Question: Recently, the 14th meeting of the Empowered Committee of the Officers under the Nirbhaya Fund was held in New Delhi. At which of the following places setting up of a Central Forensic Science Laboratory has been announced at this meeting?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Shimla
(d) Hyderabad
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- On March 1st, 2018, the 14th meeting of the Empowered Committee of the Officers under the Nirbhaya Fund was held in New Delhi.
- It was presided by Rakesh Srivastava, Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development.
- It approves proposals for the security and protection of women.
- The Committee discussed three proposals-
- Proposal for introduction of Emergency Response Support system / panic button in Uttar Pradesh.
- Safe city proposal for 8 cities
- This is a major initiative under the Nirbhaya Fund. Under this, a detailed action plan will be implemented for women’s safety in 8 major cities (as in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Lucknow).
- These schemes have been prepared with the help of Municipal Corporations and Police Departments.
- For these eight proposals, the committee has fixed the amount of Rs 2,919.55 crore.
- An ideal forensic science laboratory will be established in Chandigarh with advanced infrastructure and modern machines.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintHindiRelease.aspx?relid=70972
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=176915
http://lawandpracticeblog.com/3-proposals-by-the-empowered-committee-under-nirbhaya-fund/