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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3827
TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026
THIRD PARTY AUDIT OF PERFORMANCE OF ONE STOP CENTRES (OSC)
3827. SHRI ANIL KUMAR YADAV MANDADI:
Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:
(a) details of One Stop Centres (OSCs) that have been established across the country, State-
wise;
(b) details of the third party audit, if any, conducted regarding the status/performance of these
Centres in order to ascertain their performance; and
(c) whether no third party audit is undertaken so far, if so, reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)
(a) to (c): One Stop Centre (OSC) is a component of the Sambal vertical under the umbrella
Mission Shakti. It provides integrated and immediate support and assistance under one roof
to women affected by violence and those in distress, both in private and public spaces. It
provides services like medical aid, legal aid and advice, temporary shelter, police assistance
and psycho-social counselling to needy women. As on date, 926 OSCs are operational in the
country. The State-wise details of the operational One Stop Centres (OSCs) across the
country are at Annexure.
Two third party evaluations of the schemes of the Ministry, including the Mission Shakti
Umbrella Scheme and its components relating to One Stop Centres (OSCs) have been
conducted in 2020 and again in 2025 through NITI Aayog. The studies have found the
relevance, effectiveness and sustainability of the scheme as satisfactory.
*****Annexure
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a) TO (c) OF RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3827 FOR REPLY ON 25.03.2026 ASKED BY SHRI
ANIL KUMAR YADAV MANDADI REGARDING THIRD PARTY AUDIT OF
PERFORMANCE OF ONE STOP CENTRES (OSC)
SL No. States/UTs Number of Operational OSCs
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 3
2 Andhra Pradesh 36
3 Arunachal Pradesh 25
4 Assam 36
5 Bihar 50
6 Chandigarh 1
7 Chhattisgarh 42
8 Dadra and Nagar haveli and daman and Diu 3
9 Delhi 11
10 Goa 2
11 Gujarat 36
12 Haryana 22
13 Himachal Pradesh 13
14 Jammu & Kashmir 20
15 Jharkhand 26
16 Karnataka 42
17 Keralam 14
18 Ladakh 2
19 Lakshadweep 1
20 Madhya Pradesh 57
21 Maharashtra 67
22 Manipur 16
23 Meghalaya 13
24 Mizoram 13
25 Nagaland 17
26 Odisha 34
27 Puducherry 4
28 Punjab 23
29 Rajasthan 52
30 Sikkim 6
31 Tamil Nadu 59
32 Telangana 36
33 Tripura 10
34 Uttar Pradesh 96
35 Uttarakhand 14
36 West Bengal 24
Total 926
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