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Dr Jitendra Singh announces an exclusive women's portal for research grants and funds

The Union Minister of State for Science and Technology, the Minister for Earth Sciences, and the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy, and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh announced the launch of a special women's site for grants and funding for research. The portal will be operational from April 1, 2023. The Minister was speaking at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research's (CSIR) International Women's Day celebration.

He stated that as of April 1, 2023, an exclusive site for CSIR-Research ASPIRE's Funds for Women Scientists will be up for business. This decision was made by the CSIR Council. On December 17, 2022, under the chairmanship of Dr. Jitendra Singh, the Governing Body of the CSIR accepted the proposal to invite research funding proposals from women scientists under the Extramural Research Program.

The proposal's overall budget, including the research fellow's stipend, should typically not go over (US$ 30,473-36,568) (Rs 25-30 lakhs). According to Dr. Jitendra Singh, this project supports Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi's efforts to empower women and advance "Nari Shakti" throughout the nation. This is another inspiring step in Prime Minister Modi's efforts to put Nari Shakti at the forefront of India's development journey as we move closer to AmritKal. The Central Leather Research Institute of the CSIR has provided women entrepreneurs with a 15% discount on CSIR technologies in addition to a variety of training programmes covering the full range of CSIR domains as part of its ongoing efforts to empower women.

Senior electrochemical scientist Ms. Nallathamby Kalaiselvi was appointed as the organization's first female Director General in August 2022, making history for the CSIR, which includes 38 research institutes nationwide. According to Dr. Jitendra Singh, 68% of 2 crore PM Women receive Awas-Gramin benefits, and more than 23 crore MUDRA loans have been given to women recipients. According to the NFHS-5 survey, India's sex ratio has improved for the first time to 1,020 women for every 1,000 men. He claimed that the number of female police officers had significantly increased during the past nine years. The majority of the more than 10,000 Women Officers in the Military Forces work in the medical field. PM Modi made history in 2018 by announcing the establishment of a Permanent Commission for Women in the Armed Services.

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