Tamilnadu State Commission for Women – A Study

Abstract

The most significant effort taken by the Government of India in the direction of protecting and promoting the equal rights of women was the setting up of “National Commission for Women" as statutory body in January 1992 under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990 to review the constitutional and Legal safeguards for women, to recommend remedial legislative measures, facilitate redressal of grievances and advise the Government on all policy matters affecting women. It was followed by various states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala etc. which set up the State Commission for women.