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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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6 Factors responsible for the growth of slums in India

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A slum, commonly called Jhuggi-Jhopris in India, is residential area where the dwellings by reason of over-crowding, lack of ventilation, light and sanitary facilities, unhygienic conditions and other set of factors are detrimental to safety, health and morals. According to the estimates of Town and Country Planning Organization, about 21.2% of urban population lives in slums. This proportion is even higher in metropolitan cities like Kolkata, Mumbai, etc. First question which arises here is that how slums developed, what are the requirements for their development. There are varieties of factors which helps in the formation of slums.  Growth rate of population (Urbanization) First of all the growth rate of Indian population is very high and this growth rate is much higher in the urban areas because of the migration of large number of people from rural to urban. Due to the poverty, unemployment, lack of other amenities and more importantly to elevate their status, people migrate to
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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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