Lok Sabha Question No. 803 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Working Women Hostel
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pratima Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 803

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2021

## WORKING WOMEN HOSTEL

## 803.   SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government is implementing Working Women Hostels Scheme and if so, the salient features thereof; and
- (b) the  number  and  details  of  hostels  sanctioned  and  presently  operational  in  the country, State/UT-wise

## ANSWER

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPEMNT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) Yes, Sir. Working Women Hostel is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented by States with funding ratio 60:15:25 shared amongst Central Government, State/UT and the implementing agency (for North-East and Himalayan States, the ratio is 65:10:25). The Scheme aims to provide safe and affordable accommodation to working women with Day Care facility for the children of inmates. Working women who may be single, widowed, divorced, separated or married, but whose husbands or immediate family do not reside in the same area and for those women who are under training for job are eligible under the scheme.

- (b) A total of 971 hostels have been sanctioned since the inception of the Scheme.  On the basis of reports received from States/UTs, 497 hostels are found to be operational in the country. State/UT-wise list of hostels is given below:

|   S. No. | State/UT          |   No. of Hostels Sanctioned |   No. of Hostels Operational |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                          41 |                           35 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                          14 |                            4 |
|        3 | Assam             |                          18 |                           11 |
|        4 | Bihar             |                           6 |                            0 |

| 5   | Chhattisgarh     |   10 |   04 |
|-----|------------------|------|------|
| 6   | Goa              |    2 |   01 |
| 7   | Gujarat          |   27 |   15 |
| 8   | Haryana          |   20 |    8 |
| 9   | Himachal Pradesh |   16 |    6 |
| 10  | Jammu & Kashmir  |    5 |   00 |
| 11  | Jharkhand        |    2 |   02 |
| 12  | Karnataka        |   62 |   42 |
| 13  | Kerala           |  160 |  114 |
| 14  | Madhya Pradesh   |   62 |   03 |
| 15  | Maharashtra      |  138 |   74 |
| 16  | Meghalaya        |    4 |    3 |
| 17  | Mizoram          |    5 |    2 |
| 18  | Manipur          |   32 |   14 |
| 19  | Nagaland         |   25 |   12 |
| 20  | Orissa           |   28 |   12 |
| 21  | Punjab           |   15 |   04 |
| 22  | Rajasthan        |   39 |   15 |
| 23  | Sikkim           |    2 |   01 |
| 24  | Tamil nadu       |   96 |   67 |
| 25  | Telangana        |   27 |    7 |
| 26  | Tripura          |    1 |    0 |
| 27  | Uttrakhand       |    6 |    0 |
| 28  | UP               |   38 |    5 |
| 29  | West Bengal      |   39 |   10 |
| 30  | Chandigarh       |    7 |   06 |
| 31  | Delhi            |   20 |   17 |
| 32  | Pondicherry      |    4 |   03 |
|     | Total            |  971 |  497 |

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