General Studies -1 Inequality The study reported that the richest 1% of the population in India owns more than four times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up the bottom 70% of the population. SHG The NABARD SHG Bank Linkage Programme today covers an astonishing 124 million rural households. Sex […]

    General Studies-II Judicial Reforms: More than 40 mn cases are pending in India in various courts. According to National Judicial Data Grid more than 80,000 cases are more than 30 years old in district courts. General Studies-III MSP NSS survey and NITI Aayog study showcase that MSP awareness remains low. The regime favors […]

    General Studies-II Food Security If a person in New York has to pay $1.2 for a plate of food, the same plate will cost $7 in India and $15 in Pakistan. The same plate would cost $300 in Sudan. Women and Food Security Women comprise an average of 43 per cent of the […]

    General Studies-II Hunger and Malnutrition: In terms of overall undernutrition, 14 % of the population doesn’t get enough calories. 35% of children are stunted. This was 54% in 2000. 17% of under 5 children are wasted. This is highest in the world. 42% of adolescent girls have low BMI and 56% anaemic. 27% […]

  General Studies – 2 Mental Health: According to National Mental Health Survey 2015-16 conducted by NIMHAS, Bengaluru every sixth person in India need help. According to WHO, in 2011, there were 0·301 psychiatrists and 0·047 psychologists for every 100,000 patients suffering from a mental health disorder in India.  It is estimated that 6-7 % of […]

    General Studies – 1 Wetlands in India: India has 27,403wetlands in total, and close to 4000 of them are coastal wetlands. India is losing wetlands at the rate of 2-3% each year. Women empowerment: Reservation of seats for women in local governance has ensured that more than 1.3 million elected women representatives in India. […]

    General Studies – 2 As per the National Crime Records Bureau report on Crime in India –2019 Crime rate registered per lakh population went up marginally to 385.5 in 2019 as compared to 383.5 in 2018. A total of 51.56 lakh cognizable crimes comprising 32.25 lakh Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and 19.30 lakh […]

    General Studies – 2 A 100 Kcal of energy from fruits costs five times that from rice — but they are also 20 per cent more expensive than even the western world.  Based on a NIN-ICMR report of 2019, I estimate that Indians eat only 32 grams of fruit a day versus the […]

    Poverty 736 million people lived below the international poverty line of US $ 1.90 a day in 2015. In 2018, almost 8 per cent of the world’s workers and their families lived on less than US$1.90 per person per day. Most people living below the poverty line belong to two regions: Southern Asia […]

    General Studies-2 Malnutrition: As per the combined report of FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO on “The state of Food Security and Nutrition in the World” there were 673 million undernourished people globally, of which 189.2 million (28 per cent) were in India in 2017-19. India accounts for 28 per cent (40.3 million) […]