Under the Nirbhaya Fund for implementation of initiatives aimed at enhancing the safety and security for women in the country, Rs. 2000 crores have been made available to the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Ministry of Home Affairs has disbursed Rs. 190.68 crores to the States/UTs, for compensation to the women victims as per CVCF guidelines. Ministry of Home Affairs had issued guidelines in October, 2015 and revised guidelines in July 2016 to States/UTs as a onetime grant amounting to Rs 200 crore allocated for disbursement under the Central Victim Compensation Fund (CVCF) Scheme.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir in written reply to a question by Dr. Boora Narsaiah Goud in the Lok Sabha today.
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