State Government creates groups to reduce violence against women

The Shinde Fadnavis administration established a 7-member Women Development Advisers Committee on Monday in response to acts of violence against women. The group, which will be led by the Commissioner for Women and Child Welfare, will look into instances of violence and deception that were reported in the media during the past year and offer suggestions for how to prevent them in the future. Within the next two months, the committee will provide its report to the state legislature.

 

The desk officer for the department of women and child welfare, Ms. Khadija Naikwade, stated in a government resolution released today that the committee will also recommend changes to the state and federal government schemes and programmes carried out by the Department of Women and Child Welfare in Maharashtra in order to increase the effectiveness of their implementation. The committee's members will not be eligible for honoraria because its purpose is to advise the government, not receive compensation.

 

The government's action is crucial since, according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Maharashtra came in third place overall in terms of the number of cases of crimes against women in 2021, after Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. A total of 428278 crimes against women were reported, with Uttar Pradesh having the most cases (56,083), followed by Rajasthan (40,738) and Maharashtra (39,526). The administration made its choice while it anxiously awaited the presidential endorsement of the Shakti Act, which would have instituted the death penalty in rape cases. According to the Act, the trial in certain instances must proceed daily and be finished within 30 working days of the chargesheet's filing.

 

 

 

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