Daily Briefing Current Affairs

GS-1TRIBAL SOCIETY AND HEALTH (PVTGS)

Eight, Twelve or Thirty-Two: What Balaghat's Disputed Death Count Says About How the State Sees the Baiga

An NJORT report on child deaths among the Baiga, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group, in Balaghat has exposed vacant surveillance posts, a missing district laboratory and a year-long ASHA vacancy. The official death toll ranges from 8 to 32 depending on who is counting. An NJORT report revealed severe administrative and healthcare lapses, including absent ASHA workers and vacant medical posts, behind the deaths of ~32…

Sub TopicTHE BAIGA OF BALAGHAT - PVTG ISOLATION AND THE CONTESTED…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, NDTV, ZEE NEWS
UPSC Relevance9/10
Time to Read3 min read
Total Views31,148
Read Analysis
GS-1PARTITION AND REFUGEE REHABILITATION

Possession Without Ownership: Delhi's 683 Partition Homes and the Paperwork 1947 Never Finished

The Delhi government is set to begin a ground survey of 683 Partition-era evacuee properties on the Centre's direction. The aim is to establish a current record of the 1947 allotments, whose occupants were given possession but never formal ownership. The Delhi government is surveying 683 built-up evacuee properties allotted to families post-1947 Partition to assess their current condition and occupancy. It highlights the…

Sub TopicPOST-INDEPENDENCE CONSOLIDATION - EVACUEE PROPERTY AND…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, DDA, REFWORLD
UPSC Relevance8/10
Time to Read3 min read
Total Views26,905
Read Analysis