August 2022

Positive Side of Freebies in India ✓Foundation for Welfare Schemes: Freebies not only include unviable pre-election promises but also a number of services that the government provides to meet its constitutional obligations (Directive Principles of State Policy) towards citizens like Public Distribution System (PDS) , Free Covid Vaccine and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee […]

Government’s Initiatives: for Employment generation ✓Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise (SMILE) ✓PM-DAKSH (Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi) ✓Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) ✓Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) ✓Start Up India Scheme.

✓The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, on December 11, 2019. ✓Commonly referred to as the “Privacy Bill”, it intended to protect individual rights by regulating the collection, movement, and processing of data that is personal, or which can identify the individual. Challenges:

What are the Initiatives Related to Food Security and Gender Equality? Global: ✓International Women’s Day (8th march) ✓UN Women ✓UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) ✓Sustainable Development Goal (2) of ‘Zero Hunger’. ✓World Food Programme (WFP) ✓Global Hunger Index Indian: ✓POSHAN Abhiyaan ✓Antoydaya Anna Yojana (AAY) ✓Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) ✓Mid-day Meal (MDM)