Despite child marriage declining from 47.4% to 23.3% in 15 years, India still risks missing the 2030 elimination target under United Nations SDG 5.3. Poverty, patriarchy, and weak enforcement of the PCMA sustain the gap. Ending it needs strict law enforcement, community mobilisation, and empowering girls through education and livelihoods.
Click to View MoreIndia’s air pollution crisis echoes China’s 2010s airpocalypse. China cut particulate pollution by 40.8% (2013–23) via political will, clean-tech investment, coal transition, and strict enforcement. India can adapt mission-mode action and regional airshed management to strengthen the National Clean Air Programme within a democratic framework.
Click to View MoreThe President’s rejection of a mercy petition underscores executive clemency under Articles 72 and 161 as a safeguard against judicial error. Exercised on ministerial advice, it remains reviewable. Supreme Court rulings curb arbitrariness and delay. Transparency gaps and political influence demand timelines and clear guidelines.
Click to View MoreThe debate on criminalising marital rape has sharpened as the Supreme Court examines petitions against the marital rape exception retained in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Critics argue it violates Articles 14 and 21 by denying married women equal protection. Despite government resistance, expert bodies like the Justice J.S. Verma Committee have urged its abolition.
Click to View MoreAustralia ban social media for under-16s reflects global concern over youth safety online. While platform liability is central, age verification and rights risks persist. Compared with EU-style regulation and India’s data protection regime, safety-by-design, digital literacy, and strong privacy safeguards offer a more durable solution than blanket bans.
Click to View MoreThe VBSA Bill, 2025 proposes a single higher education regulator to implement NEP 2020, replacing UGC and AICTE. It promises outcome-based regulation and accountability but raises concerns over centralisation, institutional autonomy and transition challenges.
Click to View MoreThe UMEED Portal aims to digitise and secure Waqf properties through geo-tagging and layered verification, replacing WAMSI. It seeks transparency, curbs encroachment and unlocks welfare potential. Success depends on resolving data gaps, uneven state implementation and strengthening State Waqf Board capacity.
Click to View MoreJudges are removed through a strict parliamentary and quasi-judicial process under Article 124(4) and the Judges Inquiry Act. No judge has been removed so far. The system balances accountability and independence but faces challenges from high thresholds, political motives and calls for reform.
Click to View MoreThe Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 fast-tracks citizenship for select non-Muslim migrants. While projected as humanitarian, critics argue it violates Article 14, weakens secularism, clashes with the Assam Accord, and heightens fears of exclusion when linked with a nationwide NRC.
Click to View MoreThe Government of India proposes a special cess on goods like pan masala to create a non-lapsable fund for health and national security, linking public health with national stability. Critics warn it weakens fiscal federalism and risks poor fund use amid past evidence of unspent cess.
Click to View MoreDGCA struggles to balance passenger safety with fast aviation growth, exposed by disruptions over new fatigue rules. While reforms like eGCA improved global safety rankings, staff shortages and limited autonomy persist. Converting DGCA into an autonomous Civil Aviation Authority is essential for managing India’s aviation boom safely.
Click to View MoreIndia Post’s Dhruva framework will assign a Digital Address Code to every location using ISRO’s Bhuvan platform to fix vague addressing. It can boost logistics, governance, and planning, but faces hurdles of massive data collection, privacy under Puttaswamy, digital divide, and inter-agency coordination.
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