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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. *278
TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026
CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN
*278. SHRI K.R. SURESH REDDY:
Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the number of crimes against women committed between January, 2023 and
January, 2026, year-wise and State-wise/UT-wise;
(b) the details of the nature of crimes against women in the past three years, year-wise;
(c) the details of the specific allocations of the sub-schemes (Nari Adalat, Beti Bachao Beti
Padhao, etc.) under the Sambal and Samarthya programs, year-wise for the aforementioned
period; and
(d) the details of the actual spending under each of these sub-schemes in the last three years,
year-wise?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)
(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
*****STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION
NO.278* FOR REPLY ON 18.03.2026 ASKED BY SHRI K.R. SURESH REDDY
REGARDING ‘CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN’
(a) and (b): ‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the
Constitution of India. Responsibility to maintain law and order and protection of life and property
of the citizens and investigation and prosecution in all crimes including those
against women rests primarily with the respective State Governments; they are legally
competent to deal with such crimes.
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes statistical data on crimes
in its publication “Crime in India”. The latest published report pertains to the year 2023 and is
available at its website https://ncrb.gov.in/en/crime-india.
(c) and (d): Mission Shakti aims at strengthening interventions for women safety, security and
empowerment. Mission Shakti comprises of two verticals ‘Sambal’ for safety and security of
women and ‘Samarthya’ for empowerment of women.
The ‘Sambal’ has components of One Stop Centre (OSC), Women Helpline (WHL), Beti Bachao
Beti Padhao (BBBP) and Nari Adalat (NA). The ‘Samarthya' has components of Shakti Sadan,
Sakhi Niwas, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, Palna and SANKALP: Hub for
Empowerment of Women (SANKALP: HEW).
Mission Shakti is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme and implementation of this scheme lies with the
State Governments and UT Administrations. Funds are being released on the basis of guidelines
of Department of Expenditure, prescribed for Single Nodal agency (SNA) or SNA SPARSH of
the Public Financial Management System (PFMS). The details of budget, revised budget allocation
and release/expenditure for each scheme of the Sambal and Samarthya vertical under Mission
Shakti since FY 2023–24 to FY 2025-26 are placed at Annexure.
*****Annexure
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (c) AND (d) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED
QUESTION NO.278* FOR REPLY ON 18.03.2026 ASKED BY SHRI K.R. SURESH
REDDY REGARDING ‘CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN’
The details of budget, revised budget allocation and release/expenditure for each scheme of the
Sambal and Samarthya verticals
(Amount in Crores)
SL Scheme 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
BE RE Release/ BE RE Release/ BE RE Release/
Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure
( as on
13.03.2026)
1 Sambal
(One Stop
Centre,
Women
Helpline,
562.00 362.05 354.03 629.00 233.44 202.36 629.00 322.35 273.18
Beti
Bachao
Beti
Padhao,
Nari Adalat
2 Samarthya
(Pradhan
Mantri
Matru
Vandana
Yojana,
Shakti 2564.10 1873.99 1160.51 2530.11 1631.43 1630.52 2512.00 1673.15 1196.95
Sadan,
Sakhi
Niwas,
Palna,
SANKALP:
HEW)
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