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Strategies to boost INDIAN HANDLOOM Sector

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Today, the handloom sector is considered to be one of the largest unorganized sectors after agriculture and forms an integral part of the rural and semi-rural livelihood INTRODUCTION           India’s handloom sector accounts for around 13-15% of the country’s textile production and is a   Rs 50,000 crore industry  in India . To uplift the Handloom sector govt of India  observes National Handloom Day on August 7  every year since 2015.  As per the Economic survey 2020, the textile and apparel industry contributed 2% in the overall GDP and 11% of total manufacturing GVA in FY20  and provided total direct and indirect employment of about 10.5 crore people.      As per the 4th  All India Handloom Census, the total number of households in India engaged in handloom activities (weaving and allied activities) is 31.45 lakhs. Nearly one in four weavers have not received any formal education. The majority (66.3%) o...

India has the highest absolute number of child brides in the world – 15,509,000 : UNCIEF

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One in three of the world’s child brides live in India. Of the country’s 223 million child brides, 102 million were married before turning 15.      India has seen massive development across various sectors over the past few years, however, some social evils continue to come in the way of holistic development of the country. While the legal age for marriage is 18 for women (and 21 for men), as per the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) of 2006, the law is often violated in the rural society and backward areas of the country. The PCMA specifies punishments for those who encourage child marriages and Child Marriage Prohibition Officers work to address this crime.  However, India needs the support of the society in order to bring a societal change and change the lives of the minor girls hailing from backward areas of the country. The practise of child marriage is less common today than in previous generations but there is evidence of accelerating progress over the ...

Does India have a problem with false rape claims?....Need GENDER NEUTRAL Laws !!!!!!!

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{I am Neither Pro Men nor Pro-Women But Strongly Subscribed to GENDER NEUTRALITY } After the infamous 2012 gang rape of a student on a bus in Delhi, the number of rape cases reported to police in India rose sharply.       But one survey concluded that in Delhi, in 2013-14, more than half of these reports were "false" Please go through this below Video, you can understand the pain of those Men on whom false allegations are imposed    Menace of false rape cases on the pretext of one or other has been rising since the new amendment in rape law in 2013 in India. The fact is evident from the study of court judgments delivered by the fast track courts constituted across the country including Delhi and news items appearing in the media. There is a need to put an early check on this rising menace which may destroy the fabric of society and misuse of law for various motives. Sufferings of Accused of False Allegations of Rape: A trial court described the sufferings o...