HRV/U2 Topic 1 Poverty
At present, 20.5% of the Indian population lives below the poverty line. In the category of poor falls the people whose daily income is less than 33 rupees a day […]
HRV/U2 Topic 2 Overpopulation
Every nook and corner of India is a clear display of increasing population. Whether you are in a metro station, airport, railway station, road, highway, bus stop, hospital, shopping mall, […]
HRV/U2 Topic 3 illiteracy
Literacy is defined as the ability to read and write. It is an evolving concept which not only entails the grasping abilities of printed text but also the abilities to […]
HRV/U2 Topic 4 Problems of Unsustainable Development
The United Nations negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda in New York came close to a political declaration in the face of many challenges. A broader framework based on the […]
HRV/U2 Topic 5 Disadvantaged Groups: Women
Earlier women were facing problems like child marriage, sati pratha, parda pratha, restriction to widow remarriage, widows exploitation, devadasi system, etc. However, almost all the old traditional problems have been […]
HRV/U2 Topic 6 Disadvantaged Groups: Children
India’s children face some of the harshest conditions anywhere in the world. They suffer from the mistakes of their parents, the ignorance of an apathetic system, and the lack of […]
HRV/U2 Topic 7 Disadvantaged Groups: Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes
1. Social Problem: These problems pertained to the concept of purity and pollution. The untouchables were given a very low position in the society. 2. Religious Problems: These pertained to […]
HRV/U2 Topic 8 Disadvantaged Groups: Homeless and Slum Dwellers
Factors that Contribute to the Homelessness: Lack of affordable housing Changes in the industrial economy leading to unemployment Inadequate income supports De-institutionalisation of patients with mental health problems Physical or […]
HRV/U2 Topic 9 Disadvantaged Groups: Physically and Mentally Handicapped
Disability in India cuts across the boundaries of caste, gender and religion. Persons with disabilities are one of the most marginalised sectors of our society. We are looked down upon […]
HRV/U2 Topic 10 Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
Every year many millions of people around the world are uprooted from their homes by conflict, persecution, human rights violations, climate change and natural disasters. Displacement either within or outside […]
HRV/U1 Topic 1 Concepts of Human Rights
United Nations Declaration of Human Rights 1948 “Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation […]
HRV/U1 Topic 2 Indian and International perspectives of Human Rights
Human rights are moral principles or norms that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights in municipal and international law. They are […]
HRV/U1 Topic 3 Evolution of Human Rights
The belief that everyone, by virtue of her or his humanity, is entitled to certain human rights is fairly new. Its roots, however, lie in earlier tradition and documents of […]
HRV/U1 Topic 4 Human Rights Movements in India
India happens to be one of the few countries in the world having a chequered history of human rights movement. Though formidable antecedents of the protection and promotion of human […]
HRV/U1 Topic 5 Classification of Human Rights
Human rights can be classified in a number of different ways. Some rights may fall into more than one of the available categories. One of the most widely used classifications […]
HRV/U1 Topic 6 Liberty and Dignity, Right to Equality
Liberty and Dignity Article 21 ensures every person right to life and personal liberty. Both the terms, life and personal liberty has been given a very expansive and wide amplitude […]
HRV/U1 Topic 7 Right against Exploitation
The Rights against Exploitation is provided under Articles 23 and 24 of the Constitution of India. Right to personal liberty is never real if some people are exposed to exploitation by […]
