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🔆 Handicrafts at the Heart of India’s Rural Economy 📍 Why Handicrafts Matter ✅ Provides livelihoods to 64.66 lakh artisans—majority rural, women (64% of artisans; 71% of weavers). ✅ 318 GI-tagged products + 455 craft categories → immense cultural & economic depth. ✅ Key source of non-farm rural income, especially during off-agri seasons. 📍 Strong Export Performance 📦 Handicraft exports (2024–25): ₹33,122.79 crore (big jump from 2014–15). ➡️ Major categories: woodware, art metalware, handprinted textiles, embroidery, imitation jewellery. 📍 USA buys ~37% of India’s handicrafts. 📍 Government Support 🔹 NHDP → end-to-end cluster support, infra, tools, design training, social security. 🔹 CHCDS → world-class clusters, SMEs linkage, product diversification. 🔹 SFURTI → revives traditional industries, builds artisan collectives. 🔹 Pehchan ID → 32 lakh+ artisans registered → formal identity + scheme access. 🔹 Skill initiatives → Design workshops, Guru-Shishya, NSQF training, toolkits. 📍 Market Access Boost 🎪 786 marketing events (2023–24) & Indie Haat, IITF exhibitions → expand domestic + global linkages. 📍 ODOP & GI support → strengthens regional crafts. 📍 Handloom Integration ✔️ 356 small + 2 mega clusters sanctioned ✔️ 42,895 MUDRA loans ✔️ 5.34 lakh trained under SAMARTH 📍 Policy Enablers GST cuts on craft items, labour codes’ social security benefits, RoSCTL/RoDTEP for export competitiveness. 📍 Core Insight Handicrafts = women-led, rural, inclusive livelihood engine + high export potential. Consistent policy support is pushing it toward modern skills, stronger clusters, and global integration. 📍 Mains Question Discuss how India’s handicraft sector strengthens rural livelihoods and evaluate the role of recent government schemes in transforming the artisan economy. #GS1 #GS3 #art_and_culture

🔆 Mental Health & Stress Management for Women – Govt Measures ✅ Primary responsibility for mental health lies with States; Centre provides policy, funding & convergence support  ✅ Rights-based framework under Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (decriminalises suicide attempt)  ✅ Tele-MANAS: 53 cells in 36 States/UTs, services in 20 languages; ~30 lakh calls handled  ✅ NMHP & DMHP operational in 767 districts via NHM for counselling, drugs & outreach  ✅ Ayushman Arogya Mandirs: mental health added at primary care level  ✅ Mission Shakti: 864 One Stop Centres; 12.67 lakh women assisted (medical, legal, psycho-social)  ✅ Workplace safety: SHe-Box (PoSH), Labour Codes (equal pay, night work with safeguards, health check-ups)  📌 Mains Question: Discuss India’s multi-pronged approach to addressing mental health and stress among women. Evaluate its effectiveness and gaps. #GS2 #SocialJustice

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🔆 Finance Commission Grants for Rural Local Bodies 📍 Core Facts (AP Focus) ✅ 15th Finance Commission grants to Andhra Pradesh: ₹12,856 cr allocated; ₹11,653.9 cr released (2020–26). ✅ Funds go to all tiers — Zilla Parishads, Mandal Parishads, Gram Panchayats (district-wise utilisation data shown in Annexure-III). ✅ 11.21 lakh activities completed via FC grants (infra + services). ✅ Under RGSA, AP created: – 617 Gram Panchayat buildings – 10 DPRCs – 500 computers for Panchayats (Annexure-IV). 📍 Why Some Funds Not Released? ✅ No RGSA release in some years due to unspent balance + missing documents from State. 📍 Key Schemes Mentioned ✅ RGSA – Capacity building, GP buildings, digitalisation. ✅ IoP Awards – Incentives for best Panchayats. ✅ SVAMITVA – Drone-based property cards. ✅ e-Panchayat MMP – Digital governance, transparency. 📍 FC Fund Pattern – Tied grants: water, sanitation, environment. – Untied grants: general development. #Governance

🔆 Gaps in India’s Disaster Management System 📍 What Exists ✅ DM Act 2005 (amended 2025), NDMA–SDMA–DDMA framework, NDMP, PM’s 10-Point Agenda. 📍 Key Gaps ❗ Uneven state capacity → states lack manpower, training, and planning depth. ❗ Urban vulnerability → need for new UDMAs shows earlier neglect of city-level risks. ❗ Financial limits → SDRF/NDRF cover only immediate relief, not long-term recovery. ❗ Coordination delays → IMCT-based assessments slow fund release. ❗ Heavy reliance on Armed Forces/NDRF → states not self-sufficient. ❗ Weak district systems → DDMAs under-resourced; data & early-warning use uneven. 📍 Needed Fixes ✅ Stronger DDMA + UDMA capacity ✅ Faster fund disbursal ✅ More pre-disaster mitigation funding ✅ Better urban safety, tech-based risk mapping & state-level preparedness 📍 Mains Question Identify key gaps in India’s disaster management system and suggest reforms post the 2025 DM Act amendment. #GS3 #DisasterManagement

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🔆 Status of Welfare Schemes for Scheduled Tribes (STs) 📍 Evaluations & Coverage ✅ NITI Aayog (DMEO) evaluated major ST-focused schemes (FY 2020–25) under Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana: Pre-Matric & Post-Matric Scholarships, TRIs support, PVTG development, PM-JANMAN, PMAAGY (now under DAJGUA), admin cost support. ✅ Ministry also reviewing Central Sector schemes like EMRS, National Fellowship, Overseas Scholarships, PMJVM, TRIFED-linked initiatives. 📍 Gaps Identified (NFHS-5 & PLFS data) ✅ Higher IMR among STs (41.6 vs 35.2). ✅ Higher levels of stunting (40.9%), wasting (23.2%), underweight (39.5%). ✅ Lower literacy (73.4% vs 80.9%). 📍 DAPST Strategy ✅ 41 Ministries mandated to earmark % of budgets for ST development—education, health, roads, irrigation, skills, livelihoods. ✅ State governments must allocate TSP funds proportional to ST population. 📍 Major Interventions ✅ DAJGUA: 25 interventions across 63,843 villages; ₹79,156 cr outlay; targets health, education, nutrition, infrastructure. ✅ PM-JANMAN: ₹24,000 cr; saturates PVTGs with housing, water, telecom, electrification & livelihoods. ✅ PMJVM (MFP/MSP): MSP support, value-addition infra, VDVKs for tribal entrepreneurship. ✅ EMRS: 728 schools planned; 3.5 lakh ST students to benefit. ✅ Article 275(1) Grants: 100% central support for tribal infrastructure & welfare. ✅ Scholarships: • Pre-Matric: income cap ₹2.5 lakh; ₹225–₹525/month. • Post-Matric: fees + ₹230–₹1200/month. • Overseas scholarships & National Fellowship for higher studies. ✅ TRIs: Strengthening documentation, research, museums, training & cultural preservation. 🔆 Mains Question (GS2 / GS3) Q. Evaluate the effectiveness of India’s recent welfare interventions for Scheduled Tribes, especially PM-JANMAN, DAJGUA, and DAPST. How far do these initiatives bridge historical development gaps? #GS2 #GS3

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🔆 POLICIES ON SCHEDULED TRIBES + CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFICATION 📍 Why Special Policies? ✅ Constitutional framers recognised extreme social, educational & economic marginalisation among certain communities due to isolation, limited infrastructure & primitive livelihoods. ✅ Reservation in education, employment & political representation was provided to uplift SCs & STs. 📍 How Scheduled Tribes Are Identified (PIB Update, 2025) The Government follows five criteria for specifying a community as an ST: ✅ Indications of primitive traits ✅ Distinctive culture ✅ Geographical isolation ✅ Shyness of contact with the larger community ✅ Backwardness 📍 Process & Modalities (GoI Guidelines: 1999, amended 2002 & 2022) ✅ Proposals must be recommended by State/UT government. ✅ Must be concurred by Registrar General of India (RGI). ✅ Must be approved by NCST. ✅ Only after these steps can Parliament amend the ST list. ➡️ State recommendation is mandatory to begin the process. 📍 Constitutional & Legal Provisions ✅ Art. 366(25): Defines Scheduled Tribes. ✅ Art. 342: President notifies STs for each State/UT. ✅ 705 ST groups across 30 States/UTs notified so far. ✅ Art. 46: State must promote educational & economic interests of SCs/STs. ✅ Arts. 15 & 16: Allow special provisions & reservation. ✅ SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 protects against discrimination & violence. ✅ Forest Rights Act, 2006 recognises forest land & livelihood rights of STs/OTFDs. 📍 Institutional Safeguards ✅ NCST (Art. 338A)—constitutional watchdog for ST rights. ✅ Composition: Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson & three Members appointed by President. ✅ Powers of a civil court + 6 regional offices. ✅ Govt must consult NCST on all major tribal policy matters. 📍 NCST Focus Areas ✅ Forest rights, R&R & mining issues ✅ Financial inclusion & welfare schemes ✅ Atrocities & grievance handling ✅ Health, nutrition & education ✅ Inclusion/exclusion in ST lists ✅ Monitoring ST Component in govt schemes 📍 Grievance Redressal ✅ NCST’s online portal: ncstgrams.gov.in ✅ Ensures faster complaint processing & outreach. 📍 Characteristics of Tribal Communities ✅ Typically altruistic (aparmaarthi), community-centric rather than individualistic. ✅ Strong cultural identities; diverse social systems. ✅ Practice nature-linked, ecologically balanced livelihoods → Sustainable Development in modern terms. #prelims #mains

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