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PM Modi has just announced a good
news for the newly-married couples who
were planning their summer breaks for
overseas, but are stuck up in the process
of updating spouses' names on their
passports. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has announced that women are free to
retain their maiden names in their
passports now after their marriage.
"From now onwards, women will not
have to change their names in the
passport after their marriage," Modi told a
gathering of the Indian Merchants
Chambers' ladies wing over a video
conferencing.
REUTERS
The government wants the woman of the
house to be the priority in all of its
development schemes, he added.
Citing various women-oriented schemes
launched by his government, the Prime
Minister said the maternity leave for the
women has been extended now to 26
weeks from the present 12 weeks while
another scheme provides for the transfer
of Rs 6,000 to women, who chose to
deliver in hospitals.
REUTERS
On the free cooking gas distribution
project launched last year under the
Ujjwala scheme, Modi said, "The
government has set a target of covering
as many as 5 crore people from BPL
families over the next two years. Within a
year of its launch, the scheme has already
benefited 2 crore women."
Under the LPG subsidy surrender
campaign, already 1.2 crore people have
voluntarily given up their benefits, he
added.
REUTERS
Praising women for their entrepreneurial
spirit, Modi said wherever women are
given an opportunity, they have proved
that they are two steps ahead of the men.
http://m.indiatimes.com/news/women-don-t-need-to-change-their-names-in-passport-after-marriage-anymore-announces-pm-275581.html.
PM Modi has just announced a good
news for the newly-married couples who
were planning their summer breaks for
overseas, but are stuck up in the process
of updating spouses' names on their
passports. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has announced that women are free to
retain their maiden names in their
passports now after their marriage.
"From now onwards, women will not
have to change their names in the
passport after their marriage," Modi told a
gathering of the Indian Merchants
Chambers' ladies wing over a video
conferencing.
REUTERS
The government wants the woman of the
house to be the priority in all of its
development schemes, he added.
Citing various women-oriented schemes
launched by his government, the Prime
Minister said the maternity leave for the
women has been extended now to 26
weeks from the present 12 weeks while
another scheme provides for the transfer
of Rs 6,000 to women, who chose to
deliver in hospitals.
REUTERS
On the free cooking gas distribution
project launched last year under the
Ujjwala scheme, Modi said, "The
government has set a target of covering
as many as 5 crore people from BPL
families over the next two years. Within a
year of its launch, the scheme has already
benefited 2 crore women."
Under the LPG subsidy surrender
campaign, already 1.2 crore people have
voluntarily given up their benefits, he
added.
REUTERS
Praising women for their entrepreneurial
spirit, Modi said wherever women are
given an opportunity, they have proved
that they are two steps ahead of the men.
http://m.indiatimes.com/news/women-don-t-need-to-change-their-names-in-passport-after-marriage-anymore-announces-pm-275581.html.
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