Hitting gender disparity for six, BCCI announces equal pay for men and women
New Delhi (PTI): In a landmark decision, the BCCI on Thursday announced equal match fees for its centrally-contracted female and male players in a bid to tackle gender discrimination.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah took to Twitter to announce the development.
"I'm pleased to announce @BCCI's first step towards tackling discrimination. We are implementing pay equity policy for our contracted @BCCIWomen cricketers. The match fee for both Men and Women Cricketers will be same as we move into a new era of gender equality in Cricket," Shah tweeted.
As per the newly introduced system, the Indian women's cricketers will now receive Rs 15 lakh per test, Rs 6 lakh per ODI, and Rs 3 lakh per T20I, the same as their male counterparts.
"The @BCCIWomen cricketers will be paid the same match fee as their male counterparts. Test (INR 15 lakhs), ODI (INR 6 lakhs), T20I (INR 3 lakhs)," the BCCI secretary posted, adding, "Pay equity was my commitment to our women cricketers and I thank the Apex Council for their support."
Earlier this year, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) had struck a deal with the country's players' association, which enabled the women cricketers to earn as much as the mail players, while Cricket Australia (CA) is also working to do away with gender disparity.
On expected lines, the decision was welcomed by the cricket fraternity.
"It's a historic move, a new dawn for women's cricket. Things were already moving ahead. WIPL together with pay equity policy are steps to get women's cricket to where men's cricket is today," the legendary Mithali Raj told PTI when called for her reaction.
"As a member of the women's cricket fraternity I thank the BCCI and honorary secretary Jay Shah for this announcement. We are already witnessing the growth and popularity of women's cricket from 2017 till now. It's a great move in the right direction," she said.
This decision was taken at the BCCI Apex Council emergent meeting on Thursday.
Outgoing Apex Council member and former India player Shantha Rangaswamy, who attended the meeting, said, "This is a revolutionary decision by the BCCI. The decision shows that India treats its women equally and there is no gender discrimination. Would like to thank Jay Shah, Roger Binny and Rajeev Shukla for taking this momentous decision."
Former India player Harbhajan Singh also hailed the BCCI's decision to bring parity in the match fee. "BCCI has set a standard for other sports bodies. It will encourage greater participation of women in the game. A historic milestone indeed!" the spin great wrote on Twitter.
Recently, the Indian women's cricket team triumphed in the Asia Cup in Bangladesh, beating Sri Lanka by eight wickets. The team also won the country's first-ever silver medal in cricket at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham earlier this year.
In the last Annual General Meeting (AGM) of BCCI, the cricket board also announced the first-ever women's IPL that is scheduled to take place next year.
I’m pleased to announce @BCCI’s first step towards tackling discrimination. We are implementing pay equity policy for our contracted @BCCIWomen cricketers. The match fee for both Men and Women Cricketers will be same as we move into a new era of gender equality in 🇮🇳 Cricket. pic.twitter.com/xJLn1hCAtl
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) October 27, 2022
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Missing Kota NEET aspirant traced in Uttar Pradesh
Kota, May 14: A 19-year-old NEET aspirant who went missing from his PG room here has been traced in Uttar Pradesh, Kota police said on Tuesday.
Bihar native Aman Kumar Singh left his paying guest room in Swarn Vihar colony on the intervening night of May 11 and 12, police said.
The Kota police swung into action and through technical investigation and inquiry, they traced Singh’s location in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar. The local police were contacted and the whereabouts of the missing teen were shared with them and they rescued him on Monday night, Kota city SP Amrita Duhan said on Tuesday.
A team of Kota police was also dispatched to Khushinagar, she added.
Kunhari circle inspector Arvind Bhrdwaj said the boy was traced on Monday night and is being brought to Kota by the city police.
It is clear that the student reached there by his wish. Further details will be ascertained after his statement is recorded here, Bhrdwaj said
Singh had been preparing for the entrance exam in the coaching hub for the last two years. He left his phone and a note behind in which he said that he couldn't do well in the NEET exam and won't be able to crack it, police had said.
On the basis of CCTV footage, it was found that Singh got onto a bike with another boy and reached Kota Railway Station from where he boarded a train, DSP Rajesh Soni said.
Singh, in his note, asked the readers to look for him near the Kota Barrage, located over the Chambal river, but the police couldn’t find him there. It is suspected that the student left the note in his room to misguide the police and his parents, he said.
On May 6, Rajasthan native Rajendra Prasad Meena (19) went missing from his PG room here. He sent a text message to his parents saying that he did not want to study any further and was leaving home for five years.
Meena wrote that he had Rs 8,000 with him and would contact his family or other relatives if need be.
Meena is yet to be traced.
