Lok Sabha Question No. 1641 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Assistance to Widows
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Geeta Kora, Gopal Jee Thakur, Riti Pathak, Sunil Kumar Pintu, Locket Chatterjee, Jugal Kishore Sharma, Ajay Kumar Mandal, Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Dileshwar Kamait

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1641 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2022

## ASSISTANCE TO WIDOWS

1641:    SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:

MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE:

SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA:

SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

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

- a.   the schemes being operated by the Government to provide safe and secure place for living, health services, nutritious food, legal and consultancy aid to widows in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand and Haryana;
- b.  the details of funds allocated to these States, district wise and scheme wise;
- c.  the number of Shakti Sadans established across the country, State wise and district wise, and
- d.  the system adopted for monitoring and operation of the said Shakti Sadans?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)        Under the newly approved Mission Shakti, Swadhar Greh for women in difficult circumstances  and  Ujjawala  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. The Shakti Sadan have provision for shelter, food, clothing, primary health care among others.
- (b)  Shakti Sadan is a demand driven Centrally Sponsored Scheme. Under the Scheme, States/UTs  forward  proposals  on  the  basis  of  their  local  need  and  requirement  and funds are released for approved projects as per Scheme Guidelines.

(c)  State-wise and district-wise number of Shakti Sadan established across the country is at Annexure-I.

(d)  Mission  Shakti  Guidelines  envisage  setting  of  Hub  for  Empowerment  of  Women (HEW) at National, State and District levels for monitoring the performance of schemes and feedback from other stakeholders.

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## Annexure-I

Annexure with regard to reply to Part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1641 for answer on 16.12.2022 regarding Assistance to Widows asked by Shrimati Geeta Kora, Shri Gopal Jee Thakur, Shrimati Riti Pathak, Shri Sunil Kumar Pintu, Ms. Locket Chatterjee, Shri Jugal Kishore Sharma, Shri Ajay Kumar Mandal, Shri Ramesh Chander Kaushik and Shri Dileshwar Kamait, Hon'ble Members of Parliament (LS)

State-wise and district-wise number of Shakti Sadans established across the country

|    | Name of State/UT          | District         | Shakti Sadan   | Shakti Sadan   | Shakti Sadan   |
|----|---------------------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|    |                           |                  | Swadhar Greh   | Ujjawala Homes | Total          |
| 1. | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | South Andaman    | 1              | 0              | 1              |
| 2. | Andhra Pradesh            | Chittoor         | 2              | 0              | 2              |
| 2. |                           | Visakhapatnam    | 3              | 0              | 3              |
| 2. |                           | East Godavari    | 1              | 0              | 1              |
| 2. |                           | Kurnool          | 2              | 0              | 2              |
| 2. |                           | Guntur           | 2              | 1              | 3              |
| 2. |                           | Krishna          | 3              | 0              | 3              |
| 2. |                           | Srikakulam       | 1              | 0              | 1              |
| 2. |                           | Prakasam         | 2              | 0              | 2              |
| 2. |                           | YSR Kadapa       | 3              | 1              | 4              |
| 2. |                           | Vizianagaram     | 2              | 0              | 2              |
| 2. |                           | Ananthapuramu    | 0              | 2              | 2              |
| 2. |                           | Vijayawada Rural | 0              | 1              | 1              |
| 3. | Arunachal Pradesh         | Papum Pare       | 1              | 0              | 1              |
| 4. | Assam                     | Karimganj        | 1              | 1              | 2              |
| 4. |                           | Hailakandi       | 1              | 1              | 2              |
| 4. |                           | Kamrup           | 3              | 2              | 5              |
| 4. |                           | Nagoan           | 1              | 0              | 1              |
|    |                           | Dhubri           | 1              | 1              | 2              |
|    |                           | Cachar           | 1              | 2              | 3              |
|    |                           | Golaghat         | 1              | 1              | 2              |
|    |                           | Dibrugarh        | 1              | 1              | 2              |
|    |                           | Morigaon         | 2              | 0              | 2              |
|    |                           | Haiborgaon       | 1              | 0              | 1              |
|    |                           | Sonitpur         | 2              | 1              | 3              |
|    |                           | Lakhimpur        | 1              | 1              | 2              |
|    |                           | Jorhat           | 1              | 0              | 1              |
|    |                           | Goalpara         | 0              | 1              | 1              |

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|     |                  | Dhemaji                      | 0   | 1   | 1   |
|-----|------------------|------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|
|     |                  | Bongaigaon                   | 0   | 1   | 1   |
|     |                  | Kokrajhar                    | 0   | 1   | 1   |
|     |                  | Udalguri                     | 0   | 1   | 1   |
|     |                  | Barpeta                      | 0   | 1   | 1   |
|     |                  | Hojai                        | 0   | 1   | 1   |
|     |                  | Tinsukia                     | 0   | 1   | 1   |
| 5.  | Chandigarh       | Chandigarh                   | 1   | 0   | 1   |
| 6.  | Chhattisgarh     | Bilaspur                     | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Sarguja                      | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Korea                        | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Korba                        | 1   | 0   | 1   |
| 7.  | Delhi            | Delhi                        | 2   | 0   | 2   |
| 8.  | Goa              | North Goa                    | 2   | 1   | 3   |
| 9.  | Gujarat          | Ahmedabad                    | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Surendranagar                | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Patan                        | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Anand                        | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Dang                         | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Gandhinagar                  | 1   | 0   | 1   |
| 10. | Himachal Pradesh | Mandi                        | 1   | 0   | 1   |
| 11. | Jammu & Kashmir  | Jammu                        | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Kupwara                      | 1   | 0   | 1   |
| 12. | Jharkhand        | Ramgarh                      | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Giridih                      | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Deoghar                      | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Hazaribagh                   | 1   | 1   | 2   |
|     |                  | Sahebganj                    | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Palamu                       | 0   | 1   | 1   |
| 13. | Karnataka        | Bangalore Urban              | 10  | 2   | 12  |
|     |                  | Bangalore Rural              | 2   | 0   | 2   |
|     |                  | Belgaum                      | 3   | 0   | 3   |
|     |                  | Bidar                        | 3   | 0   | 3   |
|     |                  | Bijapur                      | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Bagalkote                    | 3   | 0   | 3   |
|     |                  | Chamarajanagara              | 2   | 0   | 2   |
|     |                  | Chikballapur                 | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Devanagere                   | 2   | 1   | 3   |
|     |                  | Dharwad                      | 3   | 1   | 4   |
|     |                  | Gadag                        | 1   | 2   | 3   |
|     |                  | Kaliburgi                    | 2   | 0   | 2   |
|     |                  | Hassan                       | 1   | 1   | 2   |
|     |                  | Haveri                       | 2   | 1   | 3   |
|     |                  | Mandya                       | 4   | 1   | 5   |
|     |                  | Dakshina Kannada (Mangalore) | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Ramanagar                    | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Shimoga                      |     | 1   | 3   |
|     |                  |                              | 2   | 0   |     |
|     |                  | Tumkur                       | 1   |     | 1   |
|     |                  | Kolar                        | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                  | Chikkamanagalore             | 1   | 0   | 1   |

|     |                | (Karwar)           |     |     |     |
|-----|----------------|--------------------|-----|-----|-----|
|     |                | Chitradurga        | 1   | 1   | 2   |
|     |                | Yadagiri           | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Raichur            | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Bengaluru          | 0   | 1   | 1   |
|     |                | Belgavi            | 0   | 2   | 2   |
| 14. | Kerala         | Thiruvananthapuram | 3   | 0   | 3   |
|     |                | Ldukki             | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Ernakulam          | 2   | 1   | 3   |
|     |                | Malappuram         | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Calicut            | 0   | 1   | 1   |
| 15. | Madhya Pradesh | Ujjain             | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Jabalpur           | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Betul              | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Chhindwara         | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Mandla             | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Gwalior            | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Chhatarpur         | 2   | 0   | 2   |
|     |                | Bhopal             | 2   | 0   | 2   |
|     |                | Khandwa            | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Morena             | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Hoshangabad        | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Balaghat           | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Rajgarh            | 1   | 0   | 1   |
| 16. | Maharashtra    | Ahmed Nagar        | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Aurangabad         | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Gadchiroli         | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Mumbai             | 1   | 1   | 2   |
|     |                | Nagpur             | 2   | 0   | 2   |
|     |                | Nasik              | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Pune               | 1   | 1   | 2   |
|     |                | Chandrapur         | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Beed               | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Palghar            | 0   | 1   | 1   |
|     |                | Latur              | 0   | 1   | 1   |
| 17. | Manipur        | Imphal West        | 10  | 2   | 12  |
|     |                | Thoubal            | 4   | 1   | 5   |
|     |                | Kakching           | 1   | 2   | 3   |
|     |                | Tamenglong         | 2   | 1   | 3   |
|     |                | Ukhrul             | 1   | 2   | 3   |
|     |                | Imphal East        | 1   | 2   | 3   |
|     |                | Kangpokpi          | 1   | 2   | 3   |
|     |                | Tengnoupal         | 1   | 2   | 3   |
|     |                | Bishnupur          | 1   | 2   | 3   |
|     |                | Churachandpur      | 1   | 2   | 3   |
|     |                | Jiribham           | 0   | 1   | 1   |
|     |                | Pherzawl           | 0   | 1   | 1   |
|     |                | Chandel            |     | 1   |     |
|     |                |                    | 0   |     | 1   |
| 18. | Meghalaya      | Noney Shillong     | 0 1 | 1 0 | 1 1 |
|     |                | West Khasi         | 1   | 0   | 1   |
|     |                | Hills              |     |     |     |

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| 19.   | Mizoram   | Aizawl        |   3 |   0 |   3 |
|-------|-----------|---------------|-----|-----|-----|
|       |           | Lunlei        |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Siaha         |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Champhai      |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Kolasib       |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |           | Serchhip      |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Lawngtlai     |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Mamit         |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | West Aizawl   |   0 |   1 |   1 |
| 20.   | Nagaland  | Dimapur       |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Kohima        |   1 |   0 |   1 |
| 21.   | Odisha    | Angul         |   3 |   2 |   5 |
|       |           | Baragh        |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Balasore      |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |           | Bhadrak       |   5 |   2 |   7 |
|       |           | Bolangir      |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Boudh         |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Cuttack       |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |           | Deogarh       |   1 |   1 |   2 |
|       |           | Dhenkanal     |   2 |   1 |   3 |
|       |           | Gajapati      |   2 |   1 |   3 |
|       |           | Ganjam        |   2 |   1 |   3 |
|       |           | Jagatsinghpur |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Jharsuguda    |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Kalahandi     |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Kandhamal     |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |           | Kendrapara    |   4 |   0 |   4 |
|       |           | Keonjhar      |   2 |   1 |   3 |
|       |           | Khrudha       |   2 |   2 |   4 |
|       |           | Koraput       |   1 |   1 |   2 |
|       |           | Mayurbhanj    |   2 |   1 |   3 |
|       |           | Nabrangpur    |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |           | Nayagarh      |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Nuapada       |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Puri          |   4 |   1 |   5 |
|       |           | Rayagada      |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Sambalpur     |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |           | Sundagarh     |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Subarnapur    |   2 |   2 |   4 |
| 22.   | Punjab    | Jalandhar     |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Amritsar      |   1 |   0 |   1 |
| 23.   | Ra        | Jaipur        |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       | jasthan   | Udaipur       |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Dungarpur     |   1 |   1 |   2 |
|       |           | Baran         |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Jhunjhunu     |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Bhilwara      |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Bundi         |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |           | Kota          |   1 |   0 |   1 |

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| 24.   | Sikkim        | Gangtok           |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|-------|---------------|-------------------|-----|-----|-----|
| 25.   | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai           |   4 |   0 |   4 |
|       |               | Coimbatore        |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Cuddalore         |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |               | Kanyakumari       |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |               | Nagapattinam      |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Vellore           |   3 |   0 |   3 |
|       |               | Perambalur        |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Salem             |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Thanjavur         |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |               | Nilgiris          |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |               | Theni             |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Tiruvannamalai    |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |               | Thiruvarur        |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |               | Tuticorin         |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Tirunelveli       |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |               | Tiruppur          |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Tiruvallur        |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Tiruchirappalli   |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Villupuram        |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |               | Virudhunagar      |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Karur             |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Sivaganga         |   1 |   0 |   1 |
| 26.   | Telangana     | Karimnagar        |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Sangareddy        |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | BadrdhiKothagudem |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Khammam           |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Nizamabad         |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |               | Hyderabad         |   5 |   1 |   6 |
|       |               | Rangareddy        |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Medchal           |   2 |   1 |   3 |
|       |               | Hanumakond        |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Warangal          |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |               | Nalagonda         |   1 |   0 |   1 |
| 27.   | Tripura       | West Tripura      |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|       |               | North Tripura     |   1 |   0 |   1 |
| 28.   | Uttar Pradesh | Mathura           |   4 |   0 |   4 |
|       |               | Varansi           |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Bareilly          |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Lakhimpur Kheri   |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Ayodhya           |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Bhadohi           |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Raebareli         |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Saharanpur        |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Mirzapur          |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|       |               | Sonebhadra        |   1 |   0 |   1 |
| 29.   | Uttarakhand   | Pithoragarh       |   0 |   1 |   1 |
|       |               | Champawat         |   0 |   1 |   1 |

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| 30          | West Bengal   | South 24 Parganas   |   4 |   0 |   4 |
|-------------|---------------|---------------------|-----|-----|-----|
|             |               | North 24 Parganas   |   5 |   0 |   5 |
|             |               | Bankura             |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|             |               | Kolkata             |   4 |   0 |   4 |
|             |               | Hooghly             |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|             |               | Nadia               |   2 |   0 |   2 |
|             |               | Paschim Medinipur   |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|             |               | Birbhum             |   4 |   0 |   4 |
|             |               | Cooch Behar         |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|             |               | Paschim Bardhaman   |   1 |   0 |   1 |
|             |               | Purba Medinipur     |   4 |   0 |   4 |
|             |               | Murshidabad         |   4 |   0 |   4 |
|             |               | Jalpaiguri          |   0 |   1 |   1 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total   | Grand Total         | 347 |  94 | 441 |