A sharp decline in the range of 22 to 82 points has been reported in the child sex ratios in States such as Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Sikkim.

Hyderabad, Feb 7: 

The Ministry for Women and Child Development is setting up one-stop crisis centres for women across the country to provide redressal to women victims of violence at home or the workplace.

“We are planning to set up the centres in 100 districts initially, which will be made operational from the next fiscal,” Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development, said at a regional consultation meet on the National Plan of Action for Improving Child Sex Ratio.

The centre will be headed by a coordinator, who will be senior doctor of the hospital. Besides the coordinator, there will be a team of about 10 people consisting of a counsellor, police officer, lawyer and doctor.

“These centres will provide all kinds of relief to women victims, including counselling and treatment,” she said.

The Minister said a national plan for improving the child sex ratio was being prepared with 27 States and union territories registering a fall in the child sex ratio in the last decade. A sharp decline in the range of 22 to 82 points has been reported in the child sex ratios in States such as Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Sikkim.