Lok Sabha Question No. 98 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-02
Subject: One Stop Centres in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Balashowry Vallabbhaneni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 98 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2024

## ONE STOP CENTRES IN ANDHRA PRADESH

98. SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

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

- (a) whether 26 One Stop Centres (OSCs) have been approved for the State of Andhra Pradesh (AP), if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether only 13 have become operational and the remaining 13 are yet to be made operational;
- (c) if  so,  steps being taken/proposed to take to start the above 13 OSCs in the State; and
- (d) the number of women assisted/benefited from the above functional OSCs in the State during the last five years and the current year, year-wise and OSC-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): The Ministry of Women and Child Development has been implementing the component of One Stop Centre (OSC) of Mission Shakti under Nirbhaya Fund since 1 st   April, 2015 with aim to provide a range of integrated services under one roof to women affected by violence and in distress. These services include Police facilitation, medical aid, providing legal aid and legal counselling, psycho-social counselling and temporary  shelter.  Based  on  the  proposals  received  from  the  State  Government concerned, a total of 26 One Stop Centres have been approved for 26 Districts of Andhra Pradesh over a period of time. Till date,13 OSCs have been made functional by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh. The OSCs in 13 newly created districts are yet to be made operational. The Ministry is regularly monitoring and reviewing the status of One Stop Centres with the State/UTs Government for operationalisation of such centres at the earliest.

(d):  A  total  of  39,638  women  have  been  assisted/  benefited  through  OSCs  up  to November, 2023 in the State. The details of number of women assisted/benefited in the State during the last five years and the current year, year-wise and OSC-wise is at Annexure .

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.98 FOR 02.02.2024 ASKED BY SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI REGARDING 'ONE STOP CENTRES IN ANDHRA PRADESH'

The details of women assisted/benefited in the State during the last five years and the current year, year-wise and OSC-wise:

| Sl. No.   | Districts                   |   01.04.2015 to 30.06.2020 |   01.07.2020 to 31.03.2021 |   2021- 22 |   2022- 23 |   2023-24 (upto November, 2023) |
|-----------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|------------|------------|---------------------------------|
| 1         | Ananthapuram                |                       1987 |                        257 |        311 |        337 |                              98 |
| 2         | Chittoor                    |                       1968 |                        268 |        305 |        295 |                             251 |
| 3         | Kakinda                     |                       1984 |                        246 |        295 |        330 |                             136 |
| 4         | Guntur                      |                       2156 |                        310 |        298 |        298 |                             141 |
| 5         | Y.S.R.                      |                       1852 |                        238 |        325 |        298 |                             188 |
| 6         | Kurnool                     |                       1958 |                        255 |        294 |        375 |                             186 |
| 7         | Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore |                       1902 |                        225 |        308 |        330 |                             157 |
| 8         | Prakasam                    |                       1998 |                        246 |        303 |        378 |                             139 |
| 9         | Srikakulam                  |                       1951 |                        251 |        302 |        398 |                              89 |
| 10        | N.T.R.                      |                       2001 |                        295 |        325 |        357 |                              55 |
| 11        | Visakhapatnam               |                       2145 |                        238 |        335 |        330 |                             141 |
| 12        | Vizianagaram                |                       1955 |                        242 |        320 |        298 |                             230 |
| 13        | Eluru                       |                       1984 |                        265 |        328 |        332 |                             245 |
|           | Total                       |                      25841 |                       3336 |       4049 |       4356 |                            2056 |

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