'Centre to review sexual harassment committees'

The working of committees to check sexual harassment at workplace will be reviewed by the Centre in order to speed up the disposal of cases received by them. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has been issuing guidelines from time to time in the aftermath of a Supreme Court judgement in the Vishakha case to ensure that all departments take prescribed steps for functioning of the complaint committees in their establishments.

It has been decided to convene a meeting with the chairpersons of the sexual harassment complaint committees set up in the ministries or departments on April 16, a DoPT official said. The DoPT has earlier asked all the ministries to include information on the various cases filed and disposed in their annual reports.