Govt acting on Ujjawala scheme to brighten lives of trafficked women
The government has constituted the project sanctioning committee under the Ujjawala scheme for prevention of trafficking and rescue, rehabilitation and re-integration of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation. The committee is headed by the secretary for women and child development. The scheme has been conceived by the central government primarily for the purpose of preventing trafficking on the one hand and rescue and rehabilitation of victims on the other. The secretary for finance, commissioner of labour department, superintendent of police (crime branch), and the director of Anyay Rahit Zindagi are members of the committee, while director for women and child development is the member secretary.