Lok Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh will be held in four phases on April 19, April 26, May 7 and May 13. Counting of votes will be held on Ju...

Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM), in a report released by it on the occasion of International Women's Day, said that there has been a signific...

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar also announced the Haryana Matrushakti Udyamita Scheme to provide support to women for becoming entrepreneur...

The Centre has asked all state governments to collect details of primary breadwinners of deprived SC and OBC families in the unorganised se...

The patriarchal family structure, lack of education and required skills, restriction to household chores, lack of access to a safe workplac...

Gender Lens Investing (GLI), an approach to promote social and/or economic empowerment of women, in addition to financial returns has gaine...

The Centre is working on a scheme to provide interest-free loan to women's SHGs to enable them to buy vehicles and hire drivers.

Small organisations are more flexible when it comes to employing women and not choosy about a particular educational background or experien...

However, about 17.64 lakh people were rescued and sheltered in 6605 relief centres across the state.

Arun Jaitley today launched two funds by Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), a fund of funds with total corpus of Rs 12,000...

With the aim to curb incidents of eve-teasing and crime against women, the Gurgaon district administration is planning to run 'women only' ...

CCEA at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved the NERLP at an estimated cost of Rs 683.2 crore.

The Finance Minister also said a Women's Self Help Groups Development Fund with a corpus of Rs 500 crore would be formed.

Self-Help Groups in West Bengal haven't had it this good in years. The West Bengal govt has asked banks operating in the state to offer sof...

Bank loan defaulters may no longer have to wrangle with burly, intimidating collection agents. Smiling, soft-spoken women may soon take the...

Coir Board proposes to launch a new scheme called 'Golden Fibre Plus' with assistance from the State Bank of Travancore (SBT).

The government may embark on an ambitious scheme to provide energy security to villages. This project will entail an initial investment of ...