Parliament Question: Fund Allocation under Women Empowerment Schemes

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1039 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2025 FUND ALLOCATION UNDER WOMEN EMPOWERMENT SCHEMES +1039. SMT. ROOPKUMARI CHOUDHARY: Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the details of the allocation of funds by the Ministry under the schemes like Poshan-3.0, One- Stop Centre, Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao, Shishu Suraksha Karyakram, Anganwadi Modernization/Saksham Mahila-Sashakt Bharat alongwith the expenditure/progress report during the financial year 2024-25, State-wise; (b) the details of any new/improved schemes under consideration proposed to be launched in near future, especially in the areas of nutrition, security and women entrepreneurship; (c) the details of the special projects being implemented by the Government for improving the nutrition level, Anganwadi modernization/safety of women in tribal dominated Chhattisgarh; and (d) whether there is any proposal to provide additional assistance/special package to the State, if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR) (a) to (d) Various schemes implemented for welfare of women and children all over the country, including in Chhattisgarh, have been clubbed into three Umbrella Missions by the Ministry of Women & Child Development (MoWCD), viz. (1) Mission Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 for improving nutrition & health indicators (2) Mission Shakti, for safety, protection and empowerment of women; and (3) Mission Vatsalya, for protection, care and welfare of children in difficult circumstances. Details of the schemes are as under:(i) Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 (Mission Poshan 2.0): Under this mission, Anganwadi Services Scheme, POSHAN Abhiyaan and Scheme for Adolescent Girls have been reorganized into 3 primary sub-verticals: (i) Nutrition Support for Children, Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers and for Adolescent Girls (ii) Early Childhood Care and Education and (iii) Anganwadi Infrastructure including upgraded Saksham Anganwadis. (ii) Mission Shakti: It comprises of two verticals ‘Sambal’ and ‘Samarthya’ for safety, security and empowerment of women, respectively. I. Sambal - The following schemes have been included under the Sambal vertical: One Stop Centres (OSC) - for providing integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence and those in distress, both in private and public spaces in a convergent and coordinated manner under one roof; Women Helplines (181-WHL) is a 24 x 7 x 365 toll-free emergency/non- emergency response system that is integrated with ERSS (112) and other existing helplines/institutions; Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) - launched with an aim to address declining Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) and related issues of empowerment of girls and women over a life cycle continuum; Nari Adalat – a pilot initiative aimed at empowering women by ensuring justice and to offer services such as alternate dispute resolution, grievance redressal, counselling, evidence-based decision-making, pressure group tactics, negotiation, mediation, and reconciliation. II. Samarthya - The following schemes have been included under ‘Samarthya’ vertical: Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) - a Centrally Sponsored Maternity Benefit Scheme under which cash incentives flow to the beneficiaries in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode for the first child and the second girl child; Ujjwala and Swadhar Greh (renamed as Shakti Sadan) - an Integrated Relief and Rehabilitation Home for women in distress situations including trafficked women; Working Women Hostel (renamed as Sakhi Niwas) - to promote availability of safe and conveniently located accommodation for working women in urban, semi-urban and also in rural areas where employment opportunities for women exist; National Hub for Empowerment of Women (NHEW) - to facilitate intersectoral convergence of schemes and programs meant for women at National level, State/ UT level and district level and National Creche Scheme (renamed as Palna) that aims to increase the participation of women in work force in the economy by providing quality crèche facility in safe and secure environment for children. (iii) Mission Vatsalya: Mission Vatsalya includes the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) for better outreach and protection for children in need and care in a mission mode with the objective to: (i) Support and sustain Children in difficult circumstances. (ii) Develop context-based solutions for holistic development of children from varied backgrounds. (iii)Provide scope for encouraging innovative solutions, (iv) Cement convergent action.The State-wise details of grants released under the aforementioned schemes of the Ministry during the financial year 2024-25 are at Annexure. Hon’ble PM launched PM-JANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan) which aims to develop 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) residing in 18 States and a UT. This Mission focuses on 11 critical interventions related to 9 key Ministries, including the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Under the scheme, a total of 2,500 Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) has been sanctioned (including 191 AWCs to Chhattisgarh) to 17 States for construction of AWCs wherein the population criteria is relaxed to 100 persons in a habitation. The Dharti Abha Janjati Gram Unnat Abhiyan aims at improving the socio-economic condition of tribal communities by adopting saturation coverage of tribal families in tribal majority areas and aspirational block ST villages. The mission focuses on convergence, outreach and saturation in approximately 63,843 villages on the basis of following criteria: • Tribal-majority villages with populations of 500 or more, where at least 50% are tribal. • Villages, in Aspirational districts, with at least 50 tribal population. Under the scheme, Ministry’s intervention is establishment of 2000 new Saksham AWCs and upgradation of 6000 AWCs to Saksham AWCs. A total of 875 AWCs have been sanctioned for construction. *****Annexure Statement referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1039 to be answered on 05.12.2025 State-wise details of grants released under the schemes of the Ministry during the Financial Year 2024-25 (Rs. in crores) Mission Sak Missi One WomBeti Ba Sha Sak Pradhan M P National H Sl. sham Anga on Va Stop en He chao B kti hi N antri Matr al ub for Emp No State/UT nwadi & Po tsalya Cent lpline eti Pad Sad iwa u Vandana na owerment o . shan 2.0 re hao an s Yojana f women Andaman 3.13 0.00 0.00 0 0 1. & Nicobar I 0.33 0 0 slands 9.63 0.55 Andhra Pra 44.03 0 0 2. 1.89 44.96 0 0 desh 645.73 0.00 3.65 Arunachal 5.32 0 1.47 0. 3. 7.57 0.00 1.98 0 Pradesh 102.61 0.28 87 31.39 11.70.55 0 4. Assam 2.83 77.07 1.21 2482.34 0.41 4.85 2 53.35 3.23 3.03 0.90 0. 5. Bihar 0.00 141.53 00 3.13 2262.92 0.38 2 7.59 0.15 0.11 0 4. 6. Chandigarh 0.19 NIL 0 14.56 0.28 24 Chhattisgar 39.10 0.00 0.34 0.05 0. 7. 9.46 68.72 0.36 h 733.3 0.27 07 Dadra & N 9.91 0.58 0 0 0. 0.75 agar Haveli 65 8. 0.57 2.44 & Daman & Diu 9.13 0.28 9. Goa 13.44 5.14 0.55 0.28 0.00 0 0 1.86 0 0.00 10. Gujarat 601.32 19.50 8.57 0.38 0.00 0 0 72.48 0 0.95 6.40 0.00 0 0 1. 11. Haryana 4.19 33.3 0.002 232.69 0.28 00 Himachal P 37.68 0.47 0.05 2. 12. 0.47 0.00 26.85 1.19 radesh 313.07 0.28 67 Jammu & 44.75 2.36 0.37 3. 13. 4.71 41.9 3.17 Kashmir 662.79 0.00 3.05 23 14. Jharkhand 496.95 18.73 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.05 0 39.31 0 0.01 86.48 1.21 0 0. 15. Karnataka 9.22 0.00 159.96 3.82 886.85 0.17 5616. Kerala 435.74 12.03 4.00 0.28 1.65 4.20 1.02 NIL 0 0.00 17. Ladakh 18.89 3.81 0.38 0.14 0.20 0 0 0.62 0 0.59 Lakshadwe 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 18. 0.00 0.27 0 ep 1.35 0.00 Madhya Pr 117.2 0 0 0 19. 22.26 0.00 257 0 adesh 1144.54 4 0.57 Maharashtr 144.9 10.10.26 0 20. 0.00 141.17 0 a 1368.84 7 0.38 2.65 7 68.15 19.90.82 0 21. Manipur 3.05 NIL 0 342.87 0.28 2.15 4 22. Meghalaya 137.93 22.30 2.29 0.32 2.63 0.90 0 3.45 0 0.68 37.06 0 0.50 5. 23. Mizoram 5.63 2.55 3.18 55.29 0.41 1.40 92 33.92 0.69 3.28 0.28 2. 24. Nagaland 6.48 4.18 4.33 147.01 5.30 02 NCT of De 160.41 7.62 3.14 0.41 0.00 0.18 0.03 0 1.98 25. 20.08 lhi 26. Odisha 948.16 68.83 8.19 0.28 0.00 4.90 0.25 43.48 0 0 27. Puducherry 3.68 4.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 1.76 0 0.54 14.76 0.00 0.02 0 1. 28. Punjab 4.38 32.03 0.001 265.48 0.00 62 29. Rajasthan 741.85 74.98 7.52 0.57 0.00 0.10 0 98.17 0 0 30. Sikkim 18.07 16.21 1.14 0.41 0.00 0.16 0.12 NIL 0 1.06 Tamil Nad 122.8 11.51.08 5. 31. 10.60 0.00 95.62 0.11 u 638.47 2 0.02 4 88 36.97 0.00 2.30 0 9. 32. Telangana 2.56 0* 0.54 430.76 0.00 80 19.23 0.17 0 6. 33. Tripura 0.00 0.00 5.42 1.37 153.41 0.00 63 Uttar Prade 92.05 7.84 0.40 0 34. 18.01 0.00 NIL 7.80 sh 2694.62 0.76 Uttarakhan 14.49 0 0 0. 35. 0.54 0.00 26.41 0.58 d 216.33 0.10 01 West Beng 70.18 0.00 0 0 0 0 36. 6.42 NIL al 1513.8 0.00 * The Government of Telangana is not implementing PMMVY Scheme in their State ***