Government attaches highest importance to the matter of preventing and countering crimes against women and children including crimes of human trafficking

• MWCD-led policy umbrella asserting Centre's commitment despite "Police" & "Public Order" being State subjects (Entry 1 & 2, List II, Seventh Schedule).
• Combines penal reform (BNS 2023), scheme-based rehabilitation (Mission Vatsalya, Mission Shakti) and MHA-funded infrastructure (AHTUs, WHDs) financed by Nirbhaya Fund.
• Examinable as a convergence topic — GS-II (vulnerable sections, governance) and GS-I (women's issues).