Lok Sabha Question No. 4934 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-01
Subject: Redressal Mechanism under Swadhar Greh Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vishnu Dutt Sharma, Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4934

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2022

## REDRESSAL MECHANISM UNDER SWADHAR GREH SCHEME

4934.   SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA: SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

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

- (a) the objectives of the Swadhar Greh scheme along with the funds allocated and spent under the said scheme during the last two years, State-wise including Odisha;
- (b) whether there is any complaint/grievance redressal mechanism under Swdhar Greh scheme;
- (c) if so, the number of complaints received and disposed off since inception of the scheme; and
- (d) if not, the reason thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing the Swadhar Greh Scheme revised with effect from 1 st April 2016. The Scheme caters to primary needs of women in difficult circumstances - women and girls rendered homeless due to family discord,  crime,  violence,  mental  stress,  social  ostracism  or  are  being  forced  into prostitution and are in moral danger. Through the provisions of shelter, food, clothing, counseling, training, clinical and legal aid, the Scheme aims to rehabilitate such women in  difficult  circumstance  economically  and  emotionally.  Details  of  State-wise  funds allocated and spent under the scheme during the last two years including Odisha are at Annexure-I.

(b)  to  (d)  Swadhar  Greh  Scheme  envisages  monitoring  of  the  implementation  of  the scheme at District, State and Central level. Swadhar Grehs are monitored by a District Monitoring  Committee  where  at  least  two  members  are  women.  District  committee meets at  least  once  in  a  quarter.  Monitoring  committee  at  State  level  meets  at  least twice a year and monitors the projects. Continuation of grant to any agency depends on the satisfactory performance as assessed by the State/UT level committee. Ministry of Women and Child Development also reviews the functioning of the Swadhar Greh at regular  intervals  with  the  State  Government/  UT  Administration.  As  per  scheme guidelines, in case  of unlawful activities including sexual, mental  and  physical harassment  of  inmate  by  the  members  of  management  and  staff,  the  grant  will  be stopped and blacklisting of the implementing agency will be done without prejudice to criminal  action.  Data  on  the  number  of  complaints  received  and  disposed  off  is  not maintained at the Central level.

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Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 4934  for  01.04.2022  regarding  Redressal  Mechanism  under  Swadhar  Greh Scheme.

(Rupees in Lakhs)

|   S. No. | States/UTs                |   Amount allocated during year 2019-20 | Amount Spent during 2019-20   |   Amount allocated. during year 2020-21 | Amount Spent during 2020-21   |
|----------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh            |                                 190.93 | 0                             |                                    0    | 0                             |
|        2 | Assam                     |                                 143.51 | 143.51                        |                                    0    | 0                             |
|        3 | Andaman & Nicobar Isl and |                                   7.27 | 7.24                          |                                    3.96 | 3.95                          |
|        4 | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                   9.69 | 9.69                          |                                   10.48 | **                            |
|        5 | Chandigarh                |                                   7.99 | 7.99                          |                                    8.45 | 8.45                          |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh              |                                  22.95 | 21.35                         |                                   22.89 | 22.89                         |
|        7 | Delhi                     |                                  18.38 | 17.72                         |                                   13.1  | **                            |
|        8 | Gujarat                   |                                  18.31 | 0                             |                                   15.26 | **                            |
|        9 | Haryana                   |                                   0    | 0                             |                                    0    | 0                             |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh          |                                   5.45 | 3.05                          |                                    3.35 | 6.53*                         |
|       11 | Jharkhand                 |                                  18.17 | 7.88                          |                                    0    | 0                             |
|       12 | Jammu & Kashmir           |                                  38.87 | 38.86                         |                                   27.76 | 27.76                         |
|       13 | Karnataka                 |                                 221.67 | 201.53                        |                                  301.31 | 272.84                        |
|       14 | Kerala                    |                                  32.26 | 0                             |                                   71.11 | **                            |
|       15 | Madhya Pradesh            |                                 162.05 | 144.52                        |                                   53.01 | 72.97*                        |
|       16 | Maharashtra               |                                   0    | 0                             |                                    0    | 0                             |
|       17 | Mizoram                   |                                  71.97 | 69.23                         |                                    0    | 0                             |
|       18 | Manipur                   |                                 267.08 | 267.08                        |                                  313.74 | **                            |
|       19 | Meghalaya                 |                                   0    | 8.58                          |                                   36.36 | **                            |
|       20 | Nagaland                  |                                  13.08 | 13.08                         |                                    0    | 0                             |
|       21 | Odisha                    |                                 286.73 | 240.47*                       |                                  642.96 | 642.40                        |

|   22. | Punjab        |   9.58 |      0 |      0 | 0      |
|-------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|    23 | Puducherry    |   7.99 |   7.99 |  21.17 | 21.17  |
|    24 | Rajasthan     |  87.19 |   0    |   0    | 0      |
|    25 | Sikkim        |  10.64 |  10.47 |  10.47 | 10.47  |
|    26 | Tamil Nadu    | 160.12 | 155.69 | 432.35 | **     |
|    27 | Telangana     | 299.16 | 219.16 | 205.26 | **     |
|    28 | Tripura       |  26.17 |  21.36 |  84.6  | 80.92  |
|    29 | Uttar Pradesh |   0    |   0    |   0    | 0      |
|    30 | Uttarakhand   |   0    |   0    |   0    | 0      |
|    31 | West Bengal   |   0    |   0    | 155.67 | 127.14 |

* I ncluding previous year's unspent balance.

** Complete documents not received.