Lok Sabha Question No. 3364 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-05
Subject: Working Women Hostels
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ANSHUL VERMA, HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3364

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2016

## WORKING WOMEN HOSTELS

## 3364. SHRI ANSHUL VERMA: SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR:

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

- (a) the  number  of  Working  Women  Hostels  (WWHs)  including  hostels  with  day  care  centres  presently operational  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  along  with  the  criteria/norms  laid  down  for  opening  and granting/extending financial assistance for the purpose;
- (b) whether the Government has taken note of the shortage of such hostels in the country and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether the Government has received some proposals from States/UTs including Kerala and Punjab and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) for construction of hostels under the scheme of WWHs and if so, the details thereof alongwith the action taken thereon, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the provisions made for safety/security indicating installation of CCTV cameras, availability of quality food and habitable living conditions for women in such hostels including private hostels during the said period; and
- (e) the mechanism available with the Government to assess functioning of such hostels and the study, if any, made in this regard and the further measures taken by the Government to make the scheme more effective and check mis-utilisation of fund thereunder?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)

- (a) Since inception of the Scheme in 1972-73, 926 hostels have been sanctioned all over the country creating capacity for about 69,466 working women and 9,509 children. State/ UT wise list of Working Women  Hostels  sanctioned  so  far  is  at  Annexure-I.  As  per  the  norms  of  the  Scheme,  financial assistance  is  provided  to  the  eligible  implementing  organizations  such  as  State  Government agencies  and  Civil  Society  Organizations  etc.  upto  75%  of  the  cost  of  construction  of  the  hostel building for working women on public land as per the prescribed area norms and schedule of rate of the  respective  State  Public  Works  Department.  There  is  also  a  provision  of  extending  financial assistance  for  hostels  to  be  run  in  rented  premises.  Corporate  houses  or  associations  like  CII, ASSOCHAM, FICCI etc., can also seek financial assistance for a matching grant (50:50) for hostel building construction on public land only.  There is also a provision of   one-time non-recurring grant @ Rs. 7500/- per inmate for purchase of furniture and furnishings.
- (b) No, Madam.
- (c) During the last three years and the current financial year, 55 new   proposals have been received under the Scheme and 30 new hostels have been sanctioned as per details given in Annexure-II.
- (d) To  provide  safety  for  single  working  women,  a  provision  has  been  made  in  Scheme  guidelines revised  in  2015  to  install  CCTV  Cameras  in  Working  Women  Hostels.  Provision  of  Washing Machine and Geysers/ Solar Water Heating System have also been made in the revised guidelines of the Scheme.
- (e) Regular monitoring of the functioning of the hostel is the responsibility of the District Women Welfare Committee under the Chairpersonship of District Collector/ District Magistrate/ Municipal Commissioner. In case, implementing agency mis-utilises the financial assistance or use the hostel building for any other purpose, the Government of India through the Ministry or State Government is entitled to take over the hostel building and/ or assets created by the grant-in-aid provided under the scheme.  The  criminal  proceeding  may  also  be  initiated  by  lodging  an  FIR  against  the  defaulting implementing  agency,  and  strict  legal  action  taken  in  order  to  recover  grant  with  penal  rate  of interest  as  agreed  in  the  bond  furnished  before  the  release  of  grant.  The  Scheme  has  been evaluated by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and recommended its continuation.

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## State-wise List of Sanctioned Working Women Hostels with Day Care Centre (DCC)

| S. No.                                                                                                                                | State/U.T.                                                                                                                            | No. of Sanctioned Hostels Women                                                                                                       | Capacity of Working                                                                                                                   | No. of DCC                                                                                                                            | Capacity of Children                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                       |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Andhra Pradesh39 2955 20 670 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Andhra Pradesh39 2955 20 670 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Andhra Pradesh39 2955 20 670 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Andhra Pradesh39 2955 20 670 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Andhra Pradesh39 2955 20 670 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Andhra Pradesh39 2955 20 670 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Andhra Pradesh39 2955 20 670 |
| 2.                                                                                                                                    | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                     | 13                                                                                                                                    | 706                                                                                                                                   | 5                                                                                                                                     | 130                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                       |
| 3.                                                                                                                                    | Assam                                                                                                                                 | 14                                                                                                                                    | 799                                                                                                                                   | 5                                                                                                                                     | 79                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |
| 4.                                                                                                                                    | Bihar                                                                                                                                 | 6                                                                                                                                     | 266                                                                                                                                   | 3                                                                                                                                     | 75                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |
| 5.                                                                                                                                    | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                          | 10                                                                                                                                    | 486                                                                                                                                   | 3                                                                                                                                     | 60                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |
| 6.                                                                                                                                    | Goa                                                                                                                                   | 2                                                                                                                                     | 120                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                       |
| 7.                                                                                                                                    | Gujarat                                                                                                                               | 26                                                                                                                                    | 1218                                                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                                                     | 180                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                       |
| 8.                                                                                                                                    | Haryana                                                                                                                               | 20                                                                                                                                    | 1561                                                                                                                                  | 9                                                                                                                                     | 265                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                       |
| 9.                                                                                                                                    | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                      | 13                                                                                                                                    | 477                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                       |
| 10.                                                                                                                                   | Jammu& Kashmir                                                                                                                        | 5                                                                                                                                     | 360                                                                                                                                   | 2                                                                                                                                     | 35                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |
| 11.                                                                                                                                   | Jharkhand                                                                                                                             | 2                                                                                                                                     | 214                                                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                                                     | 30                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |
| 12.                                                                                                                                   | Karnataka                                                                                                                             | 52                                                                                                                                    | 4753                                                                                                                                  | 19                                                                                                                                    | 470                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                       |
| 13.                                                                                                                                   | Kerala                                                                                                                                | 154                                                                                                                                   | 14750                                                                                                                                 | 88                                                                                                                                    | 2431                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                       |
| 14.                                                                                                                                   | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                        | 62                                                                                                                                    | 3438                                                                                                                                  | 12                                                                                                                                    | 371                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                       |
| 15.                                                                                                                                   | Maharashtra                                                                                                                           | 139                                                                                                                                   | 10527                                                                                                                                 | 48                                                                                                                                    | 1170                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                       |
| 16. Manipur                                                                                                                           | 22                                                                                                                                    | 1272 13                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                       | 367                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                       |
| 17.                                                                                                                                   | Meghalaya                                                                                                                             | 3                                                                                                                                     | 214                                                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                                                     | 15                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |
| 18.                                                                                                                                   | Mizoram                                                                                                                               | 4                                                                                                                                     | 149                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                       |
| 19.                                                                                                                                   | Nagaland                                                                                                                              | 18                                                                                                                                    | 1048                                                                                                                                  | 3                                                                                                                                     | 65                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |
| 20.                                                                                                                                   | Orissa                                                                                                                                | 29                                                                                                                                    | 1825                                                                                                                                  | 8                                                                                                                                     | 140                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                       |
| 21.                                                                                                                                   | Punjab                                                                                                                                | 14                                                                                                                                    | 1417                                                                                                                                  | 4                                                                                                                                     | 110                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                       |
| 22.                                                                                                                                   | Rajasthan                                                                                                                             | 39                                                                                                                                    | 1868                                                                                                                                  | 13                                                                                                                                    | 320                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                       |
| 23.                                                                                                                                   | Sikkim                                                                                                                                | 2                                                                                                                                     | 144                                                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                                                     | 30                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |
| 24.                                                                                                                                   | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                            | 96                                                                                                                                    | 6900                                                                                                                                  | 40                                                                                                                                    | 1052                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                       |
| 25                                                                                                                                    | Telangana                                                                                                                             | 21                                                                                                                                    | 1427                                                                                                                                  | 5                                                                                                                                     | 220                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                       |
| 26.                                                                                                                                   | Tripura                                                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                                                     | 50                                                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                       |
| 27.                                                                                                                                   | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                         | 41                                                                                                                                    | 3190                                                                                                                                  | 16                                                                                                                                    | 494                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                       |
| 28.                                                                                                                                   | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                           | 7                                                                                                                                     | 538                                                                                                                                   | 2                                                                                                                                     | 90                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |
| 29.                                                                                                                                   | West Bengal                                                                                                                           | 38                                                                                                                                    | 2639                                                                                                                                  | 16                                                                                                                                    | 406                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                                                       | Total States                                                                                                                          | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 892                                                            | 65311                                                                                                                                 | 343                                                                                                                                   | 9275                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                       |
| Union Territories                                                                                                                     | Union Territories                                                                                                                     | ----------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                |                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                       |
| 1.                                                                                                                                    | Chandigarh                                                                                                                            | 7                                                                                                                                     | 736                                                                                                                                   | 2                                                                                                                                     | 55                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |
| 2.                                                                                                                                    | Delhi                                                                                                                                 | 20                                                                                                                                    | 3086                                                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                                                     | 179                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                       |
| 3.                                                                                                                                    | Pondicherry                                                                                                                           | 4                                                                                                                                     | 221                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                       |
| Total                                                                                                                                 | UTs                                                                                                                                   | 31                                                                                                                                    | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4043                                                          | 8                                                                                                                                     | 234                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                       |
| All India Total 923                                                                                                                   | All India Total 923                                                                                                                   | 69354                                                                                                                                 | 69354                                                                                                                                 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 9509                                                          | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 9509                                                          |                                                                                                                                       |
| Hotels in rented premises                                                                                                             | Hotels in rented premises                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                       | 351 ____________________________________________                                                                                      | 351 ____________________________________________                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                       |
| 1.                                                                                                                                    | Rajasthan                                                                                                                             | 1                                                                                                                                     | 25                                                                                                                                    | --                                                                                                                                    | --                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |
| 2.                                                                                                                                    | Maharashra                                                                                                                            | 2                                                                                                                                     | 87                                                                                                                                    | --                                                                                                                                    | --                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                       |
| Total (As on 1.08.2016)                                                                                                               | Total (As on 1.08.2016)                                                                                                               | 926                                                                                                                                   | 69466                                                                                                                                 | 351                                                                                                                                   | 9509                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                       |

## Annexure-II

## STATE/ UT-WISE DETAILS OF PROPOSALS RECEIVED AND SANCTIONED UNDER THE SCHEME OF WORKING WOMEN HOSTEL DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR :

| S. No.   | Year              | 2013-14   | 2013-14     | 2014-15   | 2014-15     | 2015-16   | 2015-16     | 2016-17 (As on 1.08.2015)   | 2016-17 (As on 1.08.2015)   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|          | Name of State     | Received  | Sanctione d | Received  | Sanctione d | Received  | Sanctione d | Received                    | Sanctione d                 |
| 01       | Andhra Pradesh    | 06        | ---         | ---       | 05          | ---       | ---         | ---                         | ---                         |
| 02.      | Arunachal Pradesh | ---       | 01          | ---       | ---         | 01        | 01          | ---                         | ---                         |
| 03.      | Assam             | ---       | ---         | ---       | ---         | 01        | ---         | ---                         | ---                         |
| 04.      | Gujarat           | 02        | ---         | ---       | 02          | ---       | ---         | ---                         | ---                         |
| 05.      | Himachal Pradesh  | ---       | ---         | ---       | ---         | 02        | ---         | ---                         | ---                         |
| 06.      | Karnataka         | ---       | 01          | ---       | ---         | 01        | ---         | ---                         | ---                         |
| 07.      | Kerala            | 05        | 04          | 06        | ---         | ---       | 04          | ---                         | ---                         |
| 08.      | Madhya Pradesh    | ---       | ---         | ---       | ---         | 02        | ---         | ---                         | ---                         |
| 09.      | Maharashtra       | 01        | ---         | 03        | ---         | 02        | 04          | ---                         | ---                         |
| 10.      | Manipur           | 08        | 01          | ---       | 01          | 02        | 02          | ---                         | ---                         |
| 11.      | Nagaland          | 05        | 01          | 02        | 01          | 06        | 01          | ---                         | ---                         |
| 12.      | Telangana         | ---       | ---         | ---       | 01          | ---       | ---         | ---                         | ---                         |
|          | Total             | 27        | 08          | 11        | 10          | 17        | 12          | 00                          | 00                          |