Saturday 7 April 2012

Regional Conference in Chandigarh: March 2012


Hooda today urged both the men and the women to change their mind set towards women so as to ensure empowerment of women in its true perspective


Chandigarh March 20: Haryana Chief Minister Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda today urged both the men and the women to change their mind set towards women so as to ensure empowerment of women in its true perspective and added that desired results could not be achieved by only enacting laws and formulating schemes.

Mr. Hooda was addressing the Northern Regional Conference of Chandigarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Haryana on “Convergence for Empowerment of Women” here today. Mr. Hooda inaugurated the two day conference being hosted by the Haryana State. He also released a booklet “Mission Puranshakti….hum sunege nari ki baat” published by State Women Empowerment Mission, Women and Child Development Department, Haryana.

While making a clarion call for a mass movement for women empowerment, Mr. Hooda said that the empowerment of women was not just a responsibility but should be adopted and implemented like a mission. The National Mission for Empowerment of Women should be carried out with a missionary zeal as the objectives could not be achieved without public involvement and participation. He said that the female feticide should be condemned by one and all as this is a blot on the society. He also stressed for women education.

While elaborating various schemes implemented in the State for the empowerment of women, Mr. Hooda said that Haryana Government has taken up many initiatives in this regard, which were showing results as the sex ration has improved over the last five years. He also thanked the UPA Chairperson Mrs. Sonia Gandhi for implementing the Haryana Scheme namely Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojna throughout the country. He said that the State Government has allowed two years’ child care leave to the women employees. Rs. 31,000 are given to the families belonging to Scheduled Caste category and widows on the marriage of their daughters under Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Vivah Shagun Yojna and Rs. 11,000 to the families having agricultural land less than 2.5 acres and annual income of Rs. one lakh. Two per cent concession in stamp duty on registration of property in the name of women is granted by the State Government. Similarly, 10 paisa per unit concession in electricity bill is also given to women. The Government has reserved 30 per cent seats for admission in Technical Education Institutions. Under Ladli Social Security Pension Scheme, Rs. 500 per month are given to the parents having two daughters only from the age of 45 years onwards, he further added.

Haryana Women and Child Development Minister, Mrs. Geeta Bhukkal said that the State Government has been working with a clear vision for the women empowerment. She said that the benefit of the schemes should reach the real beneficiaries. She said that the aim of the schemes whether of State or Central Government was to make the women socially and economically empowered. She said that the evil of female feticide was a matter of grave concern and needed introspection. The Government was strictly implementing the PNDT Act in the State, she added. She hoped that many useful resolutions would come out in this two-day conference.

Chief Parliamentary Secretary Mrs. Anita Yadav, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary Women and Child Development,Mr. S.S Prashad and Additional Secretary and Mission Director of National Mission for Empowerment of Women Mr N. Sanyal also spoke on the occasion.

Ms Rashmi Singh, Executive Director of National Resource Centre for Women/National Mission for Empowerment of Women gave presentation on National Mission for Empowerment of Women. About 200 representatives from six Northern States representing various departments like Finance, Education, Health, Labour, Legal Services Authorities, Women Commission and NGOs are participating in the conference. There will be six technical sessions of this conference which include Women’s Health and Nutrition issues, Women’s Education Issues, Economic Empowerment, Access to Justice, Gender Budgeting and Gender Mainstreaming, Issues and Challenges and Strategies for Convergence for Vulnerable and Marginalized Women and Women in difficult circumstances.

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