World Bank’s Flagship Gender Toolkit Launched
World Bank’s Flagship Gender Toolkit Launched
Why In News
A Gender Toolkit based on “Enabling
gender-responsive urban mobility and public spaces” was launched.
Key Points
A Gender Toolkit based on “Enabling
gender-responsive urban mobility and public spaces” was launched in a
session conducted by the World Bank and the Chennai Urban
Metropolitan Transport Authority.
The World Bank developed a two toolkit that
outlines a four-pillar implementation structure for urban entities to
construct a gender-responsive urban transportation and public spaces
programme.
Assessing the ground situation: The first
pillar involves evaluating the current reality on the ground, which includes
comprehending gender variations in mobility patterns, safety issues, and
infrastructure and policy inadequacies.
Strengthening planning and policies: The
second pillar calls for improving planning and policies, which calls for
incorporating gender as a lens into plans and encouraging gender inclusion
among institutions and policymakers.
Building awareness and capacity: The third
pillar focuses on increasing knowledge and capability.
Infrastructure: The fourth pillar
prioritizes infrastructure improvement with a gendered lens.
Additionally, the World Bank has provided guidance
on each of the pillars.
Significance:
The toolkit from the World Bank attempts to
highlight the gender-related problems with urban planning and mobility.
Men, women, and gender minorities all have
diverse perspectives on cities.
The World Bank toolkit offers resources
to help these groups better understand and address gender-disaggregated
mobility patterns, reinforce policies, and create an infrastructure that will
suit their requirements.
This toolkit will be helpful in discussions on
urban planning and mobility as Indian urban local bodies and
transport agencies start to comprehend the demands of different commuters.
Gamosa, Tandur Redgram, and Ladakh apricots get GI tags from Assam
Gamosa, Tandur Redgram,
and Ladakh apricots get GI tags from Assam
Why In News
GI tags
from Assam: The Assam Gamosa, the Telangana Tandur Redgram, and a Ladakh
apricot variety are just a few of the items that have received GI tags.
Key Points
GI tags
from Assam: The Assam Gamosa, the Telangana Tandur Redgram, and a Ladakh
apricot variety are just a few of the items that have received the Geographical
Indications (GI) label from the government. The overall number of GI has
reached 432, according to a statement made on Wednesday by the ministry of
business and industry.
Karnataka,
Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala are the top five states with
the greatest number of GIs, it was said.
The
government approved spending of Rs 75 crore for three years for GI promotion at
awareness programmes, supporting the promotion of GIs.
GI Tags: Complete State-wise List of GI Tags in India
GI tag?
A GI is
primarily a produced product (handicrafts and industrial goods), an
agricultural product, or a natural product that comes from a specific
geographic region. Such a name typically carries a guarantee of quality
and originality, which is mostly attributed to the location of its origin.
The correct procedure for registering GI items entails the submission of an
application, preliminary examination and scrutiny, show cause notice,
publication in the geographical indications journal, opposition to
registration, and registration.
Centre grants GI Tag to Bihar’s Mithila Makhana
The well-known products that have the GI tags include Basmati rice, Darjeeling tea, Chanderi fabric, Mysore silk, Kullu shawl, Kangra tea, Thanjavur paintings, Allahabad surkha, Farrukhabad prints, Lucknow zardozi, and Kashmir walnut wood carving.