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Rajya Sabha passes Women’s Reservation Bill given women 1/3rd seats in parliament and State Legislatures. The bill is passed by 186 votes in support and only one vote against the bill. This is the first step towards law. The bill has to be passed by Loksabha by 2/3rd majority. It should also be passed by atleast 14 State Assemblies.
The total approximate earnings of Indian Railways on originating basis during 1st April 2009 – 28th February 2010 were Rs. 77890.29 crore compared to Rs. 71821.97 crore during the same period last year, registering an increase of 8.45 per cent.
The Government has approved the National E-Governance Plan in May 2006 under which e-Infrastructure of State Wide Area Network (SWAN), State Data Centre (SDC), Common Service Centre (CSC), State Portal and 27 Mission Mode Projects are being implemented. During the last 2 years Department of Information Technology has supported e-infrastructure Projects, however Mission Mode Projects are implemented by concerned Ministries/Departments and provisioning [...]
BSNL is maintaining its financial accounts in two segments viz. “Cellular” and “Other than Cellular”. The “Other than Cellular” segment includes mainly Fixed-line and Broadband. The detail of Profit (Loss) for “Other than Cellular” segment in the financial Year 2008-09 is as follows:
Women engaged in private sector firms like BPO may be getting fat salaries but their job satisfaction level compared with females employed in public sector undertakings are low, a survey said. “While working women in India find highest levels of job satisfaction in public sector undertakings measured at scale is seven, females engaged in BPO/KPO sector are least satisfied from [...]
Today women comprise about 20% of the world’s more than 1 billion smokers. It is also well documented that women are as vulnerable as men to the dangers of tobacco, if not more so. Both men and women who smoke are prone to cancer, heart disease and respiratory disease. Tobacco also causes additional female-specific cancers and compromises pregnancy and reproductive health.
The pollution load on rivers has increased over the years due to rapid urbanisation and industrialization. Water quality monitoring carried out by reputed institutions such as, IIT, Kanpur, BHEL, Patna University, etc. indicates that, water quality of the river Ganga conforms to the prescribed standards in terms of key indicators, namely, Bio-chemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Dissolved Oxygen (DO) at [...]
Factsheet • Marine turtles are characterised by large, streamlined shell and non-retractile head and limbs. • The leatherback turtle is the largest sea turtle species; the Kemp’s Ridley is one of the smallest.
As per an independent study commissioned by the Government of India the number of out of school children has decreased form 1.35 crore in 2005 to 81 lakh in 2009. The improvement in gender parity index at elementary level from 0.80 in 2000-01 to 0.93 in 2006-07, indicates the improvement in participation of girls at elementary level. The Saakshar Bharat [...]
Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs Shri V. Narayanasamy has said that Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is working to strengthen the archaeological excavation work in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
India has done extremely well in terms of rates of economic growth. But for growth to be meaningful, it must benefit all sections of society, particularly those who are marginalized. This is the reason why our emphasis has been so much on inclusive, social and economic growth. And women have been, as they must be, a special focus of our [...]
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