Lok Sabha Question No. 787 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Sakhi/One Stop Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Choudhary, Sanjay Seth

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.787

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2021

## SAKHI/ONE STOP CENTRES

787.     SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY: SHRI SANJAY SETH :

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

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to establish Sakhi/ One Stop Centres (OSCs) across  the  country  to  provide  integrated  support  and  assistance  under  one  roof  to women affected by violence;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with its salient features and the number of sanctioned and operational centres set up under the scheme, State/UT-wise including Jharkhand;
- (c) the details of facilities/ services provided in these centres across the country; and
- (d) whether there is an acute shortage of specialists in these centres and if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise including Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) : 733 One Stop Centres (OSCs) have been approved for 730 districts, out of which. 700 have become operational in 35 States/ UTs

As  per  the  Scheme  guidelines,  the  women  affected  by  violence  and  in  distress  are provided with a range of integrated services under one roof including police facilitation, medical aid,  legal  aid  and  legal  counseling,  psycho-social  counseling  and  temporary  shelter  at  these centres. The State/UT-wise details of sanctioned and operational OSCs are at Annexure-I.

- (d)  :   As  per  scheme  guidelines,  for  smooth  functioning  of  the  centres,  the  responsibility  of appointment/  recruitment/  selection  of  empanelled  agencies/  individuals  to  provide  legal counselling/ Medical aid/ psycho-social counselling etc. lies with the district administration of the respective States/ UTs ( including the State of Jharkhand).

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Annexure-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  TO  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.787  FOR  05.02.2020  ASKED  BY SHRI  CHANDRA  PRAKASH CHOUDHARY AND SHRI SANJAY SETH REGARDING 'SAKHI/ ONE STOP CENTRES'

STATE/ UT-WISE DETAILS OF SANCTIONED AND OPERATIONAL ONE STOP CENTRES (OSCs)

|   Sl. No. | State/ UTs                                |   Number of Sanctioned OSCs |   Number of Operational OSCs |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT)            |                           3 |                            3 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                            |                          14 |                           13 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                         |                          25 |                           24 |
|         4 | Assam                                     |                          33 |                           33 |
|         5 | Bihar                                     |                          38 |                           38 |
|         6 | Chandigarh (UT)                           |                           1 |                            1 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                              |                          27 |                           27 |
|         8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (UT) |                           3 |                            3 |
|         9 | Goa                                       |                          11 |                           11 |
|        10 | Gujarat                                   |                           2 |                            2 |
|        11 | Haryana                                   |                          33 |                           33 |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh                          |                          22 |                           22 |
|        13 | Jammu & Kashmir (UT)                      |                          12 |                           12 |
|        14 | Jharkhand                                 |                          20 |                           20 |
|        15 | Karnataka                                 |                          24 |                           24 |
|        16 | Kerala                                    |                          30 |                           30 |
|        17 | Lakshadweep (UT)                          |                          14 |                           14 |
|        18 | Ladakh (UT)                               |                           2 |                            1 |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh                            |                           1 |                            1 |
|        20 | Maharashtra                               |                          52 |                           51 |
|        21 | Manipur                                   |                          37 |                           37 |
|        22 | Meghalaya                                 |                          16 |                           16 |
|        23 | Mizoram                                   |                          11 |                           11 |
|        24 | Nagaland                                  |                           8 |                            8 |
|        25 | NCT of Delhi (UT)                         |                          11 |                           11 |
|        26 | Odisha                                    |                          30 |                           30 |
|        27 | Puducherry (UT)                           |                           4 |                            4 |
|        28 | Punjab                                    |                          22 |                           22 |
|        29 | Rajasthan                                 |                          33 |                           33 |
|        30 | Sikkim                                    |                           4 |                            4 |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu                                |                          38 |                           32 |
|        32 | Telangana                                 |                          33 |                           33 |
|        33 | Tripura                                   |                           8 |                            8 |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh                             |                          75 |                           75 |
|        35 | Uttarakhand                               |                          13 |                           13 |

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