Question: Recently, When did the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh approved the new model prison manual in 2016?
(a) 20 January 2016
(b) 18 January 2016
(c) 1 January 2016
(d) 21 January 2016
Ans (d)
Related facts:
- On 21 January 2016, The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has approved the new Model Prison Manual.
- It consists of 32 chapters.
- It aims at bringing in basic uniformity in laws, rules and regulations governing the administration of prisons and the management of prisoners all over the country.
- A committee to propose changes to the Model Prison Manual 2003 was constituted by Ministry of Home Affairs in the Centre-State Division on 11 December 2014 on the directions of the Union Home Minister.
- The Expert committee extensively reviewed the existing model prison manual and whole draft chapters were discussed by the members threadbare and the suggestions/modifications were incorporated in the draft chapters.
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