Centre trying to increase women personnel in police forces: Union minister Nityanand

Union minister of state for home, Nityanand Rai on Sunday said the central government is making efforts to increase the number of women personnel in police forces across the country.
Addressing the inaugural session of National Conference of Women Police (NCWP) at Raj Bhavan here, Rai said that the participation of women in the police across the country is increasing and the women are doing better in all the fields.
The main focus of this conference is to address various gender specific issues related to women in police, and to further develop leadership quality among women, he added.
The minister highlighted the roles, opportunities and challenges faced by the women in police. “Our newly elected President Droupadi Murmu is a living example that now the country is progressing towards women empowerment,” he said.
Rai also said that because of the vision of Prime Minister Narender Modi, women are getting opportunities in every field of life, be it governance, politics, sports and armed forces. “Infrastructure is being created to facilitate women in police forces as well as to address the grievances related to crime against women,” the minister said.
More than 200 women police officers and personnel are participating in the two-day conference being held by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPRD), in collaboration with Himachal Police.