What is 112 Emergency Response Support System (ERSS)?
Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) is a Pan-India single number (112) based emergency response system for citizens in emergencies.
Each State/ UT is required to designate a dedicated Emergency Response Centres (ERC) to handle emergency requests.
Emergency assistance from Police, Fire & Rescue, Health and other services.
Recently which helpline number is merged with 112 ERSS?
The Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry has decided to do away with the concept of NGOs running Childline (a counselling and distress relief helpline for children) which has been attending to children under emergency since 1995.
In the first phase, the Ministry has merged the 1098 helpline with the 112 ERSS in nine States Union Territories where operations will start by June-end.
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They are Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu, Gujarat, Goa, Ladakh, Mizoram and Puducherry. The others will be on board in a phased manner.
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