The practice of child marriage in India is deeply rooted into the perils of poverty along with other socio-ecological factors prevalent in some parts of the nation. A child bride loses out on several opportunities in life as she is isolated from family and friends, is barred from pursuing an education and is soon burdened […]
The Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood Enterprise (SMILE) is a scheme aimed towards the holistic development, upliftment and sheltering of transgender persons.
The Nav Bharat Saksharta Karyakramme aims to impart basic education, financial and digital literacy skills along with basic life skills to those who could never go to school. The scheme was launched in Jammu and kashmir in September 2023, coinciding with the celebrations of the literacy week in Kashmir.
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Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) essentially refers to energy drawn using renewable resources that is used and distributed in a decentralized fashion. These technologies aim to provide clean energy solutions to rural areas. DRE has the potential to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, mitigate the climate crisis and improve access to energy. They can be used
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There are different types of vaccines, used for different purposes such as Live Attenueted vaccines, Inactivated or dead vaccines, Accellular or subunit vaccines and DNA/RNA vaccines. There is much to learn and understand about the need and purpose for each one of them.
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Backyard poultry farming, using native breeds is an easy, less risky and viable way of increasing income while alleviating poverty and addressing malnutrition. With the initiation of small time poultry farming enterprises, citizens of Andhra Pradesh have shown that poultry farming can be extremely beneficial. In 2016, the department of Animal Husbandry and The Tribal
A paradigm shift is seen when it comes to advocacy for access to higher education for girls, however several gaps in dropout rates and academic focus still persists.
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The Right to Abortion was, not too long ago upheld by the Supreme Court of India, wherein a ruling that stated that all women had the right to terminate a pregnancy up to 24 weeks, irrespective of marital status. However, the law is yet to include many other groups of people, who can experience pregnancy and thus should have equitable access to these rights.
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India currently ranks 111 in the Global Hunger Index, which 125 countries are a part of. With a score of 28.7, India’s hunger problem is a threat that the country needs to take seriously.
Global Hunger Index 2023: Where Does India Stand? Read More »
Alcoholism and Depression more prevelant in rural communities with very little rehabilitation due to lack of awareness, resources, and policies in place.
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