SOCIAL ISSUES PT 365 ENGLISH

SOCIAL ISSUES
Table of Contents
1. WOMEN AND CHILD ________________ 4
1.1. Women in STEM ___________________ 4
1.2. Gender Pay Parity __________________ 4
1.3. Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022 ____ 5
1.4. Abortion Law in India _______________ 6
1.5. Child Adoption_____________________ 8
1.5.1. Review of Guardianship and Adoption Laws
_______________________________________ 8
1.6. Marital Rape ______________________ 9
1.7. Dowry System in India _____________ 10
1.8. Protection of Children from Sexual
Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012_____________ 10
1.9. Child Marriage____________________ 11
1.10. Other Important News ____________ 12
2. OTHER VULNERABLE SECTIONS_______ 15
2.1. Manual Scavenging ________________ 15
2.2. Transgender Rights ________________ 16
2.3. Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) _____ 17
2.3.1. First Global Report on Assistive Technology
(GReAT) _______________________________ 18
2.4. Denotified Tribes (DNTs)____________ 19
2.5. Urban Poverty ____________________ 20
2.6. Other Important News _____________ 21
3. EDUCATION ______________________ 23
3.1. National Education Policy (NEP), 2020_ 23
3.2. National Credit Framework _________ 24
3.3. Promotion of Higher Education in Regional
Languages ___________________________ 25
3.4. Reports on School Education in India__ 26
3.5. National Curriculum Framework for
Foundational Stage ___________________ 27
3.6. Foundational Learning Study (FLS) ____ 28
3.7. National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021
____________________________________ 29
3.8. Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED)
____________________________________ 29
3.9. Learning Poverty __________________ 30
3.10. Other Important News ____________ 32
4. HEALTH _________________________ 34
4.1. Anganwadi System ________________ 34
4.2. National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS)
Report ______________________________ 37
4.3. Sample Registration System (SRS)
Statistical Report 2020 _________________ 38
4.4. Civil Registration System (CRS) _______ 38
4.5. National Health Account (NHA) Estimates,
2018-19 _____________________________ 39
4.6. Mental Health ____________________ 40
4.7. Drugs Regulation Ecosystem in India __ 41
4.8. Drug Trafficking in India ____________ 42
4.9. Other Important News _____________ 44
5. NUTRITION AND SANITATION _______ 46
5.1. Nutritional Security in India _________ 46
5.1.1. The State of Food Security And Nutrition in
The World (Sofi) Report, 2022______________ 47
5.2. National Food Security Act (NFSA), 201347
5.3. Swachh Survekshan (SS) 2023________ 49
5.4. Other Important News _____________ 50
6. MISCELLANEOUS __________________ 51
6.1. Universal Social Security ____________ 51
6.2. World Population Growth___________ 51
6.3. Crime in India report 2021 __________ 53
6.4. Other Important News _____________ 54