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Anthropause Period

Anthropause Period Recently, researchers have coined the term ‘anthropause’ to refer to the Covid-19 induced lockdown period and they will study its impact on other species. Etymology: The shortened form of prefix ‘anthropo-’ (for ‘human’) and ‘pause’. It is a more precise term for the lockdown period which is also being referred to as the ‘Great Pause’. It refers specifically to a

National Council for Transgender Persons

National Council for Transgender Persons Recently, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment constituted the National Council for Transgender Persons, under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019. Background Indian Census never recognized third gender i.e. Transgender while collecting census data. But in 2011, data on Transgender was collected with details related to their employment, literacy and caste. As per the 2011 Census, the total popul

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment-Year review

The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has its origin from the erstwhile Ministry of Welfare. Two departments have been under the Ministry Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (Samajik Nyaya and Adhikarita Vibhag) Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) The Ministry is entrusted with the welfare, social justice and empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalized sections - scheduled and backward classes, persons with