-The Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women has received 2,383 comPLAints pertaining to sexual harassment at workPLAce since 2015. The numbers have been increasing with each passing year with a visible spike this year with over 750 comPLAinants approaching NCW for redressal till October. 14 comPLAinants came forward just in the last one month after the #MeTooIndia campaign took social media by storm.As the number of comPLAints pertaining...
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'Extend Vishakha norms to religious institutions'
-The Hindu PIL plea says it will help check abuse against women The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a PIL petition to extend the Vishakha guidelines against sexual harassment in workPLAce to ashrams, madrasas and Catholic institutions. The Vishakha guidelines introduced by the apex court in 1997 were evolved into a parliamentary law called the Sexual Harassment of Women at WorkPLAce (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act of 2013. The petition filed by advocate...
More »EPCA heeds CPCB's word, says more restrictions from November 1 to 10
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority announced on Saturday fresh anti-pollution measures in Delhi-NCR from November 1 under the Graded Response Action PLAn. These include a halt in construction activities for 10 days, shutting down of coal and biomass-based industries over the November 4-10 period and an advisory asking people to limit their exposure to the air. EPCA chairperson Bhure Lal wrote to...
More »Glyphosate, its formulations banned in Punjab -Vibha Varshney
-Down to Earth After the state agriculture department recently passed an order, manufacturers, marketers and dealers in Punjab will not be allowed to sell the toxic chemical or its form The secretary, Department of Agriculture, Punjab ordered on October 23, 2018 that the herbicide glyphosate would now be regulated in the state. The department has taken the step based on reports of adverse health effects of this chemical. PGIMER in Chandigarh has...
More »Loan waivers derail Fasal Bima Yojana -Subhankar Mukherjee & Parthapratim Pal
-The Hindu Business Line Expectation of loan waiver causes farmers to stop payment against existing loans. They don’t buy insurance for the next season The Centre launched the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in January 2016. While crop insurance programmes in Indiahave been in PLAce for more than four decades, interest among farmers about insuring their crops has been low, which is reflected in the modest coverage level. According to latest data...
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