Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) Current Affairs, GK & News

Guidelines for Mission Vatsalya

July 8, 2022

On July 7, 2022 Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) released new guidelines for the “Mission Vatsalya”, which was launched to provide child protection services. What are the new guidelines? In the guidelines, states have been mandated to retain the official and original name of the Mission Vatsalya, in order to access Central funds ..

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Cab safety measures for women included in the New Taxi Policy guidelines

April 13, 2017

Cab safety measures for women commuters as recommended by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping (MoRTH) have been included in the new Taxi Policy guidelines. These recommendations from the Ministry of Women and Child Development comes at the backdrop of increasing cases of sexual ..

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Union Government launches Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign

January 22, 2015

Union Government has launched ambitious Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao(BBBP) campaign to save and empower girl child. The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Panipat in Haryana. Why Haryana was chosen to launch Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign? Haryana was chosen to launch the nation-wide Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao initiative because of the skewed sex ratio ..

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