General Studies II

Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections

Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections: mechanisms, laws, institutions, performance

Reading pays off. Part standard text, part current affairs.

• Ayushman Bharat
• Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
• Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)
• MGNREGA
• National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)
• National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)
• National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM)
• PMAY
• Poshan Abhiyaan
• Section 377
• Triple Talaq
• Affirmative Action
• Ageing Population
• Child Labour
• Child Marriage
• Child Rights
• Child Trafficking
• Disability Rights
• Domestic Violence
• Forest Rights Act
• Housing for All
• Human Trafficking
• Manual Scavenging
• Maternal and Child Health
• Mental Health
• Minority Rights
• National Commission for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes
• National Commission for Minorities
• National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
• National Commission for Safai Karamcharis
• Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act (PESA)
• Pension Schemes
• Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)
• Reservations
• Right to Education Act (RTE)
• Safai Karamcharis
• Social Security
• Social Welfare Schemes
• Transgender Rights
• Tribal Development
• Tribal Issues
• Tribal Rights

• Supreme Court ruling on electoral roll revision and welfare benefits linkage 8/10
• Outbound portability of Rajasthan's Mukhyamantri Ayushman Arogya Yojana 7/10
• French Parliament approval of social media ban for under-15s 5/10
• Kerala High Court ruling on body terminology in POCSO cases 4/10

• Indian Constitution 01
• Union and States 02
• Separation of powers: dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions 03
• Comparison of Indian constitutional scheme with other countries 04
• Parliament and State legislatures 05
• Executive and Judiciary 06
• Representation of People’s Act: salient features 07
• Constitutional posts 08
• Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies 09
• Government policies and interventions 10
• Development processes and industry 11
• Social Sector/Services: health, education, human resources 13
• Poverty and hunger: issues and management 14
• Governance 15
• Role of civil services in democracy 16
• India and its neighborhood: relations 17
• Bilateral, regional, global groupings and agreements: impact on India 18
• Policies and politics of developed and developing countries 19
• International institutions, agencies, fora: structure, mandate 20