Lok Sabha Question No. 1997 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-02
Subject: Nirbhaya Fund Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. M K Vishnu Prasad, Shri Kota Srinivasa Poojary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1997 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2024

## NIRBHAYA FUND SCHEME

## 1997   DR. M K VISHNU PRASAD: SHRI KOTA SRINIVASA POOJARY:

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

- (a) the amount of funds allocated, released and utilized under the Nirbhaya fund since 201516, scheme-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  the  under-utilization  of  funds,  if  any,  allocated  to  the  Ministry  and specifically under the Nirbhaya fund in recent years;
- (c) the steps taken/ proposed to be taken by the Government to prevent and remedy the same:
- (d) the details of the amount released by the Ministries/Departments for the Nirbhaya Fund and its utilization, scheme/project-wise specially for initiative related to Women's safety on highways and roads in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (e) whether any periodic audits are conducted to assess the implementation and effectiveness of the projects funded by Nirbhaya fund in enhancing women's safety; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a): Under the Nirbhaya Fund, upto the financial year 2023-24, a total amount of ₹ 7212.85 Crore has been allocated. The total amount released by the Ministries/ Departments and utilized out of the Nirbhaya fund since inception is ₹ 5512.97 Crore which is nearly 76% of the total allocation. The scheme/ project wise details of amount released by the Ministries/ Departments/ Implementing Agencies (IAs) and utilized out of the Nirbhaya fund is at Annexure.

(b)  to  (f):  The  projects/  schemes  under  Nirbhaya  Fund  are  demand  driven.  The  projects/ schemes appraised by Empowered Committee (EC) under Framework for Nirbhaya Fund has a  staggered  implementation  schedule.  Further,  some  of  the  appraised  projects  are  directly implemented by Central Ministries/ Departments/IAs, however, majority of the projects are implemented through  State  Governments/  Union  Territory  (UT)  Administrations,  in  which

Central Government releases the funds to States/ UTs as per prescribed fund sharing pattern of respective projects/ schemes and implementation on ground is done by the States/ UTs as per the  approved  implementation  period.  Further,  there  are  schemes,  which  require  recurring expenditure for providing services, in respect of which, further funds are released upon receipt of Utilisation Certificates (UCs) and Statement of Expenditure (SoE) from the IA/ Authority as per provisions of General Financial Rules (GFR). Hence, it is possible that more funds have been actually utilised, but Utilisation Certificates (UCs) and Statement of Expenditure (SoE), as required, as per provisions of GFR have not been received from States/ UTs/ IAs. The States/ IAs are regularly followed up to submit UCs and SoEs. Various other factors such as time taken in getting required approvals from competent authorities, procedure to be followed for award of contract, disruptions due to unforeseen reasons such as the one created by Covid 19 etc., also affect implementation of schemes/ projects.

An  Empowered  Committee  (EC)  constituted  under  the  Framework  for  Nirbhaya  Fund appraises and recommends the proposals for funding under Nirbhaya Fund and also reviews the status of implementation as also status of expenditure, of approved projects from time to time,  in  conjunction  with  the  Ministries/  Departments/Implementing  Agencies  concerned. Further, the Project/ Scheme Implementing Ministries/ Departments/ Agencies also review the progress of implementation at their level.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1997 to be answered on 02.08.2024 regarding 'Nirbhaya Fund Scheme'.

| Ministries/ Departments   | Project Name                                                                                                                                                  |   Fund released (in ₹ crore) |
|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Ministry Home Affairs     | Emergency Response Support System (ERSS)                                                                                                                      |                       364.03 |
| Ministry Home Affairs     | Central Victim Compensation Fund (CVCF)                                                                                                                       |                       200    |
| Ministry Home Affairs     | Cyber Crime Prevention against Women & Children (CCPWC) and Sub-project under CCPWC                                                                           |                       174.39 |
| Ministry Home Affairs     | Facility of Social Workers/ Counsellors at the District and Sub- Divisional Police Station Level in Delhi                                                     |                         5.01 |
| Ministry Home Affairs     | of New building with Women Centric Facilities for Special Unit for Women & Children (SPUWAC) and Special Unit for North East Region (SPUNER) at Nanakpura     |                        21.35 |
| Ministry Home Affairs     | Delhi Police Safety of Women's Scheme                                                                                                                         |                         9.96 |
| Ministry Home Affairs     | Safe City Proposal for 8 Cities i.e. Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai                                                |                      1577.76 |
| Ministry Home Affairs     | Establishment of State of Art DNA Lab. at CFSL, Chandigarh                                                                                                    |                        42.84 |
| Ministry Home Affairs     | Strengthening DNA analysis, cyber forensic & related facilities in SFSLs in 30 States/ UTs                                                                    |                       185.59 |
| Ministry Home Affairs     | Training of Investigation Officers (IOs)/ Prosecution Officers (POs) in Forensicevidence collection and Procurement of forensic kits for sexual assault cases |                        48.23 |

|                                             | Setting up and strengthening Anti-Human Trafficking Units in all districts of States &UTs                                                                                    |   113.76 |
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
|                                             | Setting up/ Strengthening Women Help Desks in Police Stations in all States &UTs                                                                                             |   159.68 |
| Ministry Railways                           | of Integrated Emergency Response Management System (IERMS)                                                                                                                   |   313.75 |
|                                             | Provision of Video Surveillance System at Konkan Railway Station                                                                                                             |    17.64 |
|                                             | Procurement of 2109 Tabs for Security of Women                                                                                                                               |     5.13 |
| Ministry Electronics Information Technology | of and Development & Field Testing of Panic Switch based safety Device for Cars and Buses for aiding Women's Safety                                                          |     3.49 |
| Department Justice                          | of Setting up Fast Track Special Courts to dispose of cases pending trial under Rape &POCSO Act                                                                              |   834.55 |
| Ministry Tourism                            | of Safe Tourism Destination for women in Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                      |    13.7  |
| Ministry of Road Transport Highways         | Abhayam Project for safety of women and girl child, Government of Andhra Pradesh Government of Uttar Pradesh                                                                 |    58.64 |
|                                             | Women's safety in public transport, UPSRTC,                                                                                                                                  |    80.92 |
|                                             | & Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Govt. of Karnataka on Training women for heavy passengers vehicles                                                           |    42.38 |
|                                             | State-wise Vehicle Tracking Platform (VTP)                                                                                                                                   |   220.1  |
|                                             | Installation of Vehicles Tracking Devices with SoS button in Buses of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) with monitoring from Central Command Control Centre |    11.53 |
|                                             | One Stop Centre (OSC)                                                                                                                                                        |   853.78 |
|                                             | Universalisation of Women Helpline (WHL)                                                                                                                                     |    93.31 |
|                                             | Mahila Police Volunteers (MPV)                                                                                                                                               |    16.32 |
|                                             | Chirali Proposal, Women Empowerment Directorate                                                                                                                              |     4.71 |
| Ministry                                    | of and Smart and safe Cities Free from Violence against Women and Girls' Programme, Government of Madhya Pradesh                                                             |     1.04 |
| Women Child                                 | Safety and Security of Women, Government of Uttarakhand                                                                                                                      |     0.31 |
| Development                                 | Nirbhaya Shelter Home, Govt. of Nagaland                                                                                                                                     |     2.55 |
|                                             | NICSI for Developing Nirbhaya Dashboard                                                                                                                                      |     0.24 |
|                                             | Mission Shakti for awareness and capacity building program for safety and empowerment of women and girls in industrial sectors in Uttar Pradesh                              |     8.25 |
|                                             | Installation of Storage boxes in the 16 Women markets in Manipur                                                                                                             |     1.6  |
|                                             | Installation of CCTV cameras in 16 women markets in Manipur                                                                                                                  |     0.88 |

| Mission Shakti-2.0 for setting up of Mahila Swavalamban Kendra (MSK) at DIC centres for Entrepreneurship development, Vocational- Digital Training Safety and Empowerment of Women and Girls in Uttar Pradesh   | 14.06     |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
| 7 Projects for construction of Working Women Hostel in Pauri Garhwal, Champavat, Haridwar, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal and Uttarkashi districts of Uttarakhand                                      | 11.49     |
| Grand Total                                                                                                                                                                                                     | ₹ 5512.97 |

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