The Government of India is implementing One Stop Centre (OSC) scheme with effect from 1^st April, 2015. OSCs provide a range of integrated services under one roof including police facilitation, medical aid, legal aid and counseling, psycho-social counseling and temporary shelter to women affected by violence or in distress. As on date, 733 OSCs have been approved for 730 districts across the country, out of which 704 OSCs have been operationalised in 35 States/ UTs, which have assisted over 4.50 lakh women. The setting up of OSCs from the year 2015 onward, at district level, have provided a dedicated platform to women facing violence and who are in distress to get necessary help and assistance, which was not available earlier. The OSCs have been set up in different phases in different districts, and over half of them have been operationalised in the past three years. This clearly shows that the scheme is moving in the right direction to achieve the envisaged goals and objectives. The State-wise details of OSCs set up in first phase is at Annexure-I.

The OSCs have assisted more than 4.5 lakh women as on 30.09.2021. The State / UT-wise details of number of women assisted is at Annexure-II.

In different phases, proposals for setting up 37 OSCs from State of Maharashtra and 03 OSCs from the UT of Andaman and Nicorbar Islands were received in the Ministry. All these centres were approved by the Programme Approval Board (PAB) of the Ministry and are functional as on date. In addition, Ministry has recently received a proposal on 02.12.2021 for setting up one additional OSC in Thane district of Maharashtra.

As on date, an amount of Rs. 29.39 crore has been released under the scheme to the State of Maharashtra, out of which Utilisation Certificates (UCs) for an amount of Rs. 5.03 crore have been received. In case of UT of Andaman and Nicobar Island, against a total release of Rs. 1.88 crore, UCs have been received for an amount of Rs. 1.24 crore.

As per the scheme guidelines, district/ State authorities are mandated for monitoring, coordinating and mid-course correction for effective implementation of the scheme. The Ministry at various levels also reviews, from time to time, for effective implementation of the scheme and functioning of these centres by issuing advisories to States Governments/ UT Administrations and conducting meeting, video conferencing etc with all concerned functionaries. Further, an online platform namely Sakhi Dashboard is also available for monitoring of its implementation.

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

 

 

Annexure-I

 

State-wise umber of OSCs set up in first phase

S.No.	State/UT	Number of OSC	District
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1	South Andaman
2	Andhra Pradesh	1	Krishna
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1	Papumpare/Itanagar
4	Assam	1	Guwahati(kamrup metro)
5	Bihar	1	Patna
6	Chandigarh	1	Chandigarh
7	Chattishgarh	1	Raipur
8	Erstwhile UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli	1	Dadra and Nagar Haveli
9	Erstwhile UT of Daman and Diu	1	Diu
10	Goa	1	North Goa
11	Gujarat	1	Sabarkantha
12	Haryana	1	Karnal
13	Himachal Pradesh	1	Solan
14	Jammu and Kashmir	1	Srinagar
15	Jharkhand	1	Ranchi
16	Karnataka	1	Udupi
17	Kerala	1	Thiruvanatapuram
18	Madhya Pradesh	1	Indore
19	Maharashtra	1	Pune
20	Manipur	1	Thoubal
21	Meghalaya	1	East Khasi Hills
22	Mizoram	1	Aizawl
23	Nagaland	1	Dimapur
24	Odisha	1	Bhubaneswar
25	Puducherry	1	Puducherry
26	Punjab	1	Bathinda
27	Rajasthan	1	Jaipur
28	Sikkim	1	East Sikkim
29	Tamil Nadu	1	Chennai
30	Telangana	1	Nizamabad
31	Tripura	1	West Tripura
32	Uttar Pradesh	1	Banda
33	Uttrakhand	1	Haridwar

 

 

 

Annexure-II

Number of Women Assisted by One Stop Centres (OSCs)

Sl. No.	State /Uts	From 01.04.2015 to 31.03.2021	From 01.04.2021 to 30.09.2021	Total
1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT)	1563	48	1611
2	Andhra Pradesh	29177	2028	31205
3	Arunachal Pradesh	658	NA	658
4	Assam	4351	1678	6029
5	Bihar	14023	3982	18005
6	Chandigarh (UT)	766	87	853
7	Chhattisgarh	25236	2741	27977
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (UT)	764	74	838
9	Goa	2542	867	3409
10	Gujarat	11875	3091	14966
11	Haryana	12259	3878	16137
12	Himachal Pradesh	300	164	464
13	Jammu & Kashmir (UT)	2498	NA	2498
14	Jharkhand	979	299	1278
15	Karnataka	5331	2048	7379
16	Kerala	5327	1975	7302
17	Ladakh (UT)	27	NA	27
18	Lakshadweep (UT)	0	0	0
19	Madhya Pradesh	35937	7881	43818
20	Maharashtra	7116	1796	8912
21	Manipur	249	154	403
22	Meghalaya	682	305	987
23	Mizoram	387	108	495
24	Nagaland	530	112	642
25	NCT of Delhi (UT)	588	NA	588
26	Odisha	9337	3042	12379
27	Puducherry (UT)	287	24	311
28	Punjab	6696	1466	8162
29	Rajasthan	11443	2129	13572
30	Sikkim	410	117	527
31	Tamil Nadu	12911	7080	19991
32	Taelangana	24949	6351	31300
33	Tripura	154	NA	154
34	Uttar Pradesh	157620	9688	167308
35	Uttarakhand	3900	764	4664
36	West Bengal	0	0	0
	Total	390872	63977	454849

 

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