Lok Sabha Question No. 93 (STARRED), answered on 2023-12-08
Subject: Utilisation of Nirbhaya Fund
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: T.N. Prathapan, Faizal P.P. Mohammed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 93

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2023

## UTILISATION OF NIRBHAYA FUND

- *93.    SHRI T.N. PRATHAPAN: SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.:

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

- (a) the amount of funds allocated and utilized under the Nirbhaya funds, schemewise since 2015;
- (b) the  reasons  for  the  underutilisation  of  funds  allocated  to  the  Ministry  and specifically the Nirbhaya fund in recent years;
- (c) the  steps  taken/  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  prevent  and remedy the same; and
- (d) the reasons for the decrease in budget allocation to the Ministry despite the increase  recommended  by  the  Standing  Committee  on  Human  Resource Development?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d)         A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No.  93  for  answer  on  08.12.2023  raised  by  Shri  T.N.  Prathapan  and  Shri Mohammed Faizal P.P. regarding Utilisation of Nirbhaya Fund

(a): An Empowered Committee (EC) of Officers constituted under the Framework for  Nirbhaya  Fund  appraises  and  recommends  the  proposals  for  funding  under Nirbhaya Fund received from various Ministries/ Departments/ Implementing Agencies (IAs) etc. Thereafter, the respective Ministries/ Departments / IAs take approval of Competent Financial Authority (CFA) and release the funds for implementation of the approved projects.  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/ IAs and utilized out of the Nirbhaya fund since inception is Rs 5118.91 Crore which is approximately 70% of the total allocation. The scheme/ project wise details of amount released by the Ministries/ Departments/ IAs and utilized out of the Nirbhaya fund is at Annexure - I. The details of schemes/ projects appraised by EC but yet to be approved by CFA is at Annexure - II .

(b)  to  (d):   The  projects/  schemes  under  Nirbhaya  Fund  are  demand  driven.  The projects/ schemes appraised by Empowered Committee (EC) under Framework for Nirbhaya  Fund  has  a  staggered  implementation  schedule.  Further,  some  of  the appraised  projects  are  directly  implemented  by  Central  Ministries/  Departments, however, majority of the projects are implemented through State Governments/ Union Territory  (UT)  Administrations,  in  which  Central  Government  releases  the  funds  to States/ UTs as per prescribed fund sharing pattern of respective projects/ schemes and  implementation  on  ground  is  done  by  the  States/  UTs  as  per  the  approved implementation period. Further, there are schemes, which require recurring expenditure for providing services, in respect of which, further funds are released upon receipt of Utilisation Certificates (UCs) and Statement of Expenditure (SoE) from the Implementing  Agency  (IA)/  Authority  as  per  provisions  of  General  Financial  Rules (GFR). Hence, it is possible that more funds have been actually utilised, but Utilisation Certificates (UCs) and Statement of Expenditure (SoE), as required, as per provisions of GFR have not been received from States/ UTs/ IAs. The States/ IAs are regularly followed up to submit UCs and SoEs. Various other factors such as time taken in getting required approvals from competent authorities, procedure to be followed for award of contract, disruptions due to unforeseen reasons such as the one created by the Covid 19 etc., also affect implementation of schemes/ projects.

Further, the Empowered Committee (EC) of Officers also reviews the status of implementation as also status of expenditure, of appraised/ approved projects from time to time, in conjunction with the concerned Ministries/ Departments/Implementing Agencies.  Further,  the  Project/  Scheme  Implementing  Ministries/  Departments/ Agencies also review the progress of implementation at their level.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.93 for answer on 08.12.2023 regarding 'Utilisation of Nirbhaya Fund'

| 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)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                              171    |
| Ministry of Home Affairs  |       3 | Sub-project under CCPWC                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                              171    |
| 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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                                                             1434.58 |
| 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 24 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 and Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Jammu & Kashmir |                                                              180.36 |

|                                                    |   10. | Training of Investigation Officers (IOs)/ Prosecution Officers (POs) in Forensic Evidence collection and Procurement of forensic kits for sexual assault cases               |   31.43 |
|----------------------------------------------------|-------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|                                                    |    11 | Setting up and strengthening Anti-Human Trafficking Units in all districts of States & Uts                                                                                   |  113.76 |
|                                                    |    12 | Setting up/ strengthening Women Help Desks in Police Stations in all States & UTs (covering 10,000 Police Stations)                                                          |  158.01 |
| Ministry of Railways                               |    13 | Integrated Emergency Response Management System (IERSS)                                                                                                                      |  313.72 |
| Ministry of Railways                               |    14 | Provision of Video Surveillance System at Konkan Railway Station                                                                                                             |   17.64 |
| Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |    15 | Development & Field Testing of Panic Switch based safety Device for Cars and Buses for aiding Women's Safety                                                                 |    3.49 |
| Department of Justice                              |    16 | Setting up Fast Track Special Courts to dispose of cases pending trial under Rape & POCSO Act                                                                                |  734.92 |
| Department of Justice                              |    16 | Extension of the FTSCs for two more years upto FY 2022-23                                                                                                                    |  734.92 |
| Department of Justice                              |    16 | Extension of the FTSCs for three more years upto FY 2025-26                                                                                                                  |  734.92 |
| Ministry of Tourism                                |    17 | Safe Tourism Destination for women in MP                                                                                                                                     |    6.24 |
| Ministry of Road Transport & Highways              |    18 | Abhaya Project Proposal for safety of women and girl child, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh                                                                                          |   58.64 |
| Ministry of Road Transport & Highways              |    19 | Women's safety in public transport, UPSRTC, Govt. of U.P.                                                                                                                    |   80.92 |
| Ministry of Road Transport & Highways              |    20 | Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Govt. of Karnataka on Training women for heavy passengers vehicles                                                             |   33.64 |
| Ministry of Road Transport & Highways              |    21 | Proposal of State-wise Vehicle Tracking Platform (VTP)                                                                                                                       |  213.88 |
| Ministry of Road Transport & Highways              |    22 | 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   | 23.   | One Stop Centre (OSC)                                                                                                          |    798.81 |
|-------------------------------------------|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
| Ministry of Women and Child Development   | 24.   | Universalisation of Women Helpline (WHL)                                                                                       |   80.55   |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development   | 25.   | Mahila Police Volunteers (MPV)                                                                                                 |   16.32   |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development   | 26.   | Chirali Proposal, Women Empowerment Directorate                                                                                |    4.71   |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development   | 27.   | Smart and safe Cities Free from Violence against Women and Girls' Programme, Govt. of M.P.                                     |    1.04   |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development   | 28.   | Safety and Security of Women, Govt. of Uttarakhand                                                                             |    0.3145 |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development   | 29.   | Nirbhaya Shelter Home, Govt. of Nagaland                                                                                       |    2.55   |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development   | 30.   | NICSI for Developing Nirbhaya Dashboard                                                                                        |    0.24   |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development   | 31.   | Mission Shakti for awareness and capacity building program for safety and empowerment of women and girls in industrial sectors |    4.95   |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development   | 32.   | Installation of Storage boxes in the 16 Women markets in Manipur                                                               |    1.6    |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development   | 33.   | Installation of CCTV cameras in 16 women markets in Manipur                                                                    |    0.88   |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development   |       | Total                                                                                                                          | 5118.91   |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.93 for answer on 08.12.2023 regarding 'Utilisation of Nirbhaya Fund'

| Ministries/ Departments                 |   Sl.no | Project Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|-----------------------------------------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Ministry of Railways                    |       1 | Proposal for procurement of Tabs for Security of Women                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Ministry of Railways                    |       2 | Proposal for Artificial Intelligence (AI) based Facial Recognition System (FRS) integrated with video surveillance systems across 7 stations as a pilot project                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development |       3 | Scheme for critical care and support for accessing justice to rape / gang-rape survivors and minor girls who get pregnant                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development |       4 | 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 Women and Girls in the State of Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                           |
| Ministry of Women and Child Development |       5 | 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 |
| Ministry of External Affairs            |       6 | Proposal for opening One Stop Centres (OSCs) in 10 Indian Missions abroad                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs   |       7 | 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.                                                                                                                                                                           |