India, Dec. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Government gives utmost priority to the safety, security and empowerment of all girl children and has adopted multi-pronged approach to address their educational, social and economic empowerment.
The Government of India has launched 'Mission Shakti' - an integrated women empowerment programme as an umbrella scheme for the safety, security, and empowerment of women, implemented during the 15th Finance Commission period. Mission Shakti has two verticals namely "Sambal" for safety and security of women and "Samarthya" for empowerment of women. The 'Sambal' has components of One Stop Centre (OSC), Women Helpline (WHL), Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) and Nari Adalat. The 'Sama...