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19 Jan 2019

WCD Ministry files FIR against ICCW for alleged embezzlement of funds

The Women and Child Development Ministry filed an FIR against Non-Profit Organisation (NGO) Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) over alleged financial fraud.

Sexual harassment

13 Jan 2019

169 complaints of sexual harassment at workplace in private industries'

The complaints were received through 'SHe-box', an online system for filing complaints by women, working in both government and private sectors, related to sexual harassment at the workplace.

Women and Child Development Ministry

12 Dec 2018

Government cancels passports of 33 NRIs for abandoning wives

The Women and Child Development Ministry has said it is taking 'every possible step to protect women in NRI marriages.'

Getting It Right

29 Jun 2018

Petty politicking should stop when India faces international embarrassment

Both the Congress and the BJP are guilty of often putting petty politics ahead of India's image and inetrests.

Union Budget 2018

01 Feb 2018

WCD Ministry gets Rs 24,700 cr, nutrition scheme main focus

The government on Thursday announced the 'world's largest' health insurance scheme for India's 50 crore poor in its last full budget before general elections.

Women and Child Development Ministry

08 Dec 2016

India's missing children: Women and Child Development Ministry releases SOPs

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has released Standard Operating Procedures or SOPs for missing children, three years after the Supreme Court directed the Centre to develop them.

14 Jul 2016

NCW takes on Maneka, returns draft trafficking bill

"We can't accept this bill. If we make recommendations on it, it would mean we are accepting it in some form," said a NCW source.

26 Apr 2016

Panic button in mobile phones will be a game changer on women's security: Maneka Gandhi

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi believes that the government's decision to make it mandatory for the cell phone manufacturers to sell mobile phones with an additional feature – panic button – will be a game changer in dealing with issues like women's security.

03 Dec 2015

Surveillance of sex offenders on the cards

The minister suggested that the offenders of heinous crimes should be mandated to provide their personal details to the local law enforcement agency on regular basis.

22 Oct 2015

Children to be adopted through State governments: Mother Teresa orphanages

The decision of Mother Teresa's orphanages not to offer children for adoption over ideological differences with the new adoption guidelines has kicked off a debate whether single parents should be allowed to adopt a child with Women and Child Development Ministry not willing to bend the revised rules.

missionaries of charity

09 Oct 2015

Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity orphanages to be derecognised?

The central government is mulling derecognising 13 orphanages run by Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity due to its non-compliance with adoption guidelines.

14 Sep 2015

India needs a new school every 7 minutes: Maneka

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi Monday said that India needs a new school every seven minutes in order to give quality education to slum children as she participated in a live chat with users on Facebook.

Women and Child Development Ministry

14 Sep 2015

WCD to launch district committees for domestic violence victims

In a measure to combat rising crime against women, the Women and Child Development Ministry has decided to launch district-level welfare committees across the country to establish a mechanism of immediate assistance for the victims of domestic violence.

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