Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight.

Policy News

• The Union Cabinet has passed the Farm Laws Repeal Law, 2021 to repeal the three farm laws passed by the Parliament in September 2020. 
• The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports has submitted its report on ‘Reforms in Content and Design of School Textbooks’ to frame the National Curriculum Framework. The National Curriculum Framework serves as a guideline for teaching and learning practices as well as the syllabi and textbooks in the country. 
• The Union Cabinet has approved the construction of 32,152 kms of roads in tribal areas under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), at a cost of ₹33,822 crores.

Other News

• The Niti Aayog has published the National Multidimensional Poverty Index baseline report. Bihar emerged as the poorest state in the index, followed by Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Meghalaya.
• The National Family Health Survey (NHFS-5) has released the key findings from its latest phase.
• Families of 1,509 health workers who died due to COVID-19-related duties have been paid insurance of ₹50 lakh each under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP): Insurance Scheme for Health Care Workers Fighting COVID-19.