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India ranks 148 in 2017 UN Women in Politics Map
In recently released 2017 Women in Politics Map report, India was ranked low at 148th position in representation of women in executive government. It was released by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women. The report was launched on sidelines ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Parliament passes Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016
Parliament has passed the Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to raise maternity leave for working women from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for two surviving children. It was passed in the Lok Sabha and already has been passed in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Union Cabinet approves MoU between India and UN-Women
Union Cabinet has approved the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and the United Nations Entity of Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women). Under this MoU, Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) and UN-Women will work ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Government signs Financing Agreement with World Bank for Tejaswini Project
The Union Government has signed a Financing Agreement with World Bank for IDA credit of $63 million for the Tejaswini Socio-Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) Project. It is World Bank’s first project in India solely focused ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
HRD ministry constitute sub-committee of CABE on issues of girl's education
The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has constituted a sub-committee of Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) to look into issues of girl’s education. It will be headed by Telangana’s Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Kadiyam Srihari. It ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2017
Mahila Shakti Kendra will be set-up at village level: Budget
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget Speech 2017-18 announced corpus of Rs 500 crore for setting up Mahila Shakti Kendras in the 14 lakh ICDS Anganwadi Centres at village level. These kendras will provide one stop convergent support ..