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Command, control centre at WCD department to ensure service delivery in Odisha
3 days, 8 hours ago

Command, control centre at WCD department to ensure service delivery in Odisha

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: In a move to ensure transparency, accountability and efficiency in implementation of various welfare schemes for women and children, the Odisha government has decided to set up a command and control centre in the Women and Child Development department. The WCD department implements several developmental programmes and key welfare schemes like Mamata, Poshan Abhiyaan, Mukhymantri Sampoorna Pushti Yojana, Supplementary …

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Unpaid electricity bills leave Anganwadis in dark, citizens step in
1 week, 1 day ago

Unpaid electricity bills leave Anganwadis in dark, citizens step in

Hindustan Times  

The merger of 23 villages into Pune Municipal Corporation limits has caused confusion over the payment of 58 Anganwadis functioning in these villages. For the past one-and-half years, electricity bills for 58 Anganwadis in these newly merged villages have remained unpaid, creating hardship for children and staff. “For the past two years, electricity bills for several Anganwadis in Pune city …

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Why Delhi's Rs 1,000 for women scheme could be a non-starter before elections
1 week, 5 days ago

Why Delhi's Rs 1,000 for women scheme could be a non-starter before elections

India Today  

The Delhi Cabinet approved the Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojna, aiming to empower women through an unconditional cash transfer scheme offering Rs 1,000. The Planning Department has raised concerns that the scheme could discourage women's participation in the labour force by making them more reliant on cash transfers instead of seeking employment. The WCD Department has proposed a contractual hiring model …

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WCD min criticises Delhi, Bengal govts over non-implementation women empowerment schemes
3 weeks ago

WCD min criticises Delhi, Bengal govts over non-implementation women empowerment schemes

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Union Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi on Tuesday accused the Delhi and West Bengal governments of failing to implement crucial women's safety measures despite central funding and support. WCD min criticises Delhi, Bengal govts over non-implementation women empowerment schemes Addressing the media, she alleged that the Delhi government had not paid the staff of One-Stop Centres …

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Couple gives away baby girl to AP couple due to poverty
1 month ago

Couple gives away baby girl to AP couple due to poverty

New Indian Express  

BERHAMPUR: Battling acute poverty, a couple of Rayagada allegedly gave away their nine-day-old child to a family from Andhra Pradesh, in Nuapada Sahi village under Chandili police limits of the district. Even as the alleged baby sale incident in Balangir hogged the headlines, the Rayagada story has now come as another shocker. The natural mother Kumud Ganta and her husband …

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India has a new set of foster care guidelines: How it will affect couples, singles
3 months, 3 weeks ago

India has a new set of foster care guidelines: How it will affect couples, singles

India Today  

Every person who wishes to be a parent deserves the opportunity to shower love and care on a child, and every child deserves a nurturing family. To help make this possible, the Women and Child Development Ministry has updated India's foster care guidelines. These revised Model Foster Care Guidelines also provide single individuals the opportunity to adopt a child after …

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Create safe ecosystem for women and girls: WCD min replies to Mamata Banerjee
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Create safe ecosystem for women and girls: WCD min replies to Mamata Banerjee

Hindustan Times  

The union minister for women and child development Annapurna Devi on Monday has asked the West Bengal government to create a safe and secure ecosystem and gender-equal society for women and girls. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had written a letter to the central government last week. In a response to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s letter to …

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Budget 2024 for Women: ₹3 lakh crore for schemes benefiting women and girls
5 months ago

Budget 2024 for Women: ₹3 lakh crore for schemes benefiting women and girls

The Hindu  

The first Union budget of the Modi 3.0 government saw a concerted effort at women-led development, with the Finance Minister announcing more than ₹3 lakh crore for schemes benefiting women and girls, and promised a look at further lowering duties for properties purchased by women. The allocations for schemes coming under the Women and Child Development Ministry, including ‘Samarthya’, ‘Swadhar …

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Pune Porsche crash: WCD Panel recommends action against JJB members for 'procedural lapses' in bail to minor
5 months, 1 week ago

Pune Porsche crash: WCD Panel recommends action against JJB members for 'procedural lapses' in bail to minor

The Hindu  

The panel probing the conduct of two Juvenile Justice Board members in connection with the bail given to the minor accused in the Pune Porsche crash case has recommended disciplinary action against them for "procedural lapses", an official said on July 17. Later, a committee was formed by the Women and Child Development Department of the Maharashtra government to probe …

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Women Helpline run by WCD functioning since Wednesday: Kailash Gahlot
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Women Helpline run by WCD functioning since Wednesday: Kailash Gahlot

The Hindu  

The Women Helpline — 181 — earlier run by the Delhi Commission for Women and now being operated by the Delhi government’s Women and Child Department, has been functioning since Wednesday, Women and Child Department Minister Kailash Gahlot said on Thursday. Following this, Swati Maliwal, ex-DCW chief, wrote to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal that concerted efforts were being made …

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Pune Porsche crash: Probe panel flags ‘lapses’, ‘misconduct’ in Juvenile Justice Board's bail to minor
6 months, 1 week ago

Pune Porsche crash: Probe panel flags ‘lapses’, ‘misconduct’ in Juvenile Justice Board's bail to minor

Hindustan Times  

A panel formed to investigate the conduct of two Juvenile Justice Board members in connection with the bail granted to the minor accused in the Pune Porsche accident case has found "procedural lapses", "misconduct" and “non compliance of norms”. The case triggered nationwide outrage after the minor was granted bail by the Juvenile Justice Board on lenient terms, asking him …

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'Shows Their Respect Towards Women': Karnataka WCD Minister Slams Ex-BJP MLA Over 'Extra Peg' Remark
8 months, 1 week ago

'Shows Their Respect Towards Women': Karnataka WCD Minister Slams Ex-BJP MLA Over 'Extra Peg' Remark

News 18  

Karnataka Women and Child Development Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar slammed former BJP MLA Sanjay Patil for his comment suggesting that she should take a sleeping pill or an ‘extra peg’ to sleep well at night. Responding to Patil’s remark, Hebbalkar in a video statement, said that his comments reflect the respect the Bharatiya Janata Party has towards women, NDTV reported. It’s …

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PM Modi inherited 'four-decade lag' in issues of nutrition in women & children, claims WCD Min Irani
10 months ago

PM Modi inherited 'four-decade lag' in issues of nutrition in women & children, claims WCD Min Irani

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Issues concerning nutrition and the security of women and children did not receive due attention for four decades until Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office in 2014 and delivered on all these fronts, Union minister Smriti Irani said on Friday. In a session themed 'Her Road from India: From Boardrooms to Global Institutions' at the Raisina Dialogue, the …

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Centre advisory seeks to bolster women’s role across depts
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre advisory seeks to bolster women’s role across depts

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The Union government on Tuesday launched an interministerial effort to push for greater participation by women in the workforce, releasing an advisory for employers to promote equal participation in the workplace by enforcing statutory provisions, stressing on national minimum standards and protocols for crèches, and starting a public survey on facilities available to women at workplaces. According to …

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Missing girls from children’s home in Bhopal found safe; CM orders action
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Missing girls from children’s home in Bhopal found safe; CM orders action

Hindustan Times  

Bhopal: Three women and child development department officers were suspended after 26 girls from the Anchal Children’s Home allegedly went missing but were found safe on Saturday. Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav Bhopal district collector suspended the WCD project officer, Komal Upadhyay, supervisor Manjusha Raj and former project officer Brijendra Pratap Singh, for failing to monitor the activities of …

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Mamaearth’s Ghazal Alagh joins paid period leave debate, suggests ‘better solution’
1 year ago

Mamaearth’s Ghazal Alagh joins paid period leave debate, suggests ‘better solution’

Hindustan Times  

Union Women and Child Development minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said menstruation is not a “handicap” that warrants any specific paid leave. Ghazal Alagh took to X to share her opinion on Smriti Irani's paid period leave remark. Taking to X, Ghazal Alagh wrote, “We have fought for centuries for equal opportunities & women's rights and now, fighting for period …

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Menstruation not handicap, no need for ‘paid leave’ policy: Minister Smriti Irani
1 year ago

Menstruation not handicap, no need for ‘paid leave’ policy: Minister Smriti Irani

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Union women and child development minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said that menstruation is not a “handicap” and it shouldn’t warrant a specific policy for “paid leave”. Irani was speaking in Rajya Sabha in response to a question asked by Rashtriya Janata Dal member in the upper house Manoj Kumar Jha on the menstrual hygiene policy in the …

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WCD officer case: Delhi High Court seeks protection for minor rape victim
1 year, 2 months ago

WCD officer case: Delhi High Court seeks protection for minor rape victim

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Thursday directed the state government to grant protection to the 17-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by suspended Delhi women and child development department official Premoday Khakha, and her mother so that they can safely attend the anticipatory bail proceedings of Khakha’s daughter and his son. Read here: Police probe if Delhi WCD official’s son …

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Delhi High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Minor's Rape Allegedly By Delhi Govt's WCD Official
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Minor's Rape Allegedly By Delhi Govt's WCD Official

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of a minor girl's rape allegedly by an official of Delhi government’s Women and Child Development Department.Premoday Khakha is accused of raping the minor over several months and impregnating her. The Delhi High Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of a minor girl's rape allegedly by an official of …

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Why ignored previous complaints against rape accused official: Atishi
1 year, 3 months ago

Why ignored previous complaints against rape accused official: Atishi

Hindustan Times  

Delhi cabinet minister Atishi on Saturday wrote to Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar asking how the official accused of raping and impregnating a minor was allowed to work in the WCD department despite previous sexual harassment complaints against him. "Several media reports have brought out that the officer of the WCD Department, who has been arrested for the alleged repeated rape …

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Exclusive: Four women accused ex-Delhi govt official of misconduct
1 year, 4 months ago

Exclusive: Four women accused ex-Delhi govt official of misconduct

Hindustan Times  

Four women complained of sexual harassment between 2018 and 2022 by Premoday Khakha, the suspended assistant director of Delhi government’s women and child development department who was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a minor girl multiple times at his residence between November 2020 and January 2021. According to people familiar with the matter as well as documents seen by …

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Burari minor rape: Delhi CM Kejriwal orders WCD officer’s suspension
1 year, 4 months ago

Burari minor rape: Delhi CM Kejriwal orders WCD officer’s suspension

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government on Monday suspended Premoday Khakha, a senior official of the women and child development department, who has been accused of raping a 17-year-old girl — his deceased friend’s daughter — who was living under his guardianship. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said that he ordered the chief secretary to suspend the official with immediate effect till inquiries were …

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Burari rape horror puts spotlight on ‘church’
1 year, 4 months ago

Burari rape horror puts spotlight on ‘church’

Hindustan Times  

Allegations that a senior Delhi government officer raped a minor girl several times over three months has brought a cloistered neighbourhood church in north Delhi’s Burari into the spotlight, after it emerged that the survivor’s and suspects’ families shared ties that originated in a small prayer house decades ago. When they moved to Delhi, their searches for a Lutheran Church …

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Rape-accused Premoday Khakha was OSD to AAP minister: Details
1 year, 4 months ago

Rape-accused Premoday Khakha was OSD to AAP minister: Details

Op India  

On Monday, the Delhi Police arrested the Delhi government official Premoday Khakha who has been accused of raping a minor over several months. She said, “The Deputy Director of the Delhi government’s Women and Child Development Department repeatedly raped a minor girl. Bharatiya Janata Party is with the minor and her family in this difficult time.” BJP targets the AAP …

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