Kerela government announces Rs 10,000 crore worth development projects in next 100 daysIt also enhanced welfare pension and extended the distribution of the free provision kit for ration card holders, a hit among the commoners...
24 Dec, 2020, 06.43 PM IST
How to bolster the presence of women in India's labour forceThe patriarchal family structure, lack of education and required skills, restriction to household chores, lack of access to a safe workplac...
30 May, 2020, 12.07 AM IST
Creche staff are being trained to combat gender stereotypes from infancy: Marlene Schiappa, Minister of State for Gender Equality, FranceSchiappa says France is taking steps to promote gender equality.
08 Mar, 2018, 10.49 AM IST
Sachin Tendulkar to take part in Kerala's anti-narcotic drive launchThe mission, envisaged to promote abstinence and create comprehensive awareness against drug abuse, is an ambitious initiative by the CPI(M...
07 Nov, 2016, 01.16 PM IST
Assembly polls to be a 'green' affair in Kerala districtThe Assembly polls on May 16 will be a 'green' and zero-waste affair in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, with the state-run 'Suchitwa Mis...
02 Apr, 2016, 02.34 PM IST
Empowered by Kudumbashree movement, Kerala's women are making their presence feltUnder Kudumbashree, women have become taxi and bus drivers, construction workers, started farming operations and making food products and f...
22 Nov, 2015, 04.55 AM IST
Kerala's Kudumbashree to expand organic farming; to woo more womenKerala's all-women network Kudumbashree has decided to expand organic farming extensively across the state and enhance participation of wom...
03 Sep, 2015, 01.28 PM IST
How Kerala is making the most of organic farming revolutionKerala agri minister KP Mohanan said the state is now meeting over 70% of its demand for vegetables on its own compared with just 20% a few...
19 Jul, 2015, 12.11 PM IST
Kerala all-woman network- Kudumbashree-forays into higher educationEligible members of the all-woman network could avail a post-graduate diploma in Development Praxis free of cost under the programme.
22 Jun, 2015, 01.22 PM IST
Now, Kudumbashree plans an all-women TV channelKerala's poverty eradication mission 'Kudumbashree' is planning to enter visual media by launching an all-women television channel to bring...
10 Dec, 2014, 12.10 PM IST
Infants' death: Government announces Rs 2 crore medical aidThe amount would be released from the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) fund, Sivakumar told reporters at Agali after attending the revi...
10 Nov, 2014, 05.56 PM IST
Swachh Bharat: Kerala launches month-long cleanliness driveThe programme, chalked out by the local administration department, is being carried out with the help of various state agencies and volunta...
02 Oct, 2014, 04.05 PM IST
Kudumbashree: Kerala's all-women Rs 2,262 crore savings group finances microenterprises of membersIn many ways, the success story of Kudumbashree's should not surprise people. In Kerala, politics smothers the lonely pursuits of individua...
14 Sep, 2014, 01.17 PM IST
Kudumbashree targets employment for one lakh people this yearOne of their primary goals was to empower women through self-employment.
18 May, 2013, 01.22 PM IST
- Intel signs pact with Kerala's Kudumbashree
As part of plans to make Kerala women digitally empowered, 'Kudumbashree', the state's poverty eradication mission, has signed an MoU with ...
19 Feb, 2013, 07.00 PM IST
- Kudumbashree, National Rural Mission to sign pact for services
Kerala-based, all-women micro-lender Kudumbashree will soon sign a pact for providing consultancy services to the National Rural Livelihood...
25 Sep, 2011, 05.53 PM IST
- Kerala women show the way to re-green state, ease gender bias
The quick spread of NHGs across the state and the thrift money they have raised have led to a matching increase in plan allocation from the...
10 Mar, 2011, 08.18 AM IST