Yamuna Biodiversity Park

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•Located in Delhi, India, the park is a protected area designed to restore and protect the ecological diversity of the Yamuna River ecosystem, which serves as an important habitat for many species of plants and animals.

•The park has proven to be very effective in demonstrating ecological restoration techniques, restoring degraded lands into a healthy ecosystem through various areas of wetland, grasslands, forests that support high biodiversity levels.

•The park goes further than providing protection over the habitat to act as a significant centre for educational, research and public sensitization on biodiversity conservation whereby scientific researches are made, and avenues for exposure by local communities to appreciate matters on environmental conservation.

Asha (Accredited Social Health Activity)

•Asha (Accredited Social Health Activists) are health workers in India who provide critical primary health care services, especially in rural and unreached areas, with an emphasis on maternal and child health.

•They perform health surveys, give primary health advice, participate in vaccination programs, facilitate institutional delivery and act as an important link between local communities and the public health system.

•Ash workers are part of the National Rural Health Mission, performance-related pay, and they have played a vital role in bringing about improvement in the health outcomes, particularly among India's most vulnerable women and children.

Basic Structure doctrine in India

•The Basic Structure doctrine is the judicial innovation of the Supreme Court of India. This doctrine posits that there are certain fundamental features of the Constitution which lie beyond the reach of the amending power of Parliament.

• The Essential Structure contains features like;

- Sovereignty and integrity of India

- Secularism

- Federalism

- Independence of the judiciary

• Basic Structure Doctrine was first seen in Golaknath v. State of Punjab (1967) case and was then further settled in Keshavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (1973), which is a leading case in Indian constitutional jurisprudence.