Lok Sabha Question No. 4252 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-13
Subject: Fund for Women and Child Development in Bihar
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4252

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2019

## FUND FOR WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN BIHAR

## 4252  DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

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

- a) the steps undertaken by the Government  for Women  and Child Development in rural  parts  of  the  country  particularly  in  backward  areas  of  district  Gopalganj  of Bihar;
- b) the  total fund allocated to the State of Bihar for women and girls development during the last three years;
- c) the  amount  spent  and  the  details  about  unspent  amount  for  the  said  purposes particularly in district  Gopalganj of Bihar; and
- d) the name of the Central agencies working for women and child development in Bihar particularly in Gopalganj district?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) to  (d)  :    The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  implementing  two Centrally Sponsored Umbrella schemes -Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services  (ICDS) and  Mission for Protection and Empowerment of Women across the Country, including district  Gopalganj of Bihar, for the holistic development, protection and welfare of women, out of school adolescent girls in the age group of 11-14 years and children in the age group of 0-6 years.  The schemes of the Ministry are implemented by the State Government  concerned and no central agency is directly involved for implementation at field level. The Ministry releases Central share of funds to the State Government for implementation of the schemes as per guidelines and implementation norms. The details of the Centrally Sponsored Schemes being implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in Bihar is at Annexure-I . The details of schemewise  funds  released  to  the  State  of  Bihar  and  utilization  reported  in  these schemes during the last three years is at Annexure-II .

## Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4252 for 13.12.2019 by  Dr. Alok Kumar Suman, MP.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing two Centrally Sponsored Umbrella schemes - Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services  (ICDS) and  Mission for  Protection  and    Empowerment  of    Women  across  the  country.  The  details  of  major schemes are as under:

## 1. Umbrella ICDS :

- i. The Anganwadi Services Scheme is a unique programme for early childhood care and development. It offers a package of six services, viz . Supplementary Nutrition, PreSchool  Non-Formal  Education,  Nutrition  and  Health  Education,  Immunization, Health  Check-Up  and  Referral  Services.  The  beneficiaries  under  the  Scheme  are children in the age group of 0-6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers.
- ii. Poshan Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission) targets to reduce the level of stunting, under-nutrition,  anemia  and  low  birth  weight  babies  by  reducing  mal-nutrition/under nutrition, anemia among young children as also, focus on adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers.
- iii. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) scheme provides cash incentive amounting  to  Rs.5,000/-  in  three  installments  directly  to  the  Bank/Post  Office Account of Pregnant Women and Lactating Mother(PW&LM) in DBT Mode during pregnancy and lactation in response to individual fulfilling specific conditions. The beneficiary  woman  also  receives  cash  incentives  under  Janni  Suraksha  Yojana (JSY) so that on an average she receives Rs. 6000/-.
- iv. Scheme for  Adolescent  Girls  aims  at  out  of  school  girls  in  the  age  group  11-14,  to empower and improve their social status through nutrition, life skills and home skills. The  scheme  has  nutritional  and  non  nutritional  components  which  include  nutrition; iron and folic acid supplementation; health check up and referral service; nutrition and health  education;  mainstreaming  out  of  school  girls  to  join  formal  schooling  bridge course/ skill training; life skill education, home management etc,; counselling/ guidance on accessing public services.
- v. National  Creche  Scheme  provides  day  care  facilities  to  children  of  age  group  of  6 months to 6 years of working women. The facilities are provided for seven and half hours  a  day  for  26  days  in  a  month.  Children  are  provided  with  supplementary nutrition, early childcare education, and health and sleeping facilities.
- vi. Child  Protection  Services  Scheme  aims  to  contribute  to  the  improvement  and  wellbeing  of  children  in  difficult  circumstances,  as  well  as,  reduction  of  vulnerabilities  to situation  and  actions  that  leads  to  abuse,  neglect,  exploitation,  abandonment  and separation of children from parent. The Scheme aims to spread awareness regarding the ways and means to prevent all children from child abuse of any kind including child sexual abuse.

## 2. Mission for  Protection  and Empowerment of Women :

- vii. Mahila Shakti Kendra scheme empowers rural women through community participation by involvement of Student Volunteers. The scheme is envisaged to work at various levels and at the national and state level technical support to the respective government on issues related to women is provided.
- viii. Swadhar Greh scheme targets women victims of unfortunate circumstances who are in need of institutional support for rehabilitation so that they can lead their life with dignity.
- ix. Ujjawala is a comprehensive scheme with the objective to prevent trafficking of women and children for commercial sexual exploitation, to facilitate rescue victims and placing them in safe custody, to provide rehabilitation services by providing basic amenities/needs,  to  facilitate  reintegration  of  victims  into  the  family  and  society,  to facilitate repatriation of cross border victims.
- x. Working  Women  Hostel  aims  at  providing  safe  and  affordable  accommodation  to working women. These hostels have day care facility for the children of inmates too. The Ministry provides financial support for establishing such hostels by NGOs or State Governments.
- xi. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme is a tri-ministerial initiative of Ministries of Women  and  Child  Development,  Health  &  Family  Welfare  and  Human  Resource Development  with  a  focus  on  awareness  and  advocacy  campaign  for  changing mindsets, multi-sectoral action in select districts, enabling girls' education and effective enforcement of Pre-Conception & Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC&PNDT) Act. The specific objectives of the scheme is to address declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) by preventing gender biased sex selective elimination; ensuring survival and protection of the girl child and ensuring education and participation of the girl child.
- xii. One Stop Centre (OSC) facilitates access to an integrated range of services including police, medical, legal, psychological support and temporary shelter to women affected by violence. The Scheme is funded through the Nirbhaya Fund.
- xiii.  Women  Helpline  Scheme  is  being  implemented  since  1st  April,  2015  to  provide  24 hours  emergency  and  non-emergency  response  to  women  affected  by  violence through referral and information about women related government schemes/programmes across the country through a single uniform number (181).
- xiv.  Mahila  Police  Volunteers  (MPVs)  Scheme  is  being  implemented  by  the  Ministry  of Women and Child Development in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs. It envisages engagement of Mahila Police Volunteers in States/UTs who act as a link between police and community and facilitates women in distress.

## Annexure - II referred to in reply to part(b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4252 for 13.12.2019 by DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN on 'Fund for Women and Child Development in Bihar

## Year-wise releases to the state of Bihar and utilization under various schemes of the Ministry

( Rs. in lakhs )

| Sl. No.   | Name of Schemes                       | 2016-17                 | 2016-17   | 2017-18    | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of Schemes                       | Released                | Utilised  | Released   | Utilised  | Released  | Utilised  | Released  |
| 1         | Anganwadi Services                    | 98099.36                | 76018.9   | 92217.01   | 84184.19  | 115848.70 | 74301.20  | 112822.17 |
| 2         | POSHAN Abhiyaan                       | NA                      | NA        | 7063.44 ** | 0         | 15001.67  | 5380.00   | 10000.00  |
| 3         | Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana * | NA                      | NA        | 17351.38   | 575.70    | 1253.00   | 6228.22   | 0         |
| 3         | Scheme for Adolescent Girls           | 2696.83                 | 2315.55   | 4003.74    | 2742.76   | 25.54     | 686.12    | 463.92    |
| 4         | National Creche Scheme                | 51.94 (w.e.f. 1.1.2017) | 0.00      | 55.43      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 5         | Child Protection Scheme               | 2787.92                 | 1923.33   | 541.56     | 1609.84   | 2621.87   | 1619.23   | 1297.02   |
| 6         | Mahila Shakti Kendra                  | -                       | -         | 1022.2     | NA        | 25.83     | NA        | 48.62     |
| 7         | SWADHAR GREH                          | 69.79                   | 0         | 86.54      | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 8         | Ujjawala                              | 23.38                   | -         | 28.99      | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| 9         | BBBP                                  | ***                     | 17.99     | 20.71      | 10.02     | 395.51    | 7.20      | 10.70     |
| 10        | Women's Helpline                      | 0                       | 0         | 38.07      | 38.07     | 54.94     | 32.59     | 46.50     |
| 11        | One Stop Centre                       | 198.90                  | 0         | 0          | 0         | 308.32    | 0         | 667.48    |

Note: (1) Funds are released out of approved allocation after adjusting unspent balances / excess expenditure incurred by the State in the previous year.

(2) Fund utilized are more than the funds released/approved allocation due to availability of unspent balance of previous year.

* ( Utilised amounts include both Centre and  State Share )

**(includes unspent balance of  ISSNIP)

***(Funds were not released to States/UTs in 2016-17 due to saving of previous year)