 bill no 237 of 2018 the protection of women from domestic violence (amendment) bill, 2018 by shri vinod kumar boianapalli, mp a billto amend the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—43 of 2005amendment of section 52 in section 5 of the protecion of women from domestic violence act, 2005, (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), after clause (c), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:—''(f) of the available self-help groups in his jurisdiction and provide her access to such groups;5(g) of the national skill india policy and connect her to one of the schemes;"amendment of section 93 in section 9 of the principal act, in sub-section (1), after clause (h), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:''(ha) to ensure that the victim has been provided access o self-help groups and/or national skill india policy schemes;''10 statement of objects and reasonsaccording to the national crime records bureau of india report in the year 2012, incidents of crime against women has increased by 64 per cent the report also suggests that a crime against women is committed in every three minutes fifty to seventy per cent women face domestic violence, while only two per cent of them reach the police to report the case this gap between the actual rate of crime and the reported rate needs to be mended one predominant reasons cited in various researches and agreed commonly, of women refraining  from reporting cases of domestic violence against them is their financial dependence on the male counterpart or the householdthe need is to improve the accessibility of laws against domestic violence by equipping women with financial independence and security it is also required to include the institution of self-help groups and the national skill india policy schemes which are more inclusive and efficient in providing financial independence and security to the victims of domestic violencethe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 with a view to ensure financial security to the victims of domestic violence by providing them access to available self-help groups and national skill india policy schemeshence this billnew delhi;vinod kumar boianapallinovember 26, 2018 annexure extract from the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 (43 to 2005)      5 a police officer, protection officer, service provider or magistrate who has received a complaint of domestic violence or is otherwise present at the place of an incident of domestic violence or when the incident of domestic violence is reported to him, shall inform the aggrieved person—duties of police officers, service providers and magistrate|     |     |     |     |    ||------|------|------|------|-----|(e) of her right to file a complaint under section 498a of the indian penal code, wherever relevant:     9 (1) it shall be the duty of the protection officer—     duties and functions of protection officers(h) to ensure that the order for monetary relief under section 20 is complied with and executed, in accordance with the procedure prescribed under the code of criminal procedure, 1973;|     |     |     |     |    ||------|------|------|------|-----|—————— a billfurther to amend the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005————(shri vinod kumar boianapalli, mp)mgipmrnd—2129ls(s3)—20-12-2018