicable diseases. To ensure ..

Even after various initiatives rural population especially women are out the digital financial ecosystem. What steps do you think should be taken for the inclusion of rural women in the digital financial ecosystem?

Financial inclusion suffers from two major divides in India rural and gender. Government has been making efforts to fill these gaps through mandatory branches in rural areas, Business Correspondents and recently digital financial services to harness the growing mobile penetration ..