Lok Sabha Question No. 241 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-21
Subject: One Stop Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: C. R. Patil, Anurag Sharma, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Ramapati Ram Tripathi, P.P. Chaudhary, Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 241

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2023

## ONE STOP CENTRES

241.     SHRI C.R. PATIL:

SHRI ANURAG SHARMA: SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI: DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI: SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY: SHRI SURESH KUMAR KASHYAP: SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is planning to introduce skill training programmes for women at the One Stop Centres (OSCs);
- (b) if so, the details of the funds allocated and released by the Union Government for OSCs in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Odisha;
- (c) the number of women who approached the OSC in the said States specifically in  Deoria,  Pali,  Shimla,  Pratapgarh,  Jhansi  and  Balasore  Parliamentary Constituencies;
- (d) the number of women from the said Constituencies who availed the temporary shelter services under the said scheme;
- (e) whether the OSC staff has received the training on handling psycho-social and mental healthcare needs to support the women facing violence and women in distress under the Stree Manoraksha Project; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): The Government has been implementing scheme of One Stop Centre (OSC) w.e.f. 01.04.2015 to provide support and assistance to women affected by violence and in distress, both in private and public spaces under one roof. OSCs provide an integrated range of services including medical aid, legal aid and advice, temporary shelter (for a maximum period of 5 days), police assistance, psycho-social counselling to needy women. Now the OSC scheme has been included as a component of subscheme  'Sambal'  under  Mission  Shakti.  Further,  in  such  cases  where  women  in distress require long term care and support, they are referred to Shakti Sadan, one of the components of sub-scheme 'Samarthya' under Mission Shakti where arrangement are  made  by  the  implementing  organization  for  providing  vocational  training/  skill development  classes  to  the  women  through  the  Vocational  Training  Institutes recognized by the Directorate General of Employment and Training under the Ministry of Labour and Employment/ Training Partners of National Skill Development Council (NSDC).  Training  and  examination  fee,  if  not  provided  under  any  other  scheme/ programmes of the Central/ State Government, is reimbursed on submission of the certificate  issued  by  the  vocational  training  institute  on  successful  completion  of training.  The  expenditure  incurred  by  the  organization  on  the  transportation  of residents in course of vocational training etc., if not funded through other sources, are met by the Government. Micro Credit is facilitated through SIDBI, Mudra and other relevant schemes of Central/State government in case residents want to start smallscale industry/ business.

One Stop Centres (OSCs) are functional in 733 districts of the country including the districts of Deoria, Pali, Shimla, Pratapgarh, Jhansi and Balasore

The  details  of  funds  released  to  the  States  of  Gujarat,  Uttar  Pradesh,  Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh & Odisha under OSCs scheme and number of women assisted of said States are as per Annexure.

(e) & (f): The Government, from time to time, conducts capacity building programme for  the  functionaries  of  OSCs  through  various  institutions  like  National  Institute  of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) etc. Recently, the Government has 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 (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.241 FOR 21.07.2023 ASKED BY SHRI C.R. PATIL, SHRI ANURAG SHARMA, SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI, DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI, SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY, SHRI SURESH KUMAR KASHYAP AND SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA REGARDING 'ONE STOP CENTRES'

The details of funds released to the States of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh & Odisha and number of women assisted through OSCs of said States are as under :

| Sl. No.   | States           |   Fund released (2015- 16 to 2022-23) (Rs in cr.) |   Number of women assisted (2015-16 to 2022-23) |
|-----------|------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Gujarat          |                                             37.13 |                                           27127 |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh |                                              8.74 |                                            1128 |
| 3         | Odisha           |                                             34.15 |                                           21891 |
| 4         | Rajasthan        |                                             30.09 |                                           36554 |
| 5         | Uttar Pradesh    |                                             82.59 |                                          197838 |
| Total     | Total            |                                            192.71 |                                          284538 |

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