Funds sanctioned/released to 30 States/UTs for setting up 24 hour Women Helplines
The Scheme for Universalisation of Women Helpline has been approved for implementation through States/UTs from 1st April 2015 to provide 24 hour emergency and non-emergency response to women affected by violence both in public and private sphere, including in the family, community, workplace etc. All the States/UTs have been requested to submit the proposals in order to release funds. The funds have been sanctioned/released to 30 States/UTs for setting up Women Helplines. As the scheme is at the nascent stage of operationalisation at the field level, no such data regarding number of calls received on these helplines are available. Under the scheme it has been envisaged to publicise the Women Helpline through awareness-generation strategies including mass publicity campaign by State/UT Government.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
