Lok Sabha Question No. 5060 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-01
Subject: Ujjawala Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Pritam Gopinath Munde, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, DNV Senthilkumar. S.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5060

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2022

## UJJAWALA SCHEME

## 5060.  SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

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

- (a) Whether  the  Government  is  implementing  Ujjawala  scheme  and  if  so,  the details and the aims and objective thereof along with the challenges faced by the Government while implementing the scheme;
- (b) Whether  the  Government  has  achieved  the  aims  and  objective  for  which Ujjawala scheme was introduced. and if so, the details thereof along with the progress made since its inception;
- (c) the funds allocated/released and utilized along with the number of beneficiaries under the scheme during each of the three years and the current year in the State of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
- (d) the  procedure  adopted  by  the  Union  Government  and  State  Government  for release of grant under the said scheme;
- (e) whether  the  scheme  has  been  successful  in  rehabilitation  of  victims  of trafficking and if so, the details thereof and if no, the corrective steps taken in the regard; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the Government to create awareness about prevention of trafficking?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  and  (b)  Ujjawala  scheme  is  implemented  by  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child Development  for  combating  trafficking,  with  five  specific  components-  Prevention,

Rescue,  Rehabilitation,  Re-Integration  and  Repatriation  (cross-border)  of  victims  of trafficking.  The  Scheme  has been conceived primarily for the purpose of preventing trafficking on the one hand and rescue and rehabilitation of victims on the other. The scheme provides for rehabilitation  of  victims  by  providing  food,  shelter,  counselling, medical  care,  legal  aid  and  vocational  training  as  well  as  their  reintegration  into society.  The  Ujjawala  Scheme,  revised  with  effect  from  01.04.2016,  has  benefitted thousands  of  trafficked  women  in  different  State/UTs.  At  present,  there  are  107 Ujjawala Homes with 1838 beneficiaries. The scheme has faced challenges of lack of provision  for  management  and  administrative  cost,  group  health  insurance  and shortage of psychological and legal counsellors which have been taken care of under the new Mission Shakti launched by the Ministry.

(c)  The  details  of  funds  allocated/released  and  utilized  along  with  the  number  of beneficiaries under the scheme during each of the three years and the current year in the State of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu is at Annexure-I .

(d)  Ujjawala  Scheme  is  a  demand  driven  scheme.  The  proposal  under  different components  of  the  scheme  are  received  by  the  State/UT  Governments  which  are examined by the Project Sanctioning Committee at the State/UT level. The recommended  projects  are  sent  to  the  Central  Government  for  consideration  and approval as per the scheme guidelines. The funding pattern for the release of funds is shared between the Central Government, States and implementing agencies in ratio 60:30:10, except North Eastern and Himalayan States where the applicable sharing ratio  is  80:10:10  respectively  and  in  case  of  UT  administrations  the  sharing  ratio  is 90:10 between the Central Govt and implementing agency.

(e) and (f) The scheme has been successful in preventing trafficking of thousands of women  through  social  mobilization,  involvement  of  local  communities,  awareness generation  programmes  and  other  measures.  Under  the  new  Mission  Shakti,  it  is envisaged  to  revise  the  Scheme  guidelines  to  make  them  more  useful  for  the beneficiaries and spread awareness about these homes through the National Hub for Empowerment of Women.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply of part (c) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 5060 for 01.04.2022 regarding Ujjawala Scheme.

## Maharashtra

| Years   |   Beneficiaries | Fund allocate/released   | Utilized   |
|---------|-----------------|--------------------------|------------|
| 2018-19 |            3977 | *                        | *          |
| 2019-20 |             838 | *                        | *          |
| 2020-21 |             546 | *                        | *          |
| 2021-22 |             776 | *                        | *          |

* Complete documents not received from the State Government.

## Tamil Nadu

| Years   |   Beneficiaries | Fund allocate/released   | Utilized   |
|---------|-----------------|--------------------------|------------|
| 2018-19 |             422 | 0.32                     | 0.32       |
| 2019-20 |             260 | 0.52                     | *          |
| 2020-21 |             243 | *                        | *          |
| 2021-22 |             182 | *                        | *          |

* Complete documents not received from the State Government.

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