India to be open defecation-free by 2019: Birender
28 May 2016 10:47 PM GMTThe Narendra Modi-led government aims to make India Open Defecation Free (ODF) by October 2, 2019, said Minister of Rural Development, Drinking Water...
Working for India’s women and children
28 May 2016 10:08 PM GMTWhat are the significant changes that the Ministry has brought about in the past two years?We have achieved a lot in the past two years. Some of the...
‘Cong mismanaged MGNREGA, NDA put it back on track’
28 May 2016 12:06 AM GMTThe derailed Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is back on tracks. Talking to Millennium Post, Minister of Rural...
Bullet train to run in India by 2023: Prabhu
27 May 2016 11:33 PM GMTHe added: “Recently a delegation, headed by deputy chairman of Niti Aayog Dr Arvind Panagariya, went to Japan to study the bullet train project there....
Railways working hard to bring touts on track: Suresh Prabhu
27 May 2016 12:14 AM GMTSpeaking to Millennium Post, Prabhu said: “Dalal (touts) pe lagaam lagane ki sakht zaroorat hai (We have to come down heavily on these touts to...
Railways seeks RS 1.21 trillion from FinMin for Safety Fund
26 May 2016 11:42 PM GMTAiming to achieve zero accidents, the Minsitry of Railways has sought more than Rs 1 lakh crore from the Finance Ministry for its safety fund. The...
Offenders not to be handcuffed or jailed under revised JJ rules
26 May 2016 10:58 PM GMT“In such (heinous) offences, children shall be subject to preliminary assessment by the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Board with regard to their mental and...
Software to check nutrition standards at anganwadi centres
26 May 2016 12:30 AM GMTMinister for Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launched the software, which is for real-time monitoring of nutrition services at AWCs....
In a first, under new JJ Act, Merc case accused could be tried as adult
26 May 2016 12:02 AM GMTAccording to the draft rules under JJ Act, which would be implementable retrospectively from January 2016, the chances of the accused being tried as...
Women’s Entrepreneur Council to emerge from Mahila E-Haat, says Maneka
24 May 2016 12:27 AM GMTSpeaking to Millennium Post, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi said, “Mahila E-Haat is one of the significant...
New anti-trafficking law on the anvil to make punishments more stringent
24 May 2016 12:21 AM GMTThe draft anti-human trafficking Bill proposes that “whoever administers any chemical substance or hormones to a trafficked women or a girl child for...
Govt gets cracking as urban women employment rate declines
23 May 2016 12:02 AM GMTA revelation which may cause concern to policy planners, the rate of employment for urban women has come down by 2 percent in about a decade’s time....
