Lok Sabha Question No. 3948 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Empowerment of Women
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil, Ramesh Bidhuri, Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3948

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2023

## EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

3948.   SHRI B.B. PATIL: SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI: SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

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

- (a) the  schemes  and  programmes  implemented  by  the  Government  for  the empowerment of women and development of children in the country during the last  three  years  and  the  current  year  indicating  the  number  of  women  and children benefitted thereunder, State/ UT-wise and district-wise;
- (b) the monitoring system established by the Government for ensuring effective implementation of the said schemes;
- (c) the funds spent on the said schemes during the last three years;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to launch any new schemes/ programmes for the welfare of women including old, widow and poor women and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  other  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  for  promoting  social  and economic empowerment of women?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): To ensure better monitoring and efficient implementation across the country during the 15th Finance Commission Cycle, all the schemes for women and children of the Ministry of Women and Child Development have been clubbed together into three  verticals,  viz.  (1)  Saksham  Anganwadi  &  Poshan  2.0  for  improving  nutrition indicators in the country (2) Mission Vatsalya, for protection and welfare of children; and (3) Mission Shakti, for safety, security and empowerment of women. The details of these schemes are as under:

(i) Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 : This programme has been reorganized into 3 primary verticals: (i) Nutrition Support for POSHAN and for Adolescent Girls (ii) Early Childhood Care and Education [3-6 years] and (iii) Anganwadi Infrastructure including modern, upgraded Saksham Anganwadis.

(ii)  Mission Vatsalya :  Under Mission Vatsalya, the Child Protection Scheme(CPS) has been strengthened for better outreach and protection for children in need and care in a mission mode with the objective to: (i) Support and sustain Children in difficult circumstances,  (ii)  Develop  context-based  solutions  for  holistic  development  of children  from  varied  backgrounds,  (iii)  Provide  scope  for  green  field  projects  for encouraging innovative solutions, (iv) Cement convergent action by gap funding, if required.

(iii)  Mission  Shakti :  Mission  Shakti  comprises  of  two  sub-schemes  'Sambal'  and 'Samarthya'  for  safety  and  security  of  women  and  empowerment  of  women respectively. The existing schemes of One Stop Centres (OSC), Women Helplines (181-WHL) and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) have been made part of Sambal sub- scheme; while the existing schemes of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), Ujjwala, Swadhar Greh and Working Women Hostel and National Creche Scheme  have  been  included  in  'Samarthya'.  A  new  component  of  Hub  for Empowerment of Women has been included in 'Samarthya' subscheme, under which the Central Government provides financial assistance to States/ UTs including Bihar for setting up of Hub at State and District level.

The  State/UT-wise  number  of  women  &  children  benefited  from  the  schemes/ programmes during the last three years are at Annexure-I .

The State/UT-wise details of funds allocated/ released under the schemes/ programmes during the last three years are at Annexure-II .

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 3948 for answer on 24.03.2023 regarding 'Empowerment of Women'

The  State/UT-wise  number  of  women  &  children  benefited  from  the  schemes/ programmes during the last three years

## 1 .         Beneficiaries covered under Mission Vatsalya

| Sl.   | Name of the State/UT     | No. of beneficiaries   | No. of beneficiaries   | No. of beneficiaries   |
|-------|--------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| No.   |                          | 2019-20                | 2020-21                | 2021-22                |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh           | 3356                   | 3012                   | 3069                   |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh        | 195                    | 195                    | 147                    |
| 3     | Assam                    | 1793                   | 1624                   | 1378                   |
| 4     | Bihar                    | 1418                   | 1844                   | 2372                   |
| 5     | Chattisgarh              | 2264                   | 2169                   | 2167                   |
| 6     | Goa                      | 798                    | 798                    | 685                    |
| 7     | Gujarat                  | 1895                   | 1946                   | 1299                   |
| 8     | Haryana                  | 1799                   | 2017                   | 1786                   |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh         | 1374                   | 1264                   | 1147                   |
| 10    | Jammu & Kashmir          | 823                    | 759                    | 579                    |
| 11    | Jharkhand                | 1683                   | 1767                   | 1537                   |
| 12    | Karnataka                | 4527                   | 4303                   | 3974                   |
| 13    | Kerala                   | 1043                   | 591                    | 1380                   |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh           | 3152                   | 2976                   | 2982                   |
| 15    | Maharashtra              | 2540                   | 3716                   | 3468                   |
| 16    | Manipur                  | 1845                   | 1966                   | 1980                   |
| 17    | Meghalaya                | 1023                   | 975                    | 915                    |
| 18    | Mizoram                  | 1204                   | 1018                   | 776                    |
| 19    | Nagaland                 | 674                    | 770                    | 597                    |
| 20    | Orissa                   | 7662                   | 7392                   | 7077                   |
| 21    | Punjab                   | 697                    | 681                    | 685                    |
| 22    | Rajasthan                | 4960                   | 5130                   | 3670                   |
| 23    | Sikkim                   | 580                    | 519                    | 534                    |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu               | 13339                  | 13819                  | 13877                  |
| 25    | Telangana                | 1626                   | 1626                   | 2822                   |
| 26    | Tripura                  | 848                    | 832                    | 875                    |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh            | 4684                   | 4965                   | 4722                   |
| 28    | Uttarakhand              | 524                    | 511                    | 457                    |
| 29    | West Bengal              | 5708                   | 5257                   | 6494                   |
| 30    | Andaman & Nicobar Island | 411                    | 360                    | 301                    |
| 31    | Chandigarh               | 269                    | 297                    | 153                    |
| 32    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli     | 35                     | 60                     | 5                      |
| 32    | Daman & Diu              | 25                     |                        |                        |
| 33    | Delhi                    | 1986                   | 1500                   | 1835                   |
| 34    | Lakshadweep              | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      |
| 35    | Ladakh                   | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      |
| 36    | Puducherry               | 1005                   | 956                    | 373                    |
| Total | Total                    | 77765                  | 77615                  | 76118                  |

## 2.         Beneficiaries paid under PMMVY

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                               | No. of beneficiaries   | No. of beneficiaries   | No. of beneficiaries   | No. of beneficiaries   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                               | 2019-20                | 2020-21                | 2021-22                | 2022-23                |
| 1         | Andaman And Nicobar Islands            | 2,356                  | 2,189                  | 1,644                  | 1,666                  |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                         | 512,648                | 292,094                | 39,226                 | 476,018                |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 9,320                  | 8,529                  | 4,204                  | 5,611                  |
| 4         | Assam                                  | 417,913                | 201,400                | 285,471                | 223,206                |
| 5         | Bihar                                  | 891,050                | 1,181,671              | 476,243                | 766,363                |
| 6         | Chandigarh                             | 9,449                  | 7,986                  | 8,119                  | 8,743                  |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                           | 249,714                | 183,332                | 192,578                | 223,847                |
| 8         | Dadra And Nagar Haveli & Daman And Diu | 6,623                  | 4,785                  | 4,795                  | 6,107                  |
| 9         | Delhi                                  | 104,221                | 80,607                 | 126,853                | 102,254                |
| 10        | Goa                                    | 6,372                  | 6,187                  | 4,217                  | 6,724                  |
| 11        | Gujarat                                | 407,896                | 162,926                | 93,330                 | 271,430                |
| 12        | Haryana                                | 217,033                | 119,822                | 210,874                | 209,614                |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                       | 81,449                 | 67,530                 | 66,039                 | 61,002                 |
| 14        | Jammu And Kashmir                      | 85,801                 | 60,380                 | 111,946                | 83,241                 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                              | 272,441                | 178,563                | 152,662                | 143,597                |
| 16        | Karnataka                              | 537,386                | 506,308                | 446,404                | 743,616                |
| 17        | Kerala                                 | 273,181                | 216,813                | 288,397                | 224,999                |
| 18        | Ladakh                                 | 0                      | 1,173                  | 1,071                  | 290                    |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                            | 327                    | 665                    | 481                    | 0                      |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                         | 979,547                | 933,964                | 910,109                | 931,487                |
| 21        | Maharashtra                            | 1,032,254              | 808,517                | 782,527                | 781,877                |
| 22        | MANIPUR                                | 23,979                 | 16,442                 | 8,353                  | 7,847                  |
| 23        | Meghalaya                              | 16,380                 | 10,004                 | 12,689                 | 11,578                 |
| 24        | Mizoram                                | 9,395                  | 7,376                  | 8,151                  | 8,611                  |
| 25        | Nagaland                               | 15,207                 | 6,073                  | 4,655                  | 4,457                  |
| 26        | Odisha                                 | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      |
| 27        | Puducherry                             | 10,553                 | 6,477                  | 9,139                  | 8,881                  |
| 28        | Punjab                                 | 149,709                | 127,204                | 52,846                 | 48,871                 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                              | 535,006                | 451,863                | 476,509                | 532,002                |
| 30        | Sikkim                                 | 4,632                  | 3,219                  | 2,668                  | 2,147                  |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                             | 524,185                | 469,571                | 274,703                | 233,325                |
| 32        | Telangana                              | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      |
| 33        | Tripura                                | 42,717                 |                        | 16,723                 | 27,594                 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                          | 1,642,844              | 24,277 1,302,623       | 989,646                | 1,538,120              |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                            | 75,827                 | 80,994                 | 71,952                 | 21,280                 |
| 36        | West Bengal                            | 486,151                | 11                     | 2.00                   | 875,067                |
| Total     | Total                                  | 9,633,566              | 7,531,575              | 6,135,226              | 8,591,472              |

## 3.         Beneficiaries assisted under OSC

| Sl. No.   | State /Uts        | No. of beneficiaries     | No. of beneficiaries         | No. of beneficiaries   | No. of beneficiaries   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State /Uts        | 01.04.2015 to 30.06.2020 | 2020-21 (01.07.2020 onwards) | 2021-22                | 2022-23                |
| 1         | A&N Islands       | 1466                     | 97                           | 114                    | 74                     |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    | 25841                    | 3336                         | 4049                   | 3560                   |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | 658                      | 220                          | 447                    | 287                    |
| 4         | Assam             | 2398                     | 1953                         | 3852                   | 4063                   |
| 5         | Bihar             | 9221                     | 4802                         | 7002                   | 4848                   |
| 6         | Chandigarh        | 631                      | 135                          | 153                    | 4936                   |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      | 20819                    | 4417                         | 5007                   | 4730                   |
| 8         | DNHDD             | 686                      | 78                           | 139                    | 109                    |
| 9         | Delhi             | 588                      | 1368                         | 3869                   | 3344                   |
| 10        | Goa               | 1500                     | 1042                         | 1434                   | 1879                   |
| 11        | Gujarat           | 7261                     | 4614                         | 6583                   | 5483                   |
| 12        | Haryana           | 8150                     | 4109                         | 7080                   | 6453                   |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh  | 228                      | 72                           | 348                    | 354                    |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 2498                     | 1420                         | 1544                   | 2016                   |
| 15        | Jharkhand         | 704                      | 275                          | 715                    | 645                    |
| 16        | Karnataka         | 3560                     | 1771                         | 4396                   | 5077                   |
| 17        | Kerala            | 3216                     | 2111                         | 4420                   | 3306                   |
| 18        | Ladakh            | 27                       | 0                            | 0                      | 19                     |
| 19        | Lakshadweep       | 0                        | 0                            | 0                      | 0                      |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh    | 21126                    | 14811                        | 14573                  | 14306                  |
| 21        | Maharashtra       | 4410                     | 2706                         | 5462                   | 4794                   |
| 22        | Manipur           | 66                       | 183                          | 382                    | 448                    |
| 23        | Meghalaya         | 335                      | 347                          | 665                    | 1168                   |
| 24        | Mizoram           | 233                      | 154                          | 205                    | 165                    |
| 25        | Nagaland          | 374                      | 156                          | 275                    | 208                    |
| 26        | Odisha            | 4898                     | 4439                         | 5366                   | 5299                   |
| 27        | Puducherry        | 244                      | 43                           | 56                     | 44                     |
| 28        | Punjab            | 4664                     | 2032                         | 2840                   | 2614                   |
| 29        | Rajasthan         | 8837                     | 2606                         | 19241                  | 4448                   |
| 30        | Sikkim            | 274                      | 136                          | 237                    | 241                    |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu        | 6591                     | 6320                         | 14391                  | 18349                  |
| 32        | Telangana         | 15385                    | 9564                         | 12753                  | 9177                   |
| 33        | Tripura           | 154                      | 0                            | 0                      | 104                    |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh     | 146158                   | 11462                        | 18063                  | 15844                  |
| 35        | Uttarakhand       | 2695                     | 1205                         | 1462                   | 1013                   |
| 36        | West Bengal       |                          | 0                            | 0                      | 328                    |
|           | Total             | 305896                   | 87984                        | 147123                 | 129733                 |

## 4.         Beneficiaries assisted under WHL

| Sl. No.   | State / UT                               | Calls handled/ women assisted   | Calls handled/ women assisted   | Calls handled/ women assisted   | Calls handled/ women assisted   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State / UT                               | 2019-20                         | 2020-21                         | 2021-22                         | 2022-23                         |
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 39                              | 42                              | 39                              | 31                              |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                           | 2349                            | 2035                            | 1510                            | 1322                            |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 164                             | 280                             | 238                             | 183                             |
| 4         | Assam                                    | 1118                            | 1208                            | 1715                            | 4360                            |
| 5         | Bihar                                    | 417                             | 415                             | 731                             | 2044                            |
| 6         | Chandigarh                               | 8958                            | 10047                           | 11021                           | 10154                           |
| 7         | Chattishgarh                             | 3027                            | 3647                            | 3378                            | 2454                            |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagra Haveli and Daman and Diu | 77                              | 73                              | 55                              | 30                              |
| 9         | Delhi                                    | 541261                          | 510154                          | 509185                          | 632289                          |
| 10        | Goa                                      | 5026                            | 12365                           | 11952                           | 9093                            |
| 11        | Gujarat                                  | 157378                          | 147030                          | 164952                          | 144078                          |
| 12        | Haryana                                  | 2714                            | 3492                            | 6530                            | 2485                            |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                         | 1838                            | 2120                            | 4235                            | 28418                           |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh             | 981                             | 2422                            | 1563                            | 1722                            |
| 15        | Jharkhand                                | 0                               | 2644                            | 11214                           | 14329                           |
| 16        | Karnataka                                | 6159                            | 9095                            | 10790                           | 6118                            |
| 17        | Kerala                                   | 18853                           | 25591                           | 41497                           | 76463                           |
| 18        | Lakshadweep                              | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh                           | 1096                            | 15029                           | 17989                           | 14501                           |
| 20        | Maharashtra                              | 1168                            | 8741                            | 5742                            | 2737                            |
| 21        | Manipur                                  | 125                             | 172                             | 131                             | 90                              |
| 22        | Meghalaya                                | 362                             | 736                             | 577                             | 376                             |
| 23        | Mizoram                                  | 1624                            | 2677                            | 2645                            | 2488                            |
| 24        | Nagaland                                 | 79                              | 112                             | 996                             | 44                              |
| 25        | Odisha                                   | 8442                            | 8020                            | 6074                            | 3500                            |
| 26        | Puducherry                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               |
| 27        | Punjab                                   | 0                               | 0                               | 33929                           | 33813                           |
| 28        | Rajasthan                                | 16725                           | 5707                            | 8656                            | 6636                            |
| 29        | Sikkim                                   | 53                              | 85                              | 67                              | 51                              |
| 30        | Tamil Nadu                               | 121420                          | 93659                           | 15046                           | 27294                           |
| 31        | Telangana                                | 4842                            | 10635                           | 13319                           | 15035                           |
| 32        | Tripura                                  | 0                               | 80                              | 255                             | 32                              |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh                            | 123206                          | 16992                           | 51586                           | 57341                           |
| 34        | Uttarakhand                              | 1105                            | 1396                            | 1246                            | 634                             |
| 35        | West Bengal                              | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               |
|           | Total                                    | 1030606                         | 896701                          | 938863                          | 1100145                         |

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## Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 3948 for answer on 24.03.2023 regarding 'Empowerment of Women'

The  State/UT-wise  details  of  funds  allocated/released  under  various  schemes/ programmes during the last three years

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | Name of Mission                        | Name of Scheme                             | Funds released   | Funds released                 | Funds released   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------|--------------------------------|------------------|
|           |                                        |                                            | 2019-20          | 2020-21                        | 2021-22          |
| 1.        | Mission Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 | Anganwadi Services Scheme                  |                  | 1612013.411578835.101820324.70 |                  |
| 1.        |                                        | POSHAN Abhiyaan                            | 171458.77        | 20844.66                       | 14597.59         |
| 2.        | Mission                                | One Stop Centres (OSCs)                    | 13785.65         | 15992.94                       | 14635.91         |
| 2.        | Shakti                                 | Women Helpline (WHL)                       | 1168.15          | 1252.86                        | 1453.10          |
| 2.        |                                        | Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP)             | 6003.49          | 5329.94                        | 5710.76          |
| 2.        |                                        | Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana(PMMVY) | 220304.00        | 107937.00                      | 162842.00        |
| 2.        |                                        | Sakhi Niwas                                | 3254.76          | 1950.78                        | 1203.76          |
| 2.        |                                        | Shakti Sadan - Swadhar Greh                | 2137.21          | 2433.26                        | 1809.72          |
| 2.        |                                        | Shakti Sadan - Ujjawala Homes              | 853.00           | 790.00                         | 27.00            |
| 3.        | Mission Vatsalya                       | Mission Vatsalya                           | 74546.32         | 70977.53                       | 63546.23         |

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