The Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs implements the Mahila Police Volunteers (MPVs) scheme in the States/ UTs, who will act as a link between police and community and help women in distress. All Chief Secretaries of States/ UTs were requested to adopt this initiative in their respective States. Haryana was the first state to adopt the initiative at Karnal and Mahendragarh District on a pilot basis under Nirbhaya Fund during the financial year 2016-2017. Further, based on the proposals received from States / UTs, the scheme has been approved for 13 States / UTs, out of which it has been operationalized by 7 States / UTs, namely, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Mizoram and Tripura. The Government has not laid down any deadline for implementation of the scheme in all States / UTs.

This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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(Release ID: 1780112)