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Nirbhaya Fund – status
December 17 , 2019
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- According to Government data, the States and Union Territories have utilised less than 20% of the budget allocated to them under the Nirbhaya Fund by the Central government between 2015 and 2018.
- Tamil Nadu used only 3 % (the fund allocated was Rs 190.68 crore and utilisation Rs 6 crore).
|
No |
Top 5 States/UTs |
Worst 5 states/UTs |
|
1 |
Chandigarh (59.83%) |
Manipur (0%) |
|
2 |
Mizoram (56.32%) |
Maharashtra (0%) |
|
3 |
Uttarakhand (51.68%) |
Lakshadweep (0%) |
|
4 |
Andhra Pradesh (43.23%) |
West Bengal (0.76%) |
|
5 |
Nagaland (38.17%). |
Delhi (0.84%) |
About Nirbhaya Fund
- The fund is created by Ministry of Finance in 2013 with a corpus of Rs 1000 crore.
- It is aimed at enhancing the safety and security for women in the country.
- It is a non-lapsable corpus fund.
- It is being monitored by Empowered Committee of Officers under Secretary of Women and Child Development Ministry.
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