Lok Sabha Question No. 1131 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Sakhi  Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jaskaur Meena, Sajda Ahmed, Nihal Chand Chauhan, V. Kalanidhi, Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, Gaurav Gogoi, Ranjeeta Koli

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.1131 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2020

## SAKHI CENTRES

## 1131.  SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA:

SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY:

DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to establish Sakhi/One Stop Centres (OSCs) across the country to provide integrated support and assistance under one roof to women affected by violence;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  its  salient  features  and  the  number  of sanctioned and operational centres  set up under the scheme, State/UT-wise including West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan;
- (c) the details of facilities/services provided in these centres across the country;
- (d) whether there is an acute shortage of specialists of these centres and if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise including Tamil Nadu;
- (e) whether a significant number of these sanctioned centres across the country have become defunct and if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (f) whether  the  Government  has  proposed  to  set  up  fast  track  courts  under Nirbhaya Fund and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) :Popularly known as Sakhi Centres, One Stop Centre(OSC) scheme is being implemented across the  country  since  1st  April  2015.  As  on  date,  680  OSCs  have been set up across 35 States/UTs.

As per the OSC Scheme, OSCs are required to facilitate women affected by violence with a range of integrated services under one roof including police facilitation, medical aid, legal aid and legal counselling, psycho-social counseling and temporary shelter, and are to be located within 2 kms radius of the hospitals or medical facilities. The State/UT wise details of sanctioned and operational OSCs are at Annexure-I.

- (d) to (e) :Manpower in States including Tamil Nadu for One Stop Centers(OSCs) are inducted as per Scheme Guidelines and this is an ongoing process.

(f)  :The  Government  of  India  has  approved  setting  up  of  1023  Fast  Track  Special Courts  (FTCSs)  under  Nirbhaya  Fund  across  the  country  for  expeditious  trial  and disposal of pending cases rape under POCSO Act, 2012 in a time-bound manner.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) TO THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.1131 FOR 07.02.2020 ASKED BY SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA, SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED, SHRI NIHAL CHAND, DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY, DR. G. RANJITH REDDY, SHRI GAURAV GOGOI AND SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI REGARDING 'SAKHI CENTRE'

## STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF SANCTIONED AND OPERATIONAL ONE STOP CENTRES (OSCs)

| Sl. No.   | State/ UTs                     |   Total Number of Districts |   Number of Sanctioned OSCs |   Number of Operational OSCs |
|-----------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) |                           3 |                           3 |                            3 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                 |                          13 |                          14 |                           13 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh              |                          25 |                          25 |                           24 |
| 4         | Assam                          |                          33 |                          33 |                           31 |
| 5         | Bihar                          |                          38 |                          38 |                           38 |
| 6         | Chandigarh (UT)                |                           1 |                           1 |                            1 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                   |                          27 |                          27 |                           27 |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT)      |                           1 |                           1 |                            1 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu (UT)               |                           2 |                           2 |                            2 |
| 10        | Goa                            |                           2 |                           2 |                            2 |
| 11        | Gujarat                        |                          33 |                          33 |                           33 |
| 12        | Haryana                        |                          22 |                          22 |                           22 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh               |                          12 |                          12 |                           12 |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir                |                          20 |                          20 |                            7 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                      |                          24 |                          24 |                           24 |
| 16        | Karnataka                      |                          30 |                          30 |                           30 |
| 17        | Kerala                         |                          14 |                          14 |                           14 |
| 18        | Lakshadweep (UT)               |                           1 |                           2 |                            0 |
| 19        | Ladakh (UT)                    |                           2 |                           1 |                            1 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                 |                          51 |                          51 |                           51 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                    |                          36 |                          37 |                           37 |
| 22        | Manipur                        |                          16 |                          16 |                           16 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                      |                          11 |                          11 |                           11 |
| 24        | Mizoram                        |                           8 |                           8 |                            8 |
| 25        | Nagaland                       |                          11 |                          11 |                           11 |
| 26        | NCT of Delhi (UT)              |                          11 |                          11 |                           11 |
| 27        | Odisha                         |                          30 |                          30 |                           30 |
| 28        | Puducherry (UT)                |                           4 |                           4 |                            4 |
| 29        | Punjab                         |                          22 |                          22 |                           22 |
| 30        | Rajasthan                      |                          33 |                          33 |                           33 |
| 31        | Sikkim                         |                           4 |                           4 |                            1 |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu                     |                          32 |                          34 |                           32 |
| 33        | Telangana                      |                          33 |                          33 |                           32 |
| 34        | Tripura                        |                           8 |                           8 |                            8 |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh                  |                          75 |                          75 |                           75 |
| 36        | Uttarakhand                    |                          13 |                          13 |                           13 |
| 37        | West Bengal                    |                          23 |                          23 |                            0 |
|           | Total                          |                         724 |                         728 |                          680 |