1. ISSUES RELATED TO WOMEN _________ 2
1.1. Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
(BPfA) _______________________________ 2
1.2. Reproductive Rights ________________ 3
1.2.1. Surrogacy Bill_______________________ 5
1.3. Women and Digital Literacy __________ 6
1.4. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights
on Marriage) Act, 2019 _________________ 7
1.5. Menstrual Leave ___________________ 9
1.6. Gender Dimensions of the COVID-19
Pandemic ___________________________ 10
2. ISSUES RELATED TO CHILDREN _______ 14
2.1. POCSO Act _______________________ 14
2.2. Child Labour______________________ 15
3. OTHER VULNERABLE SECTIONS_______ 18
3.1. Tribal Health and Nutrition__________ 18
3.2. The Transgender Persons (Protection of
Rights) Act, 2019______________________ 19
3.3. Bonded Labour ___________________ 21
4. DEMOGRAPHY ____________________ 24
4.1. Demographic changes in India _______ 24
4.2. Internal Migration_________________ 26
5. HEALTH__________________________ 29
5.1. COVID-19 and India’s Healthcare Sector 29
5.1.1. Role of ASHAs During Pandemic_______ 31
5.2. Anganwadi Workers _______________ 33
5.3. Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan
Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) _______________ 34
5.4. Digital Health_____________________ 36
5.5. National Vaccination Strategy _______ 39
5.6. National Medical Commission _______ 40
5.7. Mental Health ____________________ 42
5.8. Violence against Healthcare Workers and
Clinical Establishments_________________ 44
6. NUTRITION AND SANITATION _______ 47
6.1. Hunger __________________________ 47
6.1.1. Food Security ______________________ 48
6.2. Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) [Phase II]
____________________________________ 49
7. EDUCATION ______________________ 52
7.1. New Education Policy 2020__________ 52
7.1.1. School Education ___________________ 53
7.1.2. Higher Education ___________________ 56
7.1.3. Other Major Provisions ______________ 57
7.1.4. Analysis of New Education Policy-2020 _ 58
7.2. Education as a Public Good__________ 60
7.3. E-Learning _______________________ 62
7.4. Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)
2019: Early childhood education _________ 65
8. MISCELLANEOUS __________________ 67
8.1. Urbanisation of Pandemics __________ 67
8.2. Urban Poor_______________________ 68
8.3. Drug Abuse in India ________________ 71
8.4. Live in Relationships _______________ 73
8.5. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 75
8.5.1. Status Report on SDGs _______________ 76
8.5.2. Good Practices in Localising SDGs ______ 88
