{"id":9326,"date":"2021-02-21T09:41:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T09:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fighttrafficking.org\/?post_type=news_atc&#038;p=9326"},"modified":"2021-02-21T09:43:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T09:43:27","slug":"vijayawada-govt-urged-to-implement-mha-guidelines-on-human-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"news_atc","link":"https:\/\/www.fighttrafficking.org\/demo\/news_atc\/vijayawada-govt-urged-to-implement-mha-guidelines-on-human-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Vijayawada: Govt urged to implement MHA guidelines on human trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9326\" class=\"elementor elementor-9326\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56644df elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56644df\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f285b7\" data-id=\"9f285b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22e181d elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22e181d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vijayawada: Govt urged to implement MHA guidelines on human trafficking<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7487a0a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7487a0a9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ca5c3a\" data-id=\"2ca5c3a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c008c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28c008c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fighttrafficking.org\/demo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Untitled-design-25-768x427.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-9328\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3aed5e2f\" data-id=\"3aed5e2f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c87d0b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c87d0b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date: February 17, 2021<br \/><\/strong><strong>Source: The Hans India<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Location: Vijaywada, India<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vijayawada: Anti-human trafficking activists hailed the advisory issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs asking all the State and the Union Territories to set up Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) in all districts of their respective territories and to notify a State headquarters-level bureau to oversee and coordinate all efforts is an important and strong step.<\/p>\n<p>N Rammohan, an anti-trafficking activist and secretary of HELP organisation appealed to the State government in a statement here on Tuesday to follow the advisory by Women Safety division of MHA and notify an Anti-Human Trafficking Bureau headed by an Additional Director General of Police level officer to oversee and coordinate all trafficking related issues within the State.<\/p>\n<p>MHA has also given details of funds released so far to States to set up and upgrade AHTUs in all districts and inform the Ministry about that as soon as possible. He said that the Covid-19 lockdowns have spiralled interest rates being demanded by private money lenders. People in poverty, daily wage earners and women have been forced to borrow against high interest rates.<\/p>\n<p>Sex workers across India have been excluded from free rations and all other benefits because many of them do not have Aadhaar or ration cards to prove their eligibility for rations or bank accounts for cash transfers. AHTUs need to investigate these money lenders who have motivations to lend money to the poor and resource-less persons knowing the high risks of non-payment.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Read the Hans India (Source) article <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehansindia.com\/andhra-pradesh\/vijayawada-govt-urged-to-implement-mha-guidelines-on-human-trafficking-672549\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62c2ed3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62c2ed3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-104149b\" data-id=\"104149b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-062b02e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"062b02e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t  <div class=\"related-post grid\">\r\n        <div class=\"headline\">Related Posts<\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"post-list \">\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"item\">\r\n          \r\n  <a class=\"title post_title\"  title=\"Kerala Budget Focuses on Women Safety: Proposes Public Register of Sex Offenders\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fighttrafficking.org\/demo\/news_atc\/kerala-budget-focuses-on-women-safety-proposes-public-register-of-sex-offenders\/\">\r\n        Kerala Budget Focuses on Women Safety: Proposes Public Register of Sex Offenders  <\/a>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"thumb post_thumb\">\r\n    <a  title=\"Kerala Budget Focuses on Women Safety: Proposes Public Register of Sex Offenders\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fighttrafficking.org\/demo\/news_atc\/kerala-budget-focuses-on-women-safety-proposes-public-register-of-sex-offenders\/\">\r\n\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fighttrafficking.org\/demo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kerala-Public-Register-of-Sexual-Offenders.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <p class=\"excerpt post_excerpt\">\r\n    \u201cIt\u2019s Saturday evening at the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and we\u2019ve had non-stop calls since mid-afternoon. 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