Lok Sabha Question No. 163 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-02
Subject: Survey of Widows
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI, LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 163

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2018

## SURVEY OF WIDOWS

## 163. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIA S HARISH DWIVEDI: SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any data pertaining to number of widows and destitute women in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) if not, whether the Government proposes to conduct any survey to ascertain their number and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government implements any scheme to provide relief, rehabilitation and training to such women so as to enable them to earn livelihood and become self-dependent;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  funds  allocated/released  and  utilized  thereunder  during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (e) the number of shelter homes presently functional and number of women beneficiaries thereby, State/UT-wise; and
- (f) whether the Government also proposes to introduce any scheme for re-marriage of young widows in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) &  (b)  Yes,  Madam.  The  Registrar  General  of  India  conducts  decennial  Population  Census wherein data are collected on all persons living in the country at the time of Census taking. The number of widows as per census 2011, as provided by Registrar General of India, is annexed as Annexure-I .
- (c) The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  implementing  the  Swadhar  Greh  Scheme which targets the women victims of unfortunate circumstances who are in need of institutional support for rehabilitation so that they could lead their life with dignity. The Scheme envisages providing  shelter,  food,  clothing  and  health  as  well  as  economic  and  social  security  for  the women  victims  of  difficult  circumstances  which  includes  widows,  destitute  women  and  aged women.
- (d) & (e) The State-wise details  of funds  released and  utilized  under  the  Swadhar/Swadhar    Greh Scheme during  each  of  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  is  enclosed  as Annexure-II .  The State-wise  details  of  Swadhar  Grehs    presently  functional  and  number  of  beneficiaries  are enclosed as Annexure-III .
- (f) No, Madam.

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Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 163 for 02.02.2018 regarding Survey of Widows. The number of Widows as per Census 2011.

| India/States/UTs                      |   Widows |
|---------------------------------------|----------|
| INDIA                                 | 43261478 |
| State - JAMMU &KASHMIR (01)           |   283650 |
| State - HIMACHAL PRADESH (02)         |   293475 |
| State - PUNJAB (03)                   |   928158 |
| State - CHANDIGARH (04)               |    24496 |
| State - UTTARAKHAND (05)              |   387215 |
| State - HARYANA (06)                  |   773297 |
| State - NCT OF DELHI (07)             |   456613 |
| State - RAJASTHAN (08)                |  1983634 |
| State - UTTAR PRADESH (09)            |  4856188 |
| State - BIHAR (10)                    |  2238793 |
| State - SIKKIM (11)                   |    13717 |
| State - ARUNACHAL PRADESH (12)        |    31787 |
| State - NAGALAND (13)                 |    39496 |
| State - MANIPUR (14)                  |    77990 |
| State - MIZORAM (15)                  |    28569 |
| State - TRIPURA (16)                  |   164969 |
| State - MEGHALAYA (17)                |    84825 |
| State - ASSAM (18)                    |  1156042 |
| State - WEST BENGAL (19)              |  3792184 |
| State - JHARKHAND (20)                |  1027878 |
| State - ODISHA (21)                   |  1612627 |
| State - CHHATTISGARH (22)             |   973787 |
| State -MADHYA PRADESH (23)            |  2160609 |
| State - GUJARAT (24)                  |  2015742 |
| State -DAMAN &DIU (25)                |     6816 |
| State - DADRA &NAGARHAVELI (26)       |     7378 |
| State - MAHARASHTRA (27)              |  4520764 |
| State - ANDHRA PRADESH (28)           |  4297481 |
| State - KARNATAKA (29)                |  2989429 |
| State - GOA (30)                      |    77935 |
| State - LAKSHADWEEP (31)              |     2448 |
| State - KERALA (32)                   |  2010984 |
| State - TAMILNADU (33)                |  3856398 |
| State - PUDUCHERRY (34)               |    73579 |
| State - ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS (35) |    12525 |

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred  Question  No.  163  for 02.02.2018  regarding  Survey  of  Widows.  State-wise  funds  released  under  Swadhar/Swadhar Greh Scheme during the last three years and current year.

(Rupees in Lakhs)

|   S. No. | Name of States           |   Amount Released during 2014-15 |   Amount Released during 2015-16 |   Amount Released during 2016-17 |   Amount Released during 2017-18 as on 30.01.2018 |
|----------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh           |                            93.78 |                            48.21 |                           124.47 |                                            156.61 |
|        2 | Assam                    |                           128.91 |                            43.47 |                           237.56 |                                            197.03 |
|        3 | Andaman &Nicobar         |                             0    |                             0    |                             4.4  |                                              9.01 |
|        4 | Island Arunachal Pradesh |                             0    |                             0    |                             6.54 |                                              8.11 |
|        5 | Bihar                    |                             0    |                             0    |                            69.79 |                                             86.54 |
|        6 | Chandigarh               |                             0    |                             0    |                             7.27 |                                              9.01 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh             |                             7    |                             5.26 |                            17.44 |                                             16.22 |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                             0    |                             0    |                             0    |                                              0    |
|        9 | Daman &Diu               |                             0    |                             0    |                             0    |                                              0    |
|       10 | Delhi                    |                             0    |                             0    |                            14    |                                             18.02 |
|       11 | Gujarat                  |                            19.2  |                             7.58 |                            40.5  |                                             37.86 |
|       12 | Goa                      |                             0    |                             0    |                             4.36 |                                              5.4  |
|       13 | Haryana                  |                             0    |                             0    |                             4.36 |                                              9.77 |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh         |                             0    |                             0    |                             0    |                                              0    |
|       15 | Jharkhand                |                            28.58 |                             6.46 |                            24.41 |                                             18.32 |
|       16 | Jammu &Kashmir           |                             5.99 |                            17.74 |                            40    |                                             32.45 |
|       17 | Karnataka                |                           268.04 |                            67.94 |                           461.95 |                                            560.73 |
|       18 | Kerala                   |                            20.79 |                             0    |                            52.36 |                                             43.27 |
|       19 | Lakshadweep              |                             0    |                             0    |                             0    |                                              0    |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh           |                            76.12 |                            50.77 |                            95.91 |                                             89.99 |
|       21 | Maharashtra              |                           279.06 |                            35.89 |                           576.88 |                                            438.36 |
|       22 | Mizoram                  |                             2.51 |                             2.48 |                            16.72 |                                             16.22 |
|       23 | Manipur                  |                           106.63 |                            47.76 |                           284.07 |                                            189.83 |
|       24 | Meghalaya                |                             0    |                             0    |                             0    |                                              8.72 |
|       25 | Nagaland                 |                             0    |                             0    |                             6.54 |                                              8.11 |
|       26 | Odisha                   |                           104.86 |                           269.16 |                           723.85 |                                            521.43 |
|       27 | Punjab                   |                             0    |                             0    |                            10.52 |                                             10.81 |
|       28 | Puducherry               |                             0    |                             0    |                             7.27 |                                              9.01 |
|       29 | Rajasthan                |                            23.35 |                             9.13 |                            68.4  |                                            102.98 |
|       30 | Sikkim                   |                             0    |                             0    |                             6.54 |                                              8.11 |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu               |                            38.53 |                            12.48 |                           247.22 |                                            280.07 |
|       32 | Telangana                |                            74.85 |                            63.24 |                           134.61 |                                            177.88 |

| 33   | Tripura                  | 0       | 0       |   26.17 |   32.45 |
|------|--------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh            | 247.03  | 1490.89 |  383.43 |  595.34 |
| 35   | Uttarkhand               | 60.91   | 3.63    |   69.93 |   92.33 |
| 36   | West Bengal              | 74.18   | 154.48  |   18.37 |  448.35 |
| 37   | CSWB for SSH             | 1195.06 | 2521.25 | 1519.46 |    0    |
|      | CSWB for construction    | -       | -       | 3073    | 1037    |
|      | of Swadhar Greh in Total | 2855.38 | 4857.82 | 8378.3  | 5275.34 |

Vrindavan, UP

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (e)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred  Question  No.  163  for 02.02.2018  regarding  Survey  of  Widows.  ewiwSsTUte tatS  details  of  number  of  Swadhar  Greh presently functional and the number of women beneficiaries.

| S.No.   | Name                                           |   No. of Swadhar Greh |   Number of Beneficiaries |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                                 |                    26 |                       780 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh                              |                     1 |                        30 |
| 3       | Assam                                          |                    24 |                       720 |
| 4       | Bihar                                          |                    16 |                       480 |
| 5       | Punjab                                         |                     2 |                        60 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                                     |                     1 |                        30 |
| 7       | Chattisgarh                                    |                     4 |                       120 |
| 8       | Delhi                                          |                     2 |                        60 |
| 9       | Goa                                            |                     1 |                        30 |
| 10      | Gujarat                                        |                     7 |                       210 |
| 11      | Haryana                                        |                     1 |                        30 |
| 12      | Jammu &Kashmir                                 |                     4 |                       120 |
| 13      | Jharkhand                                      |                     3 |                        90 |
| 14      | Karnataka                                      |                    61 |                      1830 |
| 15      | Kerala                                         |                     8 |                       240 |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh                                 |                     6 |                       180 |
| 17      | Maharashtra                                    |                    76 |                      2280 |
| 18      | Manipur                                        |                    23 |                       690 |
| 19      | Mizoram                                        |                     2 |                        60 |
| 20      | Nagaland                                       |                     1 |                        30 |
| 21      | Odisha                                         |                    72 |                      2160 |
| 22      | Puducherry                                     |                     1 |                        30 |
| 23      | Rajasthan                                      |                    14 |                       420 |
| 24      | Sikkim                                         |                     1 |                        30 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu                                     |                    40 |                      1200 |
| 26      | Telangana                                      |                    24 |                       720 |
| 27      | Tripura                                        |                     4 |                       120 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh                                  |                    76 |                      2741 |
| 29      | Uttrakhand                                     |                     9 |                       270 |
| 30      | West Bengal                                    |                    48 |                      1440 |
| 31      | Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                     1 |                        30 |
|         | Total                                          |                   559 |                     17231 |