Lok Sabha Question No. 386 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-03
Subject: Mental Health Counselling in Shelter Homes
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 386

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2023

## MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLING IN SHELTER HOMES

## 386:   SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

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

- (a) whether shelter homes for women and children currently offer mental health counselling in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of such homes, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  there  exists  any  monitoring  protocol  to  ensure  that  mental  health counselling is provided in all shelter homes; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  implements  various Schemes  which  have  the  provision  of  shelter  homes  for  providing  medical  care, including  mental health  counseling,  to  the  women  and  children  who  are  in  difficult circumstances or are without any social and economic support. The details of such Schemes are given below:

Shakti Sadan : Under the newly approved Mission Shakti, Swadhar Greh for women in difficult circumstances and Ujjawala Homes for Prevention of Trafficking have been merged and renamed as Shakti Sadan which is an Integrated Relief and Rehabilitation Home. This is aimed at creating a safe and enabling environment for the women in distress situations and difficult circumstances.  State/UT-wise list of functional Shakti Sadans (Swadhar Grehs and Ujjawala Homes) is at Annexure-I.

Mission  Vatsalya: Mission  Vatsalya  Scheme  under  which  support  is  provided  to States and UT Governments for delivering services for children in need and in difficult circumstances.   The  Child  Care  Institutions  (CCIs)  established  under  the  scheme support inter-alia age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care, counselling etc. and covers both rural and urban children.  The scheme supports  24x7  outreach  helpline  services  for  children  in  distress.  This  service  is available  through  a  dedicated  toll  free  number,  1098  which  can  be  accessed  by children in crisis or by adults on their behalf from any place in the geographical location of India. The number of shelter homes/CCIs (as on 31.03.2022) is at Annexure-II .

(c) & (d) Under Section 53 of the JJ Act, 2015 (as amended in 2021) provides for setting up of Management Committee in every CCIs to manage the institution and monitor the progress of every child. The JJ Model Rules also provide for constitution of Management Committees in every institution for the management of the institution and monitoring the progress of every child. The Management Committees are required to set-up a complaint and redressal mechanism in every CCI. A Suggestion Box for children is to be placed at a place easily accessible to children, away from the office set-up and closer to the residence or rooms or dormitories of the children.

Further, in 2020, the Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with  National  Institute  of  Mental  Health  &  Neurosciences  (NIMHANS),  Bengaluru established  Support,  Advocacy  &  Mental  Health  Interventions  for  Children  in Vulnerable Circumstances and Distress (SAMVAD), a national initiative & integrated resource for child protection, mental health, & psychosocial care, that provides training and capacity building and other forms of guidance and technical supports, to child protection  functionaries  who  work  in  children's  shelter  home  across  the  country. SAMVAD's training equips child protection functionaries with knowledge and skills in child  interviewing  and  inquiry  (embedded  in  contexts  of  risk  and  vulnerability), identification  of  and  first  level  responses  to  common  emotional,  assistance  at secondary and tertiary mental healthcare facilities. As per information received from NIMHANS, SAMVAD has reached 5,419 child protection functionaries in 14 States and 2 Union Territories across 410 Districts.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development implements the component of One Stop Centre under which integrated services such as Medical aid, Psycho-social counseling, Police facilitation, Legal aid and counseling etc. provided under one roof to the needy and distressed women. The Ministry of Women and Child Development through National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) has also provided basic and advanced training under the project named 'Stree Manoraksha' to the staff of One Stop Centres (OSCs) across the country on handling psycho-social and mental health care needs to support the women facing violence and women in distress.

Besides this the Hub for Empowerment of Women (HEW) are envisaged at National, State and District levels for monitoring of activities.

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Annexure-I

ANNEXURE WITH REGARD TO REPLY TO PARTS (A) & (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 386 FOR ANSWER ON 03.02.2023 REGARDING MENTAL  HEALTH  COUNSELLING  IN  SHELTER  HOMES  ASKED  BY  SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT (LS).

State/UT-wise list of functional Shakti Sadans (Swadhar Grehs and Ujjawala Homes)

| S. No.   | Name of State             | Shakti Sadans             | Shakti Sadans              |
|----------|---------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State             | (Number of Swadhar Greh ) | (Number of Ujjawala Homes) |
| 1.       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1                         | 0                          |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh            | 21                        | 5                          |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 1                         | 0                          |
| 4.       | Assam                     | 17                        | 19                         |
| 5.       | Chandigarh                | 1                         | 0                          |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh              | 2                         | 2                          |
| 7.       | Delhi                     | 2                         | 0                          |
| 8.       | Goa                       | 2                         | 1                          |
| 9.       | Gujarat                   | 6                         | 0                          |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh          | 1                         | 0                          |
| 11.      | Jammu & Kashmir           | 2                         | 0                          |
| 12.      | Jharkhand                 | 5                         | 2                          |
| 13.      | Karnataka                 | 51                        | 14                         |
| 14.      | Kerala                    | 7                         | 2                          |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh            | 15                        | 0                          |
| 16.      | Maharashtra               | 10                        | 4                          |
| 17.      | Manipur                   | 23                        | 22                         |
| 18.      | Meghalaya                 | 2                         | 0                          |
| 19.      | Mizoram                   | 11                        | 1                          |
| 20.      | Nagaland                  | 2                         | 0                          |
| 21.      | Odisha                    | 52                        | 16                         |
| 22.      | Punjab                    | 2                         | 0                          |
| 23.      | Rajasthan                 | 8                         | 1                          |
| 24.      | Sikkim                    | 1                         | 0                          |
| 25.      | Tamil Nadu                | 35                        | 0                          |
| 26.      | Telangana                 | 18                        | 2                          |
| 27.      | Tripura                   | 3                         | 0                          |
| 28.      | Uttar Pradesh             | 13                        | 0                          |
|          | Uttrakhand                | 0                         | 2                          |
| 30.      | West Bengal               | 33                        | 1                          |
|          | Total                     | 347                       | 94                         |

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE WITH REGARD TO REPLY TO PARTS (A) & (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 386 FOR ANSWER ON 03.02.2023 REGARDING MENTAL  HEALTH  COUNSELLING  IN  SHELTER  HOMES  ASKED  BY  SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT (LS).

Details  of  Shelter  Homes/CCIs  supported under  Mission  Vatsalya  Scheme (erstwhile Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme) as on 31.03.2022

| S. No.   | State                                |   Children Homes |   Open Shelters |   Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAA) |
|----------|--------------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       |               56 |               5 |                                    15 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                5 |               0 |                                     2 |
| 3        | Assam                                |               35 |               5 |                                    18 |
| 4        | Bihar                                |               31 |               0 |                                    25 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         |               42 |               9 |                                    12 |
| 6        | Goa                                  |               15 |               2 |                                     2 |
| 7        | Gujarat                              |               59 |               3 |                                    13 |
| 8        | Haryana                              |               25 |              12 |                                     6 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                     |               30 |               4 |                                     1 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir                    |               11 |               0 |                                     2 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                            |               24 |               2 |                                     9 |
| 12       | Karnataka                            |               74 |              35 |                                    36 |
| 13       | Kerala                               |               19 |               3 |                                     8 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                       |               46 |               9 |                                    27 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                          |               22 |              13 |                                    17 |
| 16       | Manipur                              |               47 |              17 |                                     9 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                            |               37 |               4 |                                     4 |
| 18       | Mizoram                              |               32 |               0 |                                     6 |
| 19       | Nagaland                             |               23 |               2 |                                     4 |
| 20       | Odisha                               |               83 |              12 |                                    27 |
| 21       | Punjab                               |               13 |               0 |                                     6 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                            |               60 |              20 |                                    33 |
| 23       | Sikkim                               |               14 |               3 |                                     3 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                           |              182 |              11 |                                    21 |
| 25       | Tripura                              |               19 |               4 |                                     6 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                        |               38 |              13 |                                    24 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                          |                9 |               4 |                                     5 |
| 28       | West Bengal                          |               62 |              38 |                                    26 |
| 29       | Telangana                            |               37 |               0 |                                    14 |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar                    |               10 |               0 |                                     1 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                           |                5 |               0 |                                     2 |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                2 |               1 |                                     1 |
| 33       | Ladakh                               |                0 |               0 |                                     0 |
| 34       | Lakshadweep                          |                1 |               0 |                                     0 |
| 35       | National Capital Territory of Delhi  |               24 |               9 |                                     3 |
| 36       | Puducherry                           |               23 |               1 |                                     2 |
|          | Total                                |             1215 |             241 |                                   390 |

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