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Jul 29, 2024 | 
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This year, the Union government allocated Rs 3.27 lakh crore or 6.8 percent of total expenditure under the gender budget, which includes schemes for the welfare of women. This represents a 19 percent increase compared to the revised estimate for 2023-24 and is also 5 percent higher than the interim budget for 2024-25 presented in February this year. India began releasing a gender budget alongside the Union budget in 2005-06.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
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Mumbai: This year, the Union government allocated Rs 3.27 lakh crore or 6.8% of total expenditure under the gender budget, which includes schemes for the welfare of women. This represents a 19% increase compared to the revised estimate for 2023-24 and is also 5% higher than the interim budget for 2024-25 presented in February this year. India began releasing a gender budget alongside the Union budget in 2005-06.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
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Mumbai: The Women’s Reservation Bill allocates 33% of all seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures for women. However, only 13% of the Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the 18th Lok Sabha are women. Of 543 elected MPs, 73 are women, marking a decrease from the 78 women elected to the 17th Lok Sabha. The gender gap in elected representatives begins with the disparity among candidates. Of the 8,337 candidates who stood for election, 797 were women.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
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The aim is to improve the overall standard of school education
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
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Several areas in Bengaluru face a water crisis due to drying borewells. Media reports identify 257 locations at risk. Responding to this, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board issued an order on March 8, prohibiting the use of drinking water for washing vehicles, gardening, and construction. Various factors have contributed to this crisis in the city. The Urban Water Balance report for Bengaluru, released by WELL Labs, a city-based research organisation, highlights some of these concerns.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
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Mumbai: Several areas in Bengaluru face a water crisis due to drying borewells. Media reports identify 257 locations at risk. Responding to this, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) issued an order on March 8, prohibiting the use of drinking water for washing vehicles, gardening, and construction. Various factors have contributed to this crisis in the city.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
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Mumbai: Over the past decade, Indian prisons have increasingly had more undertrial prisoners, with their share increasing from 66% of prisoners in 2012 to 76% in 2022, as revealed in the latest Prison Statistics India report released by the National Crime Records Bureau. While this figure rose each year, the greatest rise was seen in the pandemic year of 2020, when undertrial prisoner share rose from 69% to 76%.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
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Mumbai: A defining aspect of 2023 is the significant shift in rainfall patterns. The late onset of the southwest monsoon triggered heat waves in June. Despite certain regions such as eastern Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and the southern states grappling with an overall rainfall deficit, the monsoon saw a rise in heavy rainfall days compared to 2022.
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Nov 10, 2023 | 
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Mumbai: In four of the last nine days in November, Delhi experienced particulate matter concentrations exceeding the national standards by over five times, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of data across 40 monitors in the national capital. The Commission for Air Quality Management, along with the state government, has introduced measures aimed at curbing the escalating levels of particulate pollutants in the city.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
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Mumbai: During the first three weeks of October this year, Mumbai grappled with a severe air pollution crisis, marked by a surge in particulate pollution. The concentration of PM 2.5--particulate matter 30 times finer than a human hair--in certain areas of the city exceeded the daily permissible limit by three to four times, an IndiaSpend analysis of air quality data across 20 locations in the city found.
