International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International institutions.   Context: The government of Madhya Pradesh in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) proposed two inexpensive and ingenious ideas to encourage women to cook balanced meals. These are: The ‘7 days 7 plots’ programme: Here, women from the village are taught how to …

Why the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 alone is not sufficient?

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.   Why the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 alone is not …

Model Tenancy Act:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.   Context: The long-awaited Chandigarh Tenancy Act will now be in queue for enactment by the Parliament. The UT administration has decided to send the proposed Act, based on Centre’s Model Tenancy …

Lokpal fails to give prosecution sanction to anyone in nearly three years:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important Statutory Bodies.   Context: The Lokpal has failed to provide prosecution sanction to public servants charged with corruption since its constitution nearly three years ago, according to an RTI reply by the anti-graft ombudsman.   Other issues: The appointments of directors of inquiry and prosecution, the two top personnel …

Char Dham:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Indian culture – salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.   Context: The Supreme Court has urged its former Justice AK Sikri to take over as the Chairman of the high-powered committee constituted by it to “consider the cumulative and independent impact of the …