A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found that women employed in India’s informal jobs sector are routinely sexually harassed and abused at work despite the existence of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act (or POSH Act). Poor enforcement of the law is the main reason for this abysmal condition of…
A landmark bill that would set a target of zero carbon emissions for New Zealand by 2050 was tabled in the country’s parliament last month. The bill requires the government to reduce biological methane by at least 10 per cent by 2030 and between 24 and 47 per cent by 2050. All other emissions would…
A two-year project to help the Odisha government ensure food security has been announced by Ericsson. The company will be supporting the World Food Programme (WFP) Trust for India in their work on developing customised information and communication technology (ICT) solutions that will bring efficiencies and improved governance across the targeted public distribution system (TPDS)…
ecently, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) approved a number of projects worth nearly Rs 4,000 crore, for various cities and towns of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. NMCG is the central decision-making body that is responsible for the implementation of the government’s Ganga rejuvenation, anti-pollution, and conservation programme. Among the projects are…
ecently there has been a spate of employee engagement initiatives across corporate India. Here’s a brief roundup: Jet Airways recently concluded its annual employee volunteering programme called Joy of Giving. This is the the internal, organisation-wide initiative that leverages the airline’s pan-India presence to engage with NGOs and contribute towards serving the less privileged sections…
his year, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, instituted National Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards to recognise companies that have made a positive impact on society through their innovative and sustainable CSR initiatives. The corporate world, being the foremost stakeholders of these awards, is looking at them as being at par with National…
he Delhi government has asked five private hospitals in the city – Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Max Super Specialty Hospital (Saket), Shanti Mukand Hospital, Dharamshila Cancer Hospital and Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute – to deposit ‘unwarranted profits’ of over Rs 600 crore for refusing free treatment to the poor, the prime condition for land allotment…
Keeping the pressure on to bring the prime minister and the higher judiciary within the ambit of the proposed Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare’s team says that it wants non-government organizations (NGOs) to be kept out of its purview – or at least those that are not government-aided. In a meeting with the parliamentary standing committee on…
The study links classrooms with poor environments – inadequate material resources and teachers who are not happy or are not interested in their job – which have been linked to a higher number of mental health problems in students.
