-PTI Homemakers may soon start getting monthly salaries from their husbands with the government mulling a proposal which would make it mandatory for men to share a certain percentage of their income with their wives who stay back and do household chores. The proposal is being considered by women and child development ministry for socio-economic empowerment of homemakers. “Whenever we ask housewives what they do, most of them say they do nothing. So...
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Govt looks at salary for homemakers from husbands
-PTI Homemakers may soon start getting monthly salaries from their husbands with the government mulling a proposal which would make it mandatory for men to share a certain percentage of their income with their wives who stay back at home and do household chores. The proposal is being considered by women and Child Development Ministry for the socio-economic empowerment of homemakers. “We have conducted a survey on this theme and are planning to...
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-The Times of India KUDANKULAM: Police lathicharged and fired teargas shells on villagers protesting against Kundakulam nuclear plant at Vairavikinaru shore to chase them away on Monday morning. The villagers, men and women ran helter-skelter from the shore, some of them into the sea as police personnel began to chase them. Some of the villagers also retaliated by throwing stones at the police. The incident sparked fresh round of tension in the...
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-The Hindu The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood & Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, 2012, was presented in the Lok Sabha by Union Minister of Urban Housing & Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja on Thursday. The Bill, which seeks to protect the rights of vendors and regulate their activity in public areas, has provisions for setting up vending zones where street vendors can sell their products without fear of being fined and...
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