Lok Sabha Question No. 4260 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Nirbhaya Fund
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SANJAY JAISWAL, OM BIRLA, HARI MANJHI, HARIOM SINGH RATHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 4260

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2017

## NIRBHAYA FUND

4260.   DR. SANJAY JAISWAL: SHRI OM BIRLA: SHRI HARI MANJHI: SHRI HARIOM SINGH RATHORE:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  salient  features  and  corpus  of  Nirbhaya  Fund  implemented  by  the  Government  for  enhancing safety and security of women in the country;
- (b) the details of project proposals of various Ministries/ Departments  and          States/ UTs       received, appraised and recommended/ approved along with the funds provided thereunder  since its inception;
- (c) the details of projects completed/ commenced and funds utilised out of the projects approved  so far, project-wise;
- (d) whether  a  large  portion  of  Nirbhaya  Fund  remains  unutilized  and  if  so,  the  reaction  of  the Government thereto;
- (e) the further measures taken for the judicious/ optimum utilisation of Nirbhaya Fund for its better implementation; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the Government for safety and security of women/girls in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)

- (a): Government  of  India  has  set  up  a  dedicated  fund  called  Nirbhaya  Fund  for  implementation  of initiatives aimed at enhancing the safety and security of women in the country. As per the guidelines of Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Women and Child Development is the nodal authority for appraisal of the  schemes/proposals  received  under  Nirbhaya  Fund.  Also,  Ministry  of  Finance  has  set  up  an Empowered  Committee  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Secretary,  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child Development for appraising and approving various schemes/project proposals proposed to be funded from the Nirbhaya  Fund. The concerned Ministries take up the sanction and implementation of the schemes/proposals so appraised as they do for their other schemes/projects.

Nirbhaya Fund was set up with a corpus of Rs. 1000 Cr. during 2013-14. Further, an amount of Rs 1000 Cr. was provided in 2014-15 and for the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18, an amount of Rs. 550 cr. (each financial year) was provided under the Nirbhaya Fund.  The corpus transferred to the Public Account for the Nirbhaya fund upto 2017-18 is Rs. 3100 Cr.

- (b)    to (d): Under the Nirbhaya fund, 22 proposals on women's safety and security from Central Ministries and State Governments amounting to Rs.2209.19 Crores have been appraised and recommended by the Empowered Committee as on 21.07.2017. The list of  these  projects  is  given  at  Annexure  -  I.  The proposals of different Ministries, appraised and recommended so far by the Empowered Committee are at different stages of implementation.

Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing three schemes under Nirbhaya Fund, namely, One Stop Centre (OSC), Women Helpline(WHL) and Mahila Police Volunteer. One Stop Centres have been set up to facilitate access to an integrated range of services including medical, legal, and psychological support to women affected by violence to be funded through Nirbhaya Fund. The One Stop Centres will be integrated with 181 and other existing helplines.       So far, 151 One Stop  Centres  have  become  operational.  The  Scheme  of  Universalisation  of  Women  Helpline  is intended  to  provide  24  hours  immediate  and  emergency  response  to  women  affected  by  violence through  referral  and  information  about  women  related  government  schemes  programs  across  the country  through  a  single  uniform  number.  The  MWCD  in  collaboration  with  MHA  has  envisaged engagement  of  Mahila  Police  Volunteers  in  State/UTs  who  will  act  as  a  link  between  Police  and Community and facilitate women in distress.

- (e)      & (f): The Empowered Committee of Officers, under the chairmanship of Secretary, WCD, which is an  inter-ministerial  committee  appraises  and  recommends  various  proposals/projects  proposed  by different  Ministries/Departments/States.  The  concerned  Ministries  then  take  up  the  sanction  and implementation of the schemes/proposals so appraised as they do for their other schemes/projects. This Committee regularly reviews the implementation of the projects and   try to ensure judicious utilization of  funds  from  time  to  time  with  the  concerned  Ministries.  Furthermore,  the  Ministries  and  State Governments  have  been  requested  on  10 th April,  2017  and  reminded  on  1 st August,  2017  to  send innovative proposals that can enhance the security and safety of women.

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STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) to (d) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 4260  ASKED  BY  DR.  SANJAY  JAISWAL,  SHRI  OM  BIRLA,  SHRI  HARI  MANJHI  AND  SHRI HARIOM  SINGH  RATHORE  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  11.08.2017  REGARDING  NIRBHAYA FUND.

(Rs. in Crore)

| S.No.   | Name of the proposal and Ministry/ Department                                                                                                     |   Cost of Proposal |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1.      | Emergency Response Support System,MHA                                                                                                             |             321.69 |
| 2.      | Creation of Central Victim Compensation Fund (CVCF),MHA                                                                                           |             200    |
| 3.      | Creation of Investigative Units for Crime against Women (IUCAW),MHA                                                                               |             324    |
| 4.      | Organized Crime Investigative Agency (OCIA), MHA                                                                                                  |              83.2  |
| 5.      | Cyber Crime Prevention against Women &Children (CCPWC),MHA                                                                                        |             195.83 |
| 6.      | Proposal for providing facility of Social Workers/Counsellors at the District and Sub- Divisional Police Station Level in Delhi, Delhi Police/MHA |               5.07 |
| 7.      | New building with women centric facilities for Special Unit for Women & Children (SPUWAC) and Special Unit for North East Region (SPUNER) at      |              23.53 |
| 8.      | Nanakpura, Delhi Police/MHA Integrated Emergency Response Management System (IEMRS), Ministry of Railways                                         |             500    |
| 9.      | Development &Field Testing of panic Switch based safety Device for Cars and Buses for aiding Women's Safety, MeiTY                                |               3.5  |
| 10.     | Abhaya Project Proposal for safety of women and girl child, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh                                                               |             138.49 |
| 11.     | Chirali Proposal, Women Empowerment Directorate, Govt. of Rajasthan                                                                               |              10.2  |
| 12.     | One Stop Centre,MWCD                                                                                                                              |             119.69 |
| 13.     | Universalisation of Women Helpline,MWCD                                                                                                           |              69.49 |
| 14.     | Proposal on implementation of Mahila Police Volunteers Scheme in two districts, namely, Karnal and Mahendragarh, Govt. of Haryana                 |               1.29 |
| 15.     | Proposal on implementation of Mahila Police Volunteers Scheme in two districts, namely, Anantapur and Kadapa, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh             |               2.25 |
| 16.     | Proposal on implementation of Mahila Police Volunteers Scheme in two districts, namely, Surat and Ahmedabad, Govt. of Gujarat                     |               1.27 |
| 17.     | Capacity Building at Village/ District/ State level for reducing violence against women, Govt. of Uttarakhand                                     |               0.72 |
| 18.     | Training women for heavy passengers vehicles, Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Govt. of Karnataka                                    |              10.54 |
| 19.     | Smart and safe cities free from violence against women and girls' programme, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh                                              |               1.74 |
| 20.     | Safe city project, Govt. of Odisha                                                                                                                |             110.35 |
| 21.     | Installation of CCTVs in buses, UPSRTC, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh                                                                                    |              83.5  |
| 22.     | Nirbhaya Shelter Home, Govt. of Nirbhaya Fund                                                                                                     |               2.84 |
|         | Total                                                                                                                                             |            2209.19 |