Divya Singh Over two-thirds of the working population in India is engaged in agriculture and it contributes 18% to India’s GDP which clearly signifies it is the backbone of the Indian economy. Every sector or industry is either directly or…
Ishika Chaudhary The legal age of marriage in India has a long history which dates back to the British Raj and has undergone various transformations in the face of societal changes. The different age of marriage for both the sexes…
Anondeeta Chakraborty The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8th April 2015 to grant loans up to Rs. 10 lakhs to the non-farm small/micro enterprises, non-corporate. Under the schemes, the loans are designated as MUDRA loans under…
Sakshi Sharda The incident on December 12 2012 jolted the Government of India and conscience of the Nation into action when it came to recognizing the immobility experienced by women in public spaces due to absence of spatial security. Recognizing…
Ritheka Sundar The National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NBFID) was established with an aim to support the development of long-term infrastructure financing in India such as the development of the bonds and derivatives markets so that infrastructure financing…
Sonia Singh The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) was established under Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance in October 2020. The parliament was not in session during this time, and an urgent need for such legislation…
On 2nd October 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Mission with the objective of "to accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put the focus on sanitation". Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) and Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) are two components of the Swachh Bharat Mission, focusing on rural and urban sanitation. Under Phase 1 of the mission, on 2 October 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, all villages, Gram Panchayats, Districts, States, and Union Territories in India had declared themselves "open-defecation free" (ODF) by constructing over 100 million toilets in rural India, costing close to Rs 1.3 Lakh Crore.