Parliament Question: Mission Shakti Scheme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2103 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2025 MISSION SHAKTI SCHEME

2103. SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the funds allocated/utilized under the Mission Shakti scheme for women's safety and empowerment;

(b) the number of One Stop Centres (OSCs) and Women Helplines operational in the country;

(c) the number of women beneficiaries who have availed support services from these OSCs during the last three years;

(d) the details of the steps taken to strengthen the mechanism for fast-track trials in cases of crimes against women;

(e) the details of the measures being taken to promote financial literacy/economic independence among women through said mission; and

(f) the number of OSCs, Anganwadi centres/working women's hostels sanctioned under various schemes of the Ministry during the last five years for Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Parliamentary Constituency in Haryana? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a) to (f): 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 details of year-wise and component-wise funds released from 2022-23 to 2025-26 is at Annexure.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 help to address declining Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) and related issues of empowerment of girls and women over a life cycle continuum and Nari Adalat is an 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.

Samarthya -The following schemes have been included under 'Samarthya' vertical: Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) is a 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; Shakti Sadan is an integrated Relief and Rehabilitation Home for women in distress situations including trafficked women; Sakhi Niwas provides availability of safe and conveniently located accommodation for working women; Palna that aims to provide quality crèche facility in safe and secure environment for children and

SANKALP:HEW facilitate inter-sectoral convergence of schemes and programs meant for women at National level, State/ UT level and district level.

Since inception i.e. 1st April, 2015 up to 30th September, 2025, over 12.67 lakh women have been assisted under OSC across the country. As on date, 864 OSCs are operational across the country including one OSC each in Bhiwani, Mahendragarh and Charkhi Dadri districts of Bhiwani- Mahendragarh Parliamentary Constituency of Haryana.

As per the Poshan Tracker as on 30.11.2025, the number of active Anganwadi Centres is 634 in Bhiwandi, 1201 in Charkhi Dadri and 1282 in Mahendergarh.

Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs), including exclusive POCSO (ePOCSO) Courts was introduced in October, 2019 following the enactment of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act,

2018. 773 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs), including 400 exclusive POCSO Courts are functional across 29 States/UTs, which have disposed of over 3.50 lakh cases. *****Annexure ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a) to (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2103 FOR REPLY ON 12.12.2025 ASKED BY SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH REGARDING ‘MISSION SHAKTI SCHEME’ Details of year-wise and component-wise funds released from 2022-23 to 2025-26 (Amount in Crores) SL Scheme 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Released Released Released Released# 1 OSC 65.69 189.73 158.3 98.45 2 WHL 37.44 75.25 10.89 17.42 3 BBBP 95.96 88.63 33.08 29.52 4 Nari Adalat - 0.424 0.09 0.17 5 PMMVY 2032.8 870.34 1448 955.48 6 Shakti Sadan 15.45 118.98 84.98 22.56 7 Sakhi Niwas 17.63 4.52 8.13 2 8 Palna 4.68 64.15 45.17 10.26 9 SANKALP: HEW 65.6 102.52 44.24 46.6 Grand Total 2335.25 1514.544 1832.88 1182.46 # Released as on 30.11.2025 *****