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Malnutrition

For Prelims: Malnutrition, SAM, MAM, NFHS, Global Hunger Index, POSHAN Abhiyaan. For Mains: Malnutrition and its Prevalence. Why in...

22 May 2023 Issues Related to Children

Poshan Bhi, Padhai Bhi

For Prelims: Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), New Education Policy, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), National Rural Health...

12 May 2023 Issues Related to Children

Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994

For Prelims: PC & PNDT Act, 1994, Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques For Mains: Ethical and legal issues surrounding prenatal diagnosis and...

01 May 2023 Issues Related to Children

Tea Fortification

For Prelims: Fortification, Folate & Vitamin B12, Anemia, Fortification Programs in India For Mains: Issues with Fortification of Food and way...

01 May 2023 Issues Related to Children

FIR Provisions in Cognizable Offences

For Prelims: FIR provisions, Zero FIR, Cognizable offence, POCSO Act. For Mains: FIR - Provisions, Supreme Court’s view Why in...

29 Apr 2023 Issues Related to Children

Ministry of Women and Child Development

For Prelims: Mission Shakti, Mission Vatsalya, PM CARES Fund, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, Poshan 2.0, National Crèche Scheme,...

14 Apr 2023 Issues Related to Children

Himachal Pradesh Sukhashraya Act, 2023

For Prelims: Himachal Pradesh Sukhashraya Act, 2023 For Mains: Benefit and Significance of Himachal Pradesh Sukhashraya Act, 2023 Why in...

13 Apr 2023 Issues Related to Children

Genetic Information and Privacy

Prelims: Genetic Information and Privacy, DNA Test, Supreme Court, Article 21, Article 14, Right to Privacy. Mains: Genetic Information and...

23 Feb 2023 Issues Related to Children

UPI-PayNow Integration

Why in News? Recently, India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Singapore’s PayNow have been integrated to enable faster Remittances...

22 Feb 2023 Issues Related to Children

Odisha’s Initiative to Curb Child Marriage

For Prelims: Advika, Prevention of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021 For Mains: Major Developments in Minimum Marriageable Age in India,...

21 Feb 2023 Issues Related to Children

State-wide Crackdown on Child Marriages

For Prelims: Raising Legal Age of Marriage for Women, Child Marriage, Jaya Jaitly Committee, Protection of Children From Sexual Offences (POCSO)...

08 Feb 2023 Issues Related to Children

Measles and Rubella

Prelims: WHO, Congenital Rubella Syndrome, Mission Indradhanush, Measles-Rubella Vaccination. Mains: Measles and Rubella, Issues Related to...

24 Jan 2023 Issues Related to Children

Implementation Issues with the POCSO Act

This editorial is based on “Judging a decade of the POCSO Act” which was published in The Hindu on 20/01/2023. It talks about the...

21 Jan 2023 Issues Related to Children

PARAKH

Why in News? Recently, the National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) has notified India’s first national assessment...

17 Jan 2023 Issues Related to Children

India’s Progress in Tackling IMR, MMR and Malnutrition

For Prelims: Infant Mortality Rate, Maternal Mortality Rate, Malnutrition, Undernutrition, NFHS 5, Registrar General of India, Poshan Abhiyan,...

05 Dec 2022 Issues Related to Children

Measles

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03 Dec 2022 Issues Related to Children

Fixing India’s Malnutrition Problem

This article is based upon “Fixing India’s malnutrition problem” which was published in The Hindu on 24/11/2022. It talks about...

24 Nov 2022 Issues Related to Children

Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition

For Prelims: Diarrhoea, Diarrhoea, Cholera, Typhoid, Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) Solution, Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF),...

14 Nov 2022 Issues Related to Children

Age of Consent for Adolescents

For Prelms: Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Indian Penal Code. For mains: Age of Consent for Adolescents under POCSo Act...

10 Nov 2022 Issues Related to Children

Child Welfare Police Officers to be Appointed

For Prelims: Child Welfare Police Officer (CWPO), National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), POCSO Act, 2012, Juvenile Justice...

05 Nov 2022 Issues Related to Children