Parliamentary panel takes exception to Nirbhaya Fund being used for construction of buildingsThe Nirbhaya Fund was started in 2013 by the Congress led UPA government to implement initiatives aimed at enhancing safety and security of...
10 Feb, 2019, 03.43 PM IST
Centre approves Rs 194.44 crore Safe City Project for LucknowThe city will soon have integrated smart control room, exclusive women outposts, pink toilets, night patrols of women police and women help...
01 Nov, 2018, 04.51 PM IST
SC nod for compensation scheme for sexual assault, acid attack victimsThe scheme says that victim of acid attacks, in case of disfigurement of face, would get a minimum compensation of Rs 7 lakh, while the upp...
11 May, 2018, 07.59 PM IST
Give details of money under Nirbhaya Fund: Supreme Court to states, Union TerritoriesA bench comprising Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta, while asking all the states and UTs to file their responses within four weeks on re...
10 Jan, 2018, 11.34 AM IST
Delhi Police gets Rs 6,378 crore in budgetOf the total amount allotted in the 2016-17 Budget, Rs 439 crore has been granted for police infrastructure that comprises office and resid...
01 Feb, 2017, 10.28 PM IST
20 out of 183 One Stop Centres set up under Nirbhaya Fund: GovtA statement placed before the Parliament during the Monsoon session in July had claimed that a total of 689 women had approached such centr...
25 Nov, 2016, 08.23 PM IST
Make policy for providing relief for rape victims: Supreme CourtThe bench sought to know what steps were taken on a host of issues to ensure safety of women and hasten conviction in cases involving crime...
27 May, 2016, 01.06 AM IST
Nirbhaya fund not enough, frame national compensation policy: Supreme CourtThe SC today asked the Centre to formulate a national policy for providing adequate reliefs to rape survivors.
26 May, 2016, 06.26 PM IST
Government forms panel to approve schemes under Nirbhaya FundThe government in April this year has made the WCD Ministry the nodal agency for the Nirbhaya Fund in place of Home Ministry.
04 Nov, 2015, 11.10 PM IST
Nirbhaya Fund of Rs 1,273 crore lying unusedTwo proposals have been approved so far under the fund by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
24 Apr, 2015, 11.23 PM IST
Women and Child Development Ministry replaces MHA as nodal agency for Nirbhaya FundThe Nirbhaya fund has a total of Rs 3,000 cr as Rs 1,000 cr each was allocated to it in 2014-15 and 2015-16 on top of Rs 1,000 cr initial c...
05 Apr, 2015, 10.44 AM IST
Government issues guidelines on utilisation of Nirbhaya FundThe Nirbhaya Fund has a corpus of Rs 3,000 crore, including an additional Rs 1,000 crore allocation made in Budget for 2015-16.
01 Apr, 2015, 09.37 PM IST
Budget 2015: Over Rs 5300 crore for Delhi PoliceIn a bid to strengthen women security in the national capital, fund allocation for the Delhi Police from the Nirbhaya Fund has also been in...
28 Feb, 2015, 08.08 PM IST
Interim Budget 2014: Nirbhaya Fund gets additional Rs 1,000 crore in budgetThe government set a deadline of February 20, 2014, for public transport vehicles running in major cities with a population of over 10 lakh...
18 Feb, 2014, 04.14 AM IST
Process on to operationalise Nirbhaya project for women's safetyProcess is on to operationalise the Rs 1,405 crore project for women's safety, following the Nirbhaya rape case.
06 Feb, 2014, 05.04 PM IST
Mobiles to have SoS button for women's safety: FM P ChidambaramMobile handset makers will have to introduce SoS alert button to ensure that women in distress can be reached by police in minimum possible...
16 Dec, 2013, 06.52 PM IST
Parliament approves additional govt spending of Rs 7,500 crore"Additional cash allocation is very small," Finance Minister P Chidambaram said seeking Rajya Sabha's nod to return the Appropriation (No. ...
07 Sep, 2013, 07.02 PM IST