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Government of India
Ministry of Women and Child Development
14-December-2018 16:30 IST
234 One Stop Centers (OSCs) currently functional in the country; 1,90,527 women affected by violence offered support

The Ministry is implementing scheme for setting up of One Stop Centres since 1st  April, 2015 to support women affected by violence. The scheme aims to facilitate access to an integrated range of services including medical aid, police assistance, legal aid/case management, psycho-social counselling, temporary support services to women affected by violence. Under the scheme, it has been envisaged that One Stop Centres would be set up across the country in phased manner.

The Ministry is regularly monitoring and reviewing the implementation of One Stop Centres through workshops/conferences with State Governments/UT Administrations and surprise inspection visits by the officers of the Ministry.

The State-wise details of OSC approved, number of OSCs functional and number of women offered support are given below

Sl. No.

State/ UTs

Total approved OSCs

Number of Functional OSCs

Number of women supported

  1.  

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

3

1

472

  1.  

Andhra Pradesh

13

13

26,884

  1.  

Arunachal Pradesh

21

2

308

  1.  

Assam

33

5

720

  1.  

Bihar

38

8

3,755

  1.  

Chandigarh 

1

1

326

  1.  

Chhattisgarh 

27

27

10,868

  1.  

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

1

1

40

  1.  

Daman & Diu

2

1

25

  1.  

Goa

2

1

977

  1.  

Gujarat

23

10

894

  1.  

Haryana

22

7

3,878

  1.  

Himachal Pradesh

12

1

68

  1.  

Jammu & Kashmir 

22

2

63

  1.  

Jharkhand

24

3

319

  1.  

Karnataka

30

7

517

  1.  

Kerala

14

4

393

  1.  

Madhya Pradesh

51

50

3,217

  1.  

Maharashtra

36

11

1,504

  1.  

Manipur

16

1

10

  1.  

Meghalaya

11

2

981

  1.  

Mizoram

9

1

65

  1.  

Nagaland

11

2

103

  1.  

Odisha

30

4

857

  1.  

Puducherry

1

1

51

  1.  

Punjab

22

7

293

  1.  

Rajasthan

16

16

4,964

  1.  

Sikkim

4

1

115

  1.  

Tamil Nadu

32

6

197

  1.  

Telangana

31

9

7807

  1.  

Tripura

8

1

30

  1.  

Uttar Pradesh

75

24

1,18,833

  1.  

Uttarakhand

13

4

993

  1.  

Lakshadweep

0

0

0

  1.  

NCT of Delhi

0

0

0

  1.  

West Bengal

0

0

0

 

Total

654

234

1,90,527

 

The above Information was given by Minister of State for Women and Child Development,DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR in reply to an Unstarred Question in the Lok Sabha, today.

 

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NB/PS