Page 47 - Constitution
P. 47
70 Years of Indian
Constitution
issues which were touched upon casually or isolated provides economic support to pregnant women
would get full attention while drafting resolutions and and lactating mothers.
programmes.
India’s Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has
6. MUDRA and Stand up India which provide
shown the way by boldly addressing the gender issues,by
entrepreneurship loans of up to Rs 1 crore to
launching many welfare programmes and social support
women.
initiatives beginning from the grassroots. They include,
1.Celebrating the girl child with ‘Beti bachao Beti 7.Ujjwala Yojana: free gas cylinders in place of
padhao’ Mission. unhealthy coal/wood smoke for cooking; and
Swachh Bharat Mission: every girl, woman should
2.Extension of paid maternity from 12 weeks to 26
have the facility of toilet at home, are among
weeks, among the highest in the world, promulgated
many other steps which are aimed at tackling
through the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act
women’s health, girl child education and providing
2017.
opportunities to women for using their skills to
3.Launch of POSHAN Abhiyan, a first of a kind
gain for economic independence.
initiative to tackle malnutrition through multi-
With the Constitution of India providing women
modal interventions bringing into play innovation
their rights and dignity as equals in society, it is the
in technology to maximise both reach and benefit.
collective effort of the legislature, the judiciary and the
4.Mission Indradhanush, a mass vaccination program
executive to safeguard the laws schemes enactment
to boost health of pregnant women and children
of and ensure that the untapped potential of female is
which has already benefitted 80 lakh women.
unleashed through inclusive for achieving the millennial
5.Pradhan Mantri Matru-Vandana Yojana that goals for India!.
Dr Sonal Mansingh, a Padma Vibhushan awardee, is an Indian classical
dancer and Guru of Bharatanatyam and Odissi dancing style. She was
nominated as Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) in July 14, 2018.
70 Years of Indian Constitution 47
