Bangalore: The government will be working
towards making the laws gender neutral in the next four years,
Union Minister of Law and Justice M Veerappa Moily said on Sunday.
He also said after legislating the Right to Education Act
the government will soon come up with a Food Security Act.
"We have already passed the Right to Education Act and
Food Security Act is coming shortly," Moily said while
inaugurating a three-day 'Civil Society Summit: The state of
the Indian Republic @ 60', here.
Observing that a number of laws were gender-biased, he
said "they (laws) should become gender neutral and I assure
you in the next four years this will be done."
The minister asked NGOs to act as an interface between
the society and the government so that benefits of
post-Independence progress must reach everyone. He also asked
them to come up with "feasible programmes to ensure greater
participation of the people" and assured them that they will
be implemented.
An important programme undertaken by the UPA in the 11th
five-year plan is "fastest growth, inclusive growth" which
aims to ensure that fruits of progress percolate to all
sections of the society, the minister said.
He said in the second Administrative Reforms Commission,
he has talked about a public order "justice for all, peace for
all" and also presented a report on "conflict resolution"
which aims to ensure equal opportunity and social justice for
all sections of society without giving rise to any conflicts.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, January 24, 2010, 14:58