Subject: Governance Context: The Centre has asked states to utilize data generated at the district level during screening for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) to identify a priority group that is expected to receive Covid vaccinations early next year: those below the age of 50 with comorbidities. Concept: A high-level expert group co-chaired by Member, NITI Aayog, […]

Subject: Governance Context  : The Election Commission’s (EC) proposal to grant postal voting rights to Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) may get implemented first for voters based in the US, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia, Germany, France and South Africa. Concept: A restricted set of voters can exercise postal voting. Through this facility, a voter can cast […]

Subject : Governance Context : Migrant labourers, abandoned by employers and the state, undertaking an arduous journey home, in many cases walking hundreds of kilometres on the highways, became the defining image of the national lockdown during the pandemic. Concept : The Act seeks to regulate the employment of inter-State migrants and their conditions of […]