Lok Sabha Question No. 4534 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Schemes Implemented Through NGOs
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 4534

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2020

## SCHEMES IMPLEMENTED THROUGH NGOs

## 4534. SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

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

- (a) the  schemes  being  implemented  by  NGOs  for    empowerment  of  Women  and  Child Development in the State of Maharashtra;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  any  mechanism  in  place  to  monitor  the  said  schemes being implemented by these NGOs in Maharashtra, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of beneficiaries of these schemes under various schemes during the last two years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) whether the said schemes have been proven effective in improving the living standard of beneficiaries and if so, the success achieved and the manner in which it was assessed?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The Government is inter alia implementing  the following Centrally Sponsored  Schemes under  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development for  empowerment  of women  and  children, through NGOs, across the country including  Maharashtra:
- (i) The Swadhar  Greh  Scheme which  targets  women  living  in  difficult  circumstances without  social  and  economic  support  like  deserted  women  and  women  survivors  of  natural disaster who have been rendered homeless, trafficked women/girls, women victims of terrorist violence, mentally challenged women/girls who are without support and women with HIV/AIDS deserted by family. These women are in need of institutional support for rehabilitation so that they could lead their life with dignity. The Scheme envisages providing shelter, food, clothing and health services as well as economic and social security for them along with facilitating their emotional and economic rehabilitation into the society.
- (ii) Ujjawala  Scheme for  combating  trafficking  of  women  and  children  for  commercial sexual  exploitation,  with  five  specific  components  -  Prevention,  Rescue,  Rehabilitation,  ReIntegration and Repatriation of victims of trafficking. The scheme has been conceived primarily for the purpose of preventing trafficking on the one hand and rescue and rehabilitation of victims on  the  other.  The  scheme  provides for  rehabilitation  of  victims  by  providing  food,  shelter, counseling,  medical  care,  legal  aid  and  vocational  training  as  well  as  their  reintegration  into society.
- (iii) Working Women's Hostel Scheme (WWH) is  implemented through Govt. bodies as well as NGOs to  promote availability of  safe  and  conveniently located  accommodation  for working  women,  with  day  care  facility  for  their  children, wherever possible, in urban, semi urban, and even rural areas where employment opportunity for women exist. The scheme is assisting projects for construction of new hostel buildings, expansion of existing hostel buildings and also for running hostel buildings in rented premises.  The scheme is implemented across the country including Maharashtra.

(iv) The scheme of Family Counselling Centre (FCC) is  implemented by Central Social Welfare  Board  (CSWB)  across  the  country  including  Maharashtra.  FCCs  are  providing professional  counseling,  referral  and  rehabilitative  services  to  women  who  are  victims  of atrocities, marital discord, dowry problems, family maladjustment, alcoholism, social ostracism as well as in cases of crisis intervention and trauma counseling. The centers are functioning in close  collaboration  with  local  government,  police,  family  courts,  legal  aids  cells  and  allied agencies. Backward & Forward linkages of these Centres are with Women Helpline (WHL), One Stop Centre (OSC) etc.

(b) : For effective implementation of these schemes, the Ministry of WCD has issued detailed guidelines  for  monitoring  mechanism.  The  schemes  have  inbuilt  monitoring  mechanism. Swadhar Greh scheme is monitored at three levels i.e. District level, State level and Central level and monitoring of Ujjawala scheme is at  Panchayat/Block/ District level, State level and Central level. As per the Scheme Guidelines, regular monitoring of the functioning of the hostels under this scheme is the responsibility of the District Administration. Half-Yearly report on the implementation of the scheme as prescribed in the scheme should be sent to the Ministry of Women & Child Development, New Delhi by the District Administration, with a copy to the State Government .

Under FCC of ICT (Information-Communication-Technology) monitoring is done through Web/App based Daily Reporting System (Portal). The Portal was developed for indentifying and establishing data collection. All Implementing  Agencies  running the Centres and  their Counsellor have been registered in the Portal and details of cases and other documents such as  Half  Yearly  Progress  Report  (HYPR),  Audited  Accounts  etc.  are  uploaded.  Inspection Reports  are  also  being  uploaded  in  the  Portal.  Regular  monitoring,  guidance,  support  is provided through Govt. Officials in the field. Each Centre is visited at least twice in a year or more,  if  required. A  sub-committee  constituted  with  social  workers,  representative  of  local administration, police, state-free legal aid cells, other Voluntary Organizations etc. is reviewing each centre at least once in three months. Half Yearly Progress Reports, Utilization Certificates and Audited Accounts in the form of Receipt & Payments, Income & Expenditure and Balance Sheet are submitted by Voluntary Organizations.

(c) & (d) : The    Schemes  have  proven  effective  in  improving  the  living  standard  of beneficiaries by providing  shelter, food, clothing and health services as well as economic and social security for them along with facilitating their  emotional and economic rehabilitation into the society under Swadhar scheme;  by  providing rehabilitation of victims by providing food, shelter, counseling, medical care, legal aid and vocational training as well as their reintegration into  society  under  Ujjawala    scheme;  and  by    providing safe  and  conveniently  located accommodation to the working women under WWH scheme.

The scheme of FCC of CSWB is helpful in dealing with wide range of problems faced by women and families through its counseling, referral and rehabilitative services. The FCCs also create awareness and mobilize public opinion on social issues affecting the status of women like female foeticide, domestic violence, sexual abuse, dowry etc. Apart from that women and their families are being sensitize about the laws related to crime against women and children. The outcome of scheme is assessed through Web based portal, Half Yearly Progress Reports submitted  by  the  VOs  and  inputs  given  by  Officers  of  CSWB  and  State  Government. Assessment of success achieved is made on the bases of no. of cases being dealt by centres, cases settled and no. of women rehabilitated in the family or mainstream.

The  number  of  beneficiaries  of  Swadhar  Greh,  Ujjawala,  Working  Women  Hostel Schemes  and scheme of Family Counselling Centre (FCC) during the last two years and the current year, State/UT-wise is at Annexure I, II , III and Annexure IV respectively.

Annexure referred to in reply of part (c) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.4534 for 20.03.2020 regarding Schemes Implemented Through NGOs.

The  number  of  beneficiaries  under Swadhar  Greh scheme  during  the  last  two  years  and  the  current  year, State/UT-wise is as under:-.

|   S.No. | State Name                                     |   2017-18 |   2018-19 | 2019-20   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh                                 |       780 |       780 | 901       |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh                              |        30 |        30 | 16        |
|       3 | Assam                                          |       720 |       510 | 510       |
|       4 | Bihar                                          |       480 |         0 |           |
|       5 | Punjab                                         |        60 |        60 | 30        |
|       6 | Chandigarh                                     |        30 |        30 | 17        |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh                                   |       120 |        90 | 84        |
|       8 | Delhi                                          |        60 |        60 | 33        |
|       9 | Goa                                            |        30 |         0 |           |
|      10 | Gujarat                                        |       210 |       120 | 120       |
|      11 | Haryana                                        |        30 |        30 | -         |
|      12 | Jammu &Kashmir                                 |       120 |        90 | 160       |
|      13 | Jharkhand                                      |        90 |        90 | 14        |
|      14 | Karnataka                                      |      1830 |      1380 | 1383      |
|      15 | Kerala                                         |       240 |       210 | 473       |
|      16 | Madhya Pradesh                                 |       180 |       240 | 240       |
|      17 | Maharashtra                                    |      2280 |      1500 | 1500      |
|      18 | Manipur                                        |       690 |       690 | 664       |
|      19 | Mizoram                                        |        60 |       330 | 112       |
|      20 | Meghalaya                                      |        60 |        60 | 60        |
|      21 | Nagaland                                       |        30 |        60 | 60        |
|      22 | Odisha                                         |      2160 |      2340 | 2340      |
|      23 | Puducherry                                     |        30 |        30 | 30        |
|      24 | Rajasthan                                      |       420 |       180 | 180       |
|      25 | Sikkim                                         |        30 |        30 | 22        |
|      26 | Tamil Nadu                                     |      1200 |      1050 | 1050      |
|      27 | Telangana                                      |       720 |       570 | 831       |
|      28 | Tripura                                        |       120 |       120 | 120       |
|      29 | Uttar Pradesh                                  |      2741 |       390 | 390       |
|      30 | Uttrakhand                                     |       270 |       120 | 120       |
|      31 | West Bengal                                    |      1440 |      1440 | 1440      |
|      32 | Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands |        30 |         8 | 8         |
|      33 | Himachal Pradesh                               |         0 |         0 | 0         |

## Annexure II

Annexure referred to in reply of part (c) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.4534 for 20.03.2020 regarding Schemes Implemented Through NGOs.

The number of beneficiaries under Ujjawala scheme during the last two years and the current year, State/UT-wise is as under:-.

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh      | 375       | 105       | 200       |
|         2 | Assam               | 850       | 607       | 607       |
|         3 | Bihar               | 75        | 0         | 0         |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh        | 75        | 75        | 75        |
|         6 | Haryana             | -         | -         | -         |
|         7 | Karnataka           | 750       | 337       | 337       |
|         8 | Kerala              | 100       | 100       | 100       |
|         9 | Maharashtra         | 925       | 1150      | 1150      |
|        10 | Manipur             | 400       | 950       | 950       |
|        11 | Madhya Pradesh      | 25        | 0         | 0         |
|        12 | Mizoram             | 25        | 25        | 28        |
|        13 | Nagaland            | 25        | 25        | 25        |
|        14 | Rajasthan           | 250       | 250       | 250       |
|        15 | Sikkim              | 25        | 11        |           |
|        16 | Orissa              | 700       | 600       | 338       |
|        17 | Tamil Nadu          | 200       | 98        | 98        |
|        18 | Uttar Pradesh       | 275       | 100       | 13        |
|        19 | Uttarakhand         | 175       | 100       | 100       |
|        20 | West Bengal         | 100       | 100       | 100       |
|        21 | Gujarat             | 175       | 325       | 325       |
|        22 | Telangana           | 250       | 250       | 250       |
|        23 | Jharkhand           | -         | -         | 100       |

## Annexure III

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-starred  Question  No.4534  for  20.03.2020 regarding Schemes Implemented Through NGOs.

The  State/UTs  wise  details  of  sanctioned  hostels  &  beneficiaries  covered  under Working  Women's Hostel

## As on 17.03.2020

| S.No.   | States/UTs        |   Total no. of hostel |   Total No. of Working Women |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                    41 |                         3255 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |                    14 |                          906 |
| 3       | Assam             |                    17 |                          829 |
| 4       | Bihar             |                     6 |                          266 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |                    10 |                          486 |
| 6       | Goa               |                     2 |                          120 |
| 7       | Gujarat           |                    27 |                         1309 |
| 8       | Haryana           |                    20 |                         1561 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |                    16 |                          561 |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir    |                     5 |                          360 |
| 11      | Jharkhand         |                     2 |                          214 |
| 12      | Karnataka         |                    62 |                         5253 |
| 13      | Kerala            |                   160 |                        15508 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    |                    62 |                         3538 |
| 15      | Maharashtra       |                   138 |                        10704 |
| 16      | Meghalaya         |                     4 |                          214 |
| 17      | Mizoram           |                     5 |                          249 |
| 18      | Manipur           |                    28 |                         1872 |
| 19      | Nagaland          |                    24 |                         1736 |
| 20      | Orissa            |                    28 |                         1725 |
| 21      | Punjab            |                    15 |                         1497 |
| 22      | Rajasthan         |                    39 |                         1843 |
| 23      | Sikkim            |                     2 |                          144 |
| 24      | Tamilnadu         |                    94 |                         6800 |
| 25      | Telangana         |                    27 |                         2077 |
| 26      | Tripura           |                     1 |                           50 |
| 27      | Uttrakhand        |                     6 |                          538 |
| 28      | UP                |                    38 |                         3090 |
| 29      | West Bengal       |                    39 |                         2639 |
| 30      | Chandigarh        |                     7 |                          736 |
| 31      | Delhi             |                    20 |                         3086 |
| 32      | Pondicherry       |                     4 |                          221 |
|         | Total             |                   963 |                        73387 |

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-starred  Question  No.4534  for  20.03.2020 regarding Schemes Implemented Through NGOs.

The  State/UTs  wise  details  of  No.  of  beneficiaries  under Family Counseling Centre Programme of CSWB .

| Sl. No.   | Name of State     | No. of beneficiaries (2017-18)   | No. of beneficiaries (2018-19)   | No. of beneficiaries (2019-20) as on 16.03.2020   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 8257                             | 11067                            | 1483                                              |
| 2         | A &NIsland        | 702                              | 238                              | 129                                               |
| 3         | Bihar             | 12163                            | 0                                | 0                                                 |
| 4         | Chandigarh        | 1134                             | 1094                             | 1010                                              |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 1744                             | 1010                             | 6068                                              |
| 6         | Delhi             | 11366                            | 10571                            | 2571                                              |
| 7         | Goa               | 1998                             | 903                              | 477                                               |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 25315                            | 13352                            | 49964                                             |
| 9         | Haryana           | 6407                             | 5169                             | 1013                                              |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 8551                             | 8617                             | 4273                                              |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 15565                            | 6935                             | 15950                                             |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 15177                            | 13244                            | 9601                                              |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 47392                            | 42184                            | 50912                                             |
| 14        | Kerala            | 59515                            | 30789                            | 31283                                             |
| 15        | Lakshadweep       | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                                 |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh    | 19118                            | 16388                            | 19354                                             |
| 17        | Maharashtra       | 29365                            | 33388                            | 33995                                             |
| 18        | Odisha            | 8030                             | 2925                             | 6119                                              |
| 19        | Puducherry        | 8395                             | 25615                            | 12975                                             |
| 20        | Punjab            | 1608                             | 1053                             | 1742                                              |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | 10935                            | 6296                             | 4431                                              |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu        | 61544                            | 67502                            | 92873                                             |
| 23        | Telangana         | 5972                             | 2413                             | 3600                                              |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh     | 17203                            | 76818                            | 33962                                             |
| 25        | Uttrakhand        | 2669                             | 2560                             | 266                                               |
| 26        | West Bengal       | 23088                            | 32922                            | 19425                                             |
|           | Total             | 403213                           | 413053                           | 403476                                            |
|           | North East        |                                  |                                  |                                                   |
| 27        | Arunachal Pradesh | 936                              | 254                              | 1217                                              |
| 28        | Assam             | 7338                             | 8187                             | 2986                                              |
| 29        | Manipur           | 2184                             | 1219                             | 858                                               |
| 30        | Meghalaya         | 476                              | 355                              | 965                                               |
| 31        | Mizoram           | 2208                             | 1785                             | 677                                               |
| 32        | Nagaland          | 1870                             | 152                              | 262                                               |
| 33        | Sikkim            | 151                              | 93                               | 218                                               |
| 34        | Tripura           | 8564                             | 2880                             | 1546                                              |
|           | Total             | 23727                            | 14925                            | 8729                                              |
|           | Grand Total       | 426940                           | 427978                           | 412205                                            |