About the Act The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 makes all declaration of talaq, including in written or electronic form, to be void (i.e. not enforceable in law) and illegal. It defines talaq as talaq-e-biddat or …
About the Yojana The Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi, PM-DAKSH Yojana is being implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2020-21. The scheme aims to cover marginalized persons of Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes, Economically …
About PMUY The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas launched PMUY in 2016 to provide clean cooking fuel to poor households. It aims to provide 8 crore deposit free LPG connections to poor households. The connections are issued in the …
Why in News: Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force commissioned its first two women officers in combat after they completed their training. History of induction Short-service commission (SSC) officers were first inducted into the Army, Air Force, and Navy in 1992. …
NEWS Bihar government recently announced 33% horizontal reservation for women in State engineering and medical colleges. CONTEXT There are two types of reservations – Horizontal reservation and Vertical reservation. Reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes …