Anil Malik, Secretary, WCD Ministry, wrote to officials successful different states and UTs past month, requesting them to nonstop proposals to acceptable up Nari Adalats successful astatine slightest 10 panchayats successful states oregon 5 panchayats successful the UT.
The authorities has written to states inviting proposals to found ‘Nari Adalats’, Women and Child Development Minister Annpurna Devi said connected Tuesday. The ministry intends to widen the scheme, already moving connected a aviator ground successful Assam and J&K, to different states, said the minister.
The Nari Adalat strategy nether the WCD Ministry entails groups of women astatine the gram panchayat level resolving grievances of women who person been denied their rights. The members of the Nari Adalat – astir 7 to 11 members called ‘nyaya sakhis’ – are nominated by the gram panchayat. It is moving successful 50 gram panchayats each successful J&K and Assam, wherever it began connected a aviator ground successful 2023. In 2023-24, the WCD Ministry had released a small implicit `20 lakh each to the 2 states to instrumentality the scheme.
Anil Malik, Secretary, WCD Ministry, wrote to officials successful different states and UTs past month, requesting them to nonstop proposals to acceptable up Nari Adalats successful astatine slightest 10 panchayats successful states oregon 5 panchayats successful the UT. Proposals from Bihar and Karnataka person already been accepted by the Ministry, Malik wrote.