A month after releasing the three-digit emergency number for women in Delhi, Centre today said it will make available the '181' women helpline number to all states of the country.

Talking to reporters in New Delhi Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said the Telecom Department will make available the number to all states, which are than required to set up call centers so that the number becomes operational across the country.

Amidst nationwide uproar over brutal gang-rape of a 23-year old paramedic student in the national capital, the Telecom Ministry in December released a three-digit number,167, for women helpline in Delhi.

The number, however, was changed to '181' as the Ministry felt that it would be easier to recollect.