Nirbhaya Fund

Nirbhaya funds: Telangana not spending enough

The fund is intended for projects specifically designed to improve the safety and security of women in public places.

published on : 21st June 2020

Forensic lab, toilets, transit dorms for women to be set up in Hyderabad under 'Safe City Project'

There will be a new cyber forensic laboratory and a mobile forensic lab unit to improve evidence collection from the crime scene.

published on : 21st February 2020

Activate 'Nirbhaya Fund', Supriya Sule urges Uddhav Thackeray

In a letter to Thackeray, Sule pointed out that an amount of Rs 195 crore remained unutilized during the previous BJP government in the state.

published on : 18th December 2019

MHA sanctions Rs 100 crore to set up women help desks in police stations

The ministry has sanctioned a sum Rs 100 crore from the Nirbhaya fund for setting up and strengthening of the women help desks in police stations, the statement said.

published on : 5th December 2019

Centre denied AAP govt's proposal to use Nirbhaya fund to install CCTVs in buses: Kejriwal

He also denied a Women and Child Development Ministry statement that said Delhi managed to spend only Rs 19 crore out of 390 crore in Nirbhaya fund.

published on : 5th December 2019

Women help desks, more anti-human trafficking units to be set up using Nirbhaya fund

The Nirbhaya Fund was announced by the Centre in 2013 after the sensational December 16, 2012 gangrape and murder case in the national capital.

published on : 3rd November 2019

Money in Nirbhaya Fund does not reach needy hands, Supreme Court told

Nirbhaya Fund was announced by the Centre in 2013 to support initiatives of the government and NGOs working towards protecting the dignity and ensuring the safety of women.

published on : 7th February 2017