Lok Sabha Question No. 1020 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Swadhar Greh Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Midhun Reddy, Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1020

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2022

## SWADHAR GREH SCHEME

1020.  SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY: SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

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

- (a) the salient features of the Swadhar Greh Scheme;
- (b) the number of shelter homes at present in the country, State-wise and districtwise in Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the present occupancy of women in shelter homes of the said State; and
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  encourage  homeless  widows  to  benefit from the scheme?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d)  Swadhar  Greh  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  being  forced  into  prostitution  and  are  in moral danger. The scheme through the provisions of shelter, food, clothing, counseling, vocational and skill upgradation training, clinical and legal aid aims to rehabilitate such women in difficult circumstance economically and emotionally. Under the new Mission Shakti, Swadhar Greh Scheme has been merged with Ujjawala Scheme and renamed as 'Shakti Sadan'. For increasing awareness about schemes of the Ministry, National, State and District Level Hubs for Empowerment of Women (HEW) have been approved under the new Mission Shakti for, inter alia, guiding, linking and hand holding women to various institutional and schematic set-up for their welfare.

The  number  of  shelter  homes  at  present  State-wise  in  the  country  are  at Annexure-I and  the  number  of  shelter  homes  district-wise  in  Andhra  Pradesh  are  at Annexure-II .

The present occupancy of  women in shelter  homes  in  Andhra  Pradesh are at Annexure-III.

Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply of part (b) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 1020 for 22.07.2022 regarding Swadhar Greh Schemes.

## Number of shelter homes in the country, State-wise under Swadhar Greh

| S. No   | State                    |   Swadhar Grehs |
|---------|--------------------------|-----------------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Island |               1 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh           |              21 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh        |               1 |
| 4       | Assam                    |              16 |
| 5       | Chandigarh               |               1 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh             |               3 |
| 7       | Delhi                    |               2 |
| 8       | Gujarat                  |               8 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh         |               1 |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir          |               2 |
| 11      | Jharkhand                |               5 |
| 12      | Karnataka                |              52 |
| 13      | Kerala                   |               7 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh           |              15 |
| 15      | Maharashtra              |               9 |
| 16      | Manipur                  |              23 |
| 17      | Meghalaya                |               2 |
| 18      | Mizoram                  |              11 |
| 19      | Nagaland                 |               2 |
| 20      | Odisha                   |              54 |
| 21      | Puducherry               |               1 |
| 22      | Punjab                   |               2 |
| 23      | Rajasthan                |               8 |
| 24      | Sikkim                   |               1 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu               |              36 |
| 26      | Telangana                |              21 |
| 27      | Tripura                  |               4 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh            |              14 |
| 29      | Uttrakhand               |               1 |
| 30      | West Bengal              |              33 |
|         | Total                    |             357 |

Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply of part (b) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.

1020 for 22.07.2022 regarding Swadhar Greh Schemes.

## Number of shelter homes district-wise in Andhra Pradesh under Swadhar Greh

| S. No.   | Name of District   |   Number of shelter homes |
|----------|--------------------|---------------------------|
| 1.       | Srikakulam         |                         1 |
| 2.       | Vizianagram        |                         2 |
| 3.       | Visakhapatnam      |                         3 |
| 4.       | East Godavari      |                         1 |
| 5.       | Krishna            |                         3 |
| 6.       | Guntur             |                         2 |
| 7.       | Prakasam           |                         2 |
| 8.       | Kurnool            |                         2 |
| 9.       | YSR Kadapa         |                         3 |
| 10.      | Chittoor           |                         2 |
|          | Total              |                        21 |

Annexure-III

Annexure referred to in reply of part (c) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 1020 for 22.07.2022 regarding Swadhar Greh Schemes.

## Present occupancy of women in shelter homes in Andhra Pradesh

|   S. No. | Swadhar Greh                                      | District      | Present Occupancy as on 13/07/2022   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------|--------------------------------------|
|        1 | NTR CSD & EW                                      | Chittoor      | 20                                   |
|        2 | Peoples Action for Social Service                 | Chittoor      | 17                                   |
|        3 | Bharatha Ratna Mahila Mandali                     | DR. YSR       |                                      |
|        4 | Downtrodden and Community Development Society     | Dr. YSR       | 30                                   |
|        5 | Dr. Ambedkar Dalitha Varga Abhivruddhi Sangham    | Dr. YSR       | 30                                   |
|        6 | Little Flower Welfare Society                     | East Godavari | 20                                   |
|        7 | JMJ Social Service Society                        | Guntur        | 34                                   |
|        8 | NTR CSD & EW                                      | Guntur        | 21                                   |
|        9 | Grama Vikas Voluntary organisation                | Krishna       | 30                                   |
|       10 | JMJ Social Service Society                        | Krishna       | 26                                   |
|       11 | NTR CSD & EW                                      | Krishna       | 6                                    |
|       12 | NTR CSD & EW                                      | Kurnool       | 11                                   |
|       13 | Shanti Education Society                          | Kurnool       | 30                                   |
|       14 | A.P. Mahila Abhyudaya Samithi                     | Prakasam      | 30                                   |
|       15 | NTR CSD & EW                                      | Prakasam      | 0                                    |
|       16 | NTR CSD & EW                                      | Srikakulam    | 8                                    |
|       17 | Chaitanya Bharathi                                | Vijayanagaram | 29                                   |
|       18 | NTR CSD & EW                                      | Vijayanagaram | 10                                   |
|       19 | NTR CSD & EW                                      | Visakhapatnam | 9                                    |
|       20 | Priyadarshini Service Organisation                | Visakhapatnam | 13                                   |
|       21 | Society for Environmental Educational Development | Visakhapatnam | 11                                   |

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