64 i RI6HTS OF THE VULNERABLE the Supreme Court in the Vishaka case, be for the creation of awareness amongst employees, as also for alerting them about the seriousness of the employers towards the issue of sexual harassment at the work place. r • It was suggested that a Committee headed by the Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development may be constituted, with Secretaries of the Ministry of Labour and the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) and representatives of prominent voluntary organisations as members, for monitoring the implementation of the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in the Vishaka case. • In order to ensure that the Vishaka guidelines were implemented, the Secretary, DOPT would write to the Secretaries of the Personnel Departments of the States and Union Territories to carry out.the necessary amendments in their Rules so that appropriate complaints mechanism could be set-up in all States/UTAs for the redressal of complaints on sexual harassment at the work place. • It was agreed that, following the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court, it was necessary to monitoj: the setting-up of Complaints Committees by the employers in the private sector also. The Commission would take the initiative to arrange a series of meetings with the representatives of the Bar Coimcil, s Chambers of Commerce, University Grants, ^Commission, educational institutions and organisations of small-scale industries among others. 6.25 Action in accordance with these decisions is being taken by the Commission and by those who attended. E] Increase in the Maintenance Allowance for Divorced Women 6.26 The Commission received a communication from the Chief Secretary, Government of Haryana, forwarding a proposal from certain senior officials of the Government of Haryana to the effect that the maintenance allowance for divorced women, as provided for in Section 125 Cr.PC, needed to be enhanced. The present provision, it was observed, allowed a maximum of Rs.500 per month, which was NATtONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION