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Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tripura Visit: Along with this, Shah announced that women will also get the benefit of reservation in the higher educational institutions of Tripura. Shah said that the Tripura government has decided to provide 33 per cent reservation to all women in any state government job or higher educational institutions.
On the occasion of Women’s Day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has given a big gift to women during his trip to Tripura. Union Home Minister Shah has announced the implementation of 33 per cent reservation quota for women in state government jobs in Tripura. Apart from this, Shah has also laid the foundation stone of NFSU Campus in Agartala. Along with this, the Union Home Minister also made several major announcements including the provision of venture capital funds for women entrepreneurs and others.
Laying the foundation stone of the Agartala campus of National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), the Union Home Minister said that the Government of India is laying a network of NFSU campuses across the country to further strengthen the criminal justice system of the country. In this sequence, today the foundation stone of Agartala campus of NFSU has been laid. Shah said it would not only transform Tripura but also the law and order situation of the entire Northeast. During the foundation stone laying ceremony, Shah launched various schemes of women empowerment being launched by Tripura government and Mukhyamantri Chai Shramik Kalyan Prakalp in Agartala.
The Union Home Minister said that today on International Women’s Day, the Biplab Dev government has announced a new action plan for women empowerment. Under this, women will get 33 percent reservation in all jobs of Tripura government. He further said that women will now get 50 per cent reservation for running shops in government shopping complexes or markets. At the same time, 50 percent of the venture capital fund has been reserved for promoting startups by women.
33 percent reservation in higher educational institutions also
Along with this, Shah announced that women will also get the benefit of reservation in the higher educational institutions of Tripura. Shah said that the Tripura government has decided to provide 33 per cent reservation to all women in any state government job or higher educational institutions. He said that all women taking admission in institutions of national importance in the state would also get an interest waiver of three per cent on taking loans. Union Home Minister Shah said, “This initiative of women’s welfare by Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb will benefit everyone in Tripura.”
Committed to women empowerment
Shah said that the Biplab Dev government of Tripura under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is continuously committed for the welfare and empowerment of women and tea garden workers. It is a matter of pride for every Tripura resident to have the first campus of National Forensic Sciences University in the entire North East in Tripura. He said that laying the foundation stone of NFSU Campus in Tripura would definitely prove to be a milestone in tackling the problems like militancy, infiltration and narcotics in the North East.
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On the occasion of Women’s Day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has given a big gift to women during his trip to Tripura. Union Home Minister Shah has announced the implementation of 33 per cent reservation quota for women in state government jobs in Tripura. Apart from this, Shah has also laid the foundation stone of NFSU Campus in Agartala. Along with this, the Union Home Minister also made several major announcements including the provision of venture capital funds for women entrepreneurs and others.