To make the members of fairer sex more strong and alert to counter any undue advances on them, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav advocated urgent need of imparting martial arts training.
Akhilesh directed chief secretary, Alok Ranjan to introduce such courses in all schools and colleges from coming academic session so that they can learn self-defense. The move would also facilitate the government in putting a check in crime against women and girls which sees a sudden spurt during last few years.
Chief minister, who was reviewing the 24X7 women helpline services (1090), here on Tuesday morning showed his serious concern towards incident of attack on modesty of girls and woman. Giving details of the CM’s direction, Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan said that a government order will be issued soon through which they would direct all the districts magistrate to ensure that arrangements for providing training in martial arts to girls should be taken up in all the schools and colleges of the State in the coming academic session.
The 1090 women helpline is a one-state one number service to handle cases of harassment by vulgar and abusive callers and stalkers. “In the review meeting in which state police Chief A l Banerjee and ADG Sutapa Sanyal, in-charge of the women cell in the DGP office were also present, CM directed for effective and regular monitoring of women-related crimes,” Ranjan informed the media persons. “Action in these cases should be taken promptly and with full sensitivity,” the Chief Minister directed claimed Ranjan.
He said that stressing on the need of making the women helpline more effective, chief minister has asked DGP Bannerji and ADG Sanyal to conduct surprise inspections at the office of the helpline, saying that this would also check the quality of work done by it. “The government has already issued instructions to officials to take prompt steps to maintain dignity of women and provide proper protection to them,” Ranjan said. The chief minister has issued clear orders to take strict action against all those involved in crime against women, chief secretary added.
Meanwhile Ranjan also informed that they issued necessary directions to ensure that the minorities should get their due in various government run welfare schemes. ``Instructions have been issued to all officers concerned that they should ensure that 20 per cent of the total budget allocation, for all developmental schemes of the government must be spent on welfare of the minority community”, Ranjan said that adding that the government is committed to give right due to minorities as per the percentage of their of their population. He said that the budget should be spent for upliftment of the minority community which included Muslims, Sikh, Jain, Christian, Baudh, etc. Ranjan said that the minorities should also get at least the above percentage in jobs provided under National Rural Employment Mission plan.