Vision IAS PT 365 Social Issues 2020 – English Medium – Notesindia

1. WOMEN AND CHILDREN _____________ 2
1.1. Global Gender Gap Report 2020_______ 2
1.2. SDG Gender Index __________________ 2
1.3. National Consultation on the Review of
Beijing +25 ___________________________ 3
1.4. Laws Related to Protection of Women _ 3
1.4.1. Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on
Marriage) Act, 2019_______________________ 3
1.4.2. Domestic Violence___________________ 4
1.4.3. Harassment of Women at Workplace ___ 5
1.5. Bills Related to Reproductive Right of
Women ______________________________ 5
1.5.1. Medical Termination of Pregnancy
(Amendment) Bill, 2020 ___________________ 5
1.5.2. Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill ____________ 6
1.6. PCPNDT Act _______________________ 6
1.7. POCSO Act ________________________ 7
1.8. Adoption in India___________________ 8
2. OTHER VULNERABLE SECTIONs_______ 10
2.1. Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights)
Act, 2019____________________________ 10
2.2. The Rights of Persons with Disability Act,
2016 _______________________________ 11
2.3. Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and
Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019 ___ 12
2.4. Manual Scavenging ________________ 12
2.5. Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic
Communities ________________________ 13
2.6. Van Dhan Vikas Kendra_____________ 14
2.7. Eklavya Model Residential School ____ 15
3. EDUCATION ______________________ 16
3.1. Draft National Education Policy ______ 16
3.2. School Education Quality Index (SEQI)_ 18
3.3. PISA Test ________________________ 18
3.4. Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)
2019________________________________ 19
3.5. All India Survey on Higher Education
(AISHE) _____________________________ 20
3.6. Education Quality Upgradation And
Inclusion Programme (EQUIP) ___________ 20
3.7. National Educational Alliance for
Technology (NEAT) ____________________ 20
3.8. Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme__ 21
3.9. Institute of Eminence ______________ 21
3.10. Study in India____________________ 22
3.11. QS India University Rankings _______ 23
4. HEALTH _________________________ 24
4.1. National Medical Commission Act 2019 24
4.2. The Healthcare Service Personnel and
Clinical Establishments (Prohibition 0f Violence
and Damage to Property) Bill, 2019_______ 25
4.3. Mental Healthcare_________________ 26
4.4. Maternal Mortality Declines_________ 26
4.5. Healthy States, Progressive India _____ 27
4.6. WHO India Country Cooperation Strategy
(CCS) _______________________________ 28
5. NUTRITION AND SANITATION _______ 30
5.1. Global Hunger Index 2019___________ 30
5.2. State of Food Security and Nutrition in the
World, 2019 _________________________ 30
5.3. Eat Right India Campaign ___________ 31
5.4. Swachh Survekshan League 2020 _____ 32
6. MISCELLANEOUS __________________ 34
6.1. Human Development Report 2019 ____ 34
6.2. SDG India Index 2019 ______________ 34
6.3. Population Research Centres (PRCs)___ 35
6.4. New Food Packaging Norms _________ 35
6.5. Reports And Indexes _______________ 36
6.6. Awards __________________________ 36