T.N. Cabinet approves new policy aimed at ‘holistic development of women’

Contact Counsellor

Last Updated25/01/2024

Tamil Nadu Cabinet approved the State’s New Policy for Women, the draft of which was released in December 2021.

A State-level committee headed by Chief Secretaries and district-level committees headed by Collectors
- Will be constituted to monitor the implementation of the policy and to address any issues of discrimination.
The Social Welfare and Women Empowerment department will also monitor the implementation.
She pointed out the State has formulated a new policy 23 years after the national-level policy was released in 2001.
When asked about the delay in the formation of gender budgeting cells in all departments as announced by the government last year, the Minister said the process was underway.

In 2016, the union government of India unveiled the Draft National Policy for Women
It aimed at “re-scripting” women’s empowerment by following a “socially inclusive rights-based approach”.
It was released by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD).
The policy is roughly based on the Pam Rajput Committee report set up by the MWCD in 2012
- Which submitted its recommendations in 2016, including a suggested national policy for women and an action plan to end violence against women.
Maternal and prenatal mortality will remain a priority area
- Focusing on a coordinated referral transport system for safe deliveries
- Emergency obstetric care to be made available in difficult, remote and isolated areas.
It focuses on prioritising the nutrition of women of all ages and strengthening geriatric services to address women aged above 60, who form 8.4% of the population.