The Ministry stated that after completion of the internship, participants are expected to provide inputs for policy formulation. These inputs could take the form of empirical analysis, reports, or policy papers.
The Nari Adalat scheme under the WCD Ministry entails groups of women at the gram panchayat level resolving grievances of women who have been denied their rights.
The homes will provide the victims -- particularly for minors and young women -- with shelter, food, clothing, counselling, primary health facilities and other daily needs.
Set up in phases across Maharashtra spending crores of rupees, most of the OSCs are now deserted with empty beds. Some have been turned into couple counselling centres.
The project will have a tenure of six months and will be implemented in six districts -- Mumbai city, Mumbai suburbs, Thane, Nashik, Pune and Nagpur by district women and child development officers in collaboration with NGOs working in this sector.
The state government's women and child development (WCD) department launched it as a pilot project in November last year in six districts with high tribal population including Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Amravati, Jalna, Palghar and Nandurbar.
However, an expert pointed out that not only had the ministry’s flagship Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 programme not seen an increase in its budgetary allocation but the funds earmarked also failed to meet the pre-pandemic levels.
Also, India has slipped to the 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th and is behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.
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