New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) India’s unified payments interface (UPI) now accounts for nearly 49 per cent of the world’s real-time payment transaction volume, making it the largest real-time payment system globally, the government said on Wednesday.The achievement comes as the Digital India programme completes 11 years since its launch on July 1, 2015. According to the government, the initiative has transformed the country’s digital public infrastructure, enabling faster payments, improving public s…
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New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The government has convened the Third Preparatory Meeting of the BRICS Women Track under India’s BRICS Chairship to prepare for the BRICS Women Working Group Meeting and the BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting from July 6 to July 9, according to an official statement.The virtual meeting held under the theme ‘Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability’ was chaired by Anil Malik, Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development.It focused on advanci…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The Ministry of Women and Child Development has invited nominations till July 31 for the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2026, which celebrates the determination, ability, zeal, and enthusiasm of children, said an official on Tuesday. The children nominated for this award must be Indian citizens and residents of India, between 5 and 18 years of age (as on July 31, 2026), and not previous recipients of the award in any category, said the statement.The act, incident…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) National Commission for Women (NCW) has sought a major overhaul of India’s prison system from a gender perspective. It has recommended the creation of a ‘National Commission for Prisons’. The Commission has also proposed wide-ranging legal and administrative reforms to improve the lives of women prisoners, pregnant inmates, children living in prisons and transgender detainees. The recommendations are part of the Commission’s Law Review 2025–26 Report on Laws Relat…
Bhopal, June 5 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government on Friday termed the Centre’s ongoing residential training programme for Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) a “milestone for protection of child rights,” as 134 CWC Chairpersons and members from across the state began a 13-day intensive training in Bhopal under the Ministry of Women and Child Development’s initiative. In an official statement, the state government said the national-level foundational training is being organised by the Savi…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) has invited applications for the August–September term under its internship programme from women aged between 21 to 40 years living in non-tier-I cities and rural areas, an official said on Thursday. The programme seeks to orient participants with the policies and programmes of the Ministry through short-term association and encourage their participation in improved implementation of schemes and engagement with policy…
Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh), June 3 (IANS) Pregnant and lactating women in Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund district are being provided with better nutrition, regular health check-ups, and financial assistance for safe motherhood under the Central government’s Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana. The Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)is a central maternity benefit program administered by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Its primary objective is to provide financial assistance to preg…
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…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) In a case of suspected suicide, a 21-year-old woman ended her life by hanging herself in north Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar, an incident which took place within days of her appearing in the NEET UG exam on May 3, police said. The exact cause of victim Anshika Pandey’s extreme step is yet to be ascertained by the police, said a police official.Her family members claimed she was under stress due to the NEET exam cancellation and continuous academic pressure while preparing for…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Ministry of Women and Child Development convened the first preparatory meeting of the BRICS Women’s Working Group, in virtual mode under India’s BRICS Presidency, to encourage women-led development and social transformation, an official statement said on Friday.”The discussions will contribute towards key outcomes to be culminated in the BRICS Women Working Group Meeting (6–7 July 2026) and the BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting (8–9 July 2026) to be held in Koch…