Lok Sabha Question No. 1261 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: Nirbhaya Fund
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Shyam Yadav Singh

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Economic Affairs

Lok Sabha

Unstarred Question No. 1261

To be answered on Monday, the 6th December, 2021

Nirbhaya Fund

## QUESTION

## 1261. SHRI SHYAM SINGH YADAV

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

- (a) the total amount of funds in Nirbhaya Fund and the percentage ofamount utilized s0 far;
- the steps taken by the Government to increase effective usage of Nirbhaya Fund; being
- (c) the details of proposals received from the State Governments UTs under the said fund, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the number of proposals recommended under Nirbhaya Fund, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

- (a) and (b) Since the inception of Nirbhaya Fund, an allocation Rs.6212.85 crore (including Rs 500 crore allocated to Ministry of Women and Child Development in the Financial Year 2021-22), has been made under Nirbhaya Fund and Rs. 4138.51 crore has been disbursed/released by the concerned Ministriesl Departments implementing Schemes/projects under Nirbhaya Framework Rs. 2921.85 crore has been reported as utilized so far.

An Empowered Committee (EC) of Officers appraises and recommends the proposals for funding under Nirbhaya Fund and also reviews the status of implementation from time to time in conjunction with the concerned Ministries/Departments/ Implementing   Agencies (IAs): The   Ministries/Departments/IAs also review and monitor the progress of their respective schemeslprojects for effective implementation at their level.

- (c) and (d) Since 2016-17 onwards, & total number of 89 proposals under Nirbhaya Fund were received from various States/UTs including Central Ministries/Departments. Out of these, 35 projects are presently favorably appraised by the EC. The details of the projects/ schemes   appraised and recommended under   Nirbhaya Fund are at Annexure.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) and (d) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 1261 for answer on 06.12.2021 regarding 'Nirbhaya Fund'

The details of the projects being implemented from Nirbhaya Fund since its inception

## 1 The projects being implemented by Central Ministries/ Departments directly:

| No.   | Projects                                                                                                                                               | Ministries/ Departments         |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|       | Proposal for providing facility of Social Workers/ Counsellors ithe District and Sub- Divisional Police Station Level in Delhi                         | atlM/o Home Affairs             |
| 2     | New building with women centric facilities for Special Unit for Women Ichildren (SPUWAC) and Special Unit for North East  Region (SPUNER) at Nanakpura | atlM/o Home Affairs             |
| 3     | Various other activities under Delhi Police 'Safety of Women' Scheme                                                                                   | atlM/o Home Affairs             |
| 4     | Establishment of State of Art DNA Lab. at CFSL, Chandigarh                                                                                             | atlM/o Home Affairs             |
| 5     | lntegrated Emergency Response Management System_(IERMS)                                                                                                | M/o Railways                    |
| 6     | Provision of Video Surveillance System at Konkan Railway Station                                                                                       | M/o Railways                    |
| 7     | Development & Field Testing of panic Switch based safety Device land Buses for aiding Women's Safety                                                   | for CarslM/o Electronics & IT   |
| 8     | [Proposal for   opening One Stop Centres (OSCs) in Indian Missions abroad                                                                              | DiplomaticlM/o External Affairs |
| 9     | NICSI for Developing Nirbhaya Dashboard                                                                                                                | M/o Women & Childl Development  |

## 2\_ The projects being implemented in all States/ UTs:

| S No.   | Projects                                                                                                                                                    |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| L       | Emergency Response Support system (ERSS)                                                                                                                    |
| 2       | ICreation of Central Victim Compensation Fund (CVCF)                                                                                                        |
| 3       | lcyber Crime Prevention against Women & Children (CCPWC)                                                                                                    |
| 4       | setting up and strengthening Anti-Human Trafficking Units in all districts of States & UTs.                                                                 |
| 5       | Isetting upl strengthening Women Help Desks in Police Stations in all States UTs (covering 10,000 Police Stations)                                          |
| 6       | Proposal for procurement of Forensic Kits for sexual Assault cases                                                                                          |
| 7       | IProposal for training of Investigation Officers (IOs)/ Prosecution Officers (POs) through Bureau] of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) for three years |
| 8       | Isetting up Fast Track Special Courts to dispose off cases pending trial under Rape & POCSO Act                                                             |
| 9       | One_Stop Centre_(OSC)                                                                                                                                       |
| 10      | Universalisation of Women Helpline (WHL)                                                                                                                    |
| 11      | Mahila Police Volunteers (MPV) *                                                                                                                            |
| 12      | IScheme for critical care and support for accessing justice to rape gang-rape survivors and minor girls who pregnant get                                    |
| 113     | IProposal of for customization, deployment and management of State-wise vehicle tracking platform AIS 140                                                   |

## 3 projects being implemented in limited number of States/ UTs The

| No.   | Projects                                                                                                                                | States] UTs                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       | ISafe Proposal for 8 citieslGujarat; Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Telangana, West i.e_ Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow; Mumbai City | ISafe Proposal for 8 citieslGujarat; Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Telangana, West i.e_ Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow; Mumbai City                                                                              |
| 2     | IStrengthening DNA analysis, cyberlDelhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu lforensic & related facilities in SFSLs ingPradesh, 24 States/UTs     | Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Punjab, IRajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Westl IBengal, Goa, Odisha, Puducherry, Jharkhand, Kerala, Karnataka, A&N Islands, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujaratl and Nagaland |

## 4 The projects being implemented in a single State/ UT

|    | Project Name                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Statel UT      |
|----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|  1 | ISafe Tourism Destination for women in MP                                                                                                                                                                        | Madhya Pradesh |
|  2 | Project Proposal for safety of women and girl child, Govt. ofAndhra Andhra Pradesh IAbhaya                                                                                                                       | Pradesh        |
|  3 | Women's safety in public transport, UPSRTC, Govt: of U.P,                                                                                                                                                        | Uttar Pradesh  |
|  4 | IBengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Govt. of KarnatakakKarnataka on Training women for heavy passengers vehicles                                                                                      |                |
|  5 | IChirali Proposal, Women Empowerment Directorate                                                                                                                                                                 | Rajasthan      |
|  6 | ISmart and safe Cities Free from Violence against Women and Girls Madhya Pradesh PProgramme,Govt: of M.P.                                                                                                        |                |
|  7 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Uttarakhand    |
|  8 | NNirbhaya                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Nagaland       |
|  9 | IProposal of Department of Information, MSME & Export Promotion [uttar Pradesh UP: Mission awareness and capacity building]  program for  safety and empowerment of women and girls in lindustrial sectors       |                |
| 10 | IProposal of Department of School Education, Govt. of Bihar: Bihar Improving self-defence quality in women and girls'                                                                                            |                |
| 11 | IProposal of Department of Local Government; Punjab: Punjab UrbanfPunjab Local Bodies Surveillance Grid for Women Safety (PUNGRID-WS) lproposed to be implemented in 167 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across Punjab |                |

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