Children are more vulnerable than other members of the society. Therefore, responsibility of the authorities in criminal cases is greater when children are involved. Their protection under the law must be greater. Taking a serious note of the rape of 34 minor girls in a shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, the Women and Child Development […]

For swift investigation of rape cases, the Union home ministry has purchased 5,000 rape investigation kits. These kits would be provided to police stations across the country. Rape investigation kits would help in the speedy probe in sexual harassment cases. According to a senior official from the women and child development department, “The home ministry […]

In a move that will bring relief to thousands of child brides in India, the WCD Ministry is aiming to make child marriages completely void. It has decided to move the cabinet to make amendments in the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006, to make it more effective. According to a report in Indian […]

The Minister of Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi, recently said that rape evidence kits would be in place at police stations by the end of July 2018. She also talked about a centralised list of offenders that will be prepared to keep the general public informed. The Minister was at an event laying the […]

Following the digital boom, the Delhi government has decided to launch the Women and Child development department’s services online. The e-district portal will allow citizens to apply for the department’s various services from the comfort of their homes. It will also get more applicants to avail the WCD department’s services. Currently, the department handles the […]

As the number of female entrepreneurs is growing, the world is taking notice of them. In a new, the Women and Child Development Ministry has announced to build a national-level advisory council for women entrepreneurs. The aim of this council would be to focus on the problems being faced by them and delegate those problems […]

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has taken up the issue of onlne trolling, seeking to regulate a code of behaviour.