Maneka Gandhi said she has written to six national parties and 59 regional parties to form internal complaints committee against sexual harassment and post information on it on their website.
Maneka Gandhi had, on October 3, written to Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asking him to remove the time limit for reporting child sexual abuse and allow people to complain even "10-15 years later".
Union minister Maneka Gandhi proposes panel to hold public hearings of #MeToo cases
Women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi announced the government's decision today as the debate over sexual harassment cases is raging up in the country with more and more women breaking shackles and recounting horror they once faced.
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Monday said that she has asked the Law Ministry to not keep any age limit to report child sexual abuse, allowing people to complain about what has happened to them even "10-15 years later".
Dutta has accused Patekar of behaving inappropriately with her on the sets of a film called 'Horn Ok Please' in 2008.
The move has come after the alleged rape of girls in the shelter homes of Muzaffarpur and Deoria.
The government's directives come days after a sensational video had emerged showing a nun and an employee of a Ranchi-based shelter house, Nirmal Hriday confessing that they illegally sold newly-born babies in lieu of money.
Maneka Gandhi urged the production houses to submit a report about the internal complaints committee set up by them.
Investigations have revealed that the girl was held in a temple, drugged, repeatedly raped and finally murdered to scare the nomadic Muslim community out of the village.
Maneka Gandhi was speaking on the occasion of International Women's Day which was also attended by Modi to launch the pan expansion of his flagship programme "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" scheme in 640 districts.
The Minister pointed out that the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act (ITPA), 1956, criminalises sexual exploitation or abuse of persons for commercial purposes but it neither legalises nor criminalises the sex trade, if taken up with free will.
The incident took place during a public meeting in Bareilly where the minister was interacting with the people of the area who were agitated over the alleged corruption in Public Distribution System (PDS).
Maneka Gandhi spoke about rising concerns over safety of children in schools after a string of attacks, including Pradyuman Thakur's killing in Gurugram's Ryan International School.
The government has asked all the private hospitals empanelled under CGHS to prominently display the data of deliveries through such operations vis-à-vis normal deliveries at the reception area
A Group of Ministers today approved a draft national policy for women.
The women and child development minister has been admitted to a private ward, according to sources at AIIMS.
Defending the new rules banning sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi today said that it would ensure that the bovines are not ill-treated.
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