Population Control Policies

GENDER-SPECIFIC POPULATION CONTROL POLICIES IN INDIA

The Post-Independence Period (till 1975) and Population Control—India was among the first nations of the world to adopt policies to control the growth of its

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DOG MEAT BAN IN NAGALAND SHOWS HYPOCRISY OF INDIAN SOCIETY

The Nagaland state government on 3rd July banned the sale and consumption of dog meat, in a consequential decision amid growing concerns over cruelty to dogs. The state’s Parliamentary Affairs Minister Neiba Kronu disclosed that “the decision to ban commercial import and trading of dogs, and sale of dog meat,

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AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT ABHIYAAN: RELYING ON A SELF-RELIANT ECONOMY

On 12th of May, 2020, the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi addressed the citizens of the nation, in an attempt to motivate them to strengthen their resolve in overcoming the on-going crisis. In regard to this, he announced a special economic package of Rs. 20 lakh crores, constituting

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HOW DO THE SDGS PUSH THE NARRATIVE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?

In the twenty-first century, as the world grapples with a deadly pandemic, another sub-pandemic seems to be taking roots in most societies – that of domestic violence against women. Termed by United Nations Women as the ‘shadow pandemic’, this notion aims to highlight that as 90 countries move into lockdown

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RESILIENCE: THE KEY INGREDIENT OF THE COVID-19 LEMONADE

The world is grappling and struggling with an invisible, deadly, life-threatening enemy and is trying to understand how to live with the threats posed by the novel Coronavirus. With the declaration of COVID-19 as a “pandemic” by the World Health Organisation, the entire world came to a screeching halt. Several

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