How 33% reservation empowered women at panchayat level

Geeta Mahanand, the sarpanch of Risama panchayat in Chhattisgarh's Durg, said she would have never come forward to contest the rural polls had there been no reservation for women in the Panchayati......

Rahul Gandhi backs women's reservation bill, but wants quota for OBCs too

Expressing support for the women's reservation bill in Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday batted for its immediate implementation and said that the legislation is "incomplete"......

Time Has Come For Women's Reservation Bill

Women politicians bring to politics and policy a sensitivity that most of their male counterparts, at least until a generation back, lacked. IMAGE: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi prior to attending......

Modi has 'hurt' self respect of Rajasthan: Gehlot

Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for mentioning Rajasthan in his statement on the Manipur incident, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said he has 'hurt the self respect' of......

For panchayats, financial freedom is a distant dream

The Finance Commission has substantially increased the allocation of funds to panchayats, but a large part of it is apportioned by state governments. By increasing the share of states in the......

Nitin Gadkari has many plans for India!

Nitin Gadkari has seven portfolios, but does not seem weighed down at all by the many things on his plate. The minister is brimming with ideas, discovers Rediff.com contributor Rashme Sehgal. As......

Jairam Ramesh on why India needs new land bill

We need a new land bill because the present one suffers from various shortcomings, says  Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, below, left. The principle objective of the Bill is......

Little-known awards attract big names

What do Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Aruna Roy, C Rangarajan, Sam Pitroda, Mani Shankar Aiyar and Vijay Kelkar have in common?They may all be offering conflicting advice to Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan......