Lok Sabha Question No. 877 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-14
Subject: Mahila Suraksha Kendras/One Stop Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL), REKHA ARUN VERMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 877 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2018

## MAHILA SURAKSHA KENDRAS/ONE STOP CENTRES

877. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL: SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has set up Mahila Suraksha Kendras/One Stop Centres to provide safety and security to women in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the measures taken to monitor and provide security to women in these Kendras/Centres;
- (d) whether  any  cases  of  harassment  against  women  have  been  registered  in  the  said Kendras/Centres during the last three years and the current year; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise along with the action taken thereon?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to  (e)    :  The  Ministry  is  implementing  scheme  for  setting  up  of  One  Stop  Centre  since  1 st April, 2015 to support women affected by violence. The scheme aims to facilitate access to an  integrated  range  of  services  including  medical  aid,  police  assistance,  legal  aid/case management, psycho-social counselling, temporary support services to women affected by violence. Under the scheme, it has been envisaged that One Stop Centres would be set up across the country in phased manner.

The Ministry  is  regularly  monitoring  and  reviewing  the  implementation  of  One  Stop Centres  through  workshops/conferences  with  State  Governments/UT  Administrations  and surprise inspection visits by the officers of the Ministry.

The State-wise details of OSC approved, number of OSCs functional and number of women offered support are at Annexure-I .

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Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to € to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 877 for 14.12.2018 asked by Shrimati Bhavan Pundalikrao Gawali Patil and Shrimati Rekha Verma regarding ' Mahila Suraksha Kendras/One Stop Centres'

The  number  of  One  Stop  Centres  approved,  number  of  functional  One  Stop  Centres  and  number  of  women supported under One Stop Centre Scheme are as under:

| Sl.   | N State/ UTs              |   Total approved OSCs |   Number of Functional OSCs | Number of women supported   |
|-------|---------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1.    | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                     3 |                           1 | 472                         |
| 2.    | Andhra Pradesh            |                    13 |                          13 | 26,884                      |
| 3.    | Arunachal Pradesh         |                    21 |                           2 | 308                         |
| 4.    | Assam                     |                    33 |                           5 | 720                         |
| 5.    | Bihar                     |                    38 |                           8 | 3,755                       |
| 6.    | Chandigarh                |                     1 |                           1 | 326                         |
| 7.    | Chhattisgarh              |                    27 |                          27 | 10,868                      |
| 8.    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                     1 |                           1 | 40                          |
| 9.    | Daman & Diu               |                     2 |                           1 | 25                          |
| 10.   | Goa                       |                     2 |                           1 | 977                         |
| 11.   | Gujarat                   |                    23 |                          10 | 894                         |
| 12.   | Haryana                   |                    22 |                           7 | 3,878                       |
| 13.   | Himachal Pradesh          |                    12 |                           1 | 68                          |
| 14.   | Jammu & Kashmir           |                    22 |                           2 | 63                          |
| 15.   | Jharkhand                 |                    24 |                           3 | 319                         |
| 16.   | Karnataka                 |                    30 |                           7 | 517                         |
| 17.   | Kerala                    |                    14 |                           4 | 393                         |
| 18.   | Madhya Pradesh            |                    51 |                          50 | 3,217                       |
| 19.   | Maharashtra               |                    36 |                          11 | 1,504                       |
| 20.   | Manipur                   |                    16 |                           1 | 10                          |
| 21.   | Meghalaya                 |                    11 |                           2 | 981                         |
| 22.   | Mizoram                   |                     9 |                           1 | 65                          |
| 23.   | Nagaland                  |                    11 |                           2 | 103                         |
| 24.   | Odisha                    |                    30 |                           4 | 857                         |
| 25.   | Puducherry                |                     1 |                           1 | 51                          |
| 26.   | Punjab                    |                    22 |                           7 | 293                         |
| 27.   | Rajasthan                 |                    16 |                          16 | 4,964                       |
| 28.   | Sikkim                    |                     4 |                           1 | 115                         |
| 29.   | Tamil Nadu                |                    32 |                           6 | 197                         |
| 30.   | Telangana                 |                    31 |                           9 | 7807                        |
| 31.   | Tripura                   |                     8 |                           1 | 30                          |
| 32.   | Uttar Pradesh             |                    75 |                          24 | 1,18,833                    |
| 33.   | Uttarakhand               |                    13 |                           4 | 993                         |
| 34.   | Lakshadweep               |                     0 |                           0 | 0                           |
| 35.   | NCT of Delhi              |                     0 |                           0 | 0                           |
| 36.   | West Bengal               |                     0 |                           0 | 0                           |
| Total | Total                     |                   654 |                         234 | 1,90,527                    |