Lok Sabha Question No. 1137 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-08
Subject: Schemes for Welfare of Women and Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1137 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2023

## SCHEMES FOR WELFARE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN

1137.  DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a) the details of schemes being run by the Government for welfare of women and children in the country during each of the last three years and the current year; and
- (b) the details of funds allocated, released and utilized during 2023-24 till date under the said schemes, State-wise and Scheme-wise especially in Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) For better implementation and efficient monitoring, all schemes of the Ministry being implemented for the welfare of women and children in the country have been clubbed into three verticals, viz. (1) Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 for improving nutrition  indicators  in  the  country  (2)  Mission  Shakti,  for  safety,  protection  and empowerment  of  women;  and  (3)  Mission  Vatsalya,  for  protection  and  welfare  of children. The details of the schemes are as under:
- (i) Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0: Under this programme, Anganwadi Services Scheme, POSHAN Abhiyaan and Scheme for Adolescent Girls has been reorganized into 3 primary verticals: (i) Nutrition Support for POSHAN and for Adolescent Girls (ii) Early  Childhood  Care  and  Education  [3-6  years]  and  (iii)  Anganwadi  Infrastructure including modern, upgraded Saksham Anganwadis.
- (ii)  Mission  Shakti: Mission  Shakti  comprises  of  two  sub-schemes 'Sambal' and 'Samarthya'  for safety  and  security  of  women  and  empowerment  of  women respectively. The existing schemes of One Stop Centres (OSC), Women Helplines (181WHL) and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) have been made part of Sambal subscheme;  while  the  existing  schemes  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojana (PMMVY), Ujjwala, Swadhar Greh (renamed as Shakti Sadan) and Working Women Hostel  (renamed  as  Sakhi  Niwas),  Krishna  Kutir,  Vrindavan  (Home  for  Widows), National  Hub  for  Empowerment  of  Women  (NHEW)  and  National  Creche  Scheme (renamed as Palna) have been subsumed in 'Samarthya'.

(iii)  Mission  Vatsalya: The  Integrated  Child  Protection  Scheme(ICPS)  has  been renamed as Mission Vatsalya for better outreach and protection for children in need and care in a mission mode with the objective to: (i)Support and sustain Children in difficult circumstances. (ii) Develop context-based solutions for holistic development of children from varied backgrounds. (iii) Provide scope for green field projects for encouraging innovative solutions. (iv) Cement convergent action by gap funding, if required.

(b) The details of funds allocated/ released and utilized during the year 2023-24 under the said schemes, State-wise and Scheme-wise, including Jharkhand, are Annexed.

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## Annexure

## Funds released to States under the schemes of the Ministry during the year 2023-24 (as on 05.12.2023)

(Rupees in lakhs)

|   S.No | STATE          |   Mission Saksham Anganwadi & POSHAN 2.0** |   Mission Shakti** | Mission Vatsalya**   |
|--------|----------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|      1 | ANDHRA PRADESH |                                      17072 |                847 | 0.00                 |
|      2 | BIHAR          |                                     103695 |                 24 | 0.00                 |
|      3 | CHHATTISGARH   |                                      28635 |                944 | 0.00                 |
|      4 | GOA            |                                        619 |                 20 | 0.00                 |
|      5 | GUJARAT        |                                      22447 |                734 | 0.00                 |
|      6 | HARYANA        |                                      11055 |                472 | 0.00                 |
|      7 | JHARKHAND      |                                      33330 |                268 | 0.00*                |
|      8 | KARNATAKA      |                                      73657 |               1304 | 4892.00              |
|      9 | KERALA         |                                      18371 |                 90 | 262.00               |
|     10 | MADHYA PRADESH |                                      73863 |                539 | 0.00                 |
|     11 | MAHARASHTRA    |                                     117208 |               1540 | 0.00                 |
|     12 | ODISHA         |                                      59405 |               1385 | 2101.00              |
|     13 | PUNJAB         |                                      15055 |                437 | 705.00               |
|     14 | RAJASTHAN      |                                      71210 |               1400 | 0.00                 |
|     15 | TAMIL NADU     |                                      43869 |               1828 | 552.00               |
|     16 | TELANGANA      |                                      11777 |                183 | 364.00               |
|     17 | UTTAR PRADESH  |                                     145144 |                 73 | 3433.00              |
|     18 | WEST BENGAL    |                                      63807 |                  0 | 20.00                |
|     19 | DELHI          |                                       8778 |                219 | 0.00                 |

|   20. | PUDUCHERRY                         |   409.00 |   108.00 |   0.00 |
|-------|------------------------------------|----------|----------|--------|
|    21 | HIMACHAL PRADESH                   |    16139 |     1113 |      0 |
|    22 | JAMMU & KASHMIR                    |    34319 |     1497 |      0 |
|    23 | UTTARAKHAND                        |    15213 |        0 |   1365 |
|    24 | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR                  |        0 |        0 |      0 |
|    25 | CHANDIGARH                         |        0 |        0 |      0 |
|    26 | DADAR & NAGAR HAVELI & DAMAN & DIU |        0 |        0 |      0 |
|    27 | LADAKH                             |        0 |        0 |      0 |
|    28 | LAKSHADWEEP                        |        0 |        0 |      0 |
|    29 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                  |     7930 |       61 |      0 |
|    30 | ASSAM                              |    88639 |     8303 |      0 |
|    31 | MANIPUR                            |    13218 |      289 |      0 |
|    32 | MEGHALAYA                          |    10938 |      257 |    108 |
|    33 | MIZORAM                            |     3552 |      679 |   3064 |
|    34 | NAGALAND                           |    11178 |      585 |   1344 |
|    35 | SIKKIM                             |       10 |      336 |      0 |
|    36 | TRIPURA                            |     9822 |        0 |    972 |