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WOMEN REPRESENTATION IN PSUS
Not just in legislature, rare to see women in corner offices of PSUs tooWomen account for less than 10% of employees in India’s central public sector enterprises, with representation particularly weak in supervi...
NCW issues advisory to States, calls for mandatory POSH audits and robust workplace safety mechanisms nationwideThe National Commission for Women has urged all states and Union Territories to strictly enforce the POSH Act, ensuring women's safety and ...
Supreme Court seeks response of Centre, states on PIL seeking 30% quota for women lawyers in govt panelsThe Supreme Court has asked the Centre and all states for their views on a Public Interest Litigation that demands a 30 per cent quota for ...
8th Pay Commission latest update: Pensioner body flags 8th CPC portal problems, seeks memorandum submission deadline extensionPensioner groups Bharat Pensioners Samaj (BPS) and NCCPA have raised concerns with the 8th Pay Commission regarding its memorandum submissi...
ECI allows 12 alternative photo IDs apart from EPIC for voting; announces special arrangements for 'purdanasheen' womenVoters without their Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) can now use 12 alternative government-approved IDs to cast their ballot. The Elect...
At NSE-listed companies, women hold 21% of board seats at NSE-listed firms: ReportNearly 97% of NSE-listed companies have appointed at least one woman director by March 2025, highlighting the impact of regulatory requirem...
Gender diversity still a long way away among CFOs as women still remain underrepresentedDespite gender diversity efforts in India, women are underrepresented in CFO roles. Challenges include bias, retention issues, and supply-s...
Decade after mandate, Indian companies struggle with gender diversity; only half meeting one woman director requirementA decade after the Companies Act 2013 made it mandatory for Indian companies to have at least one woman director on their boards, the needl...
Just one in 10 executive directors is a woman: StudyIndian corporations are struggling to attract more women to executive director roles, with only 10% of the top 200 listed companies having ...
Caste census necessary to know exact number of people from OBC, SC and ST communities: Priyanka GandhiCongress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, while addressing a public meeting in Madhya Pradesh, reiterated her support for a caste c...
One in five board members at India Inc is now a womanAfter 10 years of the Companies Act 2013, one in five board members in Nifty-500 companies is a woman. While this shows progress, there is ...
Top Indian companies have very few people with disabilities on rollsAccording to latest workforce data reported by Nifty 50 constituent companies as part of their annual disclosures, only five out of these 5...
Top 500 NSE-listed companies have 18% women directors, says studyIn the study titled 'Corporate India: Women on boards', proxy advisory firm Institutional Investor Advisory Services (IiAS) on Tuesday said...
Evolution of boards: How boardrooms have changed in more than a decade— in size, gender diversity, compensationWomen representation on corporate boards has gone up from 4.6% in 2006-07 to 14% in 2019. But this is largely driven by compliance. Even th...
Women on boards double in five years, but representation still lowIndia Inc has lagged behind the US trend on gender diversity on boards.
We need a coffee shop where basic and applied science meet: K VijayRaghavanThe only route open to our trained students/researchers is to become a professor. There could be exciting opportunities in the industry and...
Proposal to increase women's reservation in urban bodies to 50% under consideration: Government"The issue needs careful consideration on the basis of consensus among all parties before an amendment Bill is brought before Parliament," ...
- 76th All India industrial exhibition begins in Hyderabad from January 1
The 76th All India Industrial Exhibition, 2016, organised by the Exhibition Society will begin from January 1 at Exhibition Grounds.
If elected, Congress may form panel to study need for reservation in private sectorCong will consider setting up of a committee to examine need for reservations for SC, ST and OBCs in pvt sector if it forms the next govt a...
- India needs corporate governance culture based on its values
Independent directors and CEOs all agree that India needs to create a corporate governance culture based on its own norms and values.