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Social Justice

Health missions that matter: Ayushman Bharat, NHM and beyond

From PM-JAY insurance to ASHAs, maternal schemes, WASH, digital health and AYUSH: a complete guide to India's flagship health interventions, their achievements and their gaps.

27 September 2026 · 53 min read

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Homelessness and urban exclusion: the invisible poor

Who India's 1.77 million homeless are, the structural causes of urban exclusion, shelter and rehabilitation schemes, and why cities keep failing their poorest residents.

27 September 2026 · 22 min read

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Transgender persons: rights, the 2019 Act and inclusion

The legal arc from NALSA (2014) to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019: status, the protection framework, welfare schemes and the inclusion gap.

27 September 2026 · 29 min read

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Minorities in India: the Sachar findings and welfare schemes

Who India's minorities are, the constitutional safeguards they carry, the Sachar and Ranganath Mishra committee findings, and the welfare schemes meant to close the gaps.

27 September 2026 · 39 min read

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Other Backward Classes: welfare beyond the quota debate

OBCs are India's largest backward group. This guide covers their status, the constitutional framework, the creamy-layer debate and the welfare schemes that reach beyond quotas.

27 September 2026 · 33 min read

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Scheduled Castes: safeguards, schemes and persistent gaps

A GS-II guide to Scheduled Castes: constitutional safeguards, the Atrocities Act, manual scavenging, empowerment schemes and why caste gaps persist.

27 September 2026 · 38 min read

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Persons with disabilities: rights, the RPwD Act and inclusion

A GS-II guide to disability rights in India: the RPwD Act 2016, job and education quotas, the accessibility gap, support schemes and the inclusion agenda.

27 September 2026 · 33 min read

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India's elderly: ageing with dignity and the care gap

A GS-II guide to India's elderly: the ageing curve, pension and health vulnerabilities, the 2007 maintenance Act, senior-citizen schemes and the care-economy agenda.

27 September 2026 · 30 min read

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Children in India: protection, nutrition and learning

A complete GS-II guide to children in India: constitutional safeguards, laws like POCSO and the Juvenile Justice Act, nutrition and learning schemes, and the protection challenges of labour, abuse and digital harms.

27 September 2026 · 50 min read

Social Justice

Women in India: empowerment, schemes and the unfinished agenda

From constitutional safeguards to Mission Shakti: a complete guide to women's status, laws, empowerment schemes and the unfinished agenda on safety, work and representation.

27 September 2026 · 57 min read

Governance

How welfare reaches citizens: CSS vs central sector schemes and DBT

Centrally sponsored schemes share costs with states; central sector schemes are the Centre’s own. How the two architectures differ, how the CSS were rationalised, and how DBT changed the plumbing.

27 September 2026 · 23 min read

Governance

Public policy and the implementation gap: why good schemes fail

Policy in India is drafted in ministries, shaped by NITI Aayog and approved by the Cabinet. The harder story is what happens after: the last-mile gap, frontline discretion and the evaluation tools meant to close it.

27 September 2026 · 27 min read