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  12 years of Nirbhaya: How safe are women in India today, list of regulations to protect them

  Explainers | December 16, 2024 12:53 IST

  The 2012 Delhi gang rape case led to the Criminal Law (Amendment) act 2013, usually known as the Nirbhaya Act, which introduced major reforms including stricter punishments for sexual crimes, death penalty for cases of extreme brutality.

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  Tamil Nadu to install CCTV in buses with funds from Nirbhaya Fund

  India | February 14, 2020 22:59 IST

  Bus Romeos and others in Tamil Nadu beware. The Tamil Nadu government has decided to install closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in all the buses to enhance women's safety, said Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam.

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  Union Home Ministry grants ₹ 1 billion for women help desks in police stations

  India | December 05, 2019 23:42 IST

  The move came after massive uproar in the entire country over multiple instances of rape, attempt to murder and murder of the victims emerged in news headlines, raising questions over the security and safety of women in the country.

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  Maharashtra sanctions Rs 100 cr to set up women help desks in police stations

  India | December 05, 2019 21:34 IST

  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 contact for any woman walking into a police station.

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  Examine ways to utilise Nirbhaya fund for providing security to women, HC asks Delhi Chief Secretary

  India | November 29, 2019 19:34 IST

  The Delhi High Court Friday directed the chief secretary to examine as to how the large sum accumulated in the Nirbhaya fund, announced in 2013 after the gang rape of a student in Delhi on December 16, 2012, can be utilized for providing security to women and children and helping the overburdened Delhi Police.

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  Anti-human trafficking units, women help desks to be set up using Nirbhaya fund: Irani

  India | November 02, 2019 16:35 IST

  The Nirbhaya Fund was announced by the Centre in 2013 after the sensational December 16, 2012 gangrape and murder case in Delhi. Its aim was to support the initiatives of the government and the NGOs working towards the safety of women.  

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  Work in progress or non-starters: What women safety measures promised under Rs 1000 crore Nirbhaya Fund look like

  India | July 26, 2019 21:23 IST

  ​A slew of women's safety measures that were promised under the Rs 1000 crore Nirbhaya Fund are either work in progress or have been non-starters.  

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  Only 42% of Nirbhaya fund released for projects since 2015

  India | April 17, 2019 13:13 IST

  As per the data, the corpus transferred to the Public Account for the Nirbhaya Fund up to 2018-19 was Rs 3,600 crore out of which since 2015, the central government was only able to release Rs 1,513.40 crore till December 2018.

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  Parliamentary panel takes exception to Nirbhaya Fund being used for construction of buildings

  India | February 10, 2019 15:56 IST

  A parliamentary panel has taken strong exception to the utilisation of Nirbhaya Fund in construction of buildings, saying such allocations virtually defeat the very purpose of the project -- the women safety.

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  Government approves three new proposals under Nirbhaya Fund

  India | November 16, 2018 20:01 IST

  The project in the first phase, with a total financial implication of Rs 767.25 crore, may be set up in nine states with 777 FTSCs while in second phase 246 FTSCs will come up.

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  Nirbhaya fund: SC asks states for details of compensation to victims of sexual offences, acid attacks

  India | January 09, 2018 21:42 IST

  The Nirbhaya fund was created in 2013, in the wake of the Delhi December 2012 gang rape case, for "protecting the dignity and ensuring safety of women in India".

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  Despite SC’s reminder, Nirbhaya Fund remains unspent till date

  India | May 05, 2017 21:56 IST

  The Supreme Court even issued a notice to the Centre and all the state governments questioning the non-utilisation of the Nirbhaya Fund in May 2016.

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  DCW urges PM Modi to decentralise Nirbhaya fund to states

  India | May 27, 2016 23:20 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately decentralise the ‘Nirbhaya’ fund to states so that it can be effectively used to curb crimes against women. DCW chairperson Swati

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  Nirbhaya Fund will be utilised for one-stop crisis centres for women: Maneka

  Politics | March 08, 2015 21:55 IST

  New Delhi: The government today said it would utilise Rs 3,000 crore accumulated under the Nirbhaya Fund for setting up one-stop crisis centres for women in distress in every state and union territory of the

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  UP seeks Rs.30 crores to install CCTVs in buses

  India | July 15, 2014 11:27 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has sought Rs.30 crore from the central government to install CCTV cameras in its 9,600 buses.The state has sought money from the Nirbhaya fund, created in memory of the Delhi woman who

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  Rs. 1000 cr allocated to Nirbhaya Fund

  India | February 17, 2014 13:50 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister P. Chidambaram  today announced that Rs 1000 crore has been allocated under Norbhaya Fund during 2014-15 as well. Presenting the interim budget, he said, government was committed  to fulfill the promises