August 3, 2016 6:10 PM

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Centre to set up One Stop Centre in each district to help women affected by violence

The Centre has decided to set up One Stop Centre, OSC in each district of the country to provide integrated support and assistance under one roof to women affected by violence. <br/><br/>Intervening in a debate on sustainable development goals in the Lok Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said, the Centres will be in place by next year. <br/><br/>She said, the government is also implementing the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme in 161 districts of the country for survival, protection and education of the girl child. It also aims at addressing the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio. <br/><br/>She said, the results of the scheme are overwhelming with an increase in girl child sex ratio from 830 to 907 in just one year of the implementation of the scheme. Mrs Gandhi also informed the House that installing panic button in all the mobile phones has been made mandatory from 1st of January 2017 to help women in distress.

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