Lok Sabha Question No. 1959 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-06
Subject: Mahila Shakti Kendra in Madhya Pradesh
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Smt. Sandhya Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1959

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2024

## MAHILA SHAKTI KENDRA IN MADHYA PRADESH

†1959. SMT. SANDHYA RAY:

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

- (a) the  number  and  details  of  schemes  being  implemented  by  the  Ministry  in Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) the amount of funds being spent on such schemes, scheme-wise and yearwise;
- (c) the steps being taken in the district of Bhind and Datia for empowerment of women:
- (d) the number of Mahila Shakti Kendras proposed to be opened along with the number of Shakti Kendra opened in Bhind and Datia districts; and
- (e) the details of the women benefited therefrom?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a) & (b):  The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing Centrally Sponsored Schemes in the country including the State of Madhya Pradesh, for the welfare of women and children, which are clubbed into three umbrella missions viz. (1) Mission Shakti, for safety, protection and empowerment of women; (2) Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 for improving nutrition & health indicators in the country; and (3) Mission Vatsalya, for protection and welfare of children. The details of the schemes are as under:

- (i) Mission  Shakti: The  'Mission  Shakti'  aims  at  strengthening  interventions  for women safety, security and empowerment. It seeks to focus on proposing strategies for improving convergence across Ministries/ Departments and at different levels of governance. Mission Shakti comprises of two verticals 'Sambal' and 'Samarthya'.

The 'Sambal' vertical is for safety and security of women. It has the components of One Stop Centres (OSCs), Women Helpline (WHL), Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) and Nari Adalat.

- a. One Stop Centres (OSCs)An institution located at district level offering under one  roof  immediate  help  to  women  in  distress  such  as  temporary  shelter, medical & police assistance, counselling and legal support.
- b. Women Helpline (WHL)The Women Helpline 181 provides toll-free 24-hours telecom service to women seeking support and information. It is also integrated with  Emergency  Response  Support  System  (ERSS)  112  for  all  emergency services and its integration with all One Stop Centres is in progress.
- c. Beti  Bachao  Beti  Padhao  (BBBP)BBBP  is  a  mindset  change  program helping in generating awareness for valuing the girl child through multi-sectoral interventions.
- d. Nari  AdalatAn experimental  platform  providing  women  with  an  alternative Grievance  Redressal  Mechanism  at  Gram  Panchayat  level  by  negotiation, mediation, and reconciliation with mutual consent for speedy, accessible, and affordable justice. It has been piloted in 50 Gram Panchayats each of Assam and UT of Jammu & Kashmir.

The 'Samarthya' vertical is for empowerment of women. It has the components of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), Shakti Sadan, Sakhi Niwas, Palna and SANKALP : Hub for Empowerment of Women (HEW).

- a. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)PMMVY is a Centrally Sponsored Maternity Benefits Scheme under which cash incentives of ₹5,000/is provided directly to the Bank/Post Office account of the beneficiary in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode for first child. Cash incentive of ₹6,000/- is also provided under PMMVY to eligible beneficiaries for second child being a girl child.
- b. Shakti SadanShakti Sadan is an Integrated Relief and Rehabilitation Home for the women in distress situations and difficult circumstances.
- c. Sakhi NiwasThe Sakhi Niwas Scheme (Working Women Hostel) is a demand driven centrally sponsored scheme, under which funds are released directly to the  States/UTs  and  aims  to  promote  availability  of  safe  and  conveniently located  accommodation  for  working  women  in  urban,  semi-urban  and  even rural areas where employment opportunity for women exist.
- d. PalnaPalna  scheme  through  day-care  créche  facilities  provides  safe  and secure place for the children. Creche services formalise the child care facilities

hitherto considered as part of domestic work and uses Aanganwadi infrastructure for ensuring delivery of care facilities till the last mile

- e. SANKALP: Hub for Empowerment of Women (HEW)T he SANKALP: HEW serves as a vehicle to bridge the information and knowledge gap regarding schemes  and  facilities  available  for  women.  It  also  serves  as  a  Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) for all components under Mission Shakti.

(ii)  Saksham  Anganwadi  &  Poshan  2.0  (Mission  Poshan  2.0): Under  this programme,  Anganwadi  Services  Scheme,  POSHAN  Abhiyaan  and  Scheme  for Adolescent Girls have been reorganized into 3 primary verticals: (i) Nutrition Support for  children  below  the  age  of  6  years,  Pregnant  Women,  Lactating  Mothers  and Adolescent Girls (14 -18 years); (ii) Early Childhood Care and Education [3-6 years] and (iii) Anganwadi Infrastructure including modern, upgraded Saksham Anganwadi.

(iii) Mission Vatsalya: Mission Vatsalya (erstwhile Child Protection Services Scheme (ICPS))  is  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  (CSS)  which  is  implemented  through States/Union Territories (UTs) to deliver services for better outreach and protection for Children in Need of Care and Protection (CNCP) and Children in Conflict with Law (CCL) which include Institutional Care and Non-Institutional 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.

The scheme also provides for emergency outreach services (24x7) for children in difficult circumstances through Child Helpline (1098).

The scheme-wise and year-wise details of funds released to the State of Madhya Pradesh during the last three years is at Annexure .

(c):    Under Samarthya vertical of Mission Shakti, a series of initiatives to empower women  in  the  districts  of  Datia  and  Bhind  have  been  undertaken  which  include awareness  camps/  sessions  on  various  key  schemes  and  programmes  related  to women  such  as  PMMVY  registration  drives,  100-days  special  campaign  under SANKALP: HEW, etc.

(d) & (e): The Mahila Shakti Kendra (MSK) Scheme was approved in November, 2017 as  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme  to  empower  rural  women  through  community participation.  A third party evaluation study of MSK scheme was conducted by NITI Aayog in 2020. Taking into account the findings of the evaluation and after consultation with States/ UTs and stakeholders, the scheme has been discontinued with effect from 01.04.2022.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in the reply to parts (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 1959 for answer on 06.12.2024 regarding 'Mahila Shakti Kendra in Madhya Pradesh' raised by Smt. Sandhya Ray

The scheme-wise and year-wise details of funds released to the State of Madhya Pradesh during the last three years:-

| Sl. No.   | Scheme                               | Funds released (Rs. In Crore)   | Funds released (Rs. In Crore)   | Funds released (Rs. In Crore)   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|           |                                      | 2021-22                         | 2022-23                         | 2023-24                         |
| 1.        | Mission Saksham Anganwadi Poshan 2.0 | 1085.47                         | 1011.57                         | 1123.11                         |
| 2.        | Mission Vatsalya                     | 30.57                           | 46.91                           | 60.85                           |
| 3.        | Mission Shakti                       |                                 |                                 |                                 |
|           | a. Sambal                            | 18.19                           | 8.86                            | 22.27                           |
|           | b. Samarthaya                        | 132.95                          | 204.25                          | 113.88                          |

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