SHREYAS Scheme: Expanding Access, Uneven Outcomes?
SHREYAS is a Central Sector initiative implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to improve access to higher education among economically disadvantaged groups.
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Rewarding Change: How National Awards Are Shaping Substance Abuse Prevention
The increasing substance abuse situation in India in the 2000s reflected the necessity of a more assertive approach to drug demand-reduction as well as the enforcement measures. In 2004, a national survey conducted by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and UNODC estimated 62.5 million alcohol users, 8.75 million cannabis users, and almost 2 million opiate users with a dependency rate of 17-26%.
Scheme of Scholarship and Fellowship for Promotion of Art and Culture: Supporting Cultural Talent, Expanding Cultural Access?
India’s cultural heritage is sustained not only through institutions and monuments but also through artists and performers who preserve and transmit artistic traditions across generations.
Upgradation of Merit of SC Students: Access Without Retention?
The Upgradation of Merit of SC Students is a Central Sector Scheme implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
India’s Strategic Recalibration: The Significance of Modi’s Europe Outreach
From green technologies and semiconductors to defence cooperation, energy security, Arctic research and supply-chain resilience, the PM Modi’s tour underlined New Delhi’s determination to build trusted long-term partnerships with economically advanced and politically influential European powers
The National Electricity Plan Framework for a Sustainable, Renewable and Reliable Source of Energy
The National Electricity Plan (NEP) is a statutory document prepared by India's Central Electricity Authority (CEA) under The Ministry of Power
Assessing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016: Progress and Challenges
On 12.05.2012, the Department of Disability Affairs was created under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, to construct policy frameworks for the primary issues of disability, and to serve as a central point of contact for a coordinating role across various stakeholders and organizations at the National/UT's & State level, as well as with Central Ministries and Departments.