Mental Health at Work

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Health Source: WHO Context: WHO and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have called for concrete actions to address mental health concerns in the working population. Status: Over 12bn workdays are lost annually (costing about $1 trillion) due to depression and anxiety Work and Mental Health are closely intertwined: Good mental health …

Is TN’s breakfast scheme populist or pertinent?

GS  Paper 2 Syllabus: Issues related to development of social sector involving education, schemes for vulnerable sections of society etc   Directions: Important for mains, you can use it as a measure to increase nutritional status of children in schools Source: The Hindu   Context: The breakfast scheme caters to 1,14,095 primary school students from …

The Mediation Bill, 2021

GS paper 2 Syllabus: Parliament- Structure, functioning and conduct of business etc   Directions: Important for Prelims and mains, can be asked directly in mains Source: The Hindu Context: The Mediation Bill, 2021 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha with the Parliamentary Standing Committee being tasked with a review of the Bill. Committee recommendations on …