Poll-bound Madhya Pradesh notifies 35% quota for women in govt jobs
1 year, 2 months ago

Poll-bound Madhya Pradesh notifies 35% quota for women in govt jobs

Hindustan Times  

The Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday issued a notification for providing 35 per cent reservation for women in recruitment, barring the forest department. The government has introduced an amendment to the Madhya Pradesh Civil Services Rules, 1997 to provide 35 per cent reservation for women in the poll-bound state. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during an event to transfer installments of Ladli Behna Yojana and inauguration of various development works, in Burhanpur district, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan recently announced that 35 per cent of vacancies in police and other government jobs will be filled by women.

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Women who cannot avail benefit of 'Ladli Behna Yojana' in Madhya Pradesh | Know here
1 week, 6 days ago

Women who cannot avail benefit of 'Ladli Behna Yojana' in Madhya Pradesh | Know here

India TV News  

Ladli Behna Yojana: The purpose of 'Ladli Bahana Yojana' in Madhya Pradesh is to provide financial assistance to the women of the state. Here are the conditions under which women will not be eligible for the 'Ladli Behna Yojana': Age Limit: Women below 21 years and above 60 years of age will not get the benefit of this scheme. Conditions …

Rajasthan approves 33% quota for women in police force
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Rajasthan approves 33% quota for women in police force

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Rajasthan on Wednesday approved 33% reservation for women in the police force by deciding to amend the State Police Subordinate Service Rules, 1989. Deputy Chief Minister Prem Chand Bairwa and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel said after the meeting that the police would be able to work with more sensitivity in the matters related …

Rajasthan News: 33 % quota for women in police force approved by cabinet
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Rajasthan News: 33 % quota for women in police force approved by cabinet

Live Mint  

The Bharatiya Janta Party government in Rajasthan on September 4 approved 33 per cent reservation to women in the police force and five per cent additional allowance to pensioners. Deputy Chief Minister Prem Chand Bairwa said an amendment to the Rajasthan Police Subordinate Services Rules, 1989, was approved in the cabinet meeting, paving the way for the one-third quota for …

India lags behind 150 countries in representation of women in Lok Sabha
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India lags behind 150 countries in representation of women in Lok Sabha

Hindustan Times  

India fared worse than 150 countries in the representation of women in parliament, according to data from IPU-Parline, a global database on national parliaments. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, 74 women MPs were elected, forming 13.6 per cent of the total number of members in parliament. India falls short of the global average of 26.5 per cent as well …

Only 8 per cent of women candidates in first two phases of Lok Sabha polls
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Only 8 per cent of women candidates in first two phases of Lok Sabha polls

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Women constituted only eight per cent of the total 2,823 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that the talk of empowering them rings hollow. In the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, there were 135 women candidates while in …

Rahul Gandhi's big Lok Sabha poll promise for women
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi's big Lok Sabha poll promise for women

Hindustan Times  

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday promised that his party will reserve 50 per cent of government jobs for women if voted to power in the Lok Sabha elections. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said women's potential will be fully utilised only when women have equal contribution in the government running the country “Isn't the population of women in India 50 …

Madhya Pradesh: 200 women police deployed at major intersections to reduce traffic congestion in Indore
10 months, 1 week ago

Madhya Pradesh: 200 women police deployed at major intersections to reduce traffic congestion in Indore

India TV News  

Indore: At least 200 women constables have been assigned to major intersections within Indore city in Madhya Pradesh to tackle the problem of traffic congestion, a police official said on Thursday. One of the women constables expressed the need for a shift in the public's mindset, emphasising that the perception that only male police personnel can manage traffic must change. …

As ‘Ladli Behnas’ Gift Madhya Pradesh to Mamaji, Chouhan Puts Up Strong Case for CM Post
1 year ago

As ‘Ladli Behnas’ Gift Madhya Pradesh to Mamaji, Chouhan Puts Up Strong Case for CM Post

News 18  

The ‘Ladli Behnas‘ have voted for Mamaji. In a remarkable turnaround from just a few months ago when few gave BJP a chance in Madhya Pradesh, the state is set to be painted saffron again with Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s key women scheme launched six months ago doing the trick and the BJP beating anti-incumbency for its 18-year-long reign in MP. …

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj banks on 'Ladli Behna' scheme, says BJP will form Govt. for fifth time in State
1 year ago

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj banks on 'Ladli Behna' scheme, says BJP will form Govt. for fifth time in State

The Hindu  

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party will form government for the fifth time in the State, where the Assembly elections were held earlier this month. Referring to his government's flagship 'Ladli Behna Yojana' for women, Mr. Chouhan on Monday night said the BJP workers have made sincere efforts and "ladli behnas" …

Madhya Pradesh Polls 2023: What BJP, Congress promised for the women in poll-bound state
1 year, 1 month ago

Madhya Pradesh Polls 2023: What BJP, Congress promised for the women in poll-bound state

Live Mint  

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023: Madhya Pradesh is set to undergo polls on 17 November wherein voters will choose legislators from 230 Assembly constituencies. Also Read: Know Shivraj Singh Chouhan's rivals in MP poll: 'Hanuman' of Congress and ‘Mirchi Baba’ of SP Here's what Congress has promised for women in the state The Kamal Nath-led Congress had released its party …

Behind women’s reservation in local body polls, tales of patriarchy, proxy candidates
1 year, 2 months ago

Behind women’s reservation in local body polls, tales of patriarchy, proxy candidates

Hindustan Times  

In a pale blue shirt, sitting on a chair in the centre of a dimly lit room in his home, hands on his knee, the women of his household hovering behind him, 60-year-old Namandilal Meena flashes the smile of an important man. In the voluble opinion of the men, the skew is an outcome of women’s “eternal lack of interest …

Why women\'s quota bill if it cannot be implemented immediately, asks Priyanka
1 year, 2 months ago

Why women\'s quota bill if it cannot be implemented immediately, asks Priyanka

Deccan Chronicle  

Dhar : Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said the BJP-led Union government was treating women as a "joke" as the newly enacted legislation which reserves seats for them in legislatures can not be implemented for ten years. Speaking at a rally at Mohankheda in Dhar district of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, she asked why the government brought in …

Shikha Mukerjee | 33% quota hasn't moved needle on women power
1 year, 2 months ago

Shikha Mukerjee | 33% quota hasn't moved needle on women power

Deccan Chronicle  

It is a significant legislation, the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, or what is best understood as a straightforward constitutional amendment giving women 33 per cent reserved seats in Parliament and in state Assemblies. The 33 per cent reservation of seats for women legislators is moving the needle back instead of forward. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is entirely correct when he …

President Assents to Women's Reservation Bill for Lok Sabha and State Assemblies
1 year, 2 months ago

President Assents to Women's Reservation Bill for Lok Sabha and State Assemblies

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has assented to the women’s reservation bill, which seeks to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies. The quota for women in the Lok Sabha and Assemblies will continue for 15 years and Parliament can later extend the benefit period. The last such attempt was made in 2010, …

President gives assent to women’s reservation Bill
1 year, 2 months ago

President gives assent to women’s reservation Bill

The Hindu  

President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to the women’s reservation Bill which seeks to provide 33% reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies, the Law Ministry said in a notification on September 29. Though it was introduced as the Constitution Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha, now it will be known as the Constitution Act as …

From women’s reservation to gender equality
1 year, 2 months ago

From women’s reservation to gender equality

The Hindu  

Last week, Parliament passed the women’s reservation Bill, which provides one-third reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies. It is now well understood that higher education among girls, increased female labour force participation, and greater financial autonomy among women directly correlate with lower fertility rates. Representation of women to elected bodies must necessarily be seen in the …

Unmarried women above 21 yrs of age included under MP’s Ladli Behna Scheme
1 year, 3 months ago

Unmarried women above 21 yrs of age included under MP’s Ladli Behna Scheme

Hindustan Times  

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday announced that unmarried women above 21 years of age will be included under the Ladli Behna Yojana and will receive Rs.1,250 monthly aid, as per the scheme. MP chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan “Sisters who are above 21 years of age and who are not married, such sisters will also be …

MP Assembly elections: Shivraj govt includes unmarried women above 21 years of age in Ladli Behna Yojana
1 year, 3 months ago

MP Assembly elections: Shivraj govt includes unmarried women above 21 years of age in Ladli Behna Yojana

India TV News  

Ladli Behna Yojana​: In view of the assembly Elections, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made a big announcement regarding Ladli Behna Yojana. The Chief Minister said that the names of women, who are above 21 years of age and unmarried, will also be added to the Ladli Behna Yojana and they will get a monthly aid of Rs …

Centre needs to bring in amendments to give reservation for women in U.T.
1 year, 3 months ago

Centre needs to bring in amendments to give reservation for women in U.T.

The Hindu  

The Centre will need to bring necessary amendments either in the Women’s Reservation Act or the Union Territories Act, 1963 for reserving 33% of the seats in the Puducherry Assembly as the Act passed by the Parliament on September 21, only prescribes quota for women in Lok Sabha, State Assemblies and the Legislative Assembly of New Delhi. While the women’s …

Rahul Gandhi urges Centre to implement women’s reservation Bill immediately
1 year, 3 months ago

Rahul Gandhi urges Centre to implement women’s reservation Bill immediately

The Hindu  

The Congress “regrets” that the United Progressive Alliance government did not pass its Women’s Reservation Bill in 2010 by including a quota for women from other backward classes, former party chief Rahul Gandhi said on September 22, even as he asserted that his party would successfully carry out a caste-based census if it comes to power. Mr. Gandhi reiterated his …

RJD stands alone in demand for sending women’s reservation bill to House panel
1 year, 3 months ago

RJD stands alone in demand for sending women’s reservation bill to House panel

The Hindu  

In a sea of support for the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam or the Women’s Reservation Bill, the Rashtriya Janata Dal stood isolated in the Rajya Sabha over its demand to send it to a select committee. The party’s Rajya Sabha member Manoj K. Jha, the lone speaker on the legislation, said the Parliament would be committing a “historic blunder” if …

BJP and its decades-long preparation to leverage women’s reservation Bill
1 year, 3 months ago

BJP and its decades-long preparation to leverage women’s reservation Bill

The Hindu  

The timing of the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill, now finally cleared through Parliament, is still a matter of conjecture, but the BJP says it is in the best possible position to furnish the 180 women candidates for the Lok Sabha and hundreds for State Assembly that will be required when the Bill does get translated on the ground. …

BRS extends support to women's reservation bill
1 year, 3 months ago

BRS extends support to women's reservation bill

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi extended its complete support to the Women's Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Participating in the debate on the bill, BRS floor leader in Lok Sabha Nama Nageshwar Rao demanded the Centre to implement the 33 per cent women's quota immediately, without further delay. Stating that women's quota in Parliament and state legislatures has …

JD(U), RJD push for ‘quota within quota’ for backward class women
1 year, 3 months ago

JD(U), RJD push for ‘quota within quota’ for backward class women

The Hindu  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on September 20 welcomed the Women’s Reservation Bill tabled in Parliament a day earlier, but also advocated for a “quota within quota” for women from backward and extremely backward classes, calling for a caste census to be conducted along with the general census. I’m of the firm opinion that within the ambit of women’s reservation …

Women's Bill: BSP's Mayawati Seeks Immediate Implementation, Asks Govt to Drop Provisions Which 'Delay' Quota
1 year, 3 months ago

Women's Bill: BSP's Mayawati Seeks Immediate Implementation, Asks Govt to Drop Provisions Which 'Delay' Quota

News 18  

BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday urged the government to delink the women’s reservation bill from the census and delimitation exercises that would ”delay” its implementation for years, and accused the BJP and the Congress of using the bill for political gains. The Bahujan Samaj Party supremo, who has already said that her party will support the bill even if its …

Women's Reservation Bill: Which countries have quotas for women?
1 year, 3 months ago

Women's Reservation Bill: Which countries have quotas for women?

Firstpost  

Women’s Reservation Bill has once again been tabled in Parliament after first being introduced 27 years back. At 46.2 per cent female representation in the Lower House, South Africa beats developed nations such as the US, the UK, Australia, Germany and South Korea in the percentage of women legislators. However, a Bill reserving 33 per cent of seats for women …

Bihar shows the way to Centre for women’s reservation Bill, claims JD(U)
1 year, 3 months ago

Bihar shows the way to Centre for women’s reservation Bill, claims JD(U)

The Hindu  

September 20, 2023 12:00 pm | Updated September 28, 2023 09:07 pm IST - Patna Soon after the government at the Centre brought the women’s reservation Bill in Parliament on Tuesday, the Janata Dal claimed that “Bihar has showed the way to the Centre”. Bihar became the first State in the country under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in 2006 when …

Hits and misses: Women’s quota in rural, urban local bodies a mixed bag
1 year, 3 months ago

Hits and misses: Women’s quota in rural, urban local bodies a mixed bag

Hindustan Times  

A suave spokesperson for the Biju Janata Dal. READ | Women’s quota bill cleared by Cabinet A woman panchayat president from Karnataka said the male members of the family help them in conducting the panchayat work. READ | Women’s Reservation Bill: Parties raise concerns, demand ‘quota within quota’ In 2006, Bihar became the first state to reserve 50% seats in …

'English-speaking actresses from TV serials with short hair... ': SP leader's foot in mouth on Women's Reservation Bill
1 year, 3 months ago

'English-speaking actresses from TV serials with short hair... ': SP leader's foot in mouth on Women's Reservation Bill

Firstpost  

Samajwadi Party leader I P Singh said if the Women’s Reservation Bill is introduced in the parliament then the Government will have to give reservation under SC, ST, OBC The Samajwadi Party has has come out openly to oppose the Women’s Reservation Bill tabled in Lok Sabha Tuesday and, at that, with a barrage of anti-women comments. Now, on the …

Women Reservation Bill: Here is everything you need to know about it
1 year, 3 months ago

Women Reservation Bill: Here is everything you need to know about it

Op India  

On Tuesday, the Modi government introduced the Women Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha, coinciding with the first session of proceedings at the new Parliament building. During Atal Ji's tenure, the Women's Reservation Bill was presented several times, but it couldn't gather enough support… pic.twitter.com/WTU0N8sLwl — BJP September 19, 2023 Titled the Constitution, the bill was tabled in the Lower …

Women’s Reservation Bill ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ introduced by the Indian Government in Lok Sabha
1 year, 3 months ago

Women’s Reservation Bill ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ introduced by the Indian Government in Lok Sabha

The Hindu  

September 19, 2023 03:06 pm | Updated 10:08 pm IST - New Delhi The Union government introduced a Bill to provide one-third reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies as the historic first legislation in the new Parliament House on Tuesday, but the fine print ensures that the quota will not be implemented in next year’s general …

Women reservation bill Highlights: Sonia Gandhi to be Congress main speaker in debate
1 year, 3 months ago

Women reservation bill Highlights: Sonia Gandhi to be Congress main speaker in debate

Hindustan Times  

Sep 19, 2023 7:09 PM IST "The women's reservation bill that has been brought in Parliament is a welcome step. From the year 2006, we gave 50 per cent reservation to women in Panchayati Raj institutions and from the year 2007 to municipal bodies. Since 2006, women are being given 50 per cent reservation in primary teacher employment and from …

Women reservation bill Highlights: Sonia Gandhi to be Congress main speaker in debate
1 year, 3 months ago

Women reservation bill Highlights: Sonia Gandhi to be Congress main speaker in debate

Hindustan Times  

Sep 19, 2023 7:09 PM IST "The women's reservation bill that has been brought in Parliament is a welcome step. From the year 2006, we gave 50 per cent reservation to women in Panchayati Raj institutions and from the year 2007 to municipal bodies. Since 2006, women are being given 50 per cent reservation in primary teacher employment and from …

Women's Reservation Bill tabled in Parliament, 181 seats to be reserved in Lok Sabha | DETAILS
1 year, 3 months ago

Women's Reservation Bill tabled in Parliament, 181 seats to be reserved in Lok Sabha | DETAILS

India TV News  

Women's Reservation Bill was on Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. 33% constituencies in all state assemblies will be reserved for women now Rotation of seats reserved for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies to take place after each delimitation exercise. Several political parties, including from the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA …

Women’s quota bill cleared by Cabinet
1 year, 3 months ago

Women’s quota bill cleared by Cabinet

Hindustan Times  

The Union Cabinet on Monday evening approved a Constitution amendment bill to provide reservation for women in the national and state legislatures, officials familiar with the matter said, paving the way for the introduction of the landmark legislation in the ongoing special session of Parliament. “PM Modi’s Cabinet has struck a massive blow in favour of women’s empowerment by approving …

Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj Chouhan announces 5% quota in medical colleges for students from govt schools
1 year, 3 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj Chouhan announces 5% quota in medical colleges for students from govt schools

Live Mint  

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday announced that his government will give 5% reservation in medical studies to students from government schools from this year. “For the first time in the country, the Madhya Pradesh government has taken a decision to be implemented from this year under which 5 per cent reservation will be given to children …

Shivraj showers Sops Ahead of MP Assembly Polls
1 year, 3 months ago

Shivraj showers Sops Ahead of MP Assembly Polls

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday announced a series of sops for women on the occasion of holy month of ‘Sawan’, as per the Hindu calendar, ahead of the year-end assembly elections in the state. The sops announced by him included hike in the monthly incentive given to the beneficiaries under ‘Ladli Bahna’ scheme from Rs …

MP govt hikes aid, 35% reservation in govt jobs for women ahead of Rakhi
1 year, 3 months ago

MP govt hikes aid, 35% reservation in govt jobs for women ahead of Rakhi

Live Mint  

Days ahead of Rakhsha Bandhan festival, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 27 August raised the financial aid given to women in the Ladli Behna Scheme from ₹1,000 to ₹1,250 per month, reported news agency PTI. Apart from this, the MP CM also announced 35 percent reservation for them in government jobs and said cooking gas cylinders will …

Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls: CM Announces Ladli Behna Yojana aid hike, subsidised cylinders, 35 pc job reservation for women
1 year, 3 months ago

Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls: CM Announces Ladli Behna Yojana aid hike, subsidised cylinders, 35 pc job reservation for women

ABP News  

New Delhi: Ahead of Raksha Bandhan festival, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday hiked the financial aid given to women under the flagship 'Ladli Behna' scheme from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,250 per month and also announced 35 per cent reservation for them in government jobs. #WATCH | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan says, …

MP Assembly Elections: Shivraj Singh Chouhan plans to raise quota for women in government jobs
1 year, 3 months ago

MP Assembly Elections: Shivraj Singh Chouhan plans to raise quota for women in government jobs

India TV News  

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections: Ahead of the assembly elections, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said that the reservation for women in government jobs has been raised to 35 per cent from the current 30 per cent. Gas cylinders for Rs 450 He also raised the financial aid given to women in the Ladli Behna scheme from …

Madhya Pradesh CM announces 4 pc hike in dearness allowance for state govt employees in poll year
1 year, 6 months ago

Madhya Pradesh CM announces 4 pc hike in dearness allowance for state govt employees in poll year

India TV News  

Madhya Pradesh: Ahead of the state Assembly elections scheduled by the year-end, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced a hike in the dearness allowance for the state government employees. While addressing a mass marriage function at Gillor village in Sehore district on Friday evening, Chouhan announced a four per cent DA hike. "The state government will increase the DA …

MP: ‘Ladli Behna’ scheme rolled out; CM distributes 1st installment of Rs 1,000 each to 1.25 crore women
1 year, 6 months ago

MP: ‘Ladli Behna’ scheme rolled out; CM distributes 1st installment of Rs 1,000 each to 1.25 crore women

India TV News  

Ladli behna yojana : The Madhya Pradesh government today transferred Rs 1,000 each to the accounts of 1.25 crore women in the state as it rolled out the ‘Ladli Behna Yojana’, a scheme billed as a game-changer by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the poll-bound state. With the Ladli Behna scheme, the BJP government in MP would be able to …

MP: With eye on polls, Congress announces Rs 1,500 monthly aid for women, cooking gas cylinder at Rs 500
1 year, 9 months ago

MP: With eye on polls, Congress announces Rs 1,500 monthly aid for women, cooking gas cylinder at Rs 500

India Today  

The Congress on Sunday said women in Madhya Pradesh will get a monthly aid of Rs 1,500 and a cooking gas cylinder will be made available for Rs 500 if the party is voted to power in the upcoming Assembly polls. Making the announcement, state Congress president Kamal Nath slammed Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, saying the CM was making …

50% women quota in TS local bodies: BRS
1 year, 9 months ago

50% women quota in TS local bodies: BRS

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The BRS said that only the party-run Telangana government was providing 50 per cent reservations in local bodies for women, as the party beat back the BJP’s questions on its commitment to the women’s cause Ministers Sabitha Indra Reddy and Satyavathi Rathod told reporters in New Delhi, defending BRS MLC K. Kavitha’s protest in the Capital for 33 per …

Madhya Pradesh announces 7 additional 'casual leaves' to women government employees every year
1 year, 9 months ago

Madhya Pradesh announces 7 additional 'casual leaves' to women government employees every year

India TV News  

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on International Women's Day announced that women government employees in the state will be allowed an additional seven days of casual leave every year. In January, the Kerala government issued a decree offering menstruation leave to female students enrolled in state-run higher education institutions. Since 1992, women government employees in Bihar have been …

‘Ladli Behna Yojana’ | Madhya Pradesh CM launches scheme for women with eye on polls
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Ladli Behna Yojana’ | Madhya Pradesh CM launches scheme for women with eye on polls

The Hindu  

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday reached out to women in the BJP-ruled State by launching a scheme to provide ₹1,000 monthly aid and slammed the previous Congress Government for "stopping" welfare measures meant for women, months ahead of the Assembly polls. "The Kamal Nath Government stopped the 'Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah Yojana' for 15 months after coming …

Madhya Pradesh CM launches ‘Laadli Behna’ scheme for women: Details here
1 year, 9 months ago

Madhya Pradesh CM launches ‘Laadli Behna’ scheme for women: Details here

Hindustan Times  

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday launched 'Laadli Behna' scheme wherein eligible women will get ₹1,000 monthly assistance. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan releases the brochure during the launch of 'Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana' in Bhopal on Sunday. Laadli Behna Yojana: Laadli Behna Yojana is a flagship scheme of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan where …

Reintroduce Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament, Opposition parties tell Centre
2 years ago

Reintroduce Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament, Opposition parties tell Centre

The Hindu  

The long pending Women’s Reservation Bill should be reintroduced in the Winter Session, several parties including Trinamool Congress, Janata Dal and Shiromani Akali Dal demanded at a meeting of Lok Sabha Business Advisory Committee chaired by Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla. The bill seeks to reserve one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies for women. In 2008, …

Karnataka High Court Quashes Govt Notification For OBC, Women Reservation In BBMP Elections, Polls To Convene By Dec 31
2 years, 2 months ago

Karnataka High Court Quashes Govt Notification For OBC, Women Reservation In BBMP Elections, Polls To Convene By Dec 31

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has set aside a notification issued by the state government whereby it notified ward wise reservation for 243 wards of BBMP out of which, 81 wards are reserved for backward classes and 120 wards are reserved for women randomly. A single judge bench of Justice Hemant Chandangoudar directed the State government to redo the exercise of …

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