When was the Department of Women and Child Development created?

1982

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1983

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1984

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1985

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The correct option is D 1985
Post-independence social changes were directed towards empowering women and uplifting the deprived sections of the society. A ‘Department of Women and Child Development’ was created under the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 1985, to promote the all-round development of women and children in India.

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