- The fund is created by Ministry of Finance in 2013 with a corpus of Rs 1000 crore.
- It is aimed at enhancing the safety and security for women in the country.
- It is a non-lapsable corpus fund.
- It is being monitored by Empowered Committee of Officers under Secretary of Women and Child Development Ministry.
- It is an inter-ministerial committee which appraises and recommends various projects (schemes) proposed by different ministries to be funded from Nirbhaya Fund.
- The Fund is administered by Department of Economic Affairs of the finance ministry