TNPSC Thervupettagam

Mahila Police Volunteers -MPVs

January 2 , 2019 2045 days 2218 0
  • The Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs has envisaged engagement of Mahila Police Volunteers (MPVs) in the States and Union Territories.
  • This Volunteers scheme envisages creation of a link between the police authorities and the local communities in villages through police volunteers who will be women specially trained for this purpose.
  • One Mahila Police Volunteer (MPV) is envisaged per Gram Panchayat across the country.
  • Haryana was the first state to adopt the initiative at Karnal and Mahindergarh District on a pilot basis under Nirbhaya Fund during the financial year 2016-2017.

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