Lok Sabha Question No. 1674 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: District Level Centres for Women
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kuruva Gorantla Madhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1674

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2022

## DISTRICT LEVEL CENTRES FOR WOMEN

## 1674.  SHRI KURUVA GORANTLA MADHAV:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  established  District  Level  Centres  for  Women (DLCW) in all the districts of Andhra Pradesh, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  task  forces  that  were  set  up  at  national/  State/  district  level  for monitoring and course correction have been effective in tackling implementation issues, if so, details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether all of these DLCWs in the said State are currently functional, if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the number of women reached for awareness campaigns and other activities of these DLCWs in the said State during the COVID-19 pandemic; and
- (e) the funds released for the State of Andhra Pradesh under this scheme since its inception, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) : A total of 640 District Level Centres for Women (DLCW) were approved under the erstwhile  Mahila  Shakti  Kendra  (MSK)  scheme  including  13  DLCWs  in  the  State  of Andhra Pradesh.

(b) to (d) : The Mahila Shakti Kendra (MSK) Scheme was approved in November, 2017 as  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme  to  empower  rural  women  through  community participation.  A  third  party  evaluation  study  of  MSK  scheme  was  conducted  by  NITI Aayog in 2020. Taking into account the findings of the  evaluation and in consultation with States/ UTs and stakeholders, the scheme has been discontinued with effect from 01.04.2022.

The  Government  of  India  has  launched  'Mission  Shakti'  -an  integrated  women empowerment programme as umbrella scheme for safety, security and empowerment of  women  for  greater  efficiency,  effectiveness  and  financial  prudence.  The  Umbrella Scheme of Mission Shakti has two sub-schemes namely "Sambal" and "Samarthya". various components .

Benefiting  from  the  learning  from  implementation  of  earlier  scheme,   appropriate provisions have been incorporated under a new component of 'Samarthya' sub- scheme of 'Mission Shakti' i.e. Hub for Empowerment of Women (HEW), which are now being set up at National, State and District levels for empowerment of women. HEW aims to facilitate inter-sectoral convergence of schemes and programs meant for women at the central  (NHEW),  State/  UT  (SHEW)  and  district  (DHEW)  levels  with  the  mandate  to create an environment in which women realize their full potential. The support under the HEW provides for guiding, linking and hand holding women to various institutional and schematic  set  ups  for  their  empowerment  and  development  including  access  to healthcare,  quality  education,  career  and  vocational  counseling/  training,  financial inclusion,  entrepreneurship,  backward  and  forward  linkages,  health  and  safety  for workers, social security and digital literacy at districts/ Blocks/ Gram Panchayats level across the country.

(e) :      Year-wise  details  of  funds  released  to  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh  under erstwhile MSK scheme since its inception till March, 2022 are as under:

| States /UTs    | Funds Released (Rupees in lakh)   | Funds Released (Rupees in lakh)   | Funds Released (Rupees in lakh)   | Funds Released (Rupees in lakh)   | Funds Released (Rupees in lakh)   |
|----------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|                | 2017-18                           | 2018-19                           | 2019-20                           | 2020-21                           | 2021-22                           |
| Andhra Pradesh | 7.39                              | 277.20                            | 21.13                             | 0.00                              | 0.00                              |

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