Cutting across party lines, women Members of Parliament propose to set up pressure groups in both Houses to push for speedy clearance of a number of women-related Bills that are pending passage. The proposal was mooted at a meeting of women MPs, convened by Girija Vyas, chairperson of the National Commission for Women on Thursday. It was attended by 22 women MPs. Ms. Vyas suggested that women MPs, irrespective of their...
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Oppressor's case by TK Rajalakshmi
Women's organisations rise up against a petition that seeks an amendment to Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. A PETITION that alleges the misuse of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, which has been admitted by the Rajya Sabha Committee on Petitions, has become an object of concern among leading women's organisations in the country. The petition claims that the law, dealing with dowry-related torture and acute domestic...
More »‘Blacklist non-performing contractors' by K Balchand
A Parliamentary Standing Committee has directed the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to blacklist all non-performing contractors, holding them responsible for the twin malaise of delays and prevalence of corruption in execution of road projects. The committee on transport, tourism and culture headed by Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M), did not rule out the possibility of a nexus among middlemen, bad contractors and corrupt officials for the delay in projects and...
More »HPV vaccine final report submitted by Aarti Dhar
The three-member committee, set up to look into alleged irregularities in the conduct of studies on use of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine by PATH in India, has submitted its final report to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. This information was given to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare by Director-General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) V. M. Katoch at a meeting here on...
More »Ministry wants more money for rural job guarantee scheme by Ruhi Tewari
The ministry of rural development has demanded a nearly 60% increase in the allocation for its marquee job guarantee scheme in the forthcoming Union budget for fiscal 2011-12. The ministry has sought an allocation of around Rs. 64,000 crore, up from Rs. 41,100 crore, for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), a ministry official said, requesting anonymity. MGNREGS, the flagship programme of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government...
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