Jammu Mar 21 PTI Women in Jammu and Kashmir are treading an entrepreneurship path aided by the Umeed schemes soft loans and training The scheme is run under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission The Mission aims to reduce poverty by building strong grassroots institutions for the poor and engaging them in gainful livelihood JKRLM has now emerged as a movement With 1 lakh rural women coming under the ambit of this ambitious mission in the current financial year it is now a network of 5 lakh women treading the path of economic development an official said JKRLM has a mandate to reach out to 66 per cent of the rural population across the erstwhile 125 blocks helping them engage in sustainable livelihood opportunities the official said He said the mission keeps track of these women beneficiaries till they come out of poverty and enjoy a decent quality of life The programme is under implementation in 96 blocks across 20 districts So far over 4 lakh poor women have been brought within the fold of Self Help Groups SHGs while 4185 village organisations and 442 cluster level federations have been formed the official said He said the members have contributed Rs 13598 crore of their own savings Bank accounts have been opened for all the SHGs thus achieving the 100 per cent target he said PTI TAS TAS VN VN

Lucknow Jan 31 PTI Women rights activist Nida Khan and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawatis former officer on special duty OSD Gangaram Ambedkar have joined the BJP ahead of the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly pollsNida Khan the daughter-in-law of Barelvi sect cleric Tauqueer Raza Khans brother joined the BJP at its state headquarters here on Sunday in the presence of joining committee head Lakshmikant BajpaiKhan a triple talaq victim works to provide legal support to others who were divorced under this systemBesides her Mayawatis former OSD and ex-national general secretary Ambedkar also joined the BJPBajpai while welcoming them said that in the present Yogi Adityanath regime the atmosphere of fear and hooliganism has ended PTI ABN ANB ANB

Mumbai Jan 28 PTI Women police personnel across Maharashtra would now have duty for eight hours instead of 12 as per an order issued by the state Director General of Police DGP Sanjay PandeyThe new shorter working day for women personnel will be implemented on an experimental basisNormally both male and female personnel have 12 hours dutyThe eight-hour duty for women will be in force until further orders said the DGPs directive issued on ThursdayUnit commanders must ensure that the order is implemented it addedThe step has been taken to provide better work-life balance to women officials said a senior officialEarlier this system was implemented in Nagpur city Amarvati city and Pune Rural the official saidIn emergency or during festivals duty hours of women personnel can be increased but only with the permission of respective district Superintendents of Police or Deputy Commissioners of Police PTI DC KRK KRK KRK

New Delhi Jan 21 PTI Women and student activists Friday staged protests to demand the arrest of the accused in the alleged molestation case on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus earlier this weekActivists from All India Democratic Womens Association Democratic Youth Federation of India and Students Federation of India protested in front of the Delhi Police Headquarters against alleged police inaction in the matterThe alleged incident happened On January 17 near the VC House when a man riding on a motorcycle tried to drag a female student when she was walking in the VC road towards the forest and attempted to rape her Such incidents being reported and casually handled by the police must be condemned the protesters said in a statementLater in the day the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union took out a march from the university campus to Vasant Kunj police station to demand the arrest of the accused PTI SLB TIR TIR

Noida Oct 18 PTI Women power will help India become Vishwa Guru Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel said on Monday as she lauded the roles of self help groups SHGs in uplifting women in the stateThe governor who was on an official visit to Gautam Buddh Nagar also highlighted that empowered women could help get the society rid of social evils like child marriageDuring the visit Patel interacted with SHGs Aanganwadi workers women prison inmates and presented utility kits clothes and financial aid to several of them according to an official statementDescribing Aanganwadi workers as Yashoda Maiyya she said these workers have the responsibility of shaping the future generation of the country and called on them to instil education and cultural values in the children the governor was quoted as saying in the statementShe said women power can make India Vishwa Guru world leader and with their contribution the country will become the world leaderShe said with the aim of making women self-reliant and ensuring their economic progress the womens self-help group SHG is an ambitious scheme of the government through which continuous development of women is being made possible according to the statementShe said women SHGs are proving to be a milestone for uplifting womenWomen have an important role to play in the society and called on women and women SHGs to come forward in eradicating social evils such as dowry and child marriages according to the statement PTI KIS RHL