The Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram has reiterated his commitment to fulfill the promises he made during last year on girl child. Towards this, an amount of Rs. 1000 crore has been allocated under Nirbhaya Fund during 2014-15 as well.

The Finance Minister Shri Chidambaram informed that the fund will be a permanent fund and declared the grant of Rs. 1000 crore as non-lapsable. In order to support more proposals, the Finance Minister proposed to contribute another sum of Rs. 1000 crore next year.

Permanent non-lapsable fund for women's safety established, supporting proposals with further contribution proposed next year. Allocation to the Nirbhaya Fund establishes a permanent, non-lapsable financing mechanism to support proposals for women's safety initiatives, with an initial allotment for the fiscal year and an expressed intention to augment the Fund with an additional contribution in the subsequent year to expand support for eligible proposals.