Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday kicked off a major controversy when she told Muslims in Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh to vote for her if they wanted jobs.Addressing an election rally in Turab Khani village, she said that she would not give jobs to Muslims...

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today met and interacted with the recipients of the Nari Shakti Puraskar. The Prime Minister congratulated the award winners for their achievements. He said their work is an inspiration for others, and exhorted them to...

President of India, Ram Nath Kovind presented the Nari  Shakti Puraskar 2018, the highest civilian honour for women in India, at a special ceremony held in Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, on International Women’s Day today. To acknowledge women's achievements,...

The Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, today entered into a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at improving women livelihood and empowering them through skill development. The MOU was signed...

The Ministry of Women and Child Development hosted a felicitation event for Web Wonder Women, a campaign organised to celebrate the exceptional achievements of women, who have been driving social reforms via social media. As many as 30 women, who were selected...

The Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi today announced that the Government will celebrate the first anniversary of POSHAN Abhiyaan on 8th March, 2019 by organising Poshan Pakhwada across the Country. Briefing media, the WCD Minister...

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka  Sanjay Gandhi here today jointly launched the Women Safety initiative of Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) in 16 States/UTs and Mumbai city. People in...

The Women & Child Development Ministry celebrated National Girl Child Day (NGCD) today 24th January, 2019 at Pravasi Bharti Kendra, Chankyapuri, New Delhi. The celebrations also marked the anniversary of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme. The theme...

The Ministry of Women and Child Development aims to encourage Indian women entrepreneurs and farmers to connect with more buyers through organizing ‘Women of India Organic Festivals’ across the country. This was stated by Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Union Minister...

The Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi stressed upon the need for training and development of elected women representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) to ensure that fruit of development may reach the grassroots...

The Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, has launched an online campaign, ‘#www :  Web- WonderWomen’. The Campaign aims to discover and celebrate the exceptional achievements of women, who have been driving positive agenda of...

Union Minister for Women & Child Development, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, in the presence of Minister of State for MWCD, Dr. Virendra Kumar conferred National Awards to 97 Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) for Exceptional Achievements for the year 2017-18, here today....

Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Union Minister for Ministry of Women and Child Development flagged off the HAUSLA-2018 Sports Meet in the presence of Ms. Mary Kom, Indian Olympic Boxer & Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi...

Union Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday said that parents, teachers and guardians should make themselves aware of the government initiatives related to child sexual abuse."It is very important that all parents, teachers...

Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Monday asked her Home and Health counterparts Rajnath Singh and J.P. Nadda to immediately constitute Internal Complaint Committees (ICC) under the Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act, 2013, in all police departments and hospitals."I...

“The Health Ministry has taken up several focused and targeted schemes for addressing nutrition challenges in the country in a convergence mode with the other Ministries.We have focussed on Immunisation, detection and supplementation.” This was stated by...

The third meeting of National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges as part of Poshan Abhiyan, was held at New Delhi today. The Meeting was Chaired by Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Dr. Rajiv Kumar. Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Sanjay...

Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Sunday slammed the Maharashtra government over the killing of the maneater tigress Avni.Gandhi, in a tweet, hit out at Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar saying "it is nothing but a straight...

Aiming to promote women entrepreneurs, producers and farmers in the organic field from across India, the 5th edition of the "Women of India National Organic Festival" was inaugurated by Union Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday.The...

The 5th edition of the ‘Women of India National Organic Festival’ was inaugurated by Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Union Minister for Women and Child Development, at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi today. The Festival celebrates...