Lok Sabha Question No. 3811 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-11
Subject: One Stop Centre Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3811 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2023

## ONE STOP CENTRE SCHEME

## 3811.  SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

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

- (a) the rationale and salient features of the One Stop Centre (OSC) for women;
- (b) the details of the progress made towards achieving the scheme's objective of providing a range of services to women affected by violence, including medical, legal and psychological support; and
- (c) the total number of OSCs in the country, State/UT-wise including Jharkhand, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): The  Government  has  been  implementing  the  scheme  of  One  Stop Centre (OSC)  since 1 st  April, 2015  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. So far, a total of 801 One Stop Centres have been approved in all 36 States/UTs, out of which 733 OSCs are functional including all 24 districts of Jharkhand, which have assisted more than 7.06 lakh women up to March, 2023 across the country. The total number of OSCs in the country, State/UT-wise including Jharkhand, district-wise is attached at Annexure .

A third  party  evaluation  of  the  schemes  of  the  Ministry,  including  One  Stop Centre (OSC) Scheme, was conducted during the Financial Year 2020-21 through NITI Aayog. The study found the relevance, effectiveness and sustainability of the scheme as satisfactory. Based on the recommendations of the Third Party Evaluation, the OSC scheme has been included as a component of sub-scheme 'Sambal' under Mission Shakti for implementation during period of 15th Finance Commission Cycle upto  2025-26.  The  Mission  Shakti  aims  at  strengthening  interventions  for  safety, security  and  empowerment  of  women  in  a  mission  mode  through  institutional  and convergence mechanism. The OSC has been designated a mainstay at district level for all activities related to safety and security of women and girls.

Further, the Government has also engaged the services of National Institute of Mental  Health  and  Neuro  Sciences  (NIMHANS)  for  providing  basic  and  advanced training under the project named 'Stree Manoraksha' to the staff of One Stop Centres (OSCs) across the country on handling psycho-social and mental health care needs of women facing violence and in distress.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.3811 FOR 11.08.2023 ASKED BY SHRI JAYANT SINHA REGARDING 'ONE STOP CENTRE SCHEME'

The total number of OSCs in the country, State/UT-wise including Jharkhand, district-wise are as under:

|   Sl. No. | State/ UTs                               | Number of Districts having approved OSCs   | Number of OSCs Approved   | Number of Operational OSCs   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 3                                          | 3                         | 3                            |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                           | 25                                         | 26                        | 13                           |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 25                                         | 25                        | 24                           |
|         4 | Assam                                    | 35                                         | 36                        | 34                           |
|         5 | Bihar                                    | 38                                         | 39                        | 38                           |
|         6 | Chandigarh                               | 1                                          | 1                         | 1                            |
|         7 | Chattishgarh                             | 28                                         | 29                        | 27                           |
|         8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 3                                          | 3                         | 3                            |
|         9 | Delhi                                    | 11                                         | 11                        | 11                           |
|        10 | Goa                                      | 2                                          | 2                         | 2                            |
|        11 | Gujarat                                  | 33                                         | 35                        | 35                           |
|        12 | Haryana                                  | 22                                         | 22                        | 22                           |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh                         | 12                                         | 13                        | 12                           |
|        14 | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 20                                         | 20                        | 20                           |
|        15 | Jharkhand                                | 24                                         | 24                        | 24                           |
|        16 | Karnataka                                | 30                                         | 40                        | 30                           |
|        17 | Kerala                                   | 14                                         | 14                        | 14                           |
|        18 | Ladakh-UT                                | 2                                          | 2                         | 2                            |
|        19 | Lakshdweep                               | 1                                          | 1                         | 1                            |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh                           | 52                                         | 57                        | 52                           |
|        21 | Maharashtra                              | 36                                         | 42                        | 37                           |
|        22 | Manipur                                  | 16                                         | 16                        | 16                           |
|        23 | Meghalaya                                | 12                                         | 12                        | 11                           |
|        24 | Mizoram                                  | 11                                         | 11                        | 8                            |
|        25 | Nagaland                                 | 11                                         | 11                        | 11                           |
|        26 | Odisha                                   | 30                                         | 30                        | 30                           |
|        27 | Puducherry                               | 4                                          | 4                         | 4                            |
|        28 | Punjab                                   | 23                                         | 23                        | 22                           |
|        29 | Rajasthan                                | 33                                         | 37                        | 33                           |
|        30 | Sikkim                                   | 4                                          | 4                         | 4                            |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu                               | 37                                         | 48                        | 38                           |
|        32 | Telangana                                | 33                                         | 36                        | 33                           |
|        33 | Tripura                                  | 8                                          | 8                         | 8                            |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh                            | 75                                         | 79                        | 75                           |
|        35 | Uttrakhand                               | 13                                         | 14                        | 13                           |
|        36 | West Bengal Total                        | 23 750                                     | 23 801                    | 22 733                       |

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