Lok Sabha Question No. 125 (STARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: GPS Tracking System
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DINESH TRIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 125

TO BE ANSWERED ON 4-3-2016

## GPS TRACKING SYSTEM

## *125.   SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI

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

- (a)  whether the Government has set up a dedicated fund called Nirbhaya Fund for the safety and security of women and if so, the details thereof;
- ( b) the details of the proposals received from various Central Ministries/agencies and approved, along with funds provided therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has approved any scheme for providing GPS tracking and emergency buttons in all types of transport vehicles under the Nirbhaya Fund and if so, the details thereof;
- ( d )  whether the above scheme is being implemented in the public transport vehicles and if so, the details thereof along with the percentage of such vehicles to the total number of public transport vehicles, City-wise where the scheme is in operation; and
- ( e )  the further steps taken by the Government for the safety and security of girls and women?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

(a) to (e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 125 FOR 04.03.2016 BY SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI REGARDING 'GPS TRACKING SYSTEM'

- (a) & (e):     Yes Madam, Government of India has set up a dedicated fund called Nirbhaya Fund for implementation of initiatives aimed at enhancing the safety and security of women in the country. The corpus transferred to the Public Account for the Nirbhaya fund till 201415 is Rs. 2000.00 Cr.
- (b): As per the guidelines of Ministry of Finance dated 25.3.2015, Ministry of Women and Child Development is the nodal authority for appraisal of the schemes/proposals received under Nirbhaya Fund. Details of the proposals received and recommended from various Central Ministries/agencies are annexed.
- (c) & (d) A proposal of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for 'Security for Women in public road transport in the country' was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in January, 2014. Since there were technological issues, the proposal was asked to recast by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways with laid out standards for GPS tracking and panic button.

## Annexure as referred to in thereply of Lok Sabha Starred Question no. 125 for 04.03.2016 by Shri Dinesh Trivedi regarding 'GPS Tracking System'

Details of the proposals received and appraised from various Central Ministries/agencies is as under:

## I. Ministry of Home Affairs :

1. 'National  Emergency  Response  System  (NERS) : A  proposal on National  Emergency Response System (NERS) with a cost of Rs. 321.69 Cr. was approved by the CCEA in February 2014. The proposal aims for the establishment of an integrated computer aided dispatch platform for supporting Geographical Information System based call tracking and Geographical Positioning System based police vehicle dispatch to respond to women and other distress calls and  ensure  speedy  assistance  to  them.    Preparatory  work  of  the  tendering  process  had  been initiated and it was found that the financial bid of the bidder was unresponsive and hence the retendering process is being worked out.
2. Central Victim Compensation Fund (CVCF): Ministry of Women and Child Development has appraised and recommended the proposal of MHA in June 2015 to create a Central Victim Compensation  Fund  (CVCF)  with  a  onetime  Grant/Corpus  of  Rs.200.00  Cr.  The  proposed CVCF shall facilitate  supporting  the  States/UT  Administrations  on  a  50:50  matching  sharing basis to the extent of the State Budget allocated for various components  of Victim Compensation  Scheme  until  they  becomes  self-sustainable  and  making  special  provision  for spending  up  to  Rs.  5.00  lakh  for  treatment  of  acid  attack  victims.    The  Scheme  has  been approved  and  the  guidelines  were  issued  in  October  2015  to  States/Union  Territories  for  its implementation.
3. Investigative  Units  for  Crime  against  Women  (IUCAW): The  MHA  proposal  has  been appraised  and  recommended  in  October  2015  for  setting  up  of  Investigative  Units  for  Crime against  Women  (IUCAW)  of  Rs.  324.00  Cr.  MHA  has  proposed  to  set  up  564  investigative Units  for  Crime  against  Women  in  most  crime  prone  districts  of  each  State  on  a  50:50  cost sharing basis with the States. The objective of these units will be to assist the local police in investigation  of  heinous  crimes  against  women  i.e.  rape,  acid  attack,  dowry  death  and  human trafficking etc.  After inter ministerial consultations by MHA, the meeting of the SFC was held on  11 th December  2015  and  the  proposal  was  approved.  It  was  also  decided  that  the  scheme should be implemented for two years only.
4. Organized  Crime  Investigative  Agency  (OCIA): Empowered  Committee  of  officers  under Nirbhaya Fund appraised and recommended the project proposal in November 2015 amounting to Rs. 83.20 Cr. for setting up of OCIA to be funded under Nirbhaya Fund for initial 5 years. OCIA will collate intelligence, investigate the crime of Human Trafficking having national and international ramification and strengthening of capacity building mechanism. The Agency will also coordinate rescue and rehabilitation efforts with other Ministries of the Government of India and State Governments.
5. Delhi Police: The following two proposals of Delhi Police have been appraised and recommended by the Empowered Committee of officers in February 2016.
6. (i) Provision  of  facility  of  Social  Workers/Counsellors  at  the  District  and  Sub-  Divisional Police Station Level in Delhi with the help of Ministry of Women & Child Development, Govt. of India of Rs. 6.20 Cr.  for 2 years.
7. (ii) New  building  with  women  centric  facilities  for  Special  Unit  for  Women  &  Children (SPUWAC) and Special Unit for North East Region (SPUNER) at Nanakpura, New Delh i of Rs.23.53 Cr.
6. Cyber  Crime  Prevention  against  Women  and  Children  (CCPWC): A  proposal  of  Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children of Rs. 244.32 Cr.has beenappraised and is under process in the Ministry.

## II. Ministry of Women and Child Development :

1. One Stop Centre Scheme with project cost ofRs. 18.58 Cr. has beenapproved in March 2015 for setting up of One Stop Centre to support women affected by violence to be funded through Nirbhaya  Fund.  The  scheme  aims  to  facilitate  access  to  an  integrated  range  of  services including medical aid, police assistance, legal aid/case management, psychosocial counseling, and temporary support services to women affected by violence.
- 36 one stop centres are to be set up, one in each State/UT.
- 8  Centres  are  already  operational  [Raipur(Chhattisgarh),  Chandigarh,  Vijaywada(Andhra Pradesh), Andaman & Nicobar, Daman & Diu, Bhubaneshwar(Odisha), Jaipur(Rajasthan), Karnal(Haryana) ].
- An amount of Rs. 10.17 Cr. has been released to 31 States/ Union Territories.
5. 2 The Scheme for Universalisation of Women Helpline has been approved in February 2015 with the project cost of Rs. 69.49 Cr. The scheme is exclusively designed to support women affected by violence, both in private and public spaces, including in the family, community, workplace  etc.  and    will  provide  24  hour  emergency  response  to  all  women  affected  by

violence both in public and private sphere. An amount of Rs. 15.46 Cr. has been sanctioned to 33 States/Union Territories.

## III. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways :

The scheme proposed by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH)  underNirbhaya Fund provides  for  infrastructure  for  GPS  tracking  and  panic  buttons  on  passenger  public transport vehicles. The scheme proposes to install GPS tracking  and emergency buttons in public transport vehicles. MoRT&H is in the process of drafting standards for GPS tracking and panic buttons.

## IV. Ministry of Railways:

The  proposal  for Integrated  Emergency  Response  Management  System at  balance 1000 A1, A, B, and C category stations of Rs. 500.00 Cr. was appraised and is under process in the Ministry.

The following budgetary allocations  have  been  made  out  of  Nirbhaya  Fund  by  Department  of  Economic Affairs, (Budget division) Ministry of Finance:

- i)

- Ministry of Home Affairs: Rs. 150 Cr. in 2014-15 and Rs. 150 Cr. in 2015-16

- ii)

- Ministry of Road Transport Rs. 50 Cr. in 2014-15 and Rs. 653 Cr. in 2015-16

- & Highways:

- iii)

- Ministry of Women & Child Rs. 2.00 Cr. (Token) in 2015-16

- Development:

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