MP Supriya Sule Urges Maharashtra CM To Use Unutilised Nirbhaya Fund
She stated in the letter that a fund of Rs 195 crores has been lying unutilised since the previous BJP government.
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Nirbhaya Fund To Help Set-Up Anti-Trafficking Units, Women’s Help Desks
“It has long been a need articulated by women and parents across the country, a concern shared by many NGOs that today finds resonance in these two projects.” – Smriti Irani.
Delhi HC Asks Government To Prepare Action Plan For Women’s Safety
The bench consisting of justices G S Sistani and Jyoti Singh ordered all the stakeholders to prepare an action plan on how Delhi can be made crime-free.
Nirbhaya Fund And Its Shoddy Usage Garners Sharp Criticism
It’s five years since the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government first started the Nirbhaya Fund in 2013 to tackle the appalling state of women’s safety in India. The non-lapsable corpus fund was constituted after the country outraged against five men who gang raped and murdered 23-year-old Jyoti Singh in 2012. The Congress government allocated […]
Nirbhaya Committee Approves Plan To Set Up 1,023 Fast Track Courts
The Nirbhaya committee, which decides the usage of Nirbhaya fund, has approved a proposal to set up 1,023 fast track courts to handle pending rape cases and cases that come under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The whole project — proposed by the law and justice ministry — will cost around […]
Coming Soon: All-Women Police Teams In Eight Cities
Under a special women’s safety programme, all-women police patrol teams are soon to be deployed in eight major cities in the country. The Home Ministry has approved nearly Rs 3,000 crore as a part of the Women Safe City Project which will safeguard the cities with various facilities, including transit dormitories for women and children, […]
Only 10% Sex Abuse Survivors Draw Compensation, Reveals Data
With rising cases of sexual abuse across the country, state governments routinely award compensation to the survivors. But are all survivors actually able to get the compensation due to them? No. Only about 5-10% survivors are across the country get compensation through government schemes. The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) disclosed this shocking fact to […]
Centre Gets IIT-D to Install Switches in Vehicles for Women’s Safety
The matter of women’s safety has worsened in the past few weeks. And the centre is under stress with all the attacks on women and young girls happening in its tenure hence it has resorted to technology to find a solution. The Ministry of Electronics and IT has collaborated with IIT-Delhi to develop a switch-based […]
Can Nirbhaya Fund Be Used To Trace Missing Kids? Delhi HC Asks Centre
The Delhi High court has asked Centre if the authorities can use the Nirbhaya Fund to probe missing children in Delhi. Nirbhaya fund is meant to be used in cases of crimes against women and to put in place measures for their safety. The HC questioned the Centre on Monday (Sept 18) and asked them […]
Bangalore: BMTC To Train 1,000 Women in Driving State Buses and other LMVs
A cosmopolitan city like Bangalore has only one woman driver amongst the 34,000 staff in the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation. However, things are about to change as the BMTC are planning to train a thousand women in driving buses and light motor vehicles. These women, once trained, can also apply for driver’s jobs in the […]
