Lok Sabha Question No. 93 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-02
Subject: Utilisation of Nirbhaya Fund in Jharkhand
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sanjay Seth

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 93

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2024

## UTILISATION OF NIRBHAYA FUND IN JHARKHAND

- 93 (H). SHRI SANJAY SETH:

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

- (a) the major features and objectives of establishment of Nirbhaya Fund;
- (b) the amount allocated under the Nirbhaya Fund since its establishment, Statewise and year-wise;
- (c) the number of proposals received by the Union Government from the State Government of Jharkhand for utilisation of the said fund; and
- (d) the  initiatives  taken  under  the  Nirbhaya  Fund  in  Jharkhand  along  with  the details and number of beneficiaries thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Nirbhaya Fund, a non-lapsable corpus, was established by the Government for  providing  funding to  the  Project/  Schemes  specifically  aimed at  the  Safety and Security of Women and girls. As per the Framework for Nirbhaya Fund, the proposed projects under the Nirbhaya Fund should have the following features:

- i. Direct impact on safety and security concerns of women
- ii. Optimum use of existing infrastructure
- iii. Innovative use of technology
- iv. No duplication of existing government schemes/ programmes
- v. Provision for real time intervention as far as possible. e.g. in case of CCTVs for women's  safety,  there  should  be  real-time  monitoring  of  footage  and  quick response, rather than just a recording of events for evidence after the incident has occurred
- vi. Strict  privacy  and  confidentiality  of  women's  identity  and  information.  e.g. placement of CCTVs so as to not compromise women's privacy, protection of video data collected etc.
- vii. Defined role of all stakeholders

Further the Framework provides for clear definition of project as under:

- i. Inputs - required manpower, physical assets, financial resources etc.
- ii. Activities  -  to  be  undertaken during the project cycle  e.g. trainings, building infrastructure etc.
- iii. Outputs - product of the project e.g. number of people reached, area covered etc.
- iv. Measurable outcomes - expected achievement of the project e.g. increase in prosecutions  of  crime  against  women,  reduction  in  crime  rate  etc.  e.g. installation of 500 CCTVs at crime prone areas and public places is a project output. However, this offers no indication of whether the technology is actually used or if it improves police effectiveness. The outcome of such a project could be  a  reduction  in  incidents  of  crime,  increasing  use  of  CCTV  footage  as evidence in court, more prosecutions for crime against women etc.
- v. No. of beneficiaries to be reached - absolute or estimated.
- vi. Defined monitoring mechanism - from lowest level up to Ministry of Women and Child Development.
- vii. Support of State Women and Child Development Department (WCD) /Social Welfare Department, State Home Department and concerned central Ministry/Department (in case of proposals from States.

(b): Under the Nirbhaya Fund, upto the financial year 2023-24, a total amount of Rs 7212.85  Crore  has  been  allocated.  The  total  amount  released  by  the  Ministries/ Departments and utilized out of the Nirbhaya fund since inception is Rs 5448.0945 Crore which is nearly 75% of the total allocation. The scheme/ project wise details of amount released by the Ministries/ Departments and utilized out of the Nirbhaya fund is at Annexure .

(c) & (d): The Projects/ Schemes under Nirbhaya Fund that have been implemented/ being implemented in the State of Jharkhand include, Emergency Response Support System (ERSS)-112, Setting-up/ Strengthening Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTU), Setting-up/  Strengthening  Women  Help  Desk  (WHDs),  Cyber  Crime  Prevention against Women & Children (CCPWC), Cyber forensic and related facilities in State Forensic Science Laboratories (SFSLs), Universalisation of Women Helpline (WHL)181, State-wise Vehicle Tracking Platform (VTP), Training of Investigating Officers (IOs)/  Prosecution  Officers  (POs)/  Medical  Officers  (MOs)  in  Forensic  Evidence collection, Setting up Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) to dispose of cases pending trial  under  rape  and  POCSO  Act.  According  to  the  data  from  the  High  Court  of Jharkhand, 22 FTSCs are operational in the state. There are 24 operational One Stop Centers (OSCs) in the State of Jharkhand with an OSC in each of the 24 districts and Lighting of Dark Spots in AMRUT Cities in respect of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura and Jharkhand etc.

A total of 3435 women have been provided assistance by the One Stop Centers and 41587 women have been provided assistance by the WHL in the State of Jharkhand. The FTSCs in Jharkhand have disposed of over 5383 cases related to rape and cases under the POCSO Act.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 93 for answer on 02.02.2024 regarding 'Utilisation of Nirbhaya Fund in Jharkhand.'

| Ministries/ Departments   |   Sl.no | Project Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |   Fund Released/ Utilized by IAs out of Nirbhaya Fund (Rs in Crore) |
|---------------------------|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Ministry of Home Affairs  |       1 | Emergency Response Support System (ERSS)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                              364.03 |
| Ministry of Home Affairs  |       2 | Creation of Central Victim Compensation Fund (CVCF)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                              200    |
| Ministry of Home Affairs  |       3 | Cyber Crime Prevention against Women & Children (CCPWC) Sub-project under CCPWC                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                              174.39 |
| Ministry of Home Affairs  |       4 | Facility of Social Workers/ Counsellors at the District and Sub- Divisional Police Station Level in Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                                                                5.01 |
| Ministry of Home Affairs  |       5 | 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 of Home Affairs  |       6 | Various other activities under 'Delhi Police Safety of Women' Scheme                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                9.96 |
| Ministry of Home Affairs  |       7 | Safe City Proposal for 8 Cities i.e. Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                             1577.76 |
| Ministry of Home Affairs  |       8 | Establishment of State of Art DNA Lab. at CFSL, Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                                                               42.84 |
| Ministry of Home Affairs  |       9 | Strengthening DNA analysis, cyber forensic & related facilities in SFSLs in 30 States/UTs i.e. Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Goa, Odisha, Puducherry, Jharkhand, Kerala, Karnataka, A&N Islands, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Haryana, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam |                                                              183.02 |
| Ministry of Home Affairs  |      10 | Training of Investigation Officers (IOs)/ Prosecution Officers (POs) in Forensic Evidence collection and Procurement of forensic kits for sexual assault cases                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                               40.92 |
| Ministry of Home Affairs  |      11 | Setting up and strengthening Anti-Human Trafficking Units in all districts of States & UTs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                                                              113.76 |
| Ministry of Home Affairs  |      12 | Setting up/ strengthening Women Help                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                              158.01 |
| Ministry of Railways      |      13 | Desks in Police Stations in all States & UTs Integrated Emergency Response Management System (IERMS)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                              313.75 |

|                                                    |   14. | Provision of Video Surveillance System at Konkan Railway Station                                                                                                             | 17.64       |
|----------------------------------------------------|-------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|                                                    |    15 | Proposal for procurement of Tabs for Security of Women                                                                                                                       | New project |
|                                                    |    16 | Proposal for Artificial Intelligence (AI) based Facial Recognition System (FRS) integrated with video survelliance systems across 7 stations as a pilot project              | New project |
| Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |    17 | Development & Field Testing of Panic Switch based safety Device for Cars and Buses for aiding Women's Safety                                                                 | 3.49        |
| Department of Justice                              |    18 | Setting up Fast Track Special Courts to dispose off cases pending trial under Rape & POCSO Act                                                                               | 824.77      |
| Department of Justice                              |    18 | Extension of the FTSCs for two more years upto FY 2022-23                                                                                                                    | 824.77      |
| Department of Justice                              |    18 | Extension of the FTSCs for three more years upto FY 2025-26                                                                                                                  | 824.77      |
| Ministry of Tourism                                |    19 | Safe Tourism Destination for women in MP                                                                                                                                     | 6.24        |
| Ministry of Road Transport & Highways              |    20 | Abhaya Project Proposal for safety of women and girl child, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh                                                                                          | 58.64       |
| Ministry of Road Transport & Highways              |    21 | Women's safety in public transport, UPSRTC, Govt. of U.P.                                                                                                                    | 80.92       |
| Ministry of Road Transport & Highways              |    22 | Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Govt. of Karnataka on Training women for heavy passengers vehicles                                                             | 33.64       |
| Ministry of Road Transport & Highways              |    23 | Proposal of State-wise Vehicle Tracking Platform (VTP)                                                                                                                       | 213.88      |
| Ministry of Road Transport & Highways              |    24 | 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       |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development            |    25 | One Stop Centre (OSC)                                                                                                                                                        | 853.78      |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development            |    26 | Universalisation of Women Helpline (WHL)                                                                                                                                     | 93.31       |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development            |    27 | Mahila Police Volunteers (MPV)                                                                                                                                               | 16.32       |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development            |    28 | Chirali Proposal, Women Empowerment Directorate                                                                                                                              | 4.71        |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development            |    29 | Smart and safe Cities Free from Violence against Women and Girls' Programme, Govt. of M.P.                                                                                   | 1.04        |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development            |    30 | Safety and Security of Women, Govt. of Uttarakhand                                                                                                                           | 0.3145      |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development            |    31 | Nirbhaya Shelter Home, Govt. of Nagaland                                                                                                                                     | 2.55        |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development            |    32 | NICSI for Developing Nirbhaya Dashboard                                                                                                                                      | 0.24        |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development            |    33 | Mission Shakti for awareness and capacity building program for safety and empowerment of women and girls in industrial sectors                                               | 8.25        |

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|                                       | 34. Scheme for critical care and support for accessing justice to rape / gang-rape survivors and minor girls who get pregnant                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | --          |
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|                                       | 35. Installation of Storage boxes in the16Women markets in Manipur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.60        |
|                                       | 36. Installation of CCTV cameras in 16 women markets in Manipur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 0.88        |
|                                       | 37. Mission Shakti-2.0 for setting up of Maila Swablamban Kendra (MSK) at DIC centres for Entrepreneurship development, Vocational- Digital Training Safety and Empowerment of WomenandGirls in the State of Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                             | 9.55        |
|                                       | 38. Proposal of Government of Uttar Pradesh for (i) Construction of hostel/ dormitory for working women of industrial area/ institutions (ii) Installation of CCTV Camera in Zila Udyog Evam Udyam Protsahan Kendra of all districts of the State in industrial area/ institutions for women safety purpose (iii) Construction of Nirbhaya Pink Toilet | New project |
| Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs | 39. Proposal for Lighting of Dark Spots in Amrut Cities in respect of (Arunachal Pradesh Rs. 0.22 Cr., Nagaland Rs. 0.44 Cr., Tripura Rs. 0.22Cr. and Jharkhand Rs. 2.33 Cr.)                                                                                                                                                                          | New project |
|                                       | Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 5448.0945   |

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