32.9% of girls in India are involved in unpaid domestic activities; longer domestic work hours for girls could affect their education and overall wellbeing.: UNICEF Report.
Telangana Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, announced Rs. 25,000 crore in interest free loans, to empower women entrepreneurs.
India’s demand for critical minerals will grow by more than 100% by 2030, while domestic mining operations may take more than 10 years to start production: Study.
The Central Government is working on using the corpus of Rs. 76,000 crore from the building and construction workers’ cess, to ensure a minimum pension to unorganised workers after the age of 60 years.
The Tamil Nadu Government declared heatwaves as a State-Specific disaster, and announced Rs. 4 lakh ex gratia, to be paid to families of individuals who died due to heat-related issues.
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