Syllabus :GS 2/Governance In Context Social Security Importance Social Security Welfare Schemes Issues and Concerns Suggestions and Way Forward Mains Practice Question [Q] Discuss the Social Security Measures in India and Related Challenges . Do higher levels of social spending necessarily lead to a lower level of poverty?
Recently, the Supreme Court of India underlined that ‘there is a pressing need’ for reform in the law related to bail and stressed the government to consider a special legislation on the lines of the law in the United Kingdom..
India applied to the International Seabed Authority (ISBA), Jamaica, for rights to explore two vast tracts in the Indian Ocean seabed that aren’t part of its jurisdiction.
Recently, the southern African nations like Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe declared a state of disaster due to severe drought conditions because of the impact of the ongoing El Nino weather phenomenon.