New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday submitted a comprehensive recommendatory report on the rights of Muslim women in India to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Women and Child Development, and Ministry of Minority Affairs, urging concrete legal and institutional reforms to strengthen access to justice and socio-economic empowerment.The report follows an extensive national-level consultation organised by the Commission in New Delhi on August 1 las…
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Gandhinagar, May 20 (IANS) The Gujarat State Waqf Board has appealed to all ‘mutawallis (administrators)’, trustees, Waqf institutions and stakeholders across the state to complete mandatory registration on the ‘UMEED (Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development) Portal’ by May 26, warning that no further extension will be granted under the prevailing legal framework.The Board has also activated a dedicated helpline for technical and procedural assistance during the registra…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Aiming to nurture women entrepreneurs, the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), completed the training of the first batch of the ‘Basics of Leadership Development’ programme under the Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan Scheme (PM VIKAS), an official said on Monday. The JMI project, fully funded by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, aims to organise training of 450 women on leadership and entrepreneurship development under the …
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday criticised a fresh circular issued by the Haj Committee of India that asks pilgrims to pay an additional Rs 10,000 as differential airfare, citing the ongoing crisis in West Asia, and demanded that the directive be withdrawn with refunds issued to those affected.He pointed out that the extra charge is being imposed after an amount of Rs 90,844 per pilgrim has already been collected from those departing from Mumbai, raising conce…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Aiming to enhance employability and facilitate placement opportunities for 600 minority youth from Bihar by providing technology-driven solutions, the Ministry of Minority Affairs has signed an MoU with IIT, Patna, under the Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS) Scheme, an official said. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), IIT Patna will train minority youth in emerging, high-demand roles such as AI technocrat and business analytics executive.T…
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) Minority Affairs Joint Secretary Shyama Prasad Roy on Saturday assured the Parsi community of the government’s continued commitment to their welfare even as the Jiyo Parsi portal recorded 300 fresh registrations during a camp organised here, an official said. The Universal Parsi Registration Drive special facilitation camp, organised by the Ministry of Minority Affairs with support from the Bombay Parsi Panchayat in Mumbai, witnessed an overwhelming response, said a stat…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Minority Affairs Secretary Chandra Shekhar Kumar launched two additional modules on Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development (UMEED) Central Portal to enhance transparency, an official said on Saturday. The two additional modules – Survey Module and Waqf Property Lease Module – aim to boost the Ministry’s efforts to leverage digital governance tools to enhance efficiency, transparency, and accountability in the management of Waqf properties, a…