Lok Sabha Question No. 25 (STARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: Nirbhaya Fund
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *25

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 30 TH  NOVEMBER, 2021/ AGRAHAYANA 9, 1943 (SAKA)

## NIRBHAYA FUND

*25.      SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the quantum of Nirbhaya Funds allocated and utilised since 2014, State-wise; and

(b) the quantum of Nirbhaya Funds allocated and utilised to implement the Safe City Component of the Nirbhaya Scheme, city-wise, since 2014?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISHRA)

(a) and (b): A statement is laid on the table of the house.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY TO THE STARRED QUESTION NO. *25 FOR REPLY ON 30 NOVEMBER 2021

(a): The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  (MHA)  is  implementing  several  projects  for safety  of  women  under  the  Nirbhaya  Fund  scheme  through  the  States/Union Territories. Total fund allocation approved and released to States/Union Territories, year-wise, by MHA under Nirbhaya Funds scheme is at Annexure I.

(b): The details of fund allocation approved and released to States/UTs for Safe City projects in the last five years city-wise is separately given at Annexure II.

Annexure  I  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  starred  Question  No  25  for  answer  on  30 November  2021  on  State-wise  year  wise  funds  approved  and  released  to  States/Union Territories in projects being implemented by MHA using Nirbhaya Fund (in Rs. crore)

| S no   | States/ UTs       | Total funds approved   | Funds released   | Funds released   | Funds released   | Funds released   | Funds released   |
|--------|-------------------|------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| S no   | States/ UTs       | Total funds approved   | 2016- 2017       | 2017- 2018       | 2018- 2019       | 2019- 2020       | 2020-21          |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 29.46                  | 16.43            | 4.43             | 0.00             | 8.60             | 0.00             |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 11.98                  | 5.72             | 1.65             | 0.00             | 4.61             | 0.00             |
| 3      | Assam             | 27.57                  | 16.54            | 4.19             | 0.00             | 6.84             | 0.00             |
| 4      | Bihar             | 33.18                  | 19.52            | 2.47             | 0.00             | 11.19            | 0.12             |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      | 23.91                  | 14.28            | 2.59             | 0.00             | 7.04             | 0.00             |
| 6      | Goa               | 15.97                  | 5.82             | 1.63             | 0.00             | 4.76             | 0.00             |
| 7      | Gujarat           | 249.54                 | 15.77            | 2.72             | 51.55            | 53.80            | 37.64            |
| 8      | Haryana           | 22.23                  | 14.19            | 2.53             | 0.00             | 5.52             | 0.00             |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh  | 18.18                  | 5.92             | 1.65             | 3.59             | 7.02             | 0.12             |
| 10     | Jharkhand         | 28.43                  | 4.50             | 11.20            | 0.00             | 6.08             | 3.33             |
| 11     | Karnataka         | 716.30                 | 19.44            | 4.46             | 167.26           | 11.44            | 7.98             |
| 12     | Kerala            | 31.05                  | 14.93            | 4.35             | 0.00             | 5.27             | 3.25             |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh    | 61.43                  | 21.80            | 17.04            | 4.33             | 13.93            | 1.00             |
| 14     | Maharashtra       | 352.40                 | 17.65            | 17.43            | 114.32           | 94.64            | 1.00             |
| 15     | Manipur           | 14.92                  | 4.81             | 1.63             | 2.36             | 6.13             | 0.00             |
| 16     | Meghalaya         | 9.02                   | 5.13             | 1.62             | 0.00             | 2.26             | 0.00             |
| 17     | Mizoram           | 12.40                  | 4.86             | 1.62             | 2.10             | 3.30             | 0.64             |
| 18     | Nagaland          | 9.10                   | 4.98             | 1.63             | 0.00             | 2.49             | 0.00             |

| 19    | Odisha                            |   46.03 |   20.09 |   2.62 |   0.00 |   17.04 |   0.00 |
|-------|-----------------------------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
| 20    | Punjab                            |   30.25 |   13.38 |   2.55 |   3.99 |   10.32 |   0    |
| 21    | Rajasthan                         |   45.97 |   25.58 |   4.41 |   3.14 |   12.84 |   1    |
| 22    | Sikkim                            |    6.95 |    0.23 |   5.9  |   0    |    0.82 |   0    |
| 23    | Telangana                         |  311.74 |   15.47 |   4.34 |  83.14 |   49.46 |   0.8  |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu                        |  461.16 |   15.31 |   3    | 171.81 |   86.76 |   0    |
| 25    | Tripura                           |   11.49 |    5.53 |   1.64 |   0.5  |    3.82 |   0    |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh                     |  276.91 |   28.1  |   4.71 |  70.79 |   34    |  54.74 |
| 27    | Uttarakhand                       |   12.85 |    7.87 |   1.66 |   0    |    3.32 |   0    |
| 28    | West Bengal                       |  218.33 |   21.43 |   4.32 |  49.96 |   16.87 |   0    |
| 29    | Andaman and Nicobar Islands       |    9.96 |    3.3  |   1.62 |   0    |    0    |   2.7  |
| 30    | Chandigarh                        |    6.18 |    4.25 |   1.61 |   0    |    0    |   0.32 |
| 31    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu |   12.02 |    0.2  |   6.6  |   1.6  |    3.12 |   0.5  |
| 32    | Delhi                             |  702.83 |   32.8  |   6.72 |  76.74 |  284.09 |   6.96 |
| 33    | Ladakh                            |    0.8  |    0    |   0    |   0    |    0    |   0.8  |
| 34    | Lakshadweep                       |    4.96 |    0.1  |   4.57 |   0    |    0    |   0.29 |
| 35    | Jammu & Kashmir                   |   18.31 |    8.71 |   1.7  |   1.74 |    6.15 |   0    |
| 36    | Puducherry                        |   12.89 |    3.33 |   1.63 |   0    |    4.54 |   0    |
| Total | Total                             | 3856.7  |  417.97 | 144.44 | 808.92 |  788.07 | 123.19 |

Note: Funds were released to States/Union Territories for Nirbhaya Projects only since 201617 onwards.

Annexure  II  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.25  for  reply  on  30 November 2021 on City-wise and year-wise release of funds in Safe City projects (Rs. In crore)

| Safe City project   | Funds approved for the project   | Funds used for the project   | Funds used for the project   | Funds used for the project   |
|---------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|                     |                                  | 2018-19                      | 2019-20                      | 2020-21                      |
| Mumbai              | 252.00                           | 87.47                        | 56.17                        | Nil                          |
| Kolkata             | 181.32                           | 47.57                        | 8.00                         | Nil                          |
| Chennai             | 425.06                           | 169.37                       | 71.41                        | Nil                          |
| Hyderabad           | 282.41                           | 83.14                        | 39.94                        | Nil                          |
| Ahmedabad           | 220.11                           | 51.55                        | 42.87                        | 37.64                        |
| Lucknow             | 194.44                           | 62.89                        | Nil                          | 26.54                        |
| Delhi               | 617.71                           | 64.67                        | 268.60                       | Nil                          |
| Bengaluru           | 667.00                           | 167.26                       | Nil                          | Nil                          |

## Projects were approved in FY 2018-19 and hence for FY 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 201718, fund released is 'Nil'.