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Ministry of Women and Child Development
06-March-2020 16:37 IST
Schemes for Welfare of Women

There are a number of Schemes being implemented by various Ministries of the Government of India through State Governments/UT Administrations which allocate and disburse funds for welfare and development of women in distress like aged single women, widows with no support as well as young women from very poor background. The major schemes of Government of India are as under:-

  • SwadharGreh Scheme:The Ministry of Women and Child Development implements SwadharGreh Scheme which envisions a supportive institutional framework for women victims of difficult circumstances so that they could lead their life with dignity and conviction. The funds allocated to States during the last three years, is at Annexure I.
  • Home for Widows: A Home for Widows has been set up in Vrindavan, UP with a capacity of 1000 inmates to provide widows a safe and secure place of stay, health services, nutritious food, legal and counseling services.
  • Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS):- The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS) under which Pension Scheme for Widows as well as Pension Scheme for the Elderly below poverty line are operated. The funds allocated to States during the last three years, is at Annexure II.
  • The Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme:- The Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme of Ministry of Women and Child Development aims to empower rural women through community participation and to create an environment in which they realize their full potential. The funds allocated to States during 2017-18 and 2018-19 is at Annexure III as the scheme was launched in 2017.
  • Prime Minister AwaasYojana (PMAY-G):- The Prime Minister AwaasYojana (PMAY-G) of Ministry of Rural Development and the Prime Minister AwaasYojana (PMAY-U) of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs aims at providing affordable housing to women beneficiaries also. The funds allocated to States during the last three years, are at Annexures IV and V respectively.
  • DeendayalAntyodayaYojana:- The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is implementing the “DeendayalAntyodayaYojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)”, to reduce poverty and vulnerability of urban poor, households by enabling them to access self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities. The funds allocated to States during the last three years, is at Annexure VI.

Annexure I

Funds released under SwadharGreh Scheme during the last three years

(Rs.in lakhs)

S. No.

Name of States

2016-17

 

2017-18

 

2018-19

1

Andhra Pradesh

124.47

156.61

27.65

2

Assam

237.56

197.03

152.60

3

Andaman & Nicobar Island

4.4

9.01

7.27

4

Arunachal Pradesh

6.54

8.11

18.05

5

Bihar

69.79

86.54

0

6

Chandigarh

7.27

9.01

6.64

7

Chhattisgarh

17.44

16.22

30.24

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0

0

0

9

Daman & Diu

0

0

0

10

Delhi

14

18.02

16.10

11

Gujarat

40.5

37.86

0

12

Goa

4.36

5.40

0

13

Haryana

4.36

9.77

3.39

14

Himachal Pradesh

0

0

0

15

Jharkhand

24.41

18.32

0

16

Jammu & Kashmir

40

32.45

36.20

17

Karnataka

461.95

560.73

285.03

18

Kerala

52.36

43.27

69.59

19

Lakshadweep

0

0

0

20

Madhya Pradesh

95.91

89.99

46.09

21

Maharashtra

576.88

438.36

19.70

22

Mizoram

16.72

16.22

81.08

23

Manipur

284.07

189.83

424.30

24

Meghalaya

0

8.72

0

25

Nagaland

6.54

8.11

25.69

26

Odisha

723.85

521.43

473.33

27

Punjab

10.52

10.81

8.00

28

Puducherry

7.27

9.01

20.06

29

Rajasthan

68.4

102.98

18.94

30

Sikkim

6.54

8.11

6.72

31

Tamil Nadu

247.22

280.07

438.87

32

Telangana

134.61

177.88

133.91

33

Tripura

26.17

32.45

46.23

34

Uttar Pradesh

383.43

598.10

55.46

35

Uttarkhand

69.93

92.33

0

36

West Bengal

18.37

448.35

1.56

 

Annexure II

 

National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)

Funds released under IGNWPS during the last three years

(Rs. In Lakh)

Sl. No.

States/UTs

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

1

Andhra Pradesh

13654.95

9107.11

9107.10

2

Bihar

9293.49

16435.60

18386.38

3

Chhattisgarh

2674.02

5162.45

5771.33

4

Goa

0.00

0.00

0.00

5

Gujarat

232.64

0.00

0.00

6

Haryana

3178.62

2119.08

2119.08

7

Himachal Pradesh

666.66

999.99

666.66

8

J & K

251.30

248.72

259.75

9

Jharkhand

10089.76

10089.76

9619.04

10

Karnataka

24164.12

17255.66

17245.69

11

Kerala

3879.24

7758.48

11637.71

12

Madhya Pradesh

19890.16

19890.16

19890.16

13

Maharashtra

0.00

0.00

0.00

14

Odisha

18147.10

19253.04

18914.32

15

Punjab

0.00

0.00

870.52

16

Rajasthan

0.00

4872.32

5244.12

17

Tamilnadu

11507.73

22021.18

19269.92

18

Telangana

8302.19

6508.64

6508.65

19

Uttar Pradesh

36775.36

18387.68

0.00

20

Uttarakhand

0.00

0.00

687.17

21

West Bengal

35536.00

16640.17

20469.07

NE States

 

 

 

 

22

Arunachal Pradesh

66.10

0.00

137.53

23

Assam

2529.40

2199.96

3935.61

24

Manipur

0.00

0.00

86.43

29

Meghalaya

294.01

245.21

245.03

26

Mizoram

71.38

71.38

71.38

27

Nagaland

51.76

68.97

163.82

28

Sikkim

36.01

54.22

15.20

29

Tripura

664.74

595.99

332.37

Union Territories

 

 

 

 

30

A&N Islands

0.00

0.00

0.00

31

Chandigarh

0.00

0.00

0.00

32

D&N Haveli

0.00

0.00

0.00

33

Daman & Diu

0.00

0.00

0.00

34

NCT Delhi

1348.26

1348.26

1348.26

35

Lakshadweep

0.00

0.00

0.00

36

Puducherry

362.83

362.83

362.82

 

Annexure III

 

Funds (central share) released under Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme

State/UT-wise (Rs. in Lakhs)

SI. No.

Name of State/UT

 2017-18

 2018-19

1

Andaman & Nicobar

10.9

0

2

Andhra Pradesh

7.39

277.2

3

Arunachal Pradesh

0

151.35

4

Assam

980

0

5

Bihar

1022.2

25.83

6

Chandigarh

10.9

33.44

7

Chhattisgarh

863.19

7.28

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

10.9

0

9

Daman & Diu

10.9

6.15

10

Delhi

0

0

11

Goa

0

0

12

Gujarat

49.1

214.64

13

Haryana

0

6.91

14

Himachal Pradesh

0

137.45

15

Jammu and Kashmir

22.5

241.71

16

Jharkhand

1776.36

0

17

Karnataka

10.8

169.83

18

Kerala

0

74.26

19

Lakshadweep

10.9

0

20

Madhya Pradesh

0

479.02

21

Maharashtra

0

144.63

22

Manipur

137.34

33.21

23

Meghalaya

61.31

158.85

24

Mizoram

117.82

166.77

25

Nagaland

95.13

221.57

26

Odisha

0

737.95

27

Puducherry

54.06

9.18

28

Punjab

0

87.50

29

Rajasthan

74.9

278.24

30

Sikkim

0

99.85

31

Tamil Nadu

36.18

227.86

32

Telangana

13.2

288.62

33

Tripura

19.9

125.50

34

Uttar Pradesh

0

362.13

35

Uttarakhand

18.89

226.14

36

West Bengal

24.37

453.62

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annexure IV

 

Funds released under Prime Minister AwaasYojana (PMAY-G) during the last three years)

(In Rs. Lakh)

S.No.

State

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

Central Allocation

Central release

Central Allocation

Central release

Central Allocation

Central release

1

Andhra Pradesh

56200.25

21712.79

35985.83

35192.89

0.00

18605.43

2

Arunachal Pradesh

10993.12

5412.30

2661.14

1210.97

0.00

0.000

3

Assam

267324.75

132197.90

48816.80

166961.67

0.00

24408.40

4

Bihar

486689.42

211427.06

403572.50

60257.06

0.00

444931.91

5

Chhattisgarh

181109.27

83815.91

158566.70

262507.14

268865.94

263695.44

6

Goa

569.57

284.79

0.00

0.00

0.00

 

7

Gujarat

85059.62

36527.41

68221.67

53264.22

0.00

68219.86

8

Haryana

8913.72

7414.46

7186.98

2153.84

0.00

2839.56

9

Himachal Pradesh

5931.19

3253.82

3055.38

5087.88

0.00

1468.94

10

Jammu & Kashmir

20709.69

8033.01

26467.83

4982.11

0.00

22683.11

11

Jharkhand

182584.20

79630.14

124547.28

162629.86

108754.52

173352.48

12

Karnataka

69686.76

27864.00

39150.26

59304.63

0.00

18822.48

13

Kerala

24380.43

10049.44

7392.15

2140.78

0.00

0.000

14

Madhya Pradesh

342581.69

170114.87

296389.41

487626.83

432294.91

425042.66

15

Maharashtra

174074.41

73566.02

113019.38

110207.77

51954.74

113552.93

16

Manipur

11851.13

5767.41

0.00

5855.30

0.00

429.98

17

Meghalaya

20722.04

8078.23

4520.41

4273.76

0.00

12621.23

18

Mizoram

5847.66

2482.99

2182.94

644.25

0.00

2923.83

19

Nagaland

10319.53

4676.22

0.00

832.99

0.00

0.000

20

Odisha

311871.53

149452.93

269164.03

312405.90

202335.06

329032.43

21

Punjab

7488.00

7559.10

2995.20

1602.06

0.00

0.00

22

Rajasthan

187393.36

87153.10

167453.39

189566.23

159647.16

234013.32

23

Sikkim

2381.21

1190.61

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.000

24

Tamil Nadu

132041.91

69059.77

97504.24

84848.58

15724.80

50279.81

25

Telangana

0.00

14263.34

0.00

4815.53

0.00

0.000

26

Tripura

28875.11

13455.46

1531.95

18316.45

0.00

765.98

27

Uttar Pradesh

432890.69

223980.45

298544.56

494806.43

233592.97

277585.81

28

Uttarakhand

13216.02

7484.09

5980.57

1381.40

0.00

9598.30

29

West Bengal

331772.00

139363.74

280522.19

455666.02

444181.56

437284.79

30

Andaman And Nicobar

262.51

196.37

326.98

33.07

600.00

0.000

31

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

378.93

282.83

999.65

330.88

7800.00

946.97

32

Daman & Diu

67.35

49.88

33.70

8.74

0.00

0.000

33

Lakshadweep

70.92

 

0.00

70.92

0.00

0.000

34

Puducherry

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.000

(

 

 

 

Annexure V

Funds released under Prime Minister AwaasYojana (PMAY-U)during the last three years

(Rs in Crore)

 

Sr. No.

 

State/UT

 

2016-17

 

2017-18

 

2018-19

1

A&N Island

-

0.23

0.05

2

Andhra Pradesh

235.56

2,676.32

3,465.39

3

Arunachal Pradesh

28.90

20.80

11.07

4

Assam

13.85

326.43

15.08

5

Bihar

287.32

437.35

504.52

6

Chandigarh

0.07

1.17

3.42

7

Chhattisgarh

60.32

504.67

419.13

8

D&N Haveli

1.57

23.89

22.64

9

Daman and Diu

0.07

4.00

5.24

10

Delhi

2.38

56.93

230.17

11

Goa

0.20

2.17

9.35

12

Gujarat

608.53

1,106.73

3,495.03

13

Haryana

8.60

150.36

368.75

14

Himachal Pradesh

11.50

17.10

25.21

15

J&K (UT)

2.49

51.79

34.72

16

Jharkhand

193.55

669.91

419.66

17

Karnataka

195.93

1,697.50

729.00

18

Kerala

56.54

263.87

660.88

19

Ladakh (UT)

 

9.22

1.79

20

Lakshadweep (UT)

-

-

-

21

Madhya Pradesh

417.69

2,362.87

2,722.59

22

Maharashtra

482.12

796.27

2,899.89

23

Manipur

23.40

136.38

12.19

24

Meghalaya

0.52

4.72

0.99

25

Mizoram

0.18

60.35

34.07

26

Nagaland

60.56

9.78

65.31

27

Odisha

111.00

157.44

411.78

28

Puducherry

4.46

42.73

15.45

29

Punjab

66.21

93.82

181.61

30

Rajasthan

105.39

183.25

398.11

31

Sikkim

0.02

1.29

1.80

32

Tamil Nadu

634.60

1,194.39

1,408.78

33

Telangana

142.70

773.60

341.98

34

Tripura

287.51

160.56

150.99

35

Uttar Pradesh

77.88

1,621.87

4,630.95

36

Uttarakhand

29.58

131.35

79.85

37

West Bengal

446.48

780.07

1,294.40

 

Annexure VI

 

Funds released under under DAY-NULMduring the last three years

(Rs in crore)

 

Financial year

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

   Fund Released

289.7

556.7

439.84

647.78

This information was given by Minister for Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha yesterday.

 

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