Midday Meal Scheme 1995: More than just a meal!
India’s Midday Meal Scheme has helped educate a generation of poor school-going children and has phenomenally transformed their lives and made a huge impact on the nation’s hunger and literacy rates.
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Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana: Charting the Way to Rural Progress
As India marches toward being a $5 trillion economy, PMGSY remains an important tool for inclusive growth. The scheme is a model of how focused development of infrastructure can spur multidimensional development results in rural India.
Quest for Justice Right to Compensation for Dalit Rape Victim-Survivors
Dalit women face multiple layers of discrimination and barriers when attempting to participate in the criminal justice system. The police and judiciary, which should safeguard vulnerable communities, regularly become structures through which violence against Dalit women is perpetuated. Police often refuse to register FIRs or delay filing charge sheets; cases are
frequently dismissed as closed or false. Arrests of the accused are sporadic, with FIRs only filed after protests and activism, while Dalit women face threats from the dominant caste community, as well as police, judiciary, and public prosecutors.
Overseas Citizenship of India: Navigating the Indian Diaspora
The Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) Scheme was introduced through an amendment to the Citizenship Act, 1955 in August 2005. OCI is an immigration status authorising a foreign citizen of Indian origin to live and work in India indefinitely. However, it does not grant the same rights and privileges as those of Indian citizens. The Indian Constitution does not provide for dual citizenship, i.e. holding citizenship of two or more countries at the same time. Therefore, OCI acts as an alternative for many foreign citizens of Indian origin.
Swachh Bharat Mission- Urban: A critical analysis
The Swachh Bharat Mission is one of the largest sanitation missions led by the Government of India. It was launched by PM Modi on October 2, 2014, to honour Mahatma Gandhi on his 145th birth anniversary. The mission's goal was to provide basic sanitation facilities to every family, such as the construction of toilets, solid and liquid waste disposal, and ensuring a safe and adequate drinking water supply across the country. The Swachh Bharat Mission comprises two missions- Swachh Bharat Mission- Gramin (SBM-G) and Urban (SBM-U). This essay will focus on the Swachh Bharat Mission- Urban (SBM-U).
Feminine Language and Female Bonding
Female genealogy means to explore, accept and imply the histories of women's relationships, love and bonding and supportive nature. Luce Irigaray uses the term ‘original matricide’, in her essay Body against Body that curtail the significance of mothers. Mothers play a vital role in creating a sexual identity.