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Extending the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana by two years, up to March 2020 doubled the cap on investment in the scheme to •15 lakh Annual return of 8% on investment With the number of the elderly in India set to surge by 2050 to almost 300 million, or about a fith of the population, governments need to make more comprehensive efforts to a ddress the nation’s greying demographic.
HPV vaccine’s risk
human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has run into more trouble This needs more e•ort, but given the high burden of cervical cancer in India, waiting longer could be unethicalOne study found HPV in 77% of HIV-positive women.
HPV is transmitted easily through sexual intercourse. An estimated 50% of sexually active people aged 15-49 years in the U.S. had at least one type of HPV infection Some types of HPV can cause genital warts on the penis, vagina and rectum.
Some types of HPV can cause genital warts on the penis, vagina and
rectum.
Mixing work with study
A large-scale vocational education system would help raise the productivity of
individuals and the economy
Basic education has slipped in priority in the national policy matrix over the decades
Recently, the Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2017
Focussing on the 14-18 years age group, the ‘Beyond Basics’
A national-level finding is that as a group, 14.4% of youth aged 14 to 18 years are
not enrolled in school or college.
Yet, this figure conceals variations by age: while it is 5.3% for 14-yearolds,
•it rises to 30.2% at age 18.
ASER’s statistics indicate that overall, only 5.3% of the age group is enrolled in a vocational
course, while 60.2% of out-of-school youth are engaged in some form of work
Among those who are already working in the 14-18 age group, 79% are engaged
in farming, and that too in their family farms
They will do better if the teaching – learning process becomes engaging and effective.
Prelims Focus Facts-News Analysis
Page-1-Alam Beg, martyr of Sepoy Mutiny, wants to return home
Skull of soldier, executed by the East India Company for rebellion in 1857, found its way to
London pub
‘ISRO needs 4 years to catch up with satellite demand’
Merkel braces for tough coalition talks with SPD
‘Mega health plan may cost •1 lakh cr. a year’
SEBI gets teeth to act against exchanges, new market outfits
Part of the proposed amendments in the Finance Bill 2018
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