Question

Write the summary of Changing Life:1

(History)

Answer 1

HELLO FRIENDS........

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✍✍✍✍⭐CHANGING LIFE:1⭐✍✍✍✍

The speed of change in the twentieth and the twenty- first centuries has been tremendous.Human life is changing rapidly.Things which we could not have even imagined earlier,are now a part of reality .In ancient and medieval periods,religion was an important part of a person's identity.

Now,modernisation has posed some challenges before all religions,be it Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, etc.Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar brought about a sea change in our traditional mindset.He brought it about through the medium of the Indian Constitution.

According to our Constitution,all Indians are equal before the law,and they cannot be discriminated against on the basis of religion,race,caste,gender or place of birth.All citizens have the right to freedom of speech and expressions,freedom of assemble peacefully without arms,freedom to form associations,freedom to move,to live and settle down anywhere on Indian territory and to practice any occupation.

These provisions in the Constitution shook the foundation of the caste system.It helped to make the practice of vocations running in the family obsolete.Change become the trend in every field of life.Thus began a series of minor and major changes in the society.Now,anyone can go into restaurant irrespective of his religion,race,caste or gender.

⚫ THE INSTITUTION OF THE FAMILY

During the pre-independence period, the institution of the family was an important identifying feature of Indian society.India was known all over the world as the country of joint family. However, the waves of Globalization has now give an impetus to the system of nuclear families.

⚫ SOCIAL WELFARE..

The objective to establish the welfare state has been Incorporated the constitution itself. India is a first country in the world to do so.The social welfare programmes m to make opportunity for full time employment ,Healthcare, education and development available to all Indian citizens.Indian society is right leg with large scale economic,social, educational ,and cultural inequalities .

However it is necessary that opportunities for development rich women ,children, the differently abled, the scheduled caste and tribes as well as other minorities .This was the greatest challenge facing the government during the post independence period. That is why on 14th June 1964 the Government of India constituted the ministry of social welfare under the ministry various programs are implemented for nutrition and child development .

⚫ Scheduled Caste and Tribes.

According to the 1971 census 22 % people in India belong to schedule caste and tribes. Laws were enacted so that they got educational scholarship and representation in Parliament.As well as state assemblies . Some seats are also received for them in Government Services .

⚫ PUBLIC HEALTH..

The constitution of India states that the primary duty of the government is to raise the People's standard of living,to ensure proper nutrition and to improve Public Health .The Ministry of Health and social welfare at the centre helps the state governments in this regard . To make Primary Health Services as well as medical care available to rural people, the tribals and the poor was an objective of the sixth five year plan. Efforts where made towards helping people maintain good health by giving recognition to Unani , Homeopathy, Ayurveda and naturopathy in addition to Allopathy.

Similarly the invention of the Jaipur Foot has transformed the lives of the disabled in India .before 1968 if a person lost a leg in an accident ,he had to suffer for the rest of his life. In order to remedy the situation ,Dr Pramod Shetty designed and manufacturing artificial Limbs nose and ears with the help of the Skillet craftsman Ramchandra Sharma.

⚫ TEST TUBE BABY

Right from early times,having a baby is considered to be of utmost importance in the Indian faimily system. The support of test-tube baby technology has been available to childless couples since 1978.

It was under the supervision of Dr.Subhah Mukhopadhyaya that the experiment of the test-tube baby was successfully carried out at Kolkata.