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  • Joined: August 6, 2023
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Accounting for the Uncounted: India’s Demographic Dividend, the Care Economy, and the Long Journey Towards Valuing Homemakers

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India's demographic advantage is founded on the fact that it has one of the youngest and largest working-age populations in the world. However, a major portion of this population, especially women, do not participate in the workforce. Instead, they engage in unpaid domestic and caregiving work within the home. As per the Periodic Labor Force Survey 2023–24, 36.7% of the female workforce and 19.4% of the total workforce perform unpaid activities in the household sector.

National Education Policy 2020 in Jammu & Kashmir: Implementation in Higher Education

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The higher education system in Jammu and Kashmir has historically struggled under the weight of a rigid, examination-oriented structure that prioritized theoretical memorisation over practical skill acquisition and critical thinking. For decades, the region’s academic landscape was shaped by unique and severe challenges, including geographical isolation, deep-seated socio-political instability, and frequent disruptions to the academic calendar that often crippled the teaching-learning process.

LEGAL LITERACY: A LEARNING LESSON IN SCHOOL

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“A child who knows law is not only less likely to break it but also better equipped to protect themselves from becoming its victim.”

When we discuss about education the main focus always relies on subjects like mathematics, science, history, technology and so on, that shape a child’s academic future. Although, there’s remain one essential life skill that continues to be overlooked in most Indian schools’ is legal literacy. When children are taught how to solve maths, write essays and learn question and answers, very few are taught what consent mean, what says about cybercrime, child marriage, bullying, or what are their legal rights and responsibilities.

Namami Gange Programme: Assessing Progress as Phase II Nears Its 2026 Deadline

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According to Hindu mythology, the Ganga is revered as a goddess who descends on earth from the great heavens. She was brought down to earth for the penance of King Bhaghirata. Ganga’s civilisational importance sits uneasily alongside an assessment of the river's current material condition. The Ganga’s length is over 2,525 kilometres. More importantly, the river supports 43 per cent of India’s population (CAG, 2017). Unfortunately, decades of industrial, religious and agricultural waste have severely degraded its ecological health. This has prompted the Government of India to launch the Namami Gange Programme (NGP) in June 2014. Under the Ministry of Jal Shakti's Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

End of an Era: Why India Discontinued the Sovereign Gold Bond (2024)

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The Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) scheme was conceived as part of a broader strategy to curb India's heavy reliance on physical gold imports, which were seen as a drag on the current account deficit and a source of unproductive household savings. The scheme was first announced in the Union Budget 2015-16 by then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, approved by the Union Cabinet on 9 September 2015, and formally launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on 5 November 2015, alongside the Gold Monetisation Scheme and the Indian Gold Coin (PMO India, 2015).

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