Lok Sabha Question No. 679 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-18
Subject: Facilities for Women and Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 679 TO BE ANSWERED ON  18.11.2016

## FACILITIES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN

## 679.  SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  provided  adequate  facilities  including  financial  and  infrastructure  and implementing schemes for women and children suffering from various social security and health/age related health problems and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  maintained  any  registry  to  record  women  and  child  related  problem  in  the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the measures taken by the Government to provide medical care facilities for socially and economically poor women and children suffering without any support from other family members; and
- (d)  the  funds  provided  to  various  States/  UTs  for  the  same  during  the  last  three  years  and  the    current  year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):      The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  implementing  a  number  of  schemes  for  the welfare and development of women and children across the country.  The Schemes are as follows:

- i. Swadhar and Short Stay Homes to provide relief and rehabilitation to destitute women and women in distress;
- ii. Support  to  Training    and  Employment  Programme  for  Women  (STEP)  to  ensure  sustainable employment and income generation for  marginalized  and  asset-less  rural  and  urban  poor  women across the country;
- iii. Rastriya  Mahila  Kosh  (RMK)  to  extend  micro-finance  services  to  bring  about  socio-economic upliftment of poor women;
- iv. National Mission for Empowerment of Women (NMEW) to strengthen the overall processes that promote all round development of Women;
- v. Rajiv  Gandhi  Scheme  for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls-Sabla for all-round development of adolescent girls of 11-18 years by making them self-reliant by facilitating access to learning, health and nutrition;
- vi. Matritva Sahayog Yojana (IGMSY) has been contributing towards better enabling environment by providing cash incentives for improved health and nutrition to pregnant and nursing mothers;
- vii. Schemes of One Stop Centre and Universalisation of Women Helpline are being implemented to provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence;
- viii. Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme;
- ix. Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS)

The  details  of  the  schemes  and  the  number  of  women  and  children  benefitted  under  these  schemes alongwith the details of funds sanctioned and released to the States/UTs during the last three years are available in  the  Annual  Report  of  the  Ministry  for  the  respective  years  viz.,  2013-14,  2014-15  and  2015-16  which  are available in the Library of the Lok Sabha Secretariat.  The details are also available on the Ministry's website viz. www.wcd.nic.in.

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