Lok Sabha Question No. 1749 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-11
Subject: Funds to One Stop Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Aparajita Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 1749 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2022

## FUNDS TO ONE STOP CENTRES

## 1749 :  SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI:

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

- (a) the number of One Stop Centres set up in each State and the services offered by these centres currently, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) the total funds disbursed by the Government for this scheme and its utilisation by the states during the last five years, State/ UT-wise;
- (c) the number of grievances received by the One Stop Centres till date, grievances resolved,  women  provided  with  shelter,  women  offered  legal  aid,  women provided with medical assistance and counselling, specially for Odisha;
- (d) whether the unutilised funds lapse after a specific period and if not, whether the Government plans to introduce a lapse period and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether there have been instances reported that the funds originally disbursed under  this  have  been  utilised  for  any  other  project  or  scheme  and  if  so,  the details thereof and corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) : The Central Government implements the One Stop Centre (OSC) Scheme with effect from 1st April, 2015 with aim to provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence and are in distress, both in private and public spaces, through  a  range  of  services  including  police  facilitation,  medical  aid,  legal  aid  and counseling,  psychological  support  and  temporary  shelter  in  an  integrated  manner under one roof. As of now, 733 OSCs have been approved, out of which 704 have been operationalized in 35 States/ UTs, which have assisted over 4.50 lakh women across  the  country  till  September,  2021.  The  State/  UT-wise  number  of  One  Stop Centres set up and number of women assisted by them is at Annexure-I. Further, State-/ UT-wise details of funds released by the Government under the scheme and utilisatioin certificates received from the States / UTs, during the last five years are at Annexure-II.

The  OSC  functions  under  the  overall  supervision  of  District  Administrations,  and accordingly day-to-day functioning and management of these centres lies with them. They are also responsible for maintaining the data regarding number of grievances received, grievances resolved, women provided with shelter, women offered legal aid, women provided with medical assistance and counseling.

(d) & (e): One Stop Centre Scheme is funded through Nirbhaya Fund and 100% funds are released under this scheme directly to district administrations  and its utilization is governed as per the scheme guidelines and General Financial Rules (GFR). Further, no  instance  of  utlisation  of  fund  released  under  OSC  scheme  for  other  schemes/ projects have come to the notice of this Ministry so far.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1749 FOR ANSWER ON 11.02.2022 ASKED BY SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI REGARDING 'FUNDS TO ONE STOP CENTRES'

State-wise details of operational OSCs and number of women assisted by OSCs

| Sl. No.   | State / UTs                              |   Number of Operational OSCs | Number of women assisted by OSC   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & nicobar Islands (UT)           |                            3 | 1611                              |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                           |                           13 | 31205                             |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                           24 | 658                               |
| 4         | Assam                                    |                           33 | 6029                              |
| 5         | Bihar                                    |                           38 | 18005                             |
| 6         | Chandigarh (UT)                          |                            1 | 853                               |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                             |                           27 | 27977                             |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar haveli and Daman &Diu (UT) |                            3 | 838                               |
| 9         | Goa                                      |                            2 | 3409                              |
| 10        | Gujarat                                  |                           33 | 14966                             |
| 11        | Haryana                                  |                           22 | 16137                             |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh                         |                           12 | 464                               |
| 13        | Jammu & Kashmir (UT)                     |                           20 | 2498                              |
| 14        | Jharkhand                                |                           24 | 1278                              |
| 15        | Karnataka                                |                           30 | 7379                              |
| 16        | Kerala                                   |                           14 | 7302                              |
| 17        | Ladakh (UT)                              |                            2 | 27                                |
| 18        | Lakshadweep (UT)                         |                            1 | 0                                 |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh                           |                           52 | 43818                             |
| 20        | Maharashtra                              |                           37 | 8912                              |
| 21        | Manipur                                  |                           16 | 403                               |
| 22        | Meghalaya                                |                           11 | 987                               |
| 23        | Mizoram                                  |                            8 | 495                               |
| 24        | Nagaland                                 |                           11 | 642                               |
| 25        | NCT of Delhi (UT)                        |                           11 | 588                               |
| 26        | Odisha                                   |                           30 | 12379                             |
| 27        | Puducherry (UT)                          |                            4 | 311                               |
| 28        | Punjab                                   |                           22 | 8162                              |
| 29        | Rajasthan                                |                           33 | 13572                             |
| 30        | Sikkim                                   |                            4 | 527                               |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                               |                           34 | 19991                             |
| 32        | Taelangana                               |                           33 | 31300                             |
| 33        | Tripura                                  |                            8 | 154                               |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                            |                           75 | 167308                            |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                              |                           13 | 4664                              |
| 36        | West Bengal                              |                            0 |                                   |
|           | Total                                    |                          704 | 454849                            |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1749 FOR ANSWER ON 11.02.2022 ASKED BY SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI REGARDING 'FUNDS TO ONE STOP CENTRES'

## State / UT-wise details of funds released under OSC Scheme and Utilisation Certificates received from States / UTs during the last five years

(Amount in Rs.)

| SL   | State                                    | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   |
|------|------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| SL   | State                                    | Released  | Utilised  | Released  | Utilised  | Released  | Utilised  | Released  | Utilised  | Released  | Utilised  |
| 1    | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 0         | 0         | 3120663   | 3120663   | 3687641   | 3637641   | 4159792   | 2934934   | 3859069   | 1418376   |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh                           | 26897400  | 26897400  | 33013744  | 2425000   | 39063148  | 20126035  | 26099278  | 17442510  | 21105250  | 600000    |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 2841450   | 2841450   | 5319517   | 4892693   | 78202084  | 8811508   | 13418151  | 0         | 52014408  | 0         |
| 4    | Assam                                    | 7565800   | 7565800   | 0         | 0         | 78695087  | 14321617  | 80408520  | 6040452   | 63614400  | 1200000   |
| 5    | Bihar                                    | 19890150  | 19890150  | 0         | 0         | 30832455  | 0         | 104609180 | 989813    | 70966339  | 0         |
| 6    | Chandigarh                               | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 930799    | 880799    | 1500450   | 1500450   | 3383756   | 0         |
| 7    | Chattishgarh                             | 73427815  | 73427815  | 16704440  | 16704440  | 66244372  | 64944372  | 67738483  | 22791897  | 35320987  | 0         |
| 8    | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 0         | 0         | 4341482   | 4341482   | 50000     | 0         | 7345503   | 306879    | 4601200   | 0         |
| 9    | Delhi                                    | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 36255258  | 4454069   | 18304950  | 7193084   |
| 10   | Goa                                      | 1941450   | 0         | 1084917   | 392000    | 492000    | 392000    | 1500450   | 0         | 3000900   | 0         |
| 11   | Gujarat                                  | 3882900   | 3882900   | 12715269  | 10200571  | 56269778  | 15594827  | 67951666  | 33334622  | 85082483  | 25343210  |
| 12   | Haryana                                  | 11648700  | 11648700  | 3830247   | 3830247   | 47960546  | 11735787  | 40192416  | 23793212  | 40443694  | 7433759   |
| 13   | Himachal Pradesh                         | 0         | 0         | 1500450   | 1500450   | 10118850  | 1703950   | 31729794  | 0         | 19805400  | 0         |
| 14   | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 9565800   | 9565800   | 6810822   | 4869372   | 15020425  | 3532525   | 9639473   | 3720679   | 22483933  | 0         |
| 15   | Jharkhand                                | 5682900   | 5237437   | 1847152   | 1847152   | 70436941  | 62318054  | 40853107  | 0         | 69124908  | 4800000   |
| 16   | Karnataka                                | 8524350   | 8524350   | 6273675   | 0         | 59444419  | 19163522  | 58203580  | 4869372   | 73508758  | 2400000   |
| 17   | Kerala                                   | 11365800  | 10698831  | 1180007   | 0         | 28331849  | 6219675   | 14090453  | 2296401   | 23705850  | 0         |
| 18   | Ladakh-UT                                | 0         | 0         | 1941450   | 1941450   | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 6545042   | 2743880   |
| 19   | Lakshdweep                               | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 2091225   | 0         | 1350225   | 0         |
| 20   | Madhya Pradesh                           | 77347650  | 67152313  | 13127264  | 5090808   | 112391390 | 61311384  | 167092445 | 3335438   | 104431900 | 1200000   |
| 21   | Maharashtra                              | 21355950  | 21355950  | 43769662  | 0         | 38929425  | 19385475  | 66998501  | 4393468   | 64620010  | 600000    |
| 22   | Manipur                                  | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 35722445  | 28120620  | 24884407  | 12767332  | 50193815  | 4800000   |
| 23   | Meghalaya                                | 2841450   | 2841450   | 775391    | 424976    | 18639947  | 7120047   | 37430224  | 4991106   | 21161595  | 600000    |
| 24   | Mizoram                                  | 0         | 0         | 6140951   | 6140951   | 27264535  | 15565835  | 21870881  | 1499840   | 17263928  | 0         |
| 25   | Nagaland                                 | 5541679   | 5541679   | 8041940   | 8041940   | 45487024  | 37619153  | 19173411  | 7051684   | 33590577  | 17786459  |
| 26   | Odisha                                   | 1500450   | 1500450   | 12032854  | 8962784   | 77459998  | 11477616  | 20934647  | 3528369   | 93155192  | 0         |
| 27   | Puducherry                               | 0         | 0         | 1941450   | 0         | 4766836   | 0         | 4376136   | 0         | 7201800   | 0         |
| 28   | Punjab                                   | 9707250   | 7765800   | 33587668  | 6122211   | 52633488  | 31809180  | 35183739  | 7172012   | 48461272  | 7555000   |
| 29   | Rajasthan                                | 34123174  | 21251159  | 2895721   | 0         | 30860275  | 15660603  | 67711508  | 7077488   | 56686911  | 600000    |
| 30   | Sikkim                                   | 0         | 0         | 3071148   | 0         | 3923225   | 0         | 6809569   | 2558294   | 6601800   | 600000    |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu                               | 0         | 0         | 3882900   | 3882900   | 113995447 | 55349618  | 71359691  | 44600458  | 106060397 | 24092195  |
| 32   | Telangana                                | 15531600  | 15531600  | 30172230  | 9627376   | 58948915  | 15821620  | 62446827  | 14814166  | 77573415  | 0         |
| 33   | Tripura                                  | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 26901349  | 1990500   | 6001800   | 0         | 15603600  | 600000    |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh                            | 45463200  | 45463200  | 26622936  | 22225338  | 222830497 | 111427836 | 123193989 | 18383657  | 228832664 | 0         |
| 35   | Uttrakhand                               | 5824350   | 5824350   | 13886307  | 13886307  | 27225409  | 19760441  | 22907445  | 9895440   | 27308659  | 0         |
| 36   | West Bengal                              | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 9546450   | 0         | 19890150  | 0         |

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