Women's quota

In Rajya Sabha, women members harp on women's quota

Cutting across party lines, women members in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday stressed the need to get passed the bill providing for 33 percent reservation to women in legislature.

Mar 08, 2016, 17:26 PM IST

Assam budget sees 50 percent women's quota in government jobs

Fifty percent of government jobs in Assam will be reserved for women, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi announced on Monday, as he tabled a Rs.33,687.43 crore vote-on-account for the first six months of the 2016-17 fiscal.

Feb 01, 2016, 21:55 PM IST

Germany to bring in 30% women's quota for leading companies

In a historic move, Germany has decided to introduce a 30 percent quota for women on the supervisory boards of all large companies from 2016.

Nov 27, 2014, 14:15 PM IST