Lok Sabha Question No. 3851 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-24
Subject: Poorna Shakti Kendras
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ANTO  ANTONY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 3851

TO BE ANSWER ON 24.03.2017

## POORNA SHAKTI KENDRAS

## 3851. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

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

- (a) Whether the Government is implementing any scheme called Poorna Shakti Kendras(PSKs) to empower rural women in the country;
- (b) If so, the details and the salient features thereof; and
- (c) The  amount  spent  under  the  scheme  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year; State/UT-Wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes, Govt. of India has been implementing Poorna Shakti Kendras(PSKs) under National Mission  for  empowerment  of    Women(NMEW)  scheme  to  empower  women  in  the country.
- (b) Poorna Shakti Kendra (PSK) has been implementing in a pilot mode which entails setting up  of  convergence  centres  with  staff  at  district/block  and  Gram  Panchayat  level  to facilitate greater access/utilization of schemes/programs in order   to empower the women of the country.  In order to make women more empowered, many planned activities and programmes through the PSK  are being  carried out and the focus  has been laid on the crucial  pointers  such  as  declining  child  sex  ratio,  efforts  to  eliminate  violence  against women, social empowerment of women with emphasis on health and education, drudgery reduction, women's access to resources. Local/region specific issues that affect women's empowerment are also being addressed through PSK projects.  They are also carrying out activities/assistance in implementation of BBBP, Women helpline etc schemes.
- (c) The released of grant in aid and  spent  under the scheme during the last three years and the current year, State/UTs-wise   are annexed at Annexure-A

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ANNEXURE-A Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.3851  for 24.03.2017.

|   Sl. No. | Name of State     | Name of District         | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | Total GIA released   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Krishna                  | Nil       | Nil       | 20        | Nil       | (Rs. in lakh) 20     |
|         2 | Assam             | Kamrup Metro             | 7.1       | Nil       | 21.49     | Nil       | 38.62                |
|         3 | Bihar             | Aurangabad               | 6.63      | Nil       | 13.37     | Nil       | 20                   |
|         4 | Chandigarh        | Chandigarh               | 10        | Nil       | 14.26     | Nil       | 24.26                |
|         5 | Gujarat           | Sabarkantha              | 6.63      | Nil       | 28.11     | 2.63      | 37.37                |
|         6 | Jammu and Kashmir | Kulgam                   | 20        | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 20                   |
|         7 | Karnataka         | Gulbarga                 | 6.63      | Nil       | 13.36     | 8.46      | 28.45                |
|         8 | Madhya Pradesh    | Bhopal                   | 6.63      | Nil       | 13.37     | Nil       | 20                   |
|         9 | Meghalaya         | West Jaintia             | Nil       | Nil       | 5.74      | 3.78      | 24.52                |
|        10 | Mizoram           | Hills Champai            | 20.11     | Nil       | 30.98     | 13.1      | 84.19                |
|        11 | Puducherry        | Puducherry               | 20        | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 20                   |
|        12 | Rajasthan         | Pali (150 GPs)           | Nil       | 181       | 80.48     | 62.52     | 648.14               |
|        13 | Rajasthan         | Bundi (10 GPs)           | 6.63      | 26.03     | Nil       | Nil       | 32.66                |
|        14 | Telangana         | Nalgonda                 | 27.17     | Nil       | Nil       | 6.96      | 34.13                |
|        15 | Tamil Nadu        | Salem                    | 6.63      | Nil       | 13.37     | Nil       | 20                   |
|        16 | Uttarakhand       | Haridwar                 | 20        | Nil       | 27.77     | Nil       | 47.77                |
|        17 | West Bengal       | Malda                    | 6.63      | 26.57     | 23.16     | 8.73      | 65.09                |
|        18 | Nagaland          | Kohima                   | Nil       | Nil       | 29.1      | 42.21     | 91.31                |
|        19 | Tripura           | West Tripura             | 20        | Nil       | Nil       | 6.43      | 26.43                |
|        20 | Haryana#          | Mewat                    | 46.63     | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 46.63                |
|        21 | Bihar             | Begusarai (NF)           | 10        | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 10                   |
|        22 |                   | Nalanda (NF)             | 30        | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 30                   |
|        23 | Chhattisgarh      | Bilaspur (NF)            | 20        | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 20                   |
|        24 | Daman and Diu     | Daman (NF)               | 10        | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 10                   |
|        25 | Haryana           | Rohtak (NF)              | 20        | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 20                   |
|        26 |                   | Panipat (NF)             | 20        | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 20                   |
|        27 | Himachal Pradesh  | Solan (NF)               | 6.63      | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 6.63                 |
|        28 | Jharkhand         | West                     | 6.63      | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 6.63                 |
|        29 | Maharashtra       | Singhbhum (NF) Pune (NF) | 20        | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 20                   |
|        30 | Orissa            | Nayagarh (NF)            | 20        | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 20                   |
|        31 | Sikkim            | East Sikkim (NF)         | 20        | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 20                   |
|        32 | Uttar Pradesh     | Kannauj                  | 16.63     | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 16.63                |
|        33 |                   | Banda                    | 20        | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 20                   |
|        34 | Uttarakhand       | Pithorgarh (NF)          | 20        | Nil       | Nil       | Nil       | 20                   |

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