Society Watch

Social Issues/Problems in India

1 SC Raises Red Flag on Misuse of POCSO Act - (CSCE March 2026)

2 India Employment Prospects: Pathways To Jobs - (CSCE February 2026)

3 Supreme Court Expands Ambit of POSH Act, 2013 - (CSCE February 2026)

4 SC Issues Directions to Combat Dowry Practices - (CSCE February 2026)

5 Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000–2023 - (CSCE June 2025)

6 Students’ Mental Health Concerns: SC Forms National Task Force - (CSCE May 2025)

7 ​BIMSTEC Youth Summit 2025 - (CSCE April 2025)

8 ​NHRC’s Core Group Meeting on ASHAs - (CSCE April 2025)

9 ​Concerns of PwDs over DPDP Rules - (CSCE April 2025)

10 Supreme Court Bans Manual Scavenging in Metro Cities - (CSCE March 2025)

11 ​Reservation cannot be on the Basis of Religion: SC - (CSCE February 2025)

12 ​Supreme Court Ruling on POCSO Act - (CSCE January 2025)

13 ​Supreme Court Raises Concerns on Sex Trafficking Legislation - (CSCE January 2025)

14 ​Supreme Court’s Guidelines to Tackle Child Marriage - (CSCE December 2024)

15 ​Tobacco Free Youth Campaign 2.0 - (CSCE November 2024)

16 ​States & UTs to Notify Centre’s Guidelines on School Safety - (CSCE November 2024)

17 ​Crime against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - (CSCE November 2024)

18 ​Hema Committee Report - (CSCE October 2024)

19 ​Living Will - (CSCE August 2024)

20 ​NHRC’s Observations & Directives against Human Trafficking - (CSCE August 2024)

21 Low Representation of Women in STEM Faculty - (CSCE June 2024)

22 Supreme Court’s Observations on Hindu Marriage - (CSCE June 2024)

23 Khula under Islamic Law - (CSCE May 2024)

24 India’s declining Fertility Rate & its Impact - (CSCE May 2024)

25 Right to adopt Child not a Fundamental Right - (CSCE April 2024)

26 Muslim Women’s Right to Maintenance - (CSCE April 2024)

27 Deletion of Kuki-Chins Tribe from ST List - (CSCE March 2024)

28 Delhi High Court reaffirmed the ban on Incestuous ‘Sapinda’ Marriages - (CSCE March 2024)

29 Bubble Baby Syndrome - (CSCE February 2024)

30 WHO declares ‘Noma’ as Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) - (CSCE February 2024)

31 Supreme Court's Verdict on Section 498A of IPC - (CSCE February 2024)

32 Assessment of National Policy on Child Labour - (CSCE February 2024)

33 Right of the Unborn Child - (CSCE December 2023)

34 Protocol for Management of Malnutrition in Children - (CSCE December 2023)

35 Justice Amitava Roy Committee - (CSCE November 2023)

36 Law Commission Report on POCSO Act, 2012 - (CSCE November 2023)

37 Hmar Community - (CSCE October 2023)

38 Nikah Halala and Nikah Mut’ah - (CSCE October 2023)

39 Legal Provisions Related to Abortion in India - (CSCE October 2023)

40 Self-respect Marriages - (CSCE October 2023)

41 Supreme Court Judgment on Inheritance - (CSCE October 2023)

42 Hindu Undivided Family & Uniform Civil Code - (CSCE September 2023)

43 Manual Scavenging - (CSCE September 2023)

44 Horizontal Reservation for Transgender Community - (CSCE August 2023)

45 International Pathogen Surveillance Network - (CSCE July 2023)

46 UNICEF Analysis on Child Marriage - (CSCE July 2023)

47 PRET Initiative - (CSCE June 2023)

48 Menstrual Hygiene in School - (CSCE June 2023)

49 ‘Triple Tests’ for Altruistic Surrogacy - (CSCE June 2023)

50 Karnataka re-classifies the Definition of ‘Backward Classes’ for Reservation - (CSCE May 2023)

51 Guidelines for Blood Donor Selection & Blood Donor Referral 2017 - (CSCE May 2023)

52 Affinity Test & Caste Claims - (CSCE May 2023)

53 NHRC Flags Implementation Gap in Mental Healthcare Act 2017 - (CSCE April 2023)

54 Child Marriage - (CSCE April 2023)

55 Right against Self-incrimination - (CSCE April 2023)

56 Right to be Forgotten - (CSCE April 2023)

57 JJ Act: Draft Guidelines on Conducting Preliminary Assessment - (CSCE March 2023)

58 Supreme Court Simplifies Procedure for Passive Euthanasia - (CSCE March 2023)

59 CAG Audit Report on Assam’s NRC - (CSCE February 2023)

60 Growing World Population: Implications and Opportunities - (CSCE January 2023)

61 All Women Bench of Supreme Court - (CSCE January 2023)

62 Debate around Surrogacy in India - (CSCE December 2022)

63 Nikah-Halala - (CSCE November 2022)

64 Conversion Therapy - (CSCE November 2022)

65 SMILE-75 Initiative - (CSCE October 2022)

66 Special Marriage Act 1954 - (CSCE October 2022)

67 Abortion Laws in India - (CSCE September 2022)

68 ‘Hyderabad Declaration’ on Human Trafficking - (CSCE September 2022)

69 Self-Help Groups - (CSCE August 2022)

70 First International Day for Countering Hate Speech - (CSCE August 2022)

71 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2021 - (CSCE August 2022)

72 Multi Hazard Vulnerabilities in Jaipur: UN Habitat - (CSCE July 2022)

73 Surrogacy - (CSCE July 2022)

74 SC Directives on Rehabilitation of ‘Children in Street Situation’ - (CSCE June 2022)

75 Decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio - (CSCE May 2022)

76 Determination of Minority Status - (CSCE May 2022)

77 Misuse of Section 498A of IPC - (CSCE April 2022)

78 National Commission for Safai Karamcharis - (CSCE March 2022)

79 Decline in Fertility Rate - (CSCE February 2022)

80 The National Anti-Doping Bill 2021 - (CSCE February 2022)

81 Bhima Koregaon Commission - (CSCE January 2022)

82 Mental Health Issue in India - (CSCE January 2022)

83 National Fund to Control Drug Abuse - (CSCE December 2021)

84 PoshanVatika: Addressing Malnutrition - (CSCE November 2021)

85 Hate Speech - (CSCE November 2021)

86 e-Prison Project - (CSCE October 2021)

87 Chakma and Hajong Communities - (CSCE October 2021)

88 Adoption (First Amendment) Regulation 2021 - (CSCE October 2021)

89 Moral Policing - (CSCE October 2021)

90 Dying Declaration - (CSCE September 2021)

91 Constitutional Validity of Restitution of Conjugal Rights - (CSCE September 2021)

92 Assam to Implement Two-Child Policy - (CSCE August 2021)

93 Disability Early Intervention Centres - (CSCE August 2021)

94 SAGE Initiative - (CSCE August 2021)

95 Highest Demand under MGNREGA - (CSCE July 2021)

96 Commitment to Reduce Inequality Index 2020 - (CSCE July 2021)

97 Swachh Survekshan (SS) 2021 - (CSCE July 2021)

98 Global Gender Gap (GGG) Report - (CSCE July 2021)

99 World Happiness Report 2021 - (CSCE May 2021)

100 Denial of Justice to Victims of Child Sexual Abuse Rampant: A Study - (CSCE May 2021)

101 Three Umbrella Schemes of Ministry of Women & Child Development - (CSCE May 2021)

102 Upliftment of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups - (CSCE May 2021)

103 COVID 19: A Threat to Progress Against Child Marriage - (CSCE May 2021)

104 Ease of Living Index and Municipal Performance Index 2020 - (CSCE May 2021)

105 Survey to Address Data Gap on Migrant Workers - (CSCE April 2021)

106 Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge - (CSCE April 2021)

107 EdTech Entities for Online Lessons - (CSCE April 2021)

108 Corruption Perception Index 2020 - (CSCE March 2021)

109 UN Report: Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition - (CSCE March 2021)

110 NHRC Recommends Special Act Against Manual Scavenging - (CSCE March 2021)

111 Anthropological Survey of India Policy Document on Sentinelese Tribe - (CSCE February 2021)

112 1.7 million Indians Died due to Air Pollution in 2019: Lancet Report - (CSCE February 2021)

113 World Malaria Report 2020 - (CSCE February 2021)

114 Priority Beneficiaries for COVID-19 Vaccine to be Identified by Electoral Rolls - (CSCE February 2021)

115 Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge - (CSCE January 2021)

116 NITI Aayog’s Third Progress Report on Poshan Abhiyan - (CSCE January 2021)

117 UN Launches Food Coalitionto Prevent Food Crisis - (CSCE January 2021)

118 Global Tuberculosis Report 2020 - (CSCE December 2020)

119 Global Hunger Report 2020 - (CSCE December 2020)

120 NHRC Advisory on Women’s Rights during Pandemic - (CSCE December 2020)

121 Decade of Healthy Ageing Initiative Launched on International Day for Older Persons - (CSCE December 2020)

122 Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission - (CSCE December 2020)

123 NCRB Report: ‘Crime in India’ 2019 - (CSCE November 2020)

124 UN’s Levels &Trends in Child Mortality Report 2020 - (CSCE November 2020)

125 Village Poverty Reduction Plan - (CSCE November 2020)

126 UN Guidelines on Access to Social Justice for People with Disabilities - (CSCE November 2020)

127 New Population Projections for India - (CSCE October 2020)

128 ARIIA 2020 Rankings - (CSCE October 2020)

129 Swachh Survekshan 2020 - (CSCE October 2020)

130 MANODARPAN Initiative for Mental Health and Counselling of Students - (CSCE September 2020)

131 PRAGYATA Guidelines For Digital Education - (CSCE September 2020)

132 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020 - (CSCE September 2020)

133 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2020 - (CSCE September 2020)

134 National Institutional Ranking Framework Rankings 2020 - (CSCE August 2020)

135 COVID-19 Widened Educational Divide: UNESCO Report - (CSCE August 2020)

136 NHRC Asks Centre to Provide Interim Aid to Stranded Migrants - (CSCE August 2020)

137 Annual India TB Report 2020 - (CSCE August 2020)

138 COVID 19 Pushed 45 million Globally into Food Insecurity: FAOReport - (CSCE August 2020)

139 Government Announces Several Initiatives to Boost Education Sector - (CSCE July 2020)

140 Over 42,000 Undertrials Released to Unclog Prisons: NALSA Report - (CSCE July 2020)

141 National Infant Mortality Rate at 32 as per Sample Registration System Data - (CSCE July 2020)

142 New POCSO Rules Make the Law Against Sexual Offences More Stringent - (CSCE May 2020)

143 Contact Tracing to Help Control Disease Outbreaks - (CSCE May 2020)

144 Cabinet Gives Stimulus to Domestic Manufacturing of Medical Devices - (CSCE May 2020)

145 ‘A Future for the World’s Children’ Report - (CSCE April 2020)

146 Happiness Curriculum - (CSCE April 2020)

147 School Health Ambassador Initiative Curriculum launched under Ayushman Bharat - (CSCE April 2020)

148 NITI Aayog Report Flags Discrepancies in Maternity Benefit Scheme - (CSCE April 2020)

149 Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 - (CSCE March 2020)

150 Crime in India Increased by 1.3% in 2018: NCRB - (CSCE March 2020)

151 SDG Index 2019 - (CSCE March 2020)

152 PM Matru Vandana Yojana: Insufficient Coverage, Dismal Approach - (CSCE January 2020)

153 77 million Diabetics Reported in India - (CSCE January 2020)

154 FSSAI Seeks to Clampdown on Junk Food Served in Schools - (CSCE January 2020)

155 National Health Profile, 2019 - (CSCE January 2020)

156 India Slips to 112th Rank on Gender Parity Index - (CSCE February 2020)

157 Swachh Survekshan League (SSL) 2020 - (CSCE August 2019)

158 SDG Gender Index - (CSCE August 2019)

159 Hike in National Defence Fund Scholarship Assistance - (CSCE August 2019)

160 Amendment to Foreigners (Tribunals) Order, 1964 - (CSCE August 2019)

161 Swachh Bharat Helped Reduce Ground Water Contamination: UNICEF - (CSCE August 2019)

162 ICMR Recommends Ban on Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) - (CSCE August 2019)

163 Prison Statistics India, 2016 - (CSCE August 2019)

164 Government reduces ESI contribution rate to 4 per cent - (CSCE August 2019)

165 E-Governance Initiatives for ST Welfare Schemes - (CSCE August 2019)

166 Meghalaya Launches Aroma Mission - (CSCE July 2019)

167 NPPA Slashes prices of 9 Non-Scheduled Cancer Drugs - (CSCE July 2019)

168 NOTTO’s Nod must for Organ Allocation to Foreign Nationals - (CSCE July 2019)

169 Supreme Court disapproves Assam’s Foreigner’s Tribunals Plan - (CSCE July 2019)

170 SC Upholds Constitutional Validity of Consequential Seniority - (CSCE July 2019)

171 First Global Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) - (CSCE June 2019)

172 Research Begins on Zika Virus - (CSCE June 2019)

173 Multi-drug Resistant Yeast Present in India since 2011 - (CSCE June 2019)

174 Ministry of AYUSH, CSIR sign MoU to Promote Traditional Medicine - (CSCE June 2019)

175 Know Your Medicine - (CSCE June 2019)

176 Annual Surveillance Reports on Antimicrobial Resistance - (CSCE June 2019)

177 ICMR Launches ‘MERA India’ - (CSCE June 2019)

178 100 Years of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - (CSCE June 2019)

179 India on the Brink of a Dry Eye Disease Epidemic - (CSCE May 2019)

180 Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019 - (CSCE May 2019)

181 FeFA Girls: Initiative to Tackle Malnutrition - (CSCE May 2019)

182 National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS 2018-19) - (CSCE May 2019)

183 Adoption of Girl Child - (CSCE April 2019)

184 Gender Gap in Wages - (CSCE April 2019)

185 National Survey on Extent and Pattern of Substance Use - (CSCE April 2019)

186 Fertility Gap and Religion - (CSCE April 2019)

187 Guidelines for Operation Greens Issued - (CSCE January 2019)

188 Falling Sex Ratios at Birth - (CSCE March 2019)

189 Poor Living Conditions Responsible for New Leprosy Cases - (CSCE March 2019)

190 Progress towards Malaria Control - (CSCE March 2019)

191 No Fund Allotted to Treat Rare Diseases - (CSCE February 2019)

192 National Medical Devices Promotion Council to be Set up under DIPP - (CSCE February 2019)

193 Boost to Educational Infrastructure in Tribal Areas - (CSCE February 2019)

194 No Rise in Working Women Despite High Literacy Levels - (CSCE February 2019)

195 Surrogacy Bill, 2016 - (CSCE February 2019)

196 Anaemia among Girls, Women Still Prevalent - (CSCE January 2019)

197 National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, 2018 - (CSCE February 2019)

198 Lexicon for Rare Tribal Languages - (CSCE January 2019)

199 Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2018 - (CSCE January 2019)

200 India Accounts for 27% of the Global TB Burden: WHO Report - (CSCE December 2019)

201 State of the World’s Children Report - (CSCE December 2019)

202 Government launches SUMAN Scheme - (CSCE December 2019)

203 NCRB Data Decoded - (CSCE December 2019)

204 India Child Well-being Index Released - (CSCE October 2019)

205 Project SU.RE launched by Textile Ministry for Sustainable Fashion - (CSCE October 2019)

206 Rotavirus Vaccine expanded to Entire County - (CSCE October 2019)

207 POCSO (Amendment) Bill, 2019 - (CSCE September 2019)

208 “State of the Education Report for India: Children with Disabilities” - (CSCE September 2019)

209 10-year Sanitation Plan to Focus on Waste Management - (CSCE November 2019)

210 Two out of Three Child Deaths in India due to Malnutrition: Lancet - (CSCE November 2019)

211 All India Survey on Higher Education Report (2018-19) - (CSCE November 2019)

News Snippets

1 WASH Warriors - (CSCE March 2026)

2 CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative - (CSCE March 2026)

3 GeM Marks Seven Years of Womaniya Initiative - (CSCE March 2026)

4 Jamma Bane Lands - (CSCE March 2026)

5 Model Youth Gram Sabha (MYGS) - (CSCE March 2026)

6 Lambadi Community - (CSCE March 2026)

7 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) - (CSCE March 2026)

8 Continuation of Atal Pension Yojana - (CSCE March 2026)

9 Chenchu Tribe - (CSCE February 2026)

10 Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - (CSCE February 2026)

11 Expansion of Jan Aushadhi Kendras - (CSCE February 2026)

12 Passive Euthanasia - (CSCE January 2026)

13 Bnei Menashe Community - (CSCE January 2026)

14 Hamara Shauchalay: Hamara Samman (HSHS) - (CSCE January 2026)

15 National Means cum Merit Scholarship Scheme - (CSCE December 2025)

16 Siddi Tribal Community - (CSCE December 2025)

17 Moran Community - (CSCE November 2025)

18 Personality Rights - (CSCE November 2025)

19 Ayushman Bharat - (CSCE November 2025)

20 SPARSH Pension System - (CSCE November 2025)

21 Swachhata Hi Seva 2025 - (CSCE November 2025)

22 Silver Economy - (CSCE October 2025)

23 SheLeads Programme - (CSCE October 2025)

24 Vibrant Villages Programme - (CSCE October 2025)

25 Kani Tribe - (CSCE October 2025)

26 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) - (CSCE October 2025)

27 Chins - (CSCE September 2025)

28 7 Years of ‘Eat Right India’ Initiative - (CSCE September 2025)

29 PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan Dissemination Portal - (CSCE September 2025)

30 Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) - (CSCE September 2025)

31 Bima Sakhi Scheme - (CSCE September 2025)

32 Adi Karmyogi Programme - (CSCE August 2025)

33 Gender Budgeting Knowledge Hub - (CSCE August 2025)

34 Football for Schools (F4S) Programme - (CSCE August 2025)

35 POSHAN Abhiyan - (CSCE August 2025)

36 Inclusive Education Access for Persons with Disabilities - (CSCE August 2025)

Social Justice

1 Gender Neutrality in the POCSO Act, 2012: Ensuring Comprehensive Child Protection - (CSCE January 2026)

2 Custodial Violence & CCTVs: Supreme Court Flags Centre’s Non-compliance - (CSCE January 2026)

3 Juvenile Justice and Children in Conflict with the Law - (CSCE January 2026)

4 International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women - (CSCE January 2026)

5 ‘We Rise’ Initiative: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs - (CSCE December 2025)

6 SC Forms Panel on Transgender Persons - (CSCE December 2025)

7 Children in India 2025 - (CSCE November 2025)

8 National Conference on Transgender Rights - (CSCE November 2025)

9 Nari Adalat: Women Empowerment Through Local Justice - (CSCE October 2025)

10 Towards Equity: Judicial Recognition of Transgenders’ Identity - (CSCE October 2025)

11 SC Guidelines to Protect Mental Health of Students - (CSCE September 2025)

12 Kashi Declaration - (CSCE September 2025)

13 Demographic Dividend to Development Drive: India's Youth in Focus - (CSCE September 2025)

14 C-LAB Report on Child Labour Rescues in India - (CSCE August 2025)

15 Nationwide Digital Application for Profiling Waste Pickers - (CSCE August 2025)

16 “Niveshak Shivir” Initiative - (CSCE July 2025)

17 Maternity Leave is Part of Reproductive Rights: Supreme Court - (CSCE July 2025)

18 India’s DBT: Boosting Welfare Efficiency - (CSCE June 2025)

19 Telangana: 1st State to Implement Scheduled Castes' Sub-Categorisation - (CSCE June 2025)

20 Phase-2 of ‘Niveshak Didi’ Social Justice - (CSCE June 2025)

21 Government Starts Social Protection Data Pooling Exercise - (CSCE May 2025)

22 ​Nari Adalats: Women-only Courts for Alternative Dispute Resolution - (CSCE April 2025)

23 ​NITI Aayog’s Workshop on Enabling Women-Led Development through Entrepreneurship - (CSCE April 2025)

24 ​India Hosts First-Ever Regional Dialogue on Social Justice - (CSCE April 2025)

25 Ethnographic Study of Denotified, Semi-Nomadic, and Nomadic Communities - (CSCE March 2025)

26 10 Years of BBBP: Driving Cultural & Social Change - (CSCE March 2025)

27 ​Ageing in India: Actionable Solutions - (CSCE February 2025)

28 ​SC Directives for Effective Implementation of POSH Act - (CSCE January 2025)

29 ​Decreasing Demand for Work under MGNREGS - (CSCE December 2024)

30 Rising Burden of Tuberculosis - (CSCE December 2024)

31 ​Mankidia Community Granted Habitat Rights in Odisha - (CSCE November 2024)

32 ​Promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work - (CSCE October 2024)

33 ​Divorced Muslim Women’s Maintenance Rights - (CSCE September 2024)

34 National Workshop on Sankalp: Hub for Empowerment of Women - (CSCE August 2024)

35 ​Nyishi Community - (CSCE July 2024)

36 ​NCBC Recommendations on Reservation Quota for OBCs - (CSCE July 2024)

37 Committee to Examine Concerns of Queer Community - (CSCE June 2024)

38 Childcare Leave: A Constitutional Right of Women - (CSCE June 2024)

39 Kutia Kondh Community Attended Republic Day Parade - (CSCE March 2024)

40 NHRC Advocates Implementation of Idate Commission Report - (CSCE March 2024)

41 Enhancing Outreach of Self-Help Groups - (CSCE February 2024)

42 ECI Issues Guidelines to Move towards Respectful Discourse for PwDs - (CSCE February 2024)

43 Employment Opportunities for Transgenders in Armed Forces - (CSCE January 2024)

44 Judgments by Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities - (CSCE January 2024)

45 Enhancing Corporate Inclusivity for Persons with Disabilities - (CSCE December 2023)

46 Supreme Court Directions on Eradication of Manual Scavenging - (CSCE December 2023)

47 Habitat Rights of PVTGs - (CSCE December 2023)

48 The Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023 - (CSCE November 2023)

49 Justice Gita Mittal Committee - (CSCE October 2023)

50 Parliamentary Panel on Persons with Disabilities - (CSCE September 2023)

51 Meira Paibis - (CSCE August 2023)

52 UNDP and DAY-NULM for Women Entrepreneurs - (CSCE August 2023)

53 Supreme Court’s Directions Regarding POSH Act - (CSCE July 2023)

54 Centre Revises Nutritional Criteria for Children’s Food Safety Scheme - (CSCE June 2023)

55 Silver Jubilee of Kudumbashree - (CSCE May 2023)

56 Anubhuti Inclusive Park - (CSCE April 2023)

57 Mahila Samman Savings Certificate - (CSCE March 2023)

58 Panda Task Force - (CSCE February 2023)

59 Ranganath Mishra Commission - (CSCE February 2023)

60 International Day of Rural Women - (CSCE December 2022)

61 Extension of Ayushman Bharat Scheme to Transgenders - (CSCE October 2022)

62 Tribal TB Initiative - (CSCE October 2022)

63 Mission Shakti – An Initiative towards Women Safety, Security and Empowerment - (CSCE September 2022)

64 Mission Vatsalya - (CSCE September 2022)

65 National Initiative for Promoting Upskilling of Nirman - (CSCE August 2022)

66 One Nation One Ration Card - (CSCE August 2022)

67 Eklavya Model Residential School - (CSCE July 2022)

68 Residential Education For Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas - (CSCE July 2022)

69 Community Forest Resource Rights - (CSCE July 2022)

70 Hattis of Himachal Pradesh - (CSCE June 2022)

71 National Conference on Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals - (CSCE June 2022)

72 NITI Aayog and UNICEF India Sign SoI on SDGs Focusing on Children - (CSCE June 2022)

73 POSH Act - (CSCE May 2022)

74 Ujjwala Effect - (CSCE May 2022)

75 New India Literacy Programme - (CSCE April 2022)

76 SEED Scheme - (CSCE April 2022)

77 SMILE Scheme - (CSCE April 2022)

78 Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on MGNREGA - (CSCE April 2022)

79 Guidelines for Universal Accessibility in India 2021 - (CSCE March 2022)

80 National Commission for Women - (CSCE March 2022)

81 Supreme Court Judgment on Inherited Property - (CSCE March 2022)

82 Vulnerable Witnesses: A Broader Definition - (CSCE March 2022)

83 Separate Wards for Transgender Jail Inmates - (CSCE March 2022)

84 Government forms Panel to Review EWS Quota - (CSCE January 2022)

85 Registration of Births and Deaths Act (RBD) 1969 - (CSCE December 2021)

86 New Guidelines for Air Travel of Differently-abled Passengers - (CSCE December 2021)

87 Acute Shortage of Funds under MGNREGA - (CSCE December 2021)

88 Forest Rights Act - (CSCE November 2021)

89 PM-DAKSH Scheme - (CSCE October 2021)

90 Kapu Community to get Reservation - (CSCE September 2021)

91 Extension to OBC Sub-Categorisation Commission - (CSCE September 2021)

Socio- Economic Development

1 Demographic Winter and Its Socio-Economic Impact - (CSCE March 2026)

2 PANKHUDI Portal - (CSCE March 2026)

3 Sampoornata Abhiyan 2.0 - (CSCE March 2026)

4 National Campaign on Entrepreneurship - (CSCE March 2026)

5 Strengthening India’s Skills and TVET Ecosystem - (CSCE March 2026)

6 Conference on Enhancing Gender Statistics - (CSCE March 2026)

7 Women’s Health Investment Outlook - (CSCE March 2026)

8 Rights of Widowed Daughters-in-Law under HAMA, 1956 - (CSCE March 2026)

9 JALAJ Livelihood Centres: Linking River Conservation with Sustainable Livelihoods - (CSCE March 2026)

10 World Inequality Report 2026 - (CSCE February 2026)

11 State of the Education Report for India 2025 - (CSCE February 2026)

12 Global Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases & Mental Health - (CSCE February 2026)

13 10th Anniversary of Amrit Pharmacy - (CSCE January 2026)

14 National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2.0 - (CSCE January 2026)

15 Lancet Report on Ultra-processed Foods - (CSCE January 2026)

16 Implementation of India’s New Labour Codes - (CSCE January 2026)

17 Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 - (CSCE December 2025)

18 National-Level Sensitization Meeting on Strengthening PC&PNDT Act, 1994 - (CSCE December 2025)

19 Kolam Tribe - (CSCE December 2025)

20 Report on Vital Statistics of India - 2023 - (CSCE December 2025)

21 Ayushman Bharat and the Growing Grip of Private Healthcare - (CSCE December 2025)

22 HEAL 2025 - (CSCE December 2025)

23 Model Youth Gram Sabha Initiative - (CSCE December 2025)

24 New Social Security Initiatives - (CSCE November 2025)

25 New Initiatives for Senior Citizens - (CSCE November 2025)

26 Manki-Munda System - (CSCE November 2025)

27 Expansion of UG and PG Medical Education Capacity Approved - (CSCE November 2025)

28 Adi Yuva Fellowship & Adi Karmayogi Volunteers: Empowering Tribal Youth - (CSCE November 2025)

29 Himachal Pradesh Declared Fully Literate State - (CSCE November 2025)

30 Child Marriages in India: A Barrier to Equality and Development - (CSCE November 2025)

31 PM-SETU Scheme - (CSCE November 2025)

32 SHRESTH: India’s First State Health Regulatory Excellence Index - (CSCE October 2025)

33 5 Years of Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan - (CSCE October 2025)

34 Kerala Becomes India’s First 100% Digitally Literate State - (CSCE October 2025)

35 Expansion of Sanchar Mitra Scheme - (CSCE September 2025)

36 Findings of PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 - (CSCE September 2025)

37 India Accounted for 6.4% of Global ‘Zero-dose Children’ in 2024 - (CSCE September 2025)

38 Organ Transplantation: Systemic Challenges - (CSCE August 2025)

39 Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students - (CSCE August 2025)

40 Skills for the Future: Transforming India’s Workforce Landscape - (CSCE August 2025)

41 NAVYA Initiative - (CSCE August 2025)

42 Employment Linked Incentive Scheme - (CSCE August 2025)

43 Indore: India’s First Beggar-free City - (CSCE July 2025)

44 Reduction in India’s Poverty - (CSCE July 2025)

45 Mizoram: First State in India to Attain Full Functional Literacy - (CSCE July 2025)

46 Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2021 - (CSCE July 2025)

47 National Zero Measles-Rubella Elimination Campaign - (CSCE June 2025)

48 India’s Triumph in Combating Poverty - (CSCE June 2025)

49 CBSE’s Draft Scheme for Two Examinations - (CSCE May 2025)

50 Women’s Role in India’s Financial Growth Socio- Economic - (CSCE May 2025)

51 ​India Philanthropy Report 2025 - (CSCE April 2025)

52 ​“Imagine a World with More Women in Science’’ Campaign - (CSCE April 2025)

53 ​Swavalambini: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs - (CSCE April 2025)

54 Revised Guidelines on Obesity Diagnosis & Treatment - (CSCE March 2025)

55 Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2024 - (CSCE March 2025)

56 Fiscal Health Index 2025 - (CSCE March 2025)

57 National Health Mission: A Milestone in Public Health Outcomes - (CSCE March 2025)

58 ​Social Dialogue Report 2024 - (CSCE February 2025)

59 ​UGC’s Guidelines for RPL in Higher Education - (CSCE February 2025)

60 ​UDISE+ Report 2023-24 - (CSCE February 2025)

61 ​HC directs Delhi Govt. to Implement PM-ABHIM Scheme - (CSCE February 2025)

62 ​Impact of JJM on Women Empowerment in Rural Areas - (CSCE February 2025)

63 ​Issue of Deletion of Job Cards in MNREGA - (CSCE January 2025)

64 ​Pradhan Mantri Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana Completes 10 Years - (CSCE January 2025)

65 ​CBSE Merit Scholarship Scheme for Single Girl Child - (CSCE January 2025)

66 ​Pradhan Mantri Vidyalaxmi Scheme - (CSCE January 2025)

67 ​Increased Female Workforce Participation in Economic Activity - (CSCE January 2025)

68 ​Restoration Efforts by Kadar Tribe - (CSCE December 2024)

69 Katkari Tribe - (CSCE December 2024)

70 ​PM’s Internship Scheme - (CSCE December 2024)

71 ​STARS Workshop of Education Ministry - (CSCE December 2024)

72 ​Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana - (CSCE December 2024)

73 ​WHO Declares India Trachoma Free - (CSCE December 2024)

74 ​New Initiatives under Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana - (CSCE December 2024)

75 10 Years of Swachh Bharat Mission - (CSCE December 2024)

76 ​Women in Space Leadership Programme - (CSCE November 2024)

77 ​WHO Launches First Global Framework for Pathogen Origins - (CSCE November 2024)

78 ​Periodic Labour Force Survey - (CSCE November 2024)

79 ​National Health Accounts Estimates for India 2020-21 & 2021-22 - (CSCE November 2024)

80 ​Impact of SBM on Infant Mortality Rates in India - (CSCE November 2024)

81 ​WHO Declares Mpox a PHEIC - (CSCE October 2024)

82 ​RESET Programme - (CSCE October 2024)

83 ​NCERT Evaluation on Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya - (CSCE October 2024)

84 Model Foster Care Guidelines (MFCG), 2024 - (CSCE October 2024)

85 ​New Definitions for ‘Literacy’ and ‘Full Literacy’ - (CSCE October 2024)

86 WHO Data on India’s Childhood Immunisation Coverage - (CSCE September 2024)

87 ​PARAKH: Recommendations to Standardise Evaluation Process - (CSCE September 2024)

88 ​Centre Halts Funding over PM SHRI Dispute - (CSCE September 2024)

89 ​Second Phase of KIRTI Programme Launched - (CSCE September 2024)

90 ​Women Entrepreneurship Program - (CSCE September 2024)

91 ​Government Launches Revised Model Skill Loan Scheme - (CSCE September 2024)

92 ​All-India Survey on ‘Ayush’ - (CSCE August 2024)

93 ​Third Annual Conference on Motor Neuron Diseases - (CSCE August 2024)

94 ​Human Rabies: Now a Notifiable Disease in J&K - (CSCE August 2024)

95 ABHA-based Scan and Share Service - (CSCE August 2024)

96 ​Campaign on Tobacco Free Educational Institutions - (CSCE August 2024)

97 CSIR-ASPIRE Scheme: Empowering Women Scientists - (CSCE August 2024)

98 ​Ladakh Achieves Full Functional Literacy - (CSCE August 2024)

99 ​R21/Matrix-M Malaria Vaccines - (CSCE July 2024)

100 ​WHO Updates Bacterial Priority Pathogens List - (CSCE July 2024)

101 ​77th World Health Assembly - (CSCE July 2024)

102 Randomised Controlled Trials - (CSCE June 2024)

103 Statins - (CSCE May 2024)

104 Lyme Disease Reported in Kerala - (CSCE May 2024)

105 India’s First Indigenous Drug for Sickle Cell Disease - (CSCE May 2024)

106 India receives ‘Measles and Rubella Champion’ Award - (CSCE May 2024)

107 WHO launches CoViNet - (CSCE May 2024)

108 Eradication of Guinea Worm Disease - (CSCE April 2024)

109 WHO Guidelines for Clinical Management of Diphtheria - (CSCE April 2024)

110 Edwards Syndrome - (CSCE April 2024)

111 Ayush Holistic Wellness Centre Inaugurated in Supreme Court - (CSCE April 2024)

112 Mission Utkarsh to Combat Anaemia - (CSCE April 2024)

113 Scrub Typhus - (CSCE March 2024)

114 ICMR to Revise National Essential Diagnostics List - (CSCE March 2024)

115 Central Government Approves New Leprosy Treatment Regimen - (CSCE March 2024)

116 Radhakrishnan Committee: Reforming Higher Education - (CSCE March 2024)

117 National Steering Committee for the Development of National Curriculum Frameworks - (CSCE November 2021)

118 Jan Shikshan Sansthan - (CSCE October 2021)

119 Samagra Shiskha 2.0 - (CSCE October 2021)

120 Samvad 2.0 - (CSCE October 2021)

121 Rice Fortification - (CSCE October 2021)

122 Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021 - (CSCE October 2021)

123 New Population Policy of Uttar Pradesh - (CSCE September 2021)

124 NIPUN Bharat Programme - (CSCE September 2021)

125 National Ayush Mission - (CSCE September 2021)

126 Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), 2017-18 - (CSCE May 2019)

127 National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP) to Boost Rural Incomes - (CSCE May 2019)

128 Women’s Labour Force Participation Report: Oxfam - (CSCE June 2019)

129 MSP for Minor Forest Produce Extended - (CSCE April 2019)

130 8 States Achieve 100% Electrification - (CSCE January 2019)

131 Umbrella Scheme for “Family Welfare and Other Health Interventions” - (CSCE March 2019)

132 NITI Aayog Releases Second Delta Ranking of the Aspirational Districts - (CSCE February 2019)

133 Three Central Schemes have Generated 2.7 Million Jobs - (CSCE February 2019)

1 ​Safai Apnao, Bimaari Bhagao