33% of reservation for women

New Delhi, March 18: The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has suggested the central government give the 33% of reservation for women in Police Force posts on Friday.

He also said that under the Nirbhaya Fund created after the gruesome Delhi gangrape of 2011, nearly 40,500 police personnel are being trained especially for protection of women and cyber security.

Singh said two projects have been sanctioned under the Nirbhaya Funds and 60 counselors would be hired in the next two years.

"I have written to chief ministers of all the states with regard to 33 per cent reservation in women and police. State governments have taken cognizance of it and are working in that direction," he said while replying to a debate in the Lok Sabha on Demand for Grants of Home Ministry.

Singh said the areas affected by Naxalism are reducing. He said the number of districts affected by Naxalism has reduced from 106 to 68, with 35 being the most affected, across seven states like Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Maharashtra.