Page 8 - Women Empowerment

Registration to provide Rs 1,000 monthly to women will start soon: Delhi CM

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday sought the blessings of women for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as he announced that registration will soon start for a scheme to provide them Rs 1,000 a month. While presenting the 2024-25 Delhi budget in the assembly on Monday, Finance Minister Atishi had announced a new scheme for women under which eligible non-income tax payees above 18 years will get the amount every month. The Lok Sabha polls are expected to be held in April-May and Delhi sends seven members to the Lower House of Parliament. The scheme, which will be implemented after the elections, is likely to benefit around 50 lakh women in the national capital. In a long post on X, Kejriwal said he was getting a lot of phone calls from women since the announcement of the Mukhya Mantri Mahila Samman Yojna on Monday and they were asking about the registration for the scheme. The chief minister said he was working on the scheme and registration for it will start

Notice to govt on conditions imposed on married women for using maiden name

The plea alleges gender bias and an "impermissible discrimination" against women as the Centre's conditions and requisites are applied only on them, if they wish to revert to their maiden names

Uttarakhand's Rs 89,000 cr Budget to focus on women's welfare & education

Dhami government has allocated Rs 574 crore specifically for women's welfare, with a strong focus on empowering women

Women can't be denied govt jobs due to pregnancy, says Uttarakhand HC

The High Court invalidated the state government's regulation labelling women pregnant for 12 weeks or more as "temporarily unfit" for employment

World Bank wants to focus on women empowerment, equal opportunity: Official

World Bank is focusing on housing solutions for women to address women empowerment and provide them equal opportunity, a senior official has said. If India increases its female labour force participation to 50 per cent, it would help boost GDP growth by 1 per cent which is huge for a country like India, World Bank Managing Director (Operations) Anna Bjerde said. The official was in the city recently to visit World Bank-supported projects. She visited the working women's hostel - 'Thozhi' - which has been jointly developed by the Government of Tamil Nadu, World Bank and the private sector and is located at suburban Tambaram. TN Chief Minister M K Stalin had inaugurated the hostel in January. "I think the ultimate achievement while we are focusing on a housing solution for women is because we want to address women empowerment and an equal opportunity for women. What we see by solutions like these is that some of them undertake studies or some take up interesting jobs in IT or ...

'Nari shakti' touching new heights of progress in every field: PM Modi

PM Modi also said that March 8, observed as International Women's Day, is an opportunity to salute the contributions of women's power in the developmental journey of the country

Indian startup ecosystem: Why more women entrepreneurs are needed

Despite being the world's third-largest startup hub, India shows a dishearteningly low percentage of startups led by women

'US-India alliance for women's economic empowerment being revitalised'

An alliance between the US and India that seeks to facilitate women's economic participation in India by catalysing commitments from private sector, civil society and government leaders in both countries is being revitalised, a senior US diplomat said on Tuesday. The US-India Alliance for Women's Economic Empowerment will work across the board to harness the resources of the private sector and NGOs to foster commitments for women's retention, and stem employment and entrepreneurship, Deputy Chief of Mission in India Patricia A Lacina said. She was delivering the keynote address at the WEConnect International Empowering Inclusion-Advancing Value Chains Summit 2024. "...we are revitalising the US-India Alliance for Women's Economic Empowerment. A public-private partnership to enhance mentorship," she said. Last year, the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), the US Department of State, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the George Washington University .

Progress or distress? Women's participation in workforce increases

Government says the trend is a result of its welfare and easy credit programmes

Finding their niche, how women in science are reengineering the workplace

Corporate India, too, is setting recruitment goals, offering mentorship, scholarships

Tripura govt implementing new schemes for women empowerment: CM Saha

Chief Minister Manik Saha on Tuesday said that the present state government is working towards women's empowerment by implementing numerous schemes for their benefit

India's Budget announcement on cervical cancer vaccine receives praise

An eminent Indian-American radiation oncologist on Wednesday applauded India's budget announcement for vaccination of girls between nine and 14 against cervical cancer. "The budget's emphasis on preventive programs for cervical cancer is a commendable step towards addressing a critical public health issue in India. The initiative to vaccinate girls aged 9-14 against cervical cancer is particularly praiseworthy, as this disease claims the lives of over 150 women daily in the country," Dr Dattatreyudu Nori told PTI. A recipient of Padma Shri in 2015 for his contributions in the field of medicine, Dr Nori said cervical cancer ranks as the second most common cancer among women in India, with more than 85,000 new cases diagnosed annually and approximately 50,000 deaths reported each year. The incidence of cancer cases is projected to rise from 1.46 million in 2022 to 1.57 million in 2025. This increase is attributed to advancements in cancer diagnostics, improved data capture, and ongoin

Indian women are taking lead as change makers: NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma

Indian women are taking the lead as change-makers in every field, NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma said here on Wednesday. She said sitting at home women are also trying to learn something new because of the societal mindset change. "Women are now the change makers, and we are not only changing for the better, but we are the change-makers in the society, whether entrepreneurship, start-ups or having own business, being in services, CEO of companies or a homemaker", the National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson said while talking to reporters here. "When the prime minister spoke from the Red Fort on Independence Day about women-led empowerment, the things around started changing and we have seen in the last nine years things are changing positively", she said. Asked about the increasing rate of crime against women, Sharma said people are saying there is an increase in crime against women because of increase in data. In the past, those in chair did not listen to women coming up to

Empowering 'Solar Didis'

A programme offering interest-free loans to women to buy solar panels could help alleviate poverty and empower rural households

Women's unemployment rate at 16-month low; labour participation declines

The unemployment rate measures the number of people who are unemployed and actively looking for a job, among those in the labour force

Mission Shakti: Under longest-serving woman FM, gender Budget hits a high

India's gender Budget was specifically started in 2005-06 to view the budgetary exercise through a gender lens and to ensure that the benefits of development do not exclude women

Chess player Divya Deshmukh recalls facing sexism at international event

Divya Deshmukh, 18, detailed her unpleasant experience in Wijk Aan Zee, Netherlands and spoke about how women players are taken for granted by the spectators

Agri, self-employment drive women participation in rural workforce: FinMin

The report pointed out that the female labour force participation rate (FLFPR) has been rising for at least six years now, to 37 per cent in 2022-23 from 23.3 per cent in 2017-18

Presiding officers' meet: PM Modi stresses on women's empowerment

PM Modi was virtually addressing the All India Presiding Officers' Conference

Nari Shakti and military prowess take centre stage at Republic Day parade

The parade had themes of 'Viksit Bharat' (developed India) and 'Bharat - Loktantra Ki Matruka' (India - the mother of democracy)