Appointment of Protection Officer
Under Section 8(1) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA), 2005, the State Governments are required to appoint such number of Protection Officers in each district as they may consider necessary. All the State Governments and UT Administrations have appointed Protection Officers. A Statement showing the number of Protection Officers appointed State-wise is as follows-
STATUS OF APPOINTMENT OF PROTECTION OFFICERS UNDER THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT, 2005 (As on 13.08.12 as provided by State/UTs)
|
Sl.No. |
Name of the State/UT |
No. of Districts |
No. of Protection Officers appointed. |
|
1. |
Andhra Pradesh |
23 |
104 |
|
2. |
Arunachal Pradesh |
15 |
|
|
3. |
Assam |
27 |
22 |
|
4. |
Bihar |
38 |
21 |
|
5. |
Chhattisgarh |
18 |
181 |
|
6. |
Goa |
02 |
13 |
|
7. |
Gujarat |
26 |
44 |
|
8. |
Haryana |
21 |
20 |
|
9. |
Himachal Pradesh |
12 |
359 |
|
10. |
Jammu & Kashmir |
15 |
Act is not Applicable to the State |
|
11. |
Jharkhand |
24 |
136 |
|
12. |
Karnataka |
28 |
214 |
|
13. |
Kerala |
14 |
31 |
|
14. |
Madhya Pradesh |
50 |
368 |
|
15. |
Maharashtra |
35 |
3730 |
|
16. |
Manipur |
09 |
8 |
|
17. |
Meghalaya |
07 |
7 |
|
18. |
Mizoram |
08 |
9 |
|
19. |
Nagaland |
11 |
30 |
|
20 |
Odisha |
30 |
30 |
|
21 |
Punjab |
20 |
148 |
|
22. |
Rajasthan |
33 |
574 |
|
23. |
Sikkim |
04 |
4 |
|
24. |
Tamil Nadu |
31 |
33 |
|
25. |
Tripura |
04 |
60 |
|
26. |
Uttar Pradesh |
70 |
71 |
|
27. |
Uttarakhand |
17 |
13 |
|
28. |
West Bengal |
18 |
20 |
|
|
UnionTerritories |
|
|
|
29. |
A & N Islands |
03 |
6 |
|
30 |
Chandigarh |
01 |
3 |
|
31 |
D & N Haveli |
01 |
1 |
|
32. |
Daman & Diu |
02 |
2 |
|
33. |
Delhi |
10 |
17 |
|
34. |
Lakshadweep |
01 |
9 |
|
35. |
Puducherry |
04 |
7 |
|
|
Total |
633 |
6310 |
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