Nirbhaya fund

Rs 200 crore given to states to set up women help desks in police stations: MHA

March 08, 2021 5:27 pm

On the occasion of International Women's Day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah also said that women empowerment has always been the focal point of the policies of the Narendra Modi government.

Maharashtra to use Nirbhaya fund for new DNA analysis facilities, dedicated units for crimes against women & children

September 10, 2020 9:18 am

As part of the same initiative, three regional forensic laboratories in Maharashtra will get dedicated DNA analysis units to investigate cases of crimes against women and children, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Wednesday.

Bengaluru to install 16,000 CCTV cameras with panic buttons under Nirbhaya scheme

October 23, 2019 6:11 pm

Law and parliamentary affairs minister JC Madhuswamy said, “each CCTV camera will have a safety light and a panic button which will emit a loud siren when it is pressed. The Bengaluru city police will be identifying the spots to install CCTV cameras.”

Uttar Pradesh: Centre approves Rs 194.44 crore Safe City Project for Lucknow

November 01, 2018 4:29 pm

It was approved by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs as part of its plans to implement Safe City Projects in eight selected cities

SC raps Madhya Pradesh govt: You value a rape at Rs 6,500. Are you doing charity?

February 15, 2018 5:05 pm

Despite getting the maximum amount of allocation under the Nirbhaya Fund, Madhya Pradesh had only spent around Rs one crore on 1,951 rape victims.

‘One Stop Centres for rape survivors set up hastily, failed in intent’

November 11, 2017 3:54 am

As on August 2017, a total of 151 One Stop Centres are set up across India under the Nirbhaya fund to provide integrated services for surivors of sexual violence.

Nirbhaya Fund: The long and cumbersome road to compensation

December 17, 2015 3:37 am

At anytime, the DLSA has a corpus of Rs 25 crore in its account for the scheme.

Committee constituted for approving schemes under Nirbhaya Fund

November 04, 2015 2:22 am

In the current fiscal, the government allocated a sum of Rs 1,000 crore for the Nirbhaya fund.

Over 20000 Railway coaches to get CCTV cameras to improve security

August 23, 2015 12:17 pm

Though railways has plans to install CCTV cameras in a maximum number of trains, not many barring a few suburban services could be equipped with surveillance cameras so far.

Maneka mulls ‘crisis centres’ in every state, UT by August

March 09, 2015 3:31 am

Gandhi said the government is very strict on the issue of sex-related crimes against women.

UP Govt To Launch 'Pink' AC Buses For Women Using Nirbhaya Fund

June 22, 2020 6:57 pm