The State Home Department in Maharashtra is gearing up for a significant overhaul of its top police leadership, including the position of Director General of Police (DGP) and Police Commissioners of Nagpur and Thane. The impending retirement of the current DGP, Rajnish Seth, on December 31 has prompted the department to commence the process of selecting his successor.A top rank official said that several prominent names have emerged as contenders for the esteemed position of State DGP. The frontrunner is Senior IPS Officer Rashmi Shukla, who currently serves as the Director General (DG) of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar is also a strong candidate for the role. Other notable contenders include Thane CP Jaijeet Singh, DG ATS Sadanand Date, DG Police Housing Sandeep Bishnoi, DG Railway Pradnya Sarvade, Additional Director of NIA Atulchandra Kulkarni, and DG State Security Corporation Bipin Kumar Singh, he said. He further stated that the State Home ...
- Government has also approved a scheme to provide for enhanced Security for Women in Public Road Transport system in the Country
This Nirbhaya Fund is being administered by the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. The progress on operationalisation of the Nirbhaya Fund for which an amount of Rs.1000 crore has been earmarked is being reviewed at the level of Finance Minister. A proposal for Establishment of an integrated Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) platform for supporting Geographical Information System (GIS) based Call Tracking and Geographical Positioning System (GPS) based Police vehicle dispatch system to respond to women and other distress calls and ensure speedy assistance to them is at an advanced stage of approval.
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The Ministry of Information Technology is working on a proposal to introduce mandatory provision of SOS Alert Buttons in all new handsets/providing SOS alert system in the existing handsets through free downloading of suitable software. Government has also approved a scheme to provide for enhanced Security for Women in Public Road Transport system in the Country. This was stated by Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha today.
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