diff --git a/backend/apimanager/views.py b/backend/apimanager/views.py
index 275955e..015b131 100644
--- a/backend/apimanager/views.py
+++ b/backend/apimanager/views.py
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ class ThemeDataListAPIView(generics.ListAPIView):
 class CategoryCreateAPIView(generics.CreateAPIView):
     queryset            = Category.objects.all()
     serializer_class    = CategorySerializer
-    lookup_field        = 'category_id'
 
 class CategoryUpdateAPIView(generics.RetrieveUpdateAPIView):
     queryset            = Category.objects.all()
diff --git a/backend/backend/urls.py b/backend/backend/urls.py
index b39bd42..624d28a 100644
--- a/backend/backend/urls.py
+++ b/backend/backend/urls.py
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('data/shared/theme-config/', ThemeDataListAPIView.as_view(), name='theme-data-list-view'),
     path('data/shared/update/theme-config/', ThemeDataUpdateAPIView.as_view(), name='theme-data-update-view'),
     path('data/category/', CategoryListAPIView.as_view(), name='category-list-view'),
+    path('data/category/create/', CategoryCreateAPIView.as_view(), name='category-create-view'),
     path('data/category/<slug:category_id>/', BlogsByCategoryAPIView.as_view(), name='blogs-by-category-view'),
-    path('data/category/create/<slug:category_id>/', CategoryCreateAPIView.as_view(), name='category-create-view'),
     path('data/category/update/<slug:category_id>/', CategoryUpdateAPIView.as_view(), name='category-update-view'),
     path('data/category/delete/<slug:category_id>/', CategoryDeleteAPIView.as_view(), name='category-delete-view'),
     path('data/blog/<slug:blog_id>/', BlogRetrieveAPIView.as_view(), name='blog-retrieve-view'),
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editable/category-list.jsx b/frontend/src/components/editable/category-list.jsx
index 9596e6f..7b153c4 100755
--- a/frontend/src/components/editable/category-list.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editable/category-list.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
 //import services
-import DataService from '../../services/data-service';
+import EditableDataService from '../../services/editable-data-service';
 
 //import views
 import CardListViewer from './shared/card-list-viewer';
@@ -26,14 +26,80 @@ function Blogs(props) {
   const ThemeConfig = props.ThemeConfig;
 
   const [categoryMetadata, setCategoryMetadata] = useState([]);
+  const [idsToUpdate, setIdsToUpdate] = useState({});
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    DataService.getData('category/category-metadata').then(response =>
-      setCategoryMetadata(response.data)
-    );
+    setCategoryData()
   }, []);
 
-  if (GlobalTheme && ThemeConfig) {
+  const setCategoryData = () => {
+    EditableDataService.getData('/data/category/').then(response => {
+        let responseData = response.data
+        let localCategoryMetadata = []
+        for (let eachResponse of responseData){
+          localCategoryMetadata.push({
+            "id": eachResponse["category_id"],
+            "name": eachResponse["name"],
+            "featuredBlog": eachResponse["featured_id"],
+            "description": eachResponse["description"],
+            "tagLine": eachResponse["tagline"],
+            "coverImage": eachResponse["cover_image"]
+          })
+        }
+        setCategoryMetadata(localCategoryMetadata)
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+  const addToIdsToUpdate = (resourceObject) => {
+    let localIdsToUpdate = {...idsToUpdate}
+    localIdsToUpdate[resourceObject.id]={
+      "name": resourceObject.name,
+      "featured_blog": resourceObject.featuredBlog,
+      "description": resourceObject.description,
+      "tagline": resourceObject.tagLine,
+      "cover_image": resourceObject.coverImage
+    }
+    setIdsToUpdate(localIdsToUpdate)
+  }
+
+  const deleteResource = (id) => {
+    EditableDataService.deleteData(`/data/category/delete/${id}/`).then(response => {
+      props.notificationToggler('Category delete successfully')
+      setCategoryData()
+    }).catch(error => {
+      props.notificationToggler('Failed to delete category', 'danger');
+    });
+  }
+
+  const addNewCategory = () => {
+    EditableDataService.createData('/data/category/create/', {
+      "name": "Enter a blog name",
+      "featured_blog": "",
+      "description": "Enter description",
+      "tagline": "Enter category tagline",
+      "cover_image": ""
+    }).then(response => {
+        props.notificationToggler('Category created successfully')
+        setCategoryData()
+      }
+    ).catch(error => {
+      props.notificationToggler('Failed to add category', 'danger');
+    });
+  }
+
+  const updateInfo = () => {
+    for (let id of Object.keys(idsToUpdate)) {
+      EditableDataService.updateData(`/data/category/update/${id}/`, idsToUpdate[id]).then(response=>{
+        props.notificationToggler('Category data updated successfully')
+      }).catch(error => {
+        props.notificationToggler('Failed to update category data', 'danger');
+      });
+    }
+    setCategoryData()
+  }
+
+  if (GlobalTheme && ThemeConfig && categoryMetadata.length > 0) {
     return (
       <Container fluid className={`p-0 mb-2 ${ThemeConfig[GlobalTheme].background}`}>
         <Row className="justify-content-center align-items-center">
@@ -42,7 +108,8 @@ function Blogs(props) {
             <Card className={`my-2 ${ThemeConfig[GlobalTheme].background}`} style={{width: "100%", border: "none"}}>
               <CardBody>
                 <CardTitle style={{ display: "grid" }} className={`${ThemeConfig[GlobalTheme].textColor} justify-content-center`} tag="h1">
-                  {"Categories"}<Button className='mt-2' color={ThemeConfig[GlobalTheme].buttonColor} outline>Add New</Button>
+                  {"Categories"}
+                  <Button className='mt-2' color={ThemeConfig[GlobalTheme].buttonColor} outline onClick={() => addNewCategory()}>Add New</Button>
                 </CardTitle>
               </CardBody>
             </Card>
@@ -54,17 +121,21 @@ function Blogs(props) {
                 categoryMetadata.map((item, index) => (
                   <CardListViewer 
                     key={item.id}
-                    totalItems={categoryMetadata.length} 
-                    cardType={"longCard"} 
+                    id = {item.id}
+                    totalItems={categoryMetadata.length}
+                    addToIdsToUpdate={addToIdsToUpdate}
+                    cardType={"longCard"}
+                    deleteResource={deleteResource}
                     resourceType={"categories"}
                     textColor={ThemeConfig[GlobalTheme].textColor} 
                     bgColor={ThemeConfig[GlobalTheme].background} 
                     borderColor={ThemeConfig[GlobalTheme].borderColor}
+                    buttonColor={ThemeConfig[GlobalTheme].buttonColor}
                     itemObject={item}
                   />
                 )) : <Spinner />}
               <ButtonGroup className='mt-4'>
-                <Button color={ThemeConfig[GlobalTheme].buttonColor} outline>Save Data</Button>
+                <Button onClick={() => updateInfo()} color={ThemeConfig[GlobalTheme].buttonColor} outline>Save Data</Button>
                 <Button color={ThemeConfig[GlobalTheme].buttonColor} outline>Publish Data</Button>
               </ButtonGroup>
             </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editable/shared/card-list-viewer.jsx b/frontend/src/components/editable/shared/card-list-viewer.jsx
index 145b22d..ee918d6 100755
--- a/frontend/src/components/editable/shared/card-list-viewer.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editable/shared/card-list-viewer.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useState, useRef } from 'react';
 import MediaService from '../../../services/media-service'
 import {
   Spinner,
@@ -7,17 +7,73 @@ import {
   CardTitle,
   CardText,
   CardBody,
-  Input, InputGroup, InputGroupText
+  Input, InputGroup, InputGroupText, FormFeedback, Button
 } from 'reactstrap';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
+import ModalComponent from './modal-component';
 
 function CardListViewer(props) {
+
+  const [nameFieldInvalid, setNameFieldInvalid] = useState(false)
+  const [descriptionFieldInvalid, setDescriptionFieldInvalid] = useState(false)
+  const [taglineFieldInvalid, setTaglineFieldInvalid] = useState(false)
+  const [modal, setModal] = useState(false);
+  const [modalText, setModalText] = useState(false);
+  const [modalTitle, setModalTitle] = useState(false);
+
+  const toggle = () => setModal(!modal);
+
+  const nameField = useRef(null)
+  const descriptionField = useRef(null)
+  const taglineField = useRef(null)
+
+  const handleInputUpdate = (elementValue, fieldType) => {
+    if (fieldType === 'nameField'){
+      if (elementValue === '')
+        setNameFieldInvalid(true)
+      else
+        setNameFieldInvalid(false)
+    }
+    if (fieldType === 'descriptionField'){
+      if (elementValue === '')
+        setDescriptionFieldInvalid(true)
+      else
+        setDescriptionFieldInvalid(false)
+    }
+    if (fieldType === 'taglineField'){
+      if (elementValue === '')
+        setTaglineFieldInvalid(true)
+      else
+        setTaglineFieldInvalid(false)
+    }
+    props.addToIdsToUpdate({
+      "id": props.id,
+      "name": nameField.current.value,
+      "featuredBlog": "",
+      "description": descriptionField.current.value,
+      "tagLine": taglineField.current.value,
+      "coverImage": ""
+    })
+  }
+
+  const showModal = () => {
+    setModalTitle('Confirm')
+    setModalText('Are you sure that you wish to delete this category?')
+    toggle()
+  }
+
+  const deleteResource = () => {
+    props.deleteResource(props.id)
+    toggle()
+  }
   
   const itemObject = props.itemObject
 
   if (props.totalItems > 0 && itemObject && Object.keys(itemObject).length !== 0){
     if (props.resourceType === 'categories')
       return (
+        <>
+        <ModalComponent modalText={modalText} modalTitle={modalTitle} modal={modal} toggle={toggle} confirmAction={deleteResource}/>
         <Card color={props.borderColor} outline className={`my-2 ${props.bgColor}`} style={{"width": props.cardType === "smallCard" ? "18rem": "100%"}}>
           {itemObject.coverImage !== "" ? <CardImg src={MediaService.getMedia(itemObject.coverImage)} style={{ "height": "180px", "objectFit": "cover" }} top width="100%" /> : ""}
           <CardBody>
@@ -26,7 +82,10 @@ function CardListViewer(props) {
                 <InputGroupText>
                     Name
                 </InputGroupText>
-                <Input defaultValue={itemObject.name} />
+                <Input defaultValue={itemObject.name} invalid={nameFieldInvalid} innerRef={nameField} onChange={() => handleInputUpdate(nameField.current.value, 'nameField')}/>
+                {nameFieldInvalid ? <FormFeedback tooltip className="mt-1">
+                This field cannot be empty
+              </FormFeedback>:''}
               </InputGroup>
             </CardTitle>
             <CardText className={`${props.textColor}`}>
@@ -34,7 +93,10 @@ function CardListViewer(props) {
                 <InputGroupText>
                     Description
                 </InputGroupText>
-                <Input defaultValue={itemObject.description} />
+                <Input defaultValue={itemObject.description} invalid={descriptionFieldInvalid} innerRef={descriptionField} onChange={() => handleInputUpdate(descriptionField.current.value, 'descriptionField')}/>
+                {descriptionFieldInvalid ? <FormFeedback tooltip className="mt-1">
+                This field cannot be empty
+              </FormFeedback>:''}
               </InputGroup>
             </CardText>
             <CardText>
@@ -43,7 +105,10 @@ function CardListViewer(props) {
                   <InputGroupText>
                     Tagline
                   </InputGroupText>
-                  <Input defaultValue={itemObject.tagLine} />
+                  <Input defaultValue={itemObject.tagLine} invalid={taglineFieldInvalid} innerRef={taglineField} onChange={() => handleInputUpdate(taglineField.current.value, 'taglineField')} />
+                  {taglineFieldInvalid ? <FormFeedback tooltip className="mt-1">
+                This field cannot be empty
+              </FormFeedback>:''}
                 </InputGroup>
               </small>
             </CardText>
@@ -51,9 +116,11 @@ function CardListViewer(props) {
             <Link className={`${props.textColor}`} to={`/${props.resourceType}/${itemObject.id}`}>
               Open this resource
             </Link>
+            <Button color={props.buttonColor} onClick={() => showModal()} outline className="m-1">Delete</Button>
             </CardText>
           </CardBody>
         </Card>
+        </>
       )
     else
       return (
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editable/shared/modal-component.jsx b/frontend/src/components/editable/shared/modal-component.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd818f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editable/shared/modal-component.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { Button, Modal, ModalHeader, ModalBody, ModalFooter } from 'reactstrap';
+
+function ModalComponent(props) {
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <Modal isOpen={props.modal} toggle={props.toggle}>
+        <ModalHeader toggle={props.toggle}>{props.modalTitle}</ModalHeader>
+        <ModalBody>
+          {props.modalText}
+        </ModalBody>
+        <ModalFooter>
+          <Button color="primary" onClick={props.confirmAction}>
+            Yes
+          </Button>{' '}
+          <Button color="secondary" onClick={props.toggle}>
+            Cancel
+          </Button>
+        </ModalFooter>
+      </Modal>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default ModalComponent;
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diff --git a/frontend/src/services/editable-data-service.jsx b/frontend/src/services/editable-data-service.jsx
index 96f258e..2076aff 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/editable-data-service.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/services/editable-data-service.jsx
@@ -18,4 +18,12 @@ const updateData = (endPoint, data) => {
   return axios.patch(endPoint, data);
 };
 
-export default { getData, updateData };
\ No newline at end of file
+const createData = (endPoint, data) => {
+  return axios.post(endPoint, data);
+};
+
+const deleteData = (endPoint) => {
+  return axios.delete(endPoint);
+};
+
+export default { getData, updateData, createData, deleteData };
\ No newline at end of file