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Number of Delhi 'Laadli Yojana' beneficiaries down by almost 60% in last 15 years: RTIThe Laadli Yojana, initiated in Delhi in 2008 to empower young women, has witnessed a significant decline in beneficiaries. Data reveals a ...
Arvind Kejriwal speaks politely, then deceives people: Congress leader Sukhjinder RandhawaCongress leader Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa accuses AAP and Arvind Kejriwal of failing to fulfill promises to women in Punjab and Delhi. He c...
Arvind Kejriwal turns into Santa Claus, AAP video depicts schemes as gifts to people of DelhiAam Aadmi Party released a video with Arvind Kejriwal as Santa Claus promoting various Delhi schemes. However, the Delhi government's Women...
Delhi CM Atishi vows 'strict action' against WCD dept for public notice against Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman YojanaDelhi Chief Minister Atishi announced that strict action will be taken against the WCD Department for issuing a public notice against the A...
Ladli Scheme's unclaimed benefits: How to plug the loopholesDelhi's Ladli Scheme has Rs 449.9 crore in unclaimed benefits. The scheme supports girls' education and empowerment. Enrollment has dropped...
Delhi LG V K Saxena orders special audit into 'misuse' of govt funds by DCPCRLieutenant Governor V K Saxena has approved an inquiry and special audit into the alleged misuse of government funds by the Delhi Commissio...
Delhi govt officer accused of rape Kejriwal administration's favourite, handpicked as OSD: BJPThe BJP leaders, including Swaraj and spokesperson Shikha Rai, also hit out at Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal a...
Water goes to Satyendar Jain, Rai gets environment, Rajendra Pal WCD in Delhi Govt: SourcesSenior AAP leader and party's Delhi unit convenor Gopal Rai has been given the Environment Department, while Rajendra Pal Gautam will handl...
169 complaints of sexual harassment at workplace in private industries: WCD MinistryThe complaints were received through 'SHe-box', an online system for filing complaints by women, working in both government and private sec...
Online portal to report sexual harassment at workplace linked to all central, state ministries: WCDThe WCD Ministry has linked SHe-Box to all the central ministries, departments and 653 districts across 33 states and Union Territories, th...
Maneka Gandhi for women non-teaching staff in schoolsThe Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister said that her department has also approached the human resource development ministry in this...
Notebandi pushes mobile panic button rollout to FebruaryThe plan was to be in place from January 1 but now the ministry of women and child development hopes to introduce the panic button sometime...
Govt proposes to build 1 lakh anganwadis each year for four yearsThe scheme would be funded partly from Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee and partly from the Integrated Child Development ...
Nirbhaya juvenile to walk on December 20, Centre opposes moveThe juvenile convict in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case may walk free on December 20 unless the Delhi high court intervenes in support of...
I tried breaking contractors' lobby: Pankaja MundeMaharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde demanded that those who have made the allegations against her must come up with proof to substantiate th...
Women and Child Development Ministry replaces MHA as nodal agency for Nirbhaya FundThe Nirbhaya fund has a total of Rs 3,000 cr as Rs 1,000 cr each was allocated to it in 2014-15 and 2015-16 on top of Rs 1,000 cr initial c...
Government issues guidelines on utilisation of Nirbhaya FundThe Nirbhaya Fund has a corpus of Rs 3,000 crore, including an additional Rs 1,000 crore allocation made in Budget for 2015-16.
- Put in place mechanism to handle emergency at juvenile homes: Delhi High Court to government
A bench of justices Ravindra Bhat and Vibhu Bakhru passed the order after the Department of WCD and Delhi Police submitted a joint affidavi...
Under Maneka Gandhi, WCD gets a promotion to cabinet rankIn the new BJP-led government at the Centre, the women and child development ministry was upgraded to cabinet rank.
- Sexual harassment law hangs in-between as rules yet to be notified
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, was passed by Parliament in April this year.