Many of you hear and aware about the term “IRDA”. It is an abbreviation of the Insurance Regulatory And Development Authority. The authority regulates the insurance business in India and supervises the operation of the country’s life and general insurance companies. The IRDA’s major goal is to defend policyholder interest while also regulating the insurance…
View detailsINTRODUCTION The right to privacy in embedded under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, which guarantees the term “Privacy” cannot be conceptualised in a definite and strict sense. Article 21 is dynamic in nature and it has been recognised by law of torts, criminal law, cyber law and property law as well. Even though this…
View detailsProblems of the Scheduled Caste- a.1) Lowest Status In The Hierarchy- In the caste hierarchy the Scheduled Castes are awarded the lowest status. They are considered to be unholy, inferior and low and are hated by the other castes. They have suffered from the stigma of untouchability. Their image is considered to be polluting for…
View detailsIntegrated Rural Development Program (IRDP)- The Integrated Rural Development Program is one of the largest micro-enterprise programs in the world, having reached 50 million borrowers since its inception in 1979. It seeks to raise the incomes of the poor beneficiaries to a level above the poverty line by requiring the banks to extend loans to…
View detailsIndependent India paid due attention to the problem of poverty and undertook many measures and launched many schemes, programs and projects for the upliftment of the poor. ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMMES Some of the poverty alleviation programs launched from time to time by the government are discussed below- . INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (IRDA) 1978-79 . DEVELOPMENT…
View detailsThe Indian Planning Commission defined “poverty line” on the basis of nutritional requirements of 2400 calories per person per day for rural areas and 2100 calories per person per day for urban areas. POVERTY TYPES Absolute Poverty- Absolute Poverty is often known as “subsistence poverty”. Here Individual is not able to meet the basic “physical…
View detailsINDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION v. v. P. SHANTHA & OTHERSAIR 1996 SC 550: 1995 sec (6) 651 The question to be decided in thfs interesting case was Whether medical profession (doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, etc.) fall Within purview of the Consumer Protection Act.To file a case under this act person who buys goods or hires or…
View detailsMeasuring Human Development- The Human Development Index (HDI) ranks the countries based on their performance in the key areas of health, education and access to resources. These rankings are based on a score between 0 to 1 that a country earns from its record in the key areas of human development The indicator chosen to…
View detailsIdentification of Poverty- The basic factor to identify poverty is to get familiar with the lifestyle of an individual how does he live, is he having all he basic necessities of the life, does he have good housing facilities, good amount of food, potable water resources, does he have good income job, is the individual…
View details“That condition in which a person either because of inadequate income or unwise expenditures, does not maintain a scale of living high enough to provide for his physical and mental efficiency and to enable him and his natural dependents to function according to the standards of society of which he is a member” John L.Gillian…
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