Central scheme for women's empowerment

A Parliamentary panel has asked the Rural Development Ministry to vigorously push with the Finance Ministry committee recommendation that 70 per cent of an ambitious pension scheme for MGNREGA workers should be provided by the central Government. The ...

Sampath Bank has partnered with the AIESEC local committee of the University of Sri Jayawardenapura to promote youth empowerment in the country. Sampath Bank Managing Director Aravinda Perera and Vice Chancellor, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, ...

A meeting of the Consultative Committee of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment was held yesterday under the chairmanship of Kumari Selja, Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment and Shri Porika Balram Naik, Minister of State for Social ...

A central goal for China's ongoing governmental reform is to build a "consolidated and stronger society." This will empower new social groups and aid existing levels of society to better participate in governmental affairs. New social groups have ...

Welcome Remarks by HE Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission To the Opening session of the 26th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) Addis Ababa, 19 May 2013 Your Excellency, the ...

The move by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to jettison polymer naira notes less than a decade after it was introduced by the same bank has sparked controversy in the financial sector. While some experts stressed that the new development is a ...

Business India News: In the sub-text of the new episodes is the changing texture of India's federal fabric. State leaders resent central patronage and prefer a partnership model for inclusive growth. "Economic freedom in the domains under the ...

There was a perception, validated by our committee, that while 99 percent of the mandatory provisions of the Panchayati Raj have been implemented by the state governments, the actual empowerment of these Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIS) has not ...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is likely to consider a proposal to allow ONGC Videsh (OVL) to invest an additional $65.67 million in a gas producing block in Vietnam. OVL, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas ...