Road Ministry mandates cab aggregators to provide option of female drivers while booking a rideCab passengers can now choose a driver of the same gender. Female passengers can specifically select a female driver. This new rule aims to...
Govt amends cab aggregator rules; introduces gender choice option, tipping normsHowever, in an ecosystem where fewer than 5% of drivers are women, the option for female passengers to select a lady driver for undertaking...
Sebi cuts exit load cap to 3%, revises incentives for mutual fund distributorsSebi has reduced the maximum exit load on mutual funds from 5% to 3%, aligning with industry practice. It also revised distributor incentiv...
SC strikes down gender-based cap in Army's JAG recruitment, orders common merit listThe Supreme Court has made a significant ruling. It struck down a policy that limited the number of women in the Judge Advocate General bra...
Number of women in top roles rises slower than number of women in company boardsA paper by NCAER economists Ratna Sahay, Navya Srivastava, and Mahima Vasishth has documented these findings while highlighting the progres...
Women’s Reservation Bill: Now to hear her voiceThe 27-year odyssey of this law shows both how difficult it has been to arrive at this point and the breakthrough it represents. The propos...
SC nullifies ‘gender cap’ on performers in orchestra bars in Maharashtra, says stereotypical view has no placeA bench of justices K M Joseph and S Ravindra Bhat, which set aside the Bombay High Court judgement, said the "gender-cap" appears to be th...
Capgemini's Sakhi Drishtikon program aims to bring women from economically weak backgrounds in rural India into mainstream workforceThe firm allows women employees across grades, roles and skills to benefit from its gender diversity programs.
Novartis announces 26 week gender-neutral parental leaveThe company believes this move will enrich the workplace and foster a more inclusive culture in the organisation.
Fair disclosure: Women's participation in India Inc on the riseFor India Inc, the share of women in the total workforce is the highest in IT companies.
Most CXOs’ goals skip gender diversityShowcasing why the needle hasn’t really moved, the study said less than one-third of responding companies have gender diversity goals as pa...
Gender pay gap in Bollywood: Anyone who pulls crowd will be paid higher, says Aamir Khan"Because of the patriarchal influence on our society, we don't see women as heroes."
Special treatment for women entrepreneurs under UDAN scheme: Aviation SecyThe remarks were made by Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey in a video message at an event here to celebrate International Women's Day to...
- Indian firms warming up to women representation on board: Survey
The number of Indian firms that have at least one woman on the board has seen a rise of 16 per cent over the last 6 years.
Gender benderThe patch of forest on the Palakkad-Coimbatore road kindles memories of sacred groves.
- Engendering India: Greater gender equality is the need
There's no escaping the harsh reality that Indian women, i.e., 48% of the population, remain, in the words of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
- Trigger point: Returns in the time of volatility
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has launched a ULIP plan called ICICI Pru LifeTime Maxima, which follows two different portfolio strategies...