The Mahila Shakti Kendra (MSK) Scheme was approved in November, 2017 as a centrally sponsored scheme to empower rural women through community participation. The scheme aims to facilitate inter-sectoral convergence of schemes and programs meant for women. The scheme is implemented through State Governments and UT Administrations with a cost sharing ratio of 60:40 between Centre and States except for North East & Special Category States where the funding ratio is 90:10. For Union Territories 100% central funding is provided.

 

State/UT-wise details of funds allocated under the Scheme including for the State of Madhya Pradesh during the last three years is at Annexure-I. The district-wise details of funds allocated and utilised under MSK Scheme is not maintained by the Ministry. Women candidates are given preference as per Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme Implementation Guidelines for working as Women Welfare Officers and District Coordinators in District Level Centres for Women (DLCW).

 

The MSK Scheme provides for National, State and District Level Task Forces for review, monitoring and coordination at their respective levels. The details of district-wise DLCWs approved for the State of Madhya Pradesh, is at Annexure-II. Further, the functioning of MSK scheme has been reviewed by Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO), NITI Ayog and the recommendations have been considered in the new scheme under recently launched Mission Shakti

 

This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

 

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Annexure-I

 

State/UT-wise release of funds under Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme during the last three years

 

SI. No.	States /UTs	Funds Released (Rupees in lakh)
		2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands (UT)	0.00	20.58	41.04
2	Andhra Pradesh	277.20	21.13	0.00
3	Arunachal Pradesh	151.35	334.38	0.00
4	Assam	0.00	88.30	473.79
5	Bihar	25.83	48.62	0.00
6	Chandigarh (UT)	33.44	14.03	26.58
7	Chhattisgarh	7.28	35.41	7.95
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli,	0.00	10.48	51.67
	Daman & Diu (UT)	6.15	19.90
9	(NCT) (UT)	0.00	0.00	0.00
10	Goa	0.00	11.42	0.00
11	Gujarat	214.64	98.14	0.00
12	Haryana	6.91	94.57	13.39
13	Himachal Pradesh	137.45	52.94	36.29
14	Jammu & Kashmir (UT)	241.71	34.44	0.00 40.34
15	Ladakh (UT)
16	Jharkhand	0.00	29.71	0.00
17	Karnataka	169.83	122.43	244.13
18	Kerala	74.26	34.32	0.00
19	Lakshadweep (UT)	0.00	4.83	18.90
20	Madhya Pradesh	479.02	31.46	0.00
21	Maharashtra	144.63	22.88	0.00
22	Manipur	33.21	4.29	0.00
23	Meghalaya	158.85	25.74	0.00
24	Mizoram	166.77	140.11	86.01
25	Nagaland	221.57	103.80	271.76
26	Odisha	737.95	37.18	0.00
27	Puducherry (UT)	9.18	14.30	0.00
28	Punjab	87.50	7.30	7.56
29	Rajasthan	278.24	40.65	9.38
30	Sikkim	99.85	4.29	0.00
31	Tamil Nadu	227.86	105.81	11.67
32	Telangana	288.62	11.26	10.51
33	Tripura	125.50	0.00	0.00
34	Uttar Pradesh	362.13	17.16	11.67
35	Uttarakhand	226.14	295.66	0.00
36	West Bengal	453.62	31.46	0.00

 

Annexure-II

 

The details of district-wise DLCWs approved for the State of Madhya Pradesh

 

Sl. No.	Name of districts	Sl. No.	Name of districts
	Morena		Sagar
	Gwalior		Vidisha
	Bhind		Neemuch
	Datia		Mandsaur
	Rewa		Harda
	Tikamgarh		Damoh
	Shivpuri		Dhar
	Sheopur		Ujjain
	Chhatarpur		Raisen
	Indore		East Nimar
	Guna		West Nimar
	Satna		Katni
	Narsimhapur		Ratlam
	Sehore		Umaria
	Panna		Jhabua
	Sidhi		Barwani
	Dewas		Shahdol
	Hoshangabad		Anuppur
	Bhopal		Seoni
	Shajapur		Chhindwara
	Rajgarh		Betul
	Ashoknagar		Balaghat
	Jabalpur		Mandla
	Singrauli		Dindori
	Burhanpur		Alirajpur

 

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