Lok Sabha Question No. 1038 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-08
Subject: One Stop Crisis Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1038

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2023

## ONE STOP CRISIS CENTRES

## 1038.  SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

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

- (a) the number of functional One Stop Crisis Centres in the country, State/UT-wise including Bihar;
- (b) whether counsellors are available at all these centres;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (d) if not, the steps taken by the Union Government to cover this shortage; and
- (e) the other measures being taken by the Union Government to provide all the facilities at every One Stop Centre?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  The  Mission  Shakti  scheme  aims  to  address  women's  needs  on  life  cycle continuum basis. Mission Shakti has two sub-schemes - 'Sambal' and 'Samarthya'. While "Sambal" sub-scheme is for safety and security of women, "Samarthya" subscheme aims at empowerment of women. The 'Sambal' sub-scheme consists of the component 'One Stop Centre (OSC)'. The One Stop Centre (OSC) is envisaged 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 and psycho-social counselling to needy women. 752 OSCs are currently functional across the country, including 38 OSCs of Bihar. Through these OSCs, more than 8.01 lakhs women  have been provided assistance.    The State/UT-wise details of functional OSCs since inception is attached at Annexure .

(b)  to  (e):  The  Ministry  provides  financial  assistance  to  states  /  UTs  for  hiring  of manpower for functioning of OSCs. However, the scheme does not envisage creation of  regular  posts.  As  such,  the  State/UT/District  authorities  are  responsible  for recruitment / hiring of suitable manpower / staff at these centres. There is a provision for hiring of 13 personnel for each One Stop Centre, which includes one psycho-social counsellor. The details for sanctioned personnel for each OSC are given below: -

|   Sl. | No.Name of the Position                  |   No. of Personnel |
|-------|------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|     1 | Centre Administrator                     |                  1 |
|     2 | Caseworker                               |                  2 |
|     3 | Para-legal personnel/ Lawyer             |                  1 |
|     4 | Paramedical personnel                    |                  1 |
|     5 | Psycho-social Counsellors                |                  1 |
|     6 | Office Assistant with Computer Knowledge |                  1 |
|     7 | Multi-purpose staff/cook                 |                  3 |
|     8 | Security Guard/Nigh Guard                |                  3 |

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.  The  Government  has  also 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. NIMHANS has completed Basic Training and Certificate Courses in 27 states and 5 Union Territories, comprising 631 OSCs. Since inception, the Ministry has conducted trainings for OSC staff of States/UTs at various locations including Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Assam (for 8 North-Eastern States), Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in collaboration with the reputed Universities/School of Social Work/Department of Social Work. The Ministry has also conducted seminars on  Facilitating  Safety  and  Empowerment  of  Women  through  One  Stop  Centres. Further, the Ministry also engages with the State/UTs regularly through its various Schemes of this Ministry like Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP), Women Help Line (WHL),  Hub  for  Empowerment  of  Women,  etc.  to  both  increase  awareness  and provide 24 hours emergency and non-emergency response to women, both in public and private spaces by linking them with appropriate authority such as Police, OSC, Hospital, Legal Services etc.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1038  FOR  08.12.2023  ASKED  BY  SHRI  JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL REGARDING 'ONE STOP CRISIS CENTRES'

## Details of State/UT-wise operational One Stop Centres (OSCs) and women assisted from 1.4.2015 to 30.09.2023

| Sl. No.   | State /Uts        |   Number of Operational OSCs |   Total |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------------|---------|
| 1         | A&N Islands       |                            3 |    1848 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    |                           13 |   39189 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh |                           25 |    1847 |
| 4         | Assam             |                           34 |   16484 |
| 5         | Bihar             |                           38 |   31509 |
| 6         | Chandigarh        |                            1 |    1226 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      |                           27 |   39459 |
| 8         | DNHDD             |                            3 |    1081 |
| 9         | Delhi             |                           11 |   15090 |
| 10        | Goa               |                            2 |    6576 |
| 11        | Gujarat           |                           35 |   31019 |
| 12        | Haryana           |                           22 |   31865 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh  |                           12 |    1422 |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir   |                           20 |    9122 |
| 15        | Jharkhand         |                           24 |    3568 |
| 16        | Karnataka         |                           32 |   19571 |
| 17        | Kerala            |                           14 |   15739 |
| 18        | Ladakh            |                            2 |      48 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep       |                            1 |       0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh    |                           57 |   81684 |
| 21        | Maharashtra       |                           42 |   25587 |
| 22        | Manipur           |                           16 |    1331 |
| 23        | Meghalaya         |                           12 |    2895 |
| 24        | Mizoram           |                            8 |     932 |
| 25        | Nagaland          |                           11 |    1141 |
| 26        | Odisha            |                           30 |   21891 |
| 27        | Puducherry        |                            4 |     426 |
| 28        | Punjab            |                           22 |   14296 |
| 29        | Rajasthan         |                           34 |   40461 |
| 30        | Sikkim            |                            4 |    1168 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu        |                           38 |   62281 |
| 32        | Telangana         |                           33 |   56051 |
| 33        | Tripura           |                            8 |     466 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh     |                           79 |  215736 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand       |                           13 |    6824 |
| 36        | West Bengal       |                           22 |    1229 |
|           | Total             |                          752 |  801062 |

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