Haryana Government has approved the setting up of a monitoring cell for the implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act and Rules, 2013, notified by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development.
The monitoring cell would be set up from the state funds at a cost of Rs 26.18 lakh. A spokesperson of the Haryana Women and Child Development Department said that the monitoring cell would be set up at the headquarters to ensure the constitution of internal complaint committees and local complaint committees in every district of Haryana. The Dept would also set up an agency to receive grants from the Central Government and would be responsible for ensuring submission of an annual report to the Centre. Besides monitoring the implementation of the Act, the Dept would also maintain data, take measures to publicise the Act and provide training to the members of the committees.
The spokesperson said that the Department had already taken various steps for effective implementation of the Act, including the constitution of internal complaint committees at state, district and block levels under the Act and all Deputy Commissioners in the state have been notified as District Officers to facilitate the constitution of local complaint committees.