'Nirbhaya fund': Women's empowerment or tokenism?

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The Social Network discusses government's announcement of the Rs 1,000 crore 'Nirbhaya Fund' during the last budget speech. The fund has largely been slammed by activists as a 'populist measure, peanuts and tokenism', lacking long-term policy to rehabilitate rape survivors.

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