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on rights of women including gender sensitization through wo rkshops, National Mission for Empowerment of Women (NMEW autonomous institutions under the Ministry including the National Commission for Women (NCW) National Institute of Public Corporation and Child Development(NIPCCD) Article 15(3) of the Constitution of India empowers the State to make special pr ovisions for women and children Ministry of Women & Child Development implements the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Emp owerment of Adolescent Girls (SABLA) for the all round development of adolescent girls of 11-18 years. Carbon Disclosure Project Carbon Disclosure Project voluntary, international, and not-for-profit organization having membership of a bout six thousand large companies in the world that have agreed, on a voluntary basis to measure, disclose, manage and share their environmental data and information including climate related strategies, greenhouse gas emissions and energy use i n a format developed by the CDP. CDP in India are operated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India and the Confede ration of Indian Industry (CII). In 2012, out of 200 companies in India which we re approached by the CII for the information, 53 companies responded. Priyadarshini scheme this year for women s empowerment through formation of self hel p groups, which will be implemented in selected districts of the country shortly . Priyadarshini scheme this year for women s empowerment through formation of self hel p groups, which will be implemented in selected districts of the country shortly . Swayamsidha , an integrated scheme for holistic empowerment of women through self-h elp groups was expanded to all blocks in the country. Tailormade training and ca pacity building programmes for Non Governmental Organizations especially working for the rehabilitation of trafficked victims were introduced under the scheme. Ujjawala for prevention of trafficking, rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration of victims of trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation was introduced. The scheme provides prevention through formation of community vigilance groups and awareness and sensitization of key functioning, rescue and safe withdrawal of th e victim from the place of exploitation. Provisions have also been made for reha bilitation, which include safe shelter for victims with basic inputs of food, cl othing, counseling and vocational training.Number of Swadhar and Short Stay Home s which cater to trafficked women rescued or run away from brothels also increas ed to 240 and 380 respectively this year. Nutrition Resource Platform (NRP) is an initiative of Ministry of Women and Chi ld Development, Government of India, developed with an aim to collect, collate a nd make available interactive knowledge resources and materials on nutrition and child development to diverse stakeholders. Priyadarshini Scheme