Union Minister Anant Geete lighting the lamp at the 25th National convention of Forum of Women in Public Sector (WIPS), on the theme “25 years of WIPS – the Way Forward”,.
New Delhi :-Union Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises Minister Shri Annat G.Geete has emphasised the need to enhance the women strength in the Public Sector Undertakings. Inaugurating the the 25th National Convention of the Forum of Women in Public Sector ( (WIPS) here in New Delhi today the minister said the role played by the women strength in PSUs across the country is appreciable and it his sincere desire that the women strength in PSUs should increase from the present 10% to 15% during his tenure. The minister said he is open to open to all suggestions or representations given by WIPS for improving policies for development of women their entry in PSUs etc and also their status in work place.
He stressed that focused initiatives by PSUs through CSR for encouraging rural girl children towards middle and secondary school education.He urged the delegates to give their best as competitions was becoming tougher in the global level and private sectors. The minister urged SCOPE to organize a seminar on the theme on how to improve the percentage of women employees in PSUs.
Shri Geete also advised Secretary DPE to pay special attention towards uniformity in policies for women in PSUs. In his keynote address Shri K D Tripathi, Secretary DPE has expressed that women representation should be there in the selection committee and that DPE will review on that.
On this occasion Shri Geete also gave away the best enterprise award in the Maharatna /Navaratna and Miniratna categories for their initiatives towards women development. . In Maharatna/Navratna category BHEL was awarded first place , ONGC SECOND RINL third place and NLC -4th place. Special jury award was given to IOCL. In Mini ratna category ECIL Bagged the 1st; SECL- 2nd; BCCL-3rd; CCL -4th. The individual women Achievers (Executive and Non- executive) category awards for 2014 were also given away by the minister.
Earlier the minister was welcomed by Mrs. Selvi Ravindran President WIPS APEX. . MRs Nishi Khurana president WIPS northern Region introduced the theme “25 years of WIPS – The Way Forward”on this occasion. Shri C S Verma, Chairman SCOPE conveyed his best wishes to the forum for their silver jubilee celebrations.
Dr U D Choubey applauded the efforts of various PSUs who have improved the percentage of the strength of women from 4% in 1991 to 9.2% in March 2014. He also felt that women of PSUs should also contribute a lot for rural women through CSR. The inaugural session concluded with the vote of thanks by Smt Kirti Tiwari Secretary WIPS APEX
