{"id":12824,"date":"2025-12-03T16:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=12824"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:42:15","slug":"department-of-wr-rd-gr-conducts-orientation-programme-on-posh-act-to-strengthen-workplace-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=12824","title":{"rendered":"Department of WR, RD &#038; GR conducts orientation programme on POSH Act to strengthen workplace safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-center event-heading-background\">\n<h2 id=\"Titleh2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Department of WR, RD &amp; GR conducts orientation programme on POSH Act to strengthen workplace safety<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"Subtitleh3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"PrDateTime\" class=\"ReleaseDateSubHeaddateTime text-center pt20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Posted On: 21 NOV 2025 11:44AM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pt20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>An Orientation and Awareness Programme on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act, 2013 was held in the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation [DoWR, RD &amp; GR] under the Chairpersonship of Economic Adviser &amp; Chairman, Internal Complaints Committee (ICC). Ms. Janvi Satpal Babbar, Advocate &amp; External Member of ICC delivered a presentation on the provisions of the POSH Act and the Rules framed thereunder.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>This programme aimed to equip employees of DoWR, RD &amp; GR with a deeper understanding of not only the legal provisions of the Act but also its broader purpose\u2014to promote a culture of dignity and equality at the workplace.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image00117HJ.jpg\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>The Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act, 2013 was enacted in line with the Supreme Court\u2019s landmark Vishaka judgment to ensure a safe, secure and dignified workplace for women. The Act provides a comprehensive legal framework to prevent, prohibit and redress incidents of sexual harassment, clearly defining the offence and outlining the responsibilities of employers to ensure compliance.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>It mandates the establishment of Internal Complaints Committees (ICCs) in organisations with ten or more employees and emphasises not only a structured redressal mechanism but also proactive measures such as awareness, sensitisation and capacity-building. Through these provisions, the Act seeks to foster a gender-sensitive, respectful and equitable work environment for all employees.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image002WR3C.jpg\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image003WH6Y.jpg\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of WR, RD &amp; GR conducts orientation programme on POSH Act to strengthen workplace safety Posted On: 21 NOV 2025 11:44AM by PIB Delhi An Orientation and Awareness Programme on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act, 2013 was held in the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation [DoWR, RD &amp; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12826,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12824\/revisions\/12826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}