Recommendations of the Commission

April 2007-March 2008

Following recommendations were sent by the Commission to concerned Departments of State Government during the period under report:

1. Removal of maximum limit of not exceeding at Rs. 2000.00 per woman in one year as instant relief to women in difficult situation;
   
   

2. Setting up Short Stay Homes in four Districts of Tripura by the Government for
   
   

3. victimized women who require temporary shelter;
   
   

4. Period for maternity leave for women working in Government and Semi-Government institutions should be raised to six months;
   
   

5. Setting up Special Intensive Care Unit exclusively for female patients with serious burn injury in G B Panth Medical College & Hospital;
   
   

6. Adequate Provision for the treatment of women and girls with psychological problems and also for the insane street girls and women in newly opened Psychiatric Hospital at Narsingarh;
   
   

7. Installation of DNA test facility in the present State Forensic Science Laboratory, Govt. of Tripura, Narsinggarh, Agartala;
   
   

8. Sensitization of Magistrates, Police Officers and other stakeholders regarding Juvenile Justice Act;
   
   

9. Formation of Child Welfare Committees for four districts of Tripura;
   
   

10. Involvement of the Dept. of Social Welfare & Social Education (SW&SE) in the process of Adoption of Children in the State and the Department of SW & SE should act as the primary agency for Adoption;
    
    

11. Sensitization of Judges, Police and other stakeholders regarding powers, functions and responsibilities of the Child Welfare Committee;
    
    

12. "Value the Girl Child" campaign should be initiated which may include Documentation and Research, con sultation with all stakeholders, Sessions in Medical Colleges, short films on the issue, campaigns in the colleges and schools, media campaigns;
    
    

13. More gender specific and gender-disaggregated data regarding children should be generated so that the status of the girl child is better understood and methods can be evolved to ameliorate her condition;
    
    

14. Wide publicity about the contents of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005;
    
    

15. Workshop for sensitization Magistrates, Police Officers, Protection Officers and Service Providers for proper awareness and implementation of PWDVA, 2005;
    
    

16. In light of the high incidence of domestic violence, there should be separate allocations for the implementation of the laws relating to domestic violence;
    
    

17. Though the responsibility of putting in place infrastructure has been vested with State Governments, one cannot loose sight of the fact that the PWDVA is a Central Law. The Centre has a duty in the federal structure to make an adequate budget available to the States for the purpose of implementation of this law;
    
    

18. A serious initiative may be taken by the concerned Department for implementation of The Tripura Recording of Marriage Act, 2003 and massive awareness generation regarding the necessity of recording of marriages may be started throughout the State;
    
    

19. The Act may be implemented with retrospective effect so that the spouses willing to record marriages according to this Act can be able to do so.
    
    

20. Regular monitoring and supervision of living conditions of the prisoners in the female jail should be ensured by the concerned department;
    
    

21. A completely separate administrative structure should be developed and introduced in the Female Jail;
    
    

22. Creation of the post for Female Jailor for Female Jail in Tripura; Services of the officers and employees in the Female Jail should be made transferable;
    
    

23. Emphasis should be given on the process of correction and reform of the female convicts so that their mind can fully be free from criminal attitude and they can be able to lead a normal life in the society after their release;
    
    

24. Setting up a women's wing manned by a female police officer in every police station to take care of cases filed by or on behalf of women;
    
    

25. Infrastructural development for all Family Courts of the State and appointment of experienced counsellors in these Family Courts;
    
    

26. Extension of the provision for separate toilet facilities for women and men litigants in the Court Complex, Agartala;
    
    

27. A Women Development Corporation in Tripura needs to be set up with the sole objective to empower women socially, economically and educationally, so that they are equipped to play a major role in the development process of the State
    
    

28. A Women Cooperative Bank needs to be set up to meet the rising need of micro credit for Women Coop eratives /SHGs;
    
    

29. Construction of Office Building of the Tripura Commission for Women;
    
    

30. For effective implementation of the Tripura Commission for Women Act, 1993, Rules should be immediately be prepared by the nodal Department.