Lok Sabha Question No. 1136 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-08
Subject: Sakhi Centers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1136

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2019

## SAKHI CENTERS

## 1136.   SHRI KESINENI NANI: KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to implement any scheme for setting up of One Stop Centres (OSCs), popularly known as Sakhi Centres to support women affected by violence, if so, the details thereof along with the salient features/objectives of the scheme;
- (b) whether the scheme is being financed through Nirbhaya Fund and if so, the details thereof along with the expenditure incurred by the Government for setting up such centres, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of OSC  approved,  established and  functional along with  the  number  of  women registered/enrolled thereunder till date, State/UT-wise including Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh;
- (d) whether the Government had proposed to implement the said scheme in all the districts and each OSC will be strengthened with an additional annual grant of Rs. 50,000 for immediate assistance for first aid and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has a mechanism in place to monitor and review the implementation of the said scheme and if so, the details thereof

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Yes Madam, the Government of India has decided to set up at least one One Stop Centre (OSC) under its  One  Stop  Centre  Scheme  in  every  district  of  the  country  with  the  objective  to  provide  integrated support and assistance to violence affected women under one roof by facilitating immediate emergency and non-emergency access to a range of services including medical help, police facilitation, legal and psychological counselling and temporary shelter to women affected by violence.
- (b): The OSC scheme is funded through Nirbhaya Fund.  The State-wise details of fund sanctioned during the year 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 (as on 04.02.2019) are given at Annexure-I.
- (c): The details of State-wise OSC approved, functional and women assisted are given at Annexure-II.
- (d): The Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India has already given approval to State Governments and Union Territory Administrations for setting up of One Stop Centres in all the 718 districts of the country. Union Cabinet, in its meeting held on 21 st  April, 2018, has approved for strengthening of OSC scheme with additional grant of Rs.50,000/- per annum to each existing OSC for immediate assistance to women affected by violence including first aid to victims of rape.
- (e): The overall implementation of the One Stop Centre Scheme lies with the concerned State Government and  District  Collector/District  Magistrate.  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.

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Annexure -I

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Un-starred  Question  No.1136  for  08.02.2019 regarding 'Sakhi Centres'

Statement showing state-wise release of funds during the year 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 (as on 04.02.2019)

(In Rupees)

|   Sl. No. | State                       |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |   1319120 |         0 |   3120663 |     50000 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh              |   1319120 |  26897400 |  33013744 |  11349102 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh           |   1319120 |   2841450 |   5319517 |  51195396 |
|         4 | Assam                       |   3884120 |   7565800 |         0 |  40476302 |
|         5 | Bihar                       |   1319120 |  19890150 |         0 |         0 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                  |   1319120 |         0 |         0 |    930799 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                |   4830596 |  73427815 |  16704440 |  62555470 |
|         8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |    819120 |         0 |   4341482 |     50000 |
|         9 | Daman & Diu                 |   4588047 |   1941450 |         0 |         0 |
|        10 | Delhi                       |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
|        11 | Goa                         |   4588047 |         0 |   1084917 |    100000 |
|        12 | Gujarat                     |   4588047 |   3882900 |  12715269 |  16575640 |
|        13 | Haryana                     |   3640870 |  11648700 |   3830247 |  47960546 |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh            |   3768927 |         0 |   1500450 |  10118850 |
|        15 | Jammu and Kashmir           |   4588047 |  13448700 |   8752272 |   3882900 |
|        16 | Jharkhand                   |   1026800 |   5682900 |   1847152 |  15708897 |
|        17 | Karnataka                   |   4588047 |   8524350 |   6273675 |    300001 |
|        18 | Kerala                      |   4508047 |  11365800 |   1180007 |    200000 |
|        19 | Lakshdweep                  |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh              |   4588047 |  77347650 |  13127264 | 112391390 |
|        21 | Maharashtra                 |   4588047 |  21355950 |  43769662 |  13362250 |
|        22 | Manipur                     |   1289120 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
|        23 | Meghalaya                   |   1319120 |   2841450 |    775391 |   3050900 |
|        24 | Mizoram                     |   3768927 |         0 |   6140951 |  27264535 |
|        25 | Nagaland                    |   4588047 |   6710822 |   8041940 |  45487024 |
|        26 | Odisha                      |   1028060 |   3000900 |  12032854 |  29098266 |
|        27 | Puducherry                  |   7222362 |         0 |   1941450 |     50000 |
|        28 | Punjab                      |   4382120 |   9707250 |  33587668 |  32788286 |
|        29 | Rajasthan                   |   1212120 |  34123174 |   2895721 |  13993525 |
|        30 | Sikkim                      |   4588047 |         0 |   3071148 |     50000 |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu                  |   4588047 |         0 |   3882900 |  70587386 |
|        32 | Telangana                   |   4588047 |  15531600 |  30172230 |  30414069 |
|        33 | Tripura                     |   4588047 |         0 |         0 |  21255414 |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh               |   4588047 |  45463200 |  26622936 | 198867780 |
|        35 | Uttrakhand                  |   1319120 |   5824350 |  13886307 |   5330412 |
|        36 | West Bengal                 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |

## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Un-starred  Question  No.1136  for  08.02.2019 regarding 'Sakhi Centres'

## State-wise status of One Stop Centres (Status as on 5.02.2019)

| Sl. No.   | State/ UTs                |   Number of OSCs Approved |   Number of Established/ Functional OSC |   Number of Cases Addressed |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                         3 |                                       1 |                        1148 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh            |                        13 |                                      13 |                       29098 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh         |                        21 |                                       2 |                         329 |
| 4         | Assam                     |                        33 |                                       5 |                         768 |
| 5         | Bihar                     |                        38 |                                       7 |                        4104 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                |                         1 |                                       1 |                         364 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh              |                        27 |                                      27 |                       12093 |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                         1 |                                       1 |                          50 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu               |                         2 |                                       1 |                          72 |
| 10        | Goa                       |                         2 |                                       1 |                         977 |
| 11        | Gujarat                   |                        33 |                                      10 |                        1056 |
| 12        | Haryana                   |                        22 |                                       7 |                        4081 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh          |                        12 |                                       1 |                          79 |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir           |                        22 |                                       8 |                         120 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                 |                        24 |                                       3 |                         319 |
| 16        | Karnataka                 |                        30 |                                      30 |                         771 |
| 17        | Kerala                    |                        14 |                                       4 |                         393 |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh            |                        51 |                                      50 |                        7505 |
| 19        | Maharashtra               |                        37 |                                      12 |                        7617 |
| 20        | Manipur                   |                        16 |                                       1 |                          10 |
| 21        | Meghalaya                 |                        11 |                                       2 |                         981 |
| 22        | Mizoram                   |                         9 |                                       1 |                          76 |
| 23        | Nagaland                  |                        11 |                                       2 |                         109 |
| 24        | Odisha                    |                        30 |                                       4 |                         908 |
| 25        | Puducherry                |                         4 |                                       1 |                          51 |
| 26        | Punjab                    |                        22 |                                       7 |                         579 |
| 27        | Rajasthan                 |                        33 |                                      16 |                        5439 |
| 28        | Sikkim                    |                         4 |                                       1 |                         141 |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu                |                        32 |                                       6 |                         613 |
| 30        | Telangana                 |                        31 |                                       9 |                        7807 |
| 31        | Tripura                   |                         8 |                                       1 |                          30 |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh             |                        75 |                                      75 |                      138243 |
| 33        | Uttarakhand               |                        13 |                                       4 |                        1115 |
| 34        | Lakshadweep               |                         1 |                                       0 |                           0 |
| 35        | NCT of Delhi              |                        11 |                                       0 |                           0 |
| 36        | West Bengal               |                        23 |                                       0 |                           0 |
| Total     | Total                     |                       719 |                                     314 |                      227046 |

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