Tag: Nirbhaya Fund

RailTel finalises agencies for work of video surveillance system at 756 major stations
RailTel finalises agencies for work of video surveillance system at 756 major stations

It includes 15 stations from ECoR jurisdiction. Executing the job through agency has also been finalised.

  • Wednesday, 06 July 2022
Strengthening DNA Analysis, Labs In 23 State/UTs Under Nirbhaya Fund: Govt
Strengthening DNA Analysis, Labs In 23 State/UTs Under Nirbhaya Fund: Govt

For capacity building, 23,233 Investigation Officers, Prosecution Officers, and Medical Officers have been trained on collection of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases and the standard components in a sexual assault evidence collection kit, he added.

  • Thursday, 07 April 2022
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WCD Ministry announces three proposals under Nirbhaya Fund

New Delhi: The Ministry of Women and Child Development on Thursday announced three more proposals for women’s safety and security, with a major focus on the safe city project, Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) and a Central Forensic Science Laboratory under the Nirbhaya Fund. The decisions were taken at the 14th meeting of an Empowered […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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SC seeks details of compensation under Nirbhaya fund

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed all states and union territories to give details on the payment of Nirbhaya and other funds as compensation to the victims of sexual offences and acid attacks. The bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta gave them four weeks to comply with the order. The […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Nirbhaya Fund not being used for women: Mother

Ballia (UP): The mother of a woman whose gang-rape in a moving bus and subsequent death in 2012 triggered a nationwide outrage has alleged that the Nirbhaya Fund set up in her daughter’s name was not being used for security and empowerment of women. “The Nirbhaya Fund should have been used for women security and empowerment […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Modi govt approves Rs 2,644 crore for various schemes under Nirbhaya Fund

New Delhi: The Ministry of Women Child Development (WCD) has approved proposals and projects amounting to Rs 2,644 crore under the Nirbhaya Fund, an official statement on Thursday. In wake of the December 2012 Delhi gang rape, the Central government had set up a dedicated fund called “Nirbhaya Fund” in 2013 for implementation of initiatives […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Nirbhaya fund not utilised yet

New Delhi: The central government announced a Nirbhaya Fund with a corpus of Rs 3,000 crore in 2013 to support initiatives towards ensuring safety of women, following nationwide outrage after the December 2012 gang rape. But since then, there hasn’t been any information from the Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry about utilisation of the […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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W&CD Ministry approves 3 fresh proposals for Expenditure under Nirbhaya Fund

New Delhi: The Empowered Committee of Officers under Nirbhaya Fund, under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Women and Child Development Ministry has today approved three major proposals. The three proposals are mentioned below: Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice proposal to set up 1023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) to dispose off pending cases […]

  • Friday, 04 June 2021
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Only 42% of Nirbhaya fund released for projects since 2015

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government at the Centre, which has been highly vocal about women security and empowerment, has failed to spend even half of the Nirbhaya Fund since 2015, government data revealed. As per the data, the corpus transferred to the Public Account for the Nirbhaya Fund up to 2018-19 was Rs 3,600 crore […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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Setting up of special courts to deal with rape cases likely to begin on Oct 2: Govt

New Delhi: The process of setting up of over 1,000 fast-track special courts across the country to deal with pending cases of rape is likely to begin on October 2, the Law Ministry has said. The Department of Justice in the Law Ministry had proposed to set up 1,023 fast-track courts at a total budget […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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Women's Safety: Anti-trafficking Units, Help Desks Soon

New Delhi: In a major initiative, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday said that the Nirbhaya fund will be used to set up anti-human trafficking units and women’s help desks in police stations across the country. The initiative will strengthen women’s safety and instil a greater sense of security among women. Irani […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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MHA Sanctions Rs 100 Cr To Set Up Women Help Desks In Police Stations

New Delhi: The Home Ministry has sanctioned Rs 100 crore from the Nirbhaya fund to set up women help desks in police stations across the country. A home ministry statement said the women help desks would focus on making police stations more women-friendly and approachable, as they would be the first and single point of […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
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