Recent initiatives/achievements by/of the GoI: related to women empowerment- UPSC Daily Important Topic | 12 March 2023

Recent initiatives/achievements by/of the GoI: related to women empowerment

✅To mark the IWD 2023, the Union Ministry of Science & Technology announced an exclusive women’s portal for research grants and funds under CSIR-ASPIRE.

✅68% of 2 crore PM Awas-Gramin beneficiaries are women and over 23 crore MUDRA loans have been granted to women beneficiaries.

✅For the first time, sex ratio in India has improved to 1,020 women per 1,000 men (NFHS-5).

✅Permanent Commission for Women in the Armed Forces.

✅ Over 10,000 Women Officers are currently serving in the Armed Forces, the majority in the Medical Services.

✅Group Captain Shaliza Dhami – the first woman officer to command a missile squadron in the Western sector facing Pakistan.