Nirbhaya Fund Scheme

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of India has provided financial assistance of Rs 98.86 Crore under Nirbhaya Fund to all states and UTs during financial year 2019 – 20 and 2020 – 21 for strengthening the Anti Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) and for establishing new AHTUs covering all districts of the States and UTs.

Nirbhaya Fund Scheme – UPSC

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) provides regular financial support to the different states and union territories for holding Judicial Colloquiums and State Level Conferences from time to time, which are aimed at the capacity building of law officers, police officers and other officials concerned with the issue of preventing and countering human trafficking.
MHA had also issued an Advisory to the States and UTs, advising them that ‘intelligence’ and ‘surveillance’ mechanisms may be established for identifying the persons and gangs which are involved in the human trafficking and for gathering information about their affiliations, modus operandi, etc.

The center has advised States/UTs that police officers, especially those handling cases of human trafficking, should be trained and sensitized at regular intervals and they should be imparted knowledge of procedural laws, court rulings, , interrogation, administrative procedures, skills in child friendly investigation, including interviewing etc.

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