Lok Sabha Question No. 4996 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Shelter Homes for Women
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.4996 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2016

## SHELTER HOMES FOR WOMEN

## 4996.   SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT:

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

- (a) the details of the Shelter Homes for Women both in private and Government sector being run at present with a view to provide social security to them, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the grants given to such Shelter Homes by the Government during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has received complaints about the sexual exploitation of women in such homes during the said period; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  against  such homes?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a)  &  (b)  This  Ministry  is  implementing  Swadhar  Greh  Scheme  for  the  benefit  of  women  in difficult circumstances, through implementing agencies such as Voluntary Organisations, State Govt. Agencies and Social Welfare Departments of States/UTs, etc. The details of Swadhar  Homes  being  run  at  present  under  Swadhar  Greh  Scheme  State/UT-wise alongwith grants released during each of the last 3 years and current year, State/UT-wise is given at Annexure.
- (c) No, Madam.
- (e) Question does not arise in view of answer to (c) above.

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## Annexure

## Details  of  funds  released  to  States/UTs  and  number  of  Shelter  Homes  under  Swadhar Scheme/Swadhar Greh Scheme

## (Rupees in lakhs)

|   S. No. | Name of States           |   Amount released 2013-14 |   Amount released 2014-15 |   Amount released 2015-16 |   Amount released to State Govts. and NGOs for 2016-17 upto 13.12.2016 | Number of Swadhar Greh at present   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh           |                    184.77 |                     93.78 |                     48.21 |                                                                 118.79 | 26                                  |
|        2 | Assam                    |                     97.98 |                    128.91 |                     43.47 |                                                                 207.25 | 24                                  |
|        3 | Andaman & Nicobar Island |                      0    |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                   4.43 | 1                                   |
|        4 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                      0    |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                   6.54 | 1                                   |
|        5 | Bihar                    |                     33.01 |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                  69.79 | 16                                  |
|        6 | Chandigarh               |                      0    |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                   0    | 1                                   |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh             |                      7.17 |                      7    |                      5.26 |                                                                  17.44 | 4                                   |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                      0    |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                   0    | 0                                   |
|        9 | Daman &Diu               |                      0    |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                   0    | 0                                   |
|       10 | Delhi                    |                      0    |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                  14    | 2                                   |
|       11 | Gujarat                  |                     27.75 |                     19.2  |                      7.58 |                                                                  40.5  | 7                                   |
|       12 | Goa                      |                      0    |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                   4.36 | 1                                   |
|       13 | Haryana                  |                      9.07 |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                   4.36 | 1                                   |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh         |                      0    |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                   0    | 0                                   |
|       15 | Jharkhand                |                      7.79 |                     28.58 |                      6.46 |                                                                  20.61 | 3                                   |
|       16 | Jammu& Kashmir           |                     20.23 |                      5.99 |                     17.74 |                                                                  32.75 | 4                                   |
|       17 | Karnataka                |                    270.96 |                    268.04 |                     67.94 |                                                                 421.65 |                                     |
|       18 | Kerala                   |                     16.1  |                     20.79 |                      0    |                                                                  47.49 | 8                                   |
|       19 | Lakshadweep              |                      0    |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                   0    | 0                                   |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh           |                    114.58 |                     76.12 |                     50.77 |                                                                  78.26 | 6                                   |
|       21 | Maharashtra              |                    301.49 |                    279.06 |                     35.89 |                                                                 534.03 | 76                                  |
|       22 | Mizoram                  |                      8.64 |                      2.51 |                      2.48 |                                                                  16.72 | 23                                  |
|       23 | Manipur                  |                    148.52 |                    106.63 |                     47.76 |                                                                 216.09 | 2                                   |
|       24 | Meghalaya                |                      0    |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                   0    | 0                                   |
|       25 | Nagaland                 |                      0    |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                   6.54 | 1                                   |
|       26 | Odisha                   |                     16.2  |                    104.86 |                    269.16 |                                                                 291.7  | 73                                  |
|       27 | Punjab                   |                      1.8  |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                  10.52 | 2                                   |
|       28 | Puducherry               |                      0    |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                   0    | 1                                   |
|       29 | Rajasthan                |                     58.65 |                     23.35 |                      9.13 |                                                                  61.06 | 14                                  |
|       30 | Sikkim                   |                      0    |                      0    |                      0    |                                                                   6.54 | 1                                   |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu               |                    120.63 |                     38.53 |                     12.48 |                                                                 204.75 | 40                                  |

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| 32   | Telangana     |       0 |   74.85 |   63.24 |   115.70 | 24   |
|------|---------------|---------|---------|---------|----------|------|
| 33   | Tripura       |    0    |    0    |    0    |    26.17 | 4    |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh |  144.39 |  247.03 | 1490.89 |  2227.11 | 72   |
| 35   | Uttar hand    |    0    |   60.91 |    3.63 |    58.88 | 4    |
| 36   | West Bengal   |  128.81 |   74.18 |  154.48 |    18.37 | 48   |
| 37   | CSWB for SSH  | 3355.57 | 1195.06 | 2521.25 |   128.68 |      |
|      | Total         | 5074.11 | 2855.38 | 4857.82 |  5011.08 | 551  |

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