Sex ratio
8-Apr-2017: Haryana's sex ratio touches 950 mark for the first time in history.
Sex ratio at birth stood at 950 girls to 1,000 boys in March this year.
After the launch of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao programme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Haryana accepted the challenge of improving the skewed sex ratio.
It launched a massive campaign in the state by strictly implementing Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 and Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971 and running sensitisation-cum awareness campaigns promoting girl child.
An official release quoting Khattar said more than 430 FIRs have been lodged in the state under the PC-PNDT Act and the MTP Act in the last about two years.
Out of these, more than 80 FIRs were registered after inter-state raids in the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Punjab.
5-Jan-2017: Haryana achieves sex ratio of 900 girls per 1000 boys
As per Civil Registration System (CRS) data, Haryana has achieved a sex ratio of 900 girls as against 1000 boys in 2016. According to the statistics of 2011, Haryana had the worst sex ratio of 834:1000 among all states in the country.
State government had been making concerted efforts to improve the sex ratio, and now it has taken a leap forward by achieving marked improvement in the Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB). State had launched a massive drive against sex selection, selective abortion and female foeticide, said the CM.
None of the districts is below 850 mark and 12 districts in the state have recorded sex ratio of 900 or 900 plus in 2016. As many as 15 districts had SRB of more than 900 during December 2016.
Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) Bill, 2017
24-Jan-2017: Cabinet approves Indian Institute of Management Bill, 2017
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Indian Institute of Management(IIM) Bill, 2017, under which the IIMs would be declared as Institutions of National Importance which will enable them to grant degrees to their students.
Following are the salient features of the Bill:
- IIMs can grant degrees to their students.
- The Bill provides for complete autonomy to the Institutions, combined with adequate accountability.
- Management of these Institutions would be Board driven, with the Chairperson and Director of an Institution which will be selected by the Board.
- A greater participation of experts and alumni in the Board is amongst other important features of the Bill.
- Provision has also been made for inclusion of women and members from Scheduled Castes/Tribes in the Board.
- The Bill also provides for periodic review of the performance of Institutions by independent agencies, and placing the results of the same on public domain.
- The Annual Report of the Institutions will be placed in the Parliament and CAG will be auditing their accounts.
- There is also a provision of Coordination Forum of IIMs as an advisory body.
Background:
Indian Institutes of Management are the country's premier institutions imparting best quality education in management on globally benchmarked processes of education and training in management. IIMs are recognized as world-class management Institutions and Centers of Excellence and have brought laurels to the country. All IIMs are separate autonomous bodies registered under the Societies Act.
Being societies, IIMs are not authorized to award degrees and, hence, they have been awarding Post Graduate Diploma and Fellow Programme in Management. While these awards are treated as equivalent to MBAs and Ph.D., respectively, the equivalence is not universally acceptable, especially for the Fellow Programme.