Lok Sabha Question No. 1023 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-05
Subject: Schemes for Women and Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Aditya Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1023

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2025

## SCHEMES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN

- +1023. SHRI ADITYA YADAV:

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

- (a) whether women and children in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh have to face numerous challenges related to education, nutrition, health, child protection/child labour  prevention,  as  reflected  in  various  Government  and  Non-Government reports;
- (b) if so, the details and the current status thereof indicating the maternal mortality and infant mortality rates in the said districts;
- (c) the  schemes/programs  proposed  by  the  Government  to  increase  access  to education, provide nutrition and health support, strengthen legal protection and promote socio-economic empowerment for women and children therein;
- (d) the  details  of  the  scheme  implemented/proposed  to  be  implemented  for empowering  women,  alongwith  vocational  training,  strengthening  Self-Help Groups, health and nutrition campaigns/ensuring girls education; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  steps  taken  for  addressing  gender  disparities/ensuring  the safety/welfare of women children in the said district?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b)  As  per  the  Sample  Registration  System  (SRS)  2023  report  of  the  Registrar General of India (RGI), the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in the State of Uttar Pradesh is 37

per 1,000 live births. The SRS-RGI report does not provide IMR estimates at the district level.

According  to  Sample  Registration  System  (SRS)  report  for  2020-22,  the  Maternal Mortality Rate in Uttar Pradesh was 141 per lakh live births. This is a decrease from the 167 per lakh births recorded in the 2018-20 SRS report.

(c) to (e) The Government of India supports in implementation of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH + N) strategy under National Health  Mission  (NHM)  based  on  the  Annual  Program  Implementation  Plan  (APIP) submitted by respective State / UT. The details of interventions to improve child health outcomes all across the country including State of Uttar Pradesh, are placed as below:

- Facility  Based  Newborn  Care: Special  New-born  Care  Units  (SNCUs)  are established at District Hospital and Medical College level, Newborn Stabilization Units (NBSUs) are established at First Referral Units (FRUs)/ Community Health Centres (CHCs) for care of sick and small babies.
- Community Based care of Newborn and Young Children: Under Home Based New-born  Care  (HBNC)  and  Home-Based  Care  of  Young  Children  (HBYC) program, home visits are performed by ASHAs to improve child-rearing practices and to identify sick newborn and young children in the community.
- Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK): Sick infant up to one year of age is entitled to free treatment in public health institutions along with the provision of free transport, diagnostics, medicines, blood and consumables.
- Social  Awareness  and  Actions  to  Neutralize  Pneumonia  Successfully (SAANS) initiative  implemented since 2019 for reduction of childhood morbidity and mortality due to Pneumonia.
- STOP Diarrhoea campaign is implemented for promoting use of ORS and Zinc and for reducing morbidity and mortality due to childhood diarrhoea.
- Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK): Children from 0 to 18 years of age are  screened  for  32  health  conditions  (i.e. Diseases,  Deficiencies,  Defects  and Developmental  delay)  under  Rashtriya  Bal  Swasthya  Karyakram  (RBSK)  to improve child survival. District Early Intervention Centres (DEICs) at district health facility level are established for confirmation and management of children screened under RBSK.

In addition to the schemes being implemented by other Ministries, Ministry of Women & Child Development is implementing schemes for safety/ welfare of women and children, including to increase access to education, provide nutrition and health support, strengthen legal protection and promote socio-economic empowerment for women and children and address  gender  disparities,  all  over  the  country,  including  Badaun  District  of  Uttar Pradesh, in three Umbrella Missions, viz. (1) Mission Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 for improving nutrition & health indicators (2) Mission Shakti, for safety, protection and empowerment of women; and (3) Mission Vatsalya, for protection, care and welfare of children in difficult circumstances. Details of the schemes are as under:

- (i)  Saksham  Anganwadi  &  Poshan 2.0  (Mission  Poshan  2.0): Under  this  mission, Anganwadi Services Scheme, POSHAN Abhiyaan and Scheme for Adolescent Girls have been reorganized into 3 primary sub-verticals: (i) Nutrition Support for Children, Pregnant Women & Lactating  Mothers  and  for  Adolescent  Girls  (ii)  Early  Childhood  Care  and Education and (iii) Anganwadi Infrastructure including upgraded Saksham Anganwadis.
- (ii) Mission Shakti: It comprises of two verticals 'Sambal' and 'Samarthya' for safety, security and empowerment of women, respectively.
- I. Sambal The following schemes have been included under the Sambal vertical: One Stop Centres (OSC) - for providing integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence and those in distress, both in private and public spaces in a convergent and coordinated manner under one roof ; Women Helplines (181-WHL) is a 24 x 7 x 365 tollfree emergency/non-emergency response system that is integrated with ERSS (112) and other existing helplines/institutions; Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) - launched with an aim to address declining Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) and related issues of empowerment of girls and women over a life cycle continuum; Nari Adalat -a pilot initiative aimed at empowering women by ensuring justice and to offer services such as alternate dispute resolution, grievance redressal, counselling, evidence-based decision-making, pressure group tactics, negotiation, mediation, and reconciliation.
- II. Samarthya The following schemes have been included under 'Samarthya' vertical: Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) -  a  Centrally Sponsored Maternity Benefit Scheme under which cash incentives flow to the beneficiaries in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode for the first child and the second girl child; Ujjwala and Swadhar Greh (renamed as Shakti Sadan) -  an  Integrated Relief and Rehabilitation Home for women  in  distress  situations  including  trafficked  women; Working  Women  Hostel (renamed as Sakhi Niwas) -  to  promote  availability  of  safe  and  conveniently  located accommodation for working women in urban, semi-urban and also in rural areas where

employment opportunities for women exist; National Hub for Empowerment of Women (NHEW) -  to  facilitate  intersectoral  convergence  of  schemes  and  programs meant  for women at National level, State/ UT level and district level and National Creche Scheme (renamed as Palna) that aims to increase the participation of women in work force in the economy by providing quality crèche facility in safe and secure environment for children.

(iii) Mission Vatsalya: Mission Vatsalya includes the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) for better outreach and protection for children in need and care in a mission mode with  the  objective  to:  (i)  Support  and  sustain  Children  in  difficult  circumstances.  (ii) Develop  context-based  solutions  for  holistic  development  of  children  from  varied backgrounds.  (iii)Provide  scope  for  encouraging  innovative  solutions,  (iv) Cement convergent action.

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