The National Commission for Women (NCW) is a statutory body in India. It was established in 1992. The commission aims to promote and protect women's rights. It addresses issues like gender discrimination and violence against women. The NCW also advises the government on policy matters. It plays a crucial role in advocating for women's empowerment and equality in society.
Following the Supreme Court of India in its judgment dated 16.11.1992 in a Writ Petition (Civil) No. 930 of 1990 ' Indira Sawhney Others vs. Union of India...
The National Policy on Education (NPE) aims at promoting education amongst the people. The policy covers elementary education in both rural and urban India. The first NEP was...
The features of the National Policy for Older Persons (1999) may be stated as follows: The objective of the policy is the well-being of older persons, aiming to...
Women, in India, constitute about 50 crores of our population. And yet their social and economic status is far from being any measure of satisfaction. In fact, they...
Rights have been rightly described as those social claims without which no man can seek to be himself/herself at his/her best. "They belong to the individuals for the...
The Rani of Jhansi Regiment was the women's regiment of the Indian National Army (INA), the armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia with...
Paper ' I Political Theory and Indian Politics: Political Theory: meaning and approaches. Theories of the State: Liberal, Neoliberal, Marxist, Pluralist, Post-colonial and feminist. Justice: Conceptions of justice...
Over the years, various policies and schemes to promote social security have been introduced in India. Some of the important schemes are discussed here. National Social Assistance Programme...
The Union Minister of Women and Child Development recently held a video conference with personnel from her Ministry, mainly focusing on methods to protect women in distress during...
The recent events have led UN-Women, women's rights activists, and government bodies worldwide to express concern about the surge in domestic violence during the Covid-19 crisis. Several countries,...
