गृह मंत्रालय Ministry of Home Affairs

Women Safety – I / Coordination Section

• Administrative, financial and project related matters of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
• Coordination related matters related to Women Safety Division.

Women Safety – II Section

• Crime against Women and Children
• Crime against SCs & STs, including atrocities committed under Prevention of Atrocities (POA) Act, 1989 and The Protection of Civil Rights (PCR) Act, 1955
• Crime against elderly persons and other vulnerable groups excluding crime against minorities.
• The Poisons Act, 1919

Women Safety – III Section

• Administrative, financial and project related matters of Directorate of Forensic Science Services (DFSS) and its Central Forensic Sciences Laboratories (CFSLs).
• Matters relating to Forensic Sciences, Central Advisory Committee on Forensic Sciences etc.
• National Forensic Sciences University
• Coordination and implementation of projects for strengthening the State Forensic Sciences Laboratories

Women Safety - IV

• Design, implement and monitoring of Inter-operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) project including Implementation/ Adoption of SOPs, Guidelines, Governance Framework, Funding Norms etc. to facilitate smart policing through crime analytics, and other tools, enabling enable ‘One – data once-entry’.
• Coordination and implementation of projects being undertaken in MHA for enhancement of safety of women in the country under the Nirbhaya Fund, like the Emergency Response Support System, Safe City Projects, etc.
• Encouraging new technological adoption and develop business intelligence tools and dashboards like National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS), Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offences (ITSSO), National Integrated Database on Arrested Narco-Offenders (NIDAAN), National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO), National Crime Records Check (NCRC) etc.
• Utilize emerging technologies such as big data, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain technology, and other technology tools for data computation and analytics to increase the efficiency of investigation and crime management.

Prison Reforms (PR Section)

• Prison reforms- providing guidelines to States/ UTs
• Providing financial assistance & guidelines to States/ UTs for implementation of various schemes/projects aimed at welfare of prisoners and upgradation of security infrastructure in prisons namely, Support to Poor Prisoners Scheme, Modernisation of Prisons Project and E-prisons Project
• Repatriation of Prisoners Act, 2003 and signing of bilateral agreements & multilateral treaties on Transfer of Sentenced Persons
• Administrative and logistical arrangements relating to Transfer of Sentenced Persons from India to foreign countries and vice-versa
• Administrative matters of Institute of Correctional Administration, Chandigarh
• Adoption of Model Prison Manual, 2016 and Model Prisons and Correctional Services Act by States/ UTs

Anti-Trafficking Cell (ATC)

• Law enforcement response on Trafficking in human beings, excluding legislative, welfare and promotional aspects, which are subject matters of Department of Women & Child Development
• Providing guidelines to States/UTs on strengthening law enforcement response in tackling human trafficking. Participation in national/international meetings/conferences on human trafficking
• Facilitation in setting up AHTUs in States and holding review meetings of AHTUs
• Signing of bilateral Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) on prevention of human trafficking with interested countries and accession to multilateral treaties, including matters relating to UN protocols – “Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children” and “Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air”