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legal rights in India for women

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In the last post we discussed the safeguards present in the constitution of India for women in the country. Apart from a strong constitutional framework to achieve women empowerment, the government of the country from time to time frame the laws necessary to fight against the ills present in society that are hampering the development of the women. The law makers of the country has always considered the aspirations of the people living in the time. When constitution was framed, then too, it was all aspirations and goals of the society at that time which provided the foundation for the constitution, and later on with the passage of time as the society evolved and the people's aspiration changed, those change were dealt perfectly by bringing in various laws. Government has framed different laws to protect the rights and pride of women like  Protection of women from Domestic Violence Act, Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, Dowry Prohibition
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Safeguards provided to women in Constitution of India.

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India is a country where women have been worshiped since thousands of years. Our culture has always been respectful to the women. However that is not the complete picture, lately women's condition is not very good and government is working in every field to improve the overall condition. At the time when our Constitution was framed the constitution makers saw the socio-economic disparity between the two gender and provided the proper social and political support in the constitution so that this disparity could be eliminated. Since the inception of constitution, various frameworks have been made by the government to work for the betterment of the women. Various social welfare schemes are being run by government to improve the condition of women in society. Constitution has protected the rights of women by providing different provisions in Fundamental Rights, directive principles of State policy, Fundamental duties and reservation in elections. The rights and safeguard enshr
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Harmful impacts of slums on society and people living in it

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The rapid urbanization in conjugation with  industrialization has resulted in the growth of slums . As we have discussed in previous post that how the shortage of land for housing, the high prices of land beyond the reach of urban poor and a large influx of rural migrants to the cities fuelling the development of slums. These slums give rise to many problems in the urban areas. The major problems of slums in India are as follows:- Shortage of space: About 77.6% of the urban dwellers in Mumbai reside in one room and lakhs of them sleeps on the footpath. About 62% of the households of the metropolis reside in these slums. This give rise to the problem of shortage of space. Prone to natural and man- made hazards : As in slums, houses are crammed in a little space, they are often prone to dangerous hazards like floods, water logging, fire etc. Extent of hazard is increased because of high population density. The slum areas of Delhi specially Yamuna-Pushta are affected by flood-wate
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The Middle and the Great Himalayas

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In the previous post we discussed the physical features of Shiwalik Himalayas and found out that how Shiwaliks created the beautiful Dun valleys. This post will discuss about the geography of other two ranges of The Himalayas- The Middle or Lesser Himalaya and The Great Himalaya which are the other two division of The Himalayan Ranges.
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10 challenges faced by agriculture in India

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Indian agriculture is developing day by day, despite of its decline in country's GDP share, the advancement and development in agriculture sector could not be ignored. But with this improvement, Indian agriculture is also facing varieties of problems, some of which are natural while others are man made. Some of these problems are discussed below:- Small and fragmented land holdings The abundance of net sown area in India is divided into economically non-viable small and scattered land holdings. Our traditional inheritance laws are wholly responsible for the division of agricultural area into small fragment. The land belongs to father is equally distributed among his sons, and this process goes on like this. The distribution of land is not a consolidate one, but its nature is fragmented. Different holdings will have different features like its fertility, composition, texture and many other factors which determine the production of crop in that particular area. If there are
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