Lok Sabha Question No. 3712 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Status of Nirbhaya Fund
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3712

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2022

## STATUS OF NIRBHAYA FUND

†3712. SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

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

- (a) the details and current status of the Nirbhaya Fund with regard to Dahod district of Gujarat;
- (b) the increase in the amount of this fund with regard to Dahod district through the allocation made in the finance budget during the last three years; and
- (c) the rank-wise position of the States in terms of spending the allocated amount under Nirbhaya Fund, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  :  In  case  of  all  schemes  /  projects  under  Nirbhaya  Fund  except  under  One Stop  Centre  (OSC)  and  Universalisation  of  Women  Helpline  (WHL)  Schemes  of  this Ministry,  the  funds  are  released  to  the  States/  UTs  for  implementation.  Hence,  the district-wise data with regard to overall allocation to Districts under Nirbhaya Fund is not maintained. However, under the Scheme of One Stop Centre (OSC), an amount of Rs. 88.75 Lakhs has been released to Dahod District of Gujarat. Under WHL Scheme, the fund  is  released  to  the  Districts  designated  by  the  State  for  running  the  WHL.  In

Gujarat, the WHL is being run from Ahmedabad District.

- (c)  :  The  State/  UT-wise  details  of  funds  released  and  utilized  for  various  projects/ schemes under Nirbhaya Fund are at Annexure .

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (c) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 3712 for answer on 25.03.2022 regarding 'Status of Nirbhaya Fund'

The  State/  UT-wise  details  of  funds  released  and  utilized  for  various projects/ schemes under Nirbhaya Fund

(Rupees in Crore)

|   Sl. No. | States/ UTs                              |   Funds released |   Utilization |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|------------------|---------------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |            13.75 |          4.47 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                           |           118.53 |         39.21 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                        |            39.65 |          7.91 |
|         4 | Assam                                    |            76.7  |         18.08 |
|         5 | Bihar                                    |           113.05 |         35.88 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                               |            13.27 |          6.5  |
|         7 | Chattishgarh                             |            82.99 |         37.36 |
|         8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |            18.59 |          4.56 |
|         9 | Delhi                                    |           422.2  |        411.9  |
|        10 | Goa                                      |            17.9  |          6.28 |
|        11 | Gujarat                                  |           215.11 |        175.85 |
|        12 | Haryana                                  |            55.07 |         23.92 |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh                         |            35.38 |         11.41 |
|        14 | Jammu and Kashmir                        |            39.97 |         14.45 |
|        15 | Jharkhand                                |            65.6  |         13.22 |
|        16 | Karnataka                                |           293.79 |        238.89 |
|        17 | Kerala                                   |            58.37 |         21.34 |
|        18 | Ladakh-UT                                |             4.55 |          0.56 |
|        19 | Lakshdweep                               |             5.39 |          0.77 |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh                           |           179.89 |         93.42 |
|        21 | Maharashtra                              |           315.15 |        196.59 |
|        22 | Manipur                                  |            38.8  |         12.78 |
|        23 | Meghalaya                                |            28.97 |          8.94 |
|        24 | Mizoram                                  |            33.48 |         16.16 |
|        25 | Nagaland                                 |            41.8  |         21.28 |
|        26 | Odisha                                   |            80.68 |         19.65 |
|        27 | Puducherry                               |            15.48 |          2.76 |
|        28 | Punjab                                   |            61.71 |         20.22 |
|        29 | Rajasthan                                |           123.04 |         70.71 |
|        30 | Sikkim                                   |            17.65 |          4.77 |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu                               |           330.3  |         95.97 |
|        32 | Telangana                                |           234.41 |         84.47 |
|        33 | Tripura                                  |            26.53 |          8.58 |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh                            |           488.29 |        186.59 |
|        35 | Uttrakhand                               |            38.3  |         20.73 |
|        36 | West Bengal                              |           102.84 |         89.48 |

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