Govt sanctions Rs 100 cr to set up women help desks in police stations, will be executed by States & Union Territories

Union Home
Ministry has sanctioned a sum 100 crore rupees from Nirbhaya Fund for setting
up and strengthening of Women Help Desks in Police Stations.

This scheme
would be implemented by the States and Union Territories.

The Help
Desks would focus on making the 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.

Essentially,
lady police officers would be deployed at these help desks. The officials of
Women Help Desk would be trained to be sensitive towards women.

These help
desks would have enlisted panel of experts like lawyers, psychologists and NGOs
to facilitate legal aid, counselling, shelter, rehabilitation and training.