The committee was formed in the backdrop of the horrific Nirbhaya gang-rape incident in Delhi in December 2012.
The Justice J S Verma Committee was constituted in 2012 to propose legal reforms regarding the safety of which of the following sections of Indian society?
Asked in UPSC Geoscientist 2020 · Topic: Human Development (Gender Development Index (GDI) and Gender Inequality Index (GII))
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