a) The Commission shall establish, fund and operate, a toll-free Anti-Ragging
Helpline, operational round the clock, which could be accessed by students in
distress owing to ragging related incidents.
b) Any distress message received at the Anti-Ragging Helpline shall be
simultaneously relayed to the Head of the Institution, the Warden of the Hostels,
the Nodal Officer of the affiliating University, if the incident reported has taken
place in an institution affiliated to a University, the concerned District authorities
and if so required, the District Magistrate, and the Superintendent of Police, and
shall also be web enabled so as to be in the public domain simultaneously for the
media and citizens to access it.
c) The Head of the institution shall be obliged to act immediately in response to the
information received from the Anti-Ragging Helpline as at sub-clause (b) of this
clause.
d) The telephone numbers of the Anti-Ragging Helpline and all the important
functionaries in every institution, Heads of institutions, faculty members,
members of the anti-ragging committees and anti ragging squads, district and
sub-divisional authorities and state authorities, Wardens of hostels, and other
functionaries or authorities where relevant, shall be widely disseminated for
access or to seek help in emergencies.
e) The Commission shall maintain an appropriate data base to be created out of
affidavits, affirmed by each student and his/her parents/guardians and stored
electronically by the institution, either on its or through an agency to be
designated by it; and such database shall also function as a record of ragging
complaints received, and the status of the action taken thereon.
f) The Commission shall make available the database to a non-governmental
agency to be nominated by the Central Government, to build confidence in the
public and also to provide information of non compliance with these Regulations
to the Councils and to such bodies as may be authorised by the Commission or
by the Central Government.
8.2 The Commission shall take the following regulatory steps, namely;