Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, yesterday, announced that there is no need for a woman, to change her name on the passport after marriage or divorce.
Instead, she can get the travel documents, by giving the names of either of her parents.
Addressing an event of industry lobby of the Ladies Wing of the Indian Merchant’s Chamber (IMC) over a video link, “There is an important change in passport rules now.” “Now, it will not be necessary for a woman to give the certificate of her marriage or divorce. It will be up to her to have either the name of her father or mother on the passport.”
The Government is committed to women empowerment, and spelled out a slew of schemes and measures, which are being undertaken, like granting 70% of the Rs 3 trillion Mudra loans to women entrepreneurs, said Modi.
Modi stated, that the priority of his Government would be to register the homes, being constructed, under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in the name of the woman in a family, as their names were rarely found in property registrations. The Government also decided to give women the first right in all the schemes being executed by it.
The Government, under the Ujjwala scheme, so far, has been able to save nearly, two crore women from the harmful effects of “chulhas”, by giving them free gas connections. It also wants to include five crore more families over the next two years, under this scheme. This initiative has been made possible, because of the LPG subsidy surrendered by 1.2 crore people following an appeal by him. Moreover, the Government’s resolution to extend the maternity leave from the earlier 12 weeks to 26 weeks, and also to transfer Rs 6,000 each into the bank account of every pregnant women, are also attempts in the same direction.
About more than one crore, have been opened under the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, which aims, to give a higher rate of interest on savings by women.
Addressing the 50th anniversary of the IMC, Modi praised women for their entrepreneurial spirit, saying wherever women have been given an opportunity, they have proved they are two steps ahead of men.
Women are the biggest contributors for the dairy and livestock sectors, and also added that Lijjat Papad and dairy company, Amul are the exemplary examples of what our women can do if empowered. “Women of our country have the patience, ability and the confidence to struggle for achieving success,” he said.
The Prime Minister, further asked the IMC, to conduct goods and services tax (GST) training workshops for common people in the limited time, before the implementation of the biggest indirect taxation reform in the nation's history. He also urged the IMC and other industry bodies to implement a plan, and make some changes for the betterment of the nation before 2022, as this year marks the 75th anniversary of Independence. He further said that the nature of Indian democracy is changing from merely voting once every five years, to being more participative in the development process.
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