As many as 6,217 complaints pertaining to domestic violence under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and 241 complaints under Prohibition of Child Marriage Act-2006 have been disposed off in Haryana.
A sum of about Rs 93 lakh has been spent under this Act till September, said a spokesman of the Women and Child Development.
He said that all Government Hospitals, Public Health Centres and Community
Health Centres have been notified for medical facility and three Shelter Homes for
providing shelters to the needy women under this Act.
He added that 21 Protection-cum-Child Marriage Prohibition Officers have also been appointed at district level. As many as 30 service providers like Haryana State Social Welfare Board, District Red Cross Societies and District Child Welfare Councils, have been selected for providing necessary assistance to the aggrieved persons in the State and Special Room has been set up in every district for women and children.