Similar schemes are already in operation in neighbouring Telangana & Karnataka, both Congress-ruled states. ‘Stree-Shakti’ scheme is expected to cost AP govt Rs 1,942 cr each year.
WRI India paper says scheme increased women bus user’s average travel distance from 7.92 km to 10.52 km, enabling them to travel far and wide. Paper relies on survey of 2,010 commuters.
Referring to videos purportedly showing women using scheme to pass time, KTR said they could 'break dance' if they wished. Women's body has issued notice to him for appearance.
Welfare programmes like Ujjwala or Shakti offer women precious moments of social time away from monotonous unpaid work, catering to the needs of the average woman voter.
Women will be given pink tickets in DTC & cluster buses to avail the scheme. Delhi government will reimburse transporters based on the number of pink tickets issued.
On 15 December 1988, PM Rajiv Gandhi spoke in the Lok Sabha while introducing comprehensive electoral reforms, including lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, and introducing measures to protect secular values in elections.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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