News India DoT changes women helpline number to 181, to be operational from Dec 31

DoT changes women helpline number to 181, to be operational from Dec 31

New Delhi, Dec 24 : Within hours of announcing ‘167' as women helpline number, the Telecom Ministry today changed it to ‘181' saying the new three-digit number was easier to remember.Amidst nationwide uproar over brutal


“Though DoT has limited resource in respect of three-digit numbers, yet within two hours of the request, a three-digit number has been allotted for Chief Minister's helpline,” the statement said.

This is the first three-digit number to have been allotted in two years.






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