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GHMC appoints women Additional Commissioners

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The Hindu                    11.03.2013

GHMC appoints women Additional Commissioners

Special Correspondent 

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has appointed three women Additional Commissioners - Priyadarshini, P. Anuradha and K. Sivaparvathi - to look into issues such as harassment faced by women staffers at the municipal office.

Commissioner M.T. Krishna Babu held a meeting with the women staffers to listen to their grievances on the occasion of Woman’s Day. The staff members told him about the poor maintenance of toilets, drinking water problem and called for setting up gym.

 

It’s celebration time at GVMC

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The Hindu                      09.03.2013

It’s celebration time at GVMC

Municipal Commissioner M.V. Satyanaryana announcing winners of lucky dip organised on the International Women’s Day at Swarna Bharati Indoor Stadium in the city on Friday.— photo: C. V. SUBRAHMANYAM
Municipal Commissioner M.V. Satyanaryana announcing winners of lucky dip organised on the International Women’s Day at Swarna Bharati Indoor Stadium in the city on Friday.— photo: C. V. SUBRAHMANYAM.

Close to 500 women employees of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation had great fun participating in games like lemon-and-spoon, housie, musical-chair, needle-and-thread and 50-metre walking competition on International Women’s Day here at Swarna Bharathi Auditorium.

Every person seems to enjoy the day in their own way. A few women at the venue had other plans too. Sailaja, an employee of GVMC, was so excited with the idea of spending some extra time with her friends over lunch.

Geetha of NMCH High School said that she had a great day in the morning at school as her male colleagues offered gifts to women teachers on the occasion. “Last time the management also invited SHGs. This year, only GVMC employees and outsource personnel have come together to rejoice the special day,” said a few of the employees.

Addressing the gathering, Municipal Commissioner M.V. Satyanarayana said: “Earlier women in villages were treated as grama devatha and were treated with due respect. Today, the scenario is different. Women face a lot of problems at workplace. We need to work together to create a conducive atmosphere and respect them for what they are,” he said. Cash prize and saris were given away to the winners of the lucky draw. Additional commissioner of GVMC K. Ramesh said that women have come up a long way compared to 30-40 years earlier. “However, the need of the hour is their safety and security. Men should treat women with dignity and make them feel comfortable at workplace,” he added.

 

Spirit of camaraderie at GVMC

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The Hindu                      09.03.2013

Spirit of camaraderie at GVMC

Staff Reporter 

Close to 500 women employees of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation had great fun participating in games such as lemon-and-spoon, housie, musical chair, needle-and-thread, and 50-metre walking competition on the occasion of International Women’s Day at Swarna Bharathi Auditorium on Friday.

A few women at the venue had other plans. Sailaja was so excited with the idea of spending some extra time with her friends over lunch.

Geetha of NMCH High School said she had a great day in the morning at school as her male colleagues offered gifts to women teachers on the occasion.

“Last time, the management also invited SHGs. This year, only GVMC employees and outsource personnel have come together to rejoice the special day,” said a few employees.

Addressing the gathering, Municipal Commissioner M.V. Satyanarayana said: “Earlier, women in villages were treated as g rama devata and given the pride of place. Today, the scenario is different. Women face a lot of problems at workplace. We need to work together to create a conducive atmosphere and respect them for what they are.”

Cash prize and saris were given away to the winners of the lucky draw.

Additional Commissioner of GVMC K. Ramesh said women had come a long way compared to 30-40 years earlier.

“However, the need of the hour is their safety and security. Men should treat women with dignity and make them feel comfortable at workplace,” he added.

We need to create

a conducive atmosphere and respect women for what they are, says Commissioner

M.V. Satyanarayana.

 

Rs.80 cr. to be disbursed to 2,781 SHGs

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The Hindu                      09.03.2013

Rs.80 cr. to be disbursed to 2,781 SHGs

Staff Reporter 

The Urban Indira Kranthi Padam (IKP) has proposed to disburse loans worth Rs.80 crore to 2,781 Self Help Groups (SHGs) during 2013-14, in Krishna district. The approval was accepted in the District Consultative Committee (DCC) meeting held on Friday.

The government has prepared plans to extend Rs.15 crore loans to 500 units under Urban Self Help Employment programme. Under Urban Women Self Help Employment programme Rs.3.75 crore loans would be sanctioned to 75 beneficiaries.

In Vijayawada Municipal Corporation limits, the officials proposed to provide loans worth Rs.133 crore for 4,253 SHGs, and Rs.10 crore loans to 1,000 persons under Urban Self Employment Scheme.

Speaking at the meeting, Collector Budhaprakash M. Jyothi asked the officials of SC, ST, BC, Minorities, Christians Corporations and Rajiv Yuva Sakthi to take measures to achieve the targets given for the current year.

The MPDOs, MROs, bankers and the officials of various departments should arrange camps, which will help for identifying new beneficiaries and for recovery of dues, he said.

DRDA Project Director M. Janaki, Reserve Bank of India AGM Ranga Rao, Lead District Manager R.V. Narasimha Rao, NABARD AGM N. Madhu Murthy, Indian Bank Zonal Manager Ramchandra Rao and officers of various departments participated.

 

Training for women in local bodies catches UN eye

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The Indian Express                  08.03.2013

Training for women in local bodies catches UN eye

An initiative to train elected women representatives of local self government bodies from Pune and other districts of the state to function effectively and with more confidence has found appreciation from international quarters.

One of the workshops organised as part of the Krantijyoti Yojana of the the state election commission was attended by Anne F. Stenhammer, Regional Programme Director UN Women, (South Asia). She was impressed and immediately expressed interest in initiating a dialogue with the government.

"The UN is interested in the project," said state election commissioner Neela Satyanarayan.

Many workshops were already conducted with the support of the rural development department. A workshop in in February was the one that the UN representative attended and a letter to the state election commission expressing interest in supporting, monitoring and tracking the unit to assess the process, followed. "In their letter on February 19, the UN appreciated the Krantijyoti initiative of the state election commissioner and invited further dialogue,'' said another official of the state election commission.

The training being imparted to elected women representatives is an effort to empower women in local self government bodies so that they remove their "rubber stamp" tag. The training module was designed for 76,585 women from the total 2.29 lakh representatives in local self government bodies in the state. With a budget outlay of Rs 2.75 crore, a three-tier plan to train women representatives was rolled out through Kranti Jyoti. According to Satyanarayan, she wanted the women to be not just empowered by the position they have got, but also arm them with knowledge to carry out their duties effectively.

Until now, 10 districts including Pune have participated in the project. The other districts were Kolhapur, Wardha, Sindhudurg, Satara, Solapur, Nashik, Nanded, Amravati and Thane. A pilot run in Wardha and Thane formed the basis of the programme while there was a training session in Pune as well. While the target is to train 24,203 women representatives, according to the state election department, 7,942 women have been trained in the 10 districts.

Initially, about 70 women were groomed as core trainers. The training stresses capacity building, self confidence, leadership skills, administrative efficiency and participation in governance, besides gender equality. The aim is to make the training simple, interesting and effective.

Panchayat members state that women tend to shy away from handling the functioning of gram panchayats and skip even important budget allocation meetings, leaving most of the work to their husbands.

"This training has helped us take on the work with full responsibility,'' says panchayat samiti member Vaishali Nagude who attended the training.

 


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