The Indian Army and Centre have rebutted allegations of discrimination and gender bias in the promotion of women officers to the post of colonel vis-a-vis their male counterparts, underlining that the army has acted in the interest of gender neutrality without compromising on merit or previous po

THERE is enough evidence to show that often, development policies adopted by governments have widened the disparities amongst sections of people.

The drive for a rapid development in the education of women came largely from a perception summed up aptly in .the following statement by Mayhew: "women