Lok Sabha Question No. 273 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-13
Subject: Hostels for Working Women
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. C M Ramesh, Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION No. *273

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2024

## HOSTELS FOR WORKING WOMEN

- *273.   SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU: DR. C M RAMESH:

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

- (a)      the  details  of  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilised  under  the  Scheme  for Working Women's Hostels (WWH) in the country from 2019 to 2024, State-wise and year-wise;
- (b)       the details of the WWHs constructed by the Government under the said scheme during the last three years, State/UT-wise; and
- (c)       the  details  of  the  functional  WWHs  along  with  the  basic  facilities  available therein?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)

- (a) to (c)  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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Statement referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.*273 for answer on 13.12.2024 regarding Hostels for Working Women asked by Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu and Dr. C M Ramesh.

(a) to (c)          The Government is committed to providing safe, secure and affordable hostel facility for working women and women aspiring to join the work force. Working women hostels are critical components for improving participation of women in the labour  force,  which  is  a  major  step  towards  realising  the  idea  of  'Women  led development'.

Sakhi  Niwas  Scheme  [Working Women Hostel (WWH)] under the umbrella Mission Shakti, is a demand driven Centrally Sponsored Scheme where States/UTs assess  their  requirement  as  per  local  needs  and  proposals  are  approved  by  the Programme Approval Board (PAB) after discussion with States/UTs. The scheme aims to promote availiablity of safe and conveniently located accommodation for working women and for those women who are pursuing higher education/training, with Day care facility for children in urban, semi-urban and even rural areas where employment opportunity  for  women  exist.In  this  scheme,  fund  is  provided  on  rental  basis.  The component of new construction has been discontinued.

Prior  to  the  launch  of  Mission  Shakti  w.e.f.  01.04.2022,  Grant-in-Aid  was released  to  the  States/UTs  for  construction  of  new/  expansion  of  existing  WWH buildings and rent for few buildings for providing hostel facilities to the working women.

Details of funds released under the Scheme for Sakhi Niwas during the period from 2019-20 to 2023-24, State-wise and year-wise are at Annexure-I .The details of WWH  sanctioned  for  construction  and  those  whose  construction  was  completed during the last three years' period, State/UT-wise are given in Annexure-II. The details of functional Sakhi Niwas as received from States/UTs are at Annexure-III .

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Annexure referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.*273 for answer on 13.12.2024 regarding Hostels for Working Womenasked by Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu and Dr. C M Ramesh, Hon'ble Members of Parliament(LS).

Details of funds released under Sakhi Niwas (Working Women Hostel) Scheme during the last five financial years period:

(Rupees in Lakhs)

| S. No.   | State/UTs        | 2019-20        | 2020-21        | 2021-22        | 2022-23        | 2023-24        |
|----------|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|          |                  | Funds released | Funds released | Funds released | Funds released | Funds released |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 146.49         | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 21.52          |
| 2        | Assam            | 0.00           | 7.76           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 61.47          |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh     | 0.00           | 0.00           | 5.46           | 0.00           | 26.68          |
| 4        | Gujarat          | 0.00           | 0.00           | 69.70          | 0.00           | 46.46          |
| 5        | Himachal Pradesh | 111.86         | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 9.29           |
| 6        | Jammu & Kashmir  | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 4.80           |
| 7        | Karnataka        | 482.5          | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| 8        | Kerala           | 901.5          | 0.00           | 273.97         | 384.00         | 48.00          |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh   | 0.00           | 0.00           | 191.19         | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| 10       | Maharashtra      | 0.00           | 36.38          | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| 11       | Mizoram          | 136.50         | 0.00           | 40.88          | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| 12       | Manipur          | 169.49         | 990.61         | 164.70         | 784.85         | 58.87          |
| 13       | Nagaland         | 244.24         | 223.67         | 96.09          | 0.00           | 175.15         |
| 14       | Punjab           | 136.50         | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| 15       | Tamilnadu        | 0.00           | 392.18         | 350.25         | 593.94         | 0.00           |
| 16       | Telangana        | 746.10         | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           |
| 17       | Delhi *          | 179.58         | 300.18         | 11.52          | 0.00           | 0.00           |
|          | Total            | 3254.76        | 1950.78        | 1203.76        | 1762.79        | 452.24         |

*  Funds  released  to  Government  of  National  Capital  Territory  of  Delhi  (GNCTD)  towards  Tax  and repairing work of Jasola Hostel.

Annexure referred to in reply to Parts(a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.*273 for answer on 13.12.2024 regarding Hostels for Working Womenasked by Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu and Dr. C M Ramesh, Hon'ble Members of Parliament(LS).

Details of Sakhi Niwas (Working Women Hostel) sanctioned for construction and construction completed during the last three years period:

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| S No   | Name of State   | 2021-22     | 2021-22       | 2022-23     | 2022-23       | 2023-24     | 2023-24       |
|--------|-----------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
| S No   | Name of State   | Sanctione d | Constructed * | Sanctione d | Constructed * | Sanctione d | Constructed * |
| 1      | Andhra Prades h | --          | --            | --          | --            | --          | 01            |
| 2      | Chhattisgarh    | --          | 01            | --          | --            | --          | --            |
| 3      | Gujarat         | --          | 01            |             |               |             |               |
| 4      | Kerala          | --          | 01            | --          | --            | --          | 01            |
| 5      | Manipur         | --          |               | --          | 01            | --          | 01            |
| 6      | Mizoram         | --          | 01            | --          | --            | --          | --            |
| 7      | Nagaland        | --          | 01            | --          | --            | --          | 01            |
| 8      | Tamil Nadu      | 01          | --            | --          | --            | --          | --            |
|        | Total           | 01          | 05            | --          | 01            | --          | 04            |

*Construction completed of earlier sanctioned WWH.

Annexure referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.*273 for answer on 13.12.2024 regarding Hostels for Working Women asked by Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu and Dr. C M Ramesh, Hon'ble Members of Parliament(LS).

The details of functional Sakhi Niwas (WWH)

| S. No   | State/UTs                   |   Number of Functional Sakhi Niwas (WWH) |
|---------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh              |                                       23 |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh           |                                       05 |
| 3.      | A&N Islands                 |                                       00 |
| 4.      | Assam                       |                                       10 |
| 5.      | Bihar                       |                                       00 |
| 6.      | Chandigarh                  |                                       06 |
| 7.      | Chhattisgarh                |                                       06 |
| 8.      | Daman & Diu and Dadra & N H |                                       00 |
| 9.      | Delhi                       |                                       15 |
| 10.     | Goa                         |                                       00 |
| 11.     | Gujarat                     |                                       14 |
| 12.     | Haryana                     |                                       07 |
| 13.     | Himachal Pradesh            |                                       06 |
| 14.     | Jammu & Kashmir             |                                       01 |
| 15.     | Jharkhand                   |                                       02 |
| 16.     | Karnataka                   |                                       62 |
| 17.     | Kerala                      |                                      138 |
| 18.     | Ladakh                      |                                       00 |
| 19.     | Lakshadweep                 |                                       00 |
| 20.     | Madhya Pradesh              |                                       02 |
| 21.     | Maharashtra                 |                                       74 |
| 22.     | Manipur                     |                                       18 |
| 23.     | Meghalaya                   |                                       04 |
| 24.     | Mizoram                     |                                       03 |
| 25.     | Nagaland                    |                                       11 |
| 26.     | Odisha                      |                                       11 |
| 27.     | Puducherry                  |                                       04 |
| 28.     | Punjab                      |                                       00 |
| 29.     | Rajasthan                   |                                       15 |
| 30.     | Sikkim                      |                                       01 |
| 31.     | Tamil Nadu                  |                                       60 |
| 32.     | Telangana                   |                                       17 |
| 33.     | Tripura                     |                                       00 |
| 34.     | Uttarakhand                 |                                       00 |
| 35.     | Uttar Pradesh               |                                       08 |
| 36.     | West Bengal                 |                                       00 |
| Total*  |                             |                                      523 |

* As per information received from States/UTs.

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