Lok Sabha Question No. 4037 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-19
Subject: Destitute Homes
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mahesh Sahoo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4037 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2021

## DESTITUTE HOMES

## 4037. SHRI MAHESH SAHOO:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- (a) the  measures  taken  up  by  the  Government  in  destitute  homes  to  combat COVID-19 pandemic across the country;
- (b) the  total  number  of  destitute  homes  along  with  the  total  number  of  inmates residing in such homes, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to vaccinate the inmates of destitute homes across the country. If so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Odisha?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Advisory was issued to all States/UTs to inform the implementing agencies for taking preventive measures to contain spread of Novel Coronavirus (Covid19). Implementing have been asked to ensure that there is adequate provision of food, sanitization items including masks, gloves, basic medicines, soaps and other essentials items. Awareness among the inmates regarding social  distancing,  avoiding  mass  gathering  and  hand  sanitization  as  per Government of India guidelines are being done.
- (b) The total number of destitute homes along with the total number of inmates residing in such homes, State/UT-wise is at Annexure I.
- (c) This Ministry has no special plan to vaccinate the inmates of destitute homes across the country.

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Annexure I

Annexure referred  to  in  reply  of  parts  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No.4037 for reply on 19.03.2021 regarding Destitute Homes by Shri Mahesh Sahoo. The  details  of  total  number  of  destitute  homes  along  with  total number of inmates residing in such homes, State-wise is as under:-

| States/UTs                   |   Homes (as on 31.12.2020) | Beneficiaries (as on 31.12.2020)   |
|------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islan ds |                          1 | 9                                  |
| Andhra Pradesh               |                         22 | 467                                |
| Arunachal Pradesh            |                          1 | 12                                 |
| Assam                        |                         16 | 232                                |
| Bihar                        |                          0 |                                    |
| Chandigarh                   |                          1 | 5                                  |
| Chhattisgarh                 |                          3 | 55                                 |
| Delhi                        |                          2 | 38                                 |
| Gujarat                      |                          9 | 106                                |
| Himachal Pradesh             |                          1 | 9                                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir              |                          3 | 27                                 |
| Jharkhand                    |                          5 | 17                                 |
| Karnataka                    |                         52 | 1378                               |
| Kerala                       |                          7 | 165                                |
| Madhya Pradesh               |                         16 | 230                                |
| Maharashtra                  |                          9 | 165                                |
| Manipur                      |                         23 | 335                                |
| Mizoram                      |                         11 | 129                                |
| Meghalaya                    |                          2 | 12                                 |
| Nagaland                     |                          2 | 35                                 |
| Odisha                       |                         55 | 1669                               |
| Punjab                       |                          2 | 34                                 |
| Puducherry                   |                          1 | 10                                 |
| Rajasthan                    |                          9 | 167                                |
| Sikkim                       |                          1 | 20                                 |
| Tamil Nadu                   |                         35 | 861                                |
| Telangana                    |                         23 | 389                                |
| Tripura                      |                          3 | 64                                 |
| Uttar Pradesh                |                         13 | 295                                |
| Uttrakhand                   |                          1 | 0                                  |
| West Bengal                  |                         33 | 784                                |
| Total                        |                        362 | 7719                               |