Indian Railways launch ‘SHINE’ to empower women at workplace

The Indian Railways has launched a customised app for women employees to lodge complaints astir intersexual harassment astatine the workplace. 

Sexual Harassment Incident Notification for Empowerment (SHINE) was made operational connected the juncture of the International Women’s Day connected Sunday (March 8, 2026).

This installation would beryllium successful summation to the existing interior complaints committee formed successful each organisation successful compliance with the Visakha guidelines of the Supreme Court successful 1997 and Government of India instructions to support women astatine workplace issued from clip to time. With SHINE, women employees tin lodge complaints done the Human Resources Management System (HRMS). 

SHINE for visitors too 

According to railway sources, SHINE besides allows reporting incidents oregon complaints connected behalf of outsiders (visitors), contractual staff, students and others who whitethorn not person entree to the app. 

It would support confidentiality and code issues brought to the announcement of the authorities acrophobic effectively. The app could beryllium accessed done the ‘Employee Self Service’ system.

Going by the existing guidelines, committees had been constituted astatine assorted levels to code complaints of intersexual harassment faced by women employees. 

SHINE had been developed to marque the mechanics much confidential and to beryllium addressed successful an expeditious manner. 

“This diagnostic is accessible to each pistillate employees, and they tin grounds their ailment straight and it volition beryllium received by the acrophobic committee nominated to woody with specified complaints online,” a enactment sent to each Zonal General Managers said.