Lok Sabha Question No. 4731 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-20
Subject: Swadhar Greh and Ujjawala Schemes under Mission Shakti
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Kaushalendra Kumar, Shri Devusinh Chauhan, Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4731 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2026

## SWADHAR GREH AND UJJAWALA SCHEMES UNDER MISSION SHAKTI

## 4731.  SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM: SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN: SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether the merger of Swadhar Greh and Ujjawala under Mission Shakti into Shakti Sadan has improved service delivery and rehabilitation outcomes for women in distress, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Ministry  has  conducted  any  assessment  of  the  adequacy  of  existing functional  Shakti  Sadans  in  meeting  the  demand,  States/UT-wise,  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c) whether the Ministry maintains any data on the number of women rehabilitated and successfully reintegrated under the said Scheme, if so, the details and the current status thereof; and
- (d) whether any monitoring mechanism is in place to ensure vocational training and social security linkages are effectively implemented for residents, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a) to (d): Under the overarching 'Mission Shakti', erstwhile schemes of 'Swadhar Greh' Home for women in difficult circumstances and 'Ujjawala' - Home for women rescued from Trafficking,  have  been  merged  w.e.f.  01.04.2022  and  are  now  known  as  'Shakti  Sadan Scheme', which  is  an  Integrated  Relief  and  Rehabilitation  Home  for  women  in  distressful situations including trafficked women.  It aims at creating a safe and enabling environment for women in such difficult situations, to enable them to overcome the adverse circumstances. Shakti  Sadan  is  helpful  towards  support  for  women  in  distress,  providing  shelter  and rehabilitation support including those affected of trafficking.

The Shakti Sadan Scheme is a demand driven Centrally Sponsored Scheme, under which funds are released to the States/UTs for implementation of the scheme. The States/UTs assess their requirement  as  per  local  needs  and  proposals  are  approved  every  year  by  the  Programme Approval  Board  (PAB)  after  discussion  with  States/UTs.   Under  the  Scheme,  financial assistance is provided for running of Shakti Sadan in rented premises. Presently, 419 Shakti Sadans are functional across the country and about 19,960 women rehabilitated during the Financial Year 2025-26 (01.04.2025 to 31.12.2025).

The Ministry continuously monitors the progress of the implementation of scheme through physical and virtual meetings with States/UTs, field visit by the officials of the Ministry and through  digital  mode  from  time  to  time.  Further,  for  the  purpose  of  monitoring  of  Shakti Sadans, this Ministry has developed a dedicated Mission shakti Dashboard for capturing details like staff  deployed, beneficiaries, location details (Latitude and  Longitude), Physical infrastructure, Vocational Training, ICT infrastructure, activities conducted, facilities provided to beneficiaries, etc.

State and UT wise list of functional Shakti Sadans is at Annexure .

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## Annexure

ANNEXURE WITH REGARD TO REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (D) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4731  FOR  ANSWER  ON  20.03.2026  REGARDING "SWADHAR  GREH  AND  UJJAWALA  SCHEMES  UNDER  MISSION  SHAKTI" ASKED  BY  SHRI  VISHNU  DAYAL  RAM:  SHRI  DEVUSINH  CHAUHAN:  SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (LS)

## State and UT wise list of functional Shakti Sadans

| Sl. No   | State/UTs         |   No. of Shakti Sadan |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                    26 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                     1 |
| 3        | Assam             |                    26 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                    11 |
| 5        | Chandigarh        |                     1 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      |                     4 |
| 7        | Delhi             |                     2 |
| 8        | Goa               |                     1 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |                     1 |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir    |                     2 |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |                     1 |
| 12       | Karnataka         |                    40 |
| 13       | Kerala            |                     8 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |                    14 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |                    21 |
| 16       | Manipur           |                    47 |
| 17       | Meghalaya         |                     2 |
| 18       | Mizoram           |                    12 |
| 19       | Nagaland          |                     6 |
| 20       | Odisha            |                    68 |
| 21       | Puducherry        |                     1 |
| 22       | Punjab            |                     2 |
| 23       | Rajasthan         |                     6 |
| 24       | Sikkim            |                     1 |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu        |                    46 |
| 26       | Telangana         |                    21 |
| 27       | Tripura           |                     3 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       |                     3 |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh     |                     6 |
| 30       | West Bengal       |                    36 |
| Total    | Total             |                   419 |

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