He further stated that ZPs have been asked to prepare a booklet on the subject for circulation among students. The ZPs have also been asked to form committees under the chief executive officers to provide legal aid to women in distress.

The new list of 21 schemes to be executed by the woman and child committees of ZPs includes: bicycles for poor girls, “life-skills” for adolescents, mass weddings to combat dowry, martial arts training for girls, sewing machines to poor women, health checkup camps for infants, competitions for talented children, counselling on domestic violence, inclusion of eggs, milk, fruits, jaggery and groundnuts for mid-day meal, equipment for anganwadis, uniforms for students from Class V to Class X, financial aid to economically backward students, technical and vocational training, training for computer literacy, legal aid for women, helpline for women in distress, medicines for anganwadis and awards for good anganwadis.