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12 Dec 2022

DNA: Nirbhaya Fund under control of the system!

Nirbhaya Fund was created for the first time in the budget of the year 2013-2014. The purpose of this fund was to protect women. Money was given to the states through this fund. Whose purpose was to spend on the safety of women in the states. But today this fund has not been used for the safety of women but for the safety of politicians.

12 Dec 2022

‘Misuse’ of Nirbhaya fund: NCP asks Maha DGP for withdrawal of vehicles

40 vehicles have been diverted under Nirbhaya Fund for escorting MLAs and MPs in Maha Earlier this year, the Mumbai police force procured vehicles to deal with issues related to women's safety NCP demands immediate withdrawal of vehicles procured under this scheme

11 Dec 2022

Vehicles bought under Nirbhaya Fund diverted for Y-plus security to MLAs

In June this year, the city police force had procured 220 Boleros, 35 Ertigas, 313 Pulsar motorcycle and 200 Activa two-wheelers using the Rs 30 crore corpus that it had received under the Nirbhaya fund.

05 Dec 2019

Nirbhaya fund: MHA sanctions Rs 100cr for Women Help Desks at police stations

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sanctioned Rs 100 crores from 'Nirbhaya' Fund for setting up and strengthening of Women Help Desks in Police Stations. This scheme is set to be implemented by all the states as well as Union Territories, according to an MHA statement.

03 Dec 2019

Maharashtra, 4 other states fail to spend even a single penny of Nirbhaya Fund

Maharashtra, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya, Sikkim and the Union Territory of Daman and Diu have scored a zero in utilising the Nirbhaya Fund, which was set up by the Centre in 2013 following massive outrage over the 2012 brutal gangrape and murder of a student in New Delhi.

03 Dec 2019

States fail to utilise Nirbhaya Fund even after 7 years of Delhi gangrape case

Nirbyaha Fund was established in 2013 by the Centre to ensure better implementation of initiatives aimed at enhancing the safety and security but little seems to have changed on the ground and a majority of states have been extremely reluctant in spending the amount disbursed under Nirbhaya Fund.

10 Feb 2019

Par panel takes exception to use of Nirbhaya Fund for building construction

The committee said it strongly recommends that the home ministry should desist from sanctioning funds for schemes like construction of buildings from the Nirbhaya Fund and adhere to its original purpose.

03 Aug 2018

To make 8 cities safer for women, Centre eyes Rs 2919.55 crore worth projects

The proposals see projects to meet each city's requirements.

26 May 2018

MHA forms new division to deal with women safety, calls it top priority

Issues like sensitisation of children through appropriate changes in school curriculum, a media campaign for raising awareness, checking proliferation of pornography materials and online contents would also be addressed, the statement said.

13 Feb 2018

Mamata Banerjee seeks safe city project for Kolkata under Nirbhaya Fund

Kolkata will become a "safe city" for women with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking the measure to ensure safety and security to women from the Nirbhaya Fund, a Central government official said on Monday.

‪‪2012 Delhi gang rape‬‬

05 May 2017

Nirbhaya fund not utilised yet

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 fund.

17 Mar 2017

States asked to reserve 33 percent posts in police forces for women: Rajnath Singh

The Centre has issued an advisory to states asking them to reserve 33 per cent of posts in police forces for women.

Nirbhaya gang-rape

27 Jan 2017

Merely 16% of grant under Nirbhaya Fund spent by agencies

A mere 16 percent of the grant sanctioned by the the Women and Child Development Ministry for women's safety and security under the Nirbhaya Fund has been spent by the implementing agencies.

‪‪2012 Delhi gang rape‬‬

16 Dec 2016

Four years after gang-rape, Nirbhaya's parents remember her, say they want to see the guilty hanged

The rape which had occurred on the December 16, 2012, had seen massive protests across India, especially in the national capital.

‪‪2012 Delhi gang rape‬‬

16 Dec 2016

Important that Nirbhayas around us feel fearless: Manish Sisodia

Stressing the need for making the society better for girls, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday paid tribute to the December 16 gang-rape victim and said it is important that 'Nirbhayas' around us should feel fearless.

10 Aug 2016

Govt allocates Rs 200 cr for Nirbhaya fund

Rs 200 crore has been allocated by the central government for the Nirbhaya Fund to provide compensation to women and child victims of sexual crimes, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

26 Dec 2015

Virat Kohli condemns ill-treatment of women

The skipper blames the society that we have built over the years where women have always been known to be treated as inferiors.

02 Dec 2015

Rape, robbery, kidnapping cases up in trains; murder, dacoity down

Cases of murder and dacoity have lowered in 2015 as against 2014 in railways.

10 Oct 2015

4-year-old girl raped in north west Delhi

A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an unidentified accused in a slum dwelling in north west Delhi's Keshav Puram area, police said on Saturday.

24 Sep 2015

DCW chief hails reports of installation of cameras in train coaches

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal on Thursday welcomed reports that CCTV cameras were being installed in train coaches to ensure women's security, but said the Centre should use funds from the budget amount allocated to Railways and not from the Nirbhaya Fund.

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