Nationwide Emergency Response System with 112 as emergency number
Q. Which of the following statements is/are correct about Nationwide Emergency Response System?
1. The Department of Women and Child Development is implementing agency of Nationwide Emergency Response System
2. Emergency Number “112” is selected for this system.- Published on 21 Oct 15a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
ANSWER: Only 2
- MHA has initiated steps to set up a Nationwide Emergency Response System to respond to the needs of women in distress across the country.
- Department of Telecommunications has already allocated Emergency Number “112” for this system.
- The committee under chairmanship of Justice (retd.) J S Verma had recommended the setting up of a public emergency response system which will have the ability to dispatch an Emergency Response (ER) unit to respond and close the ER call
