Parliament Question: Utilisation of Nirbhaya Fund

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *283 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2026 UTILISATION OF NIRBHAYA FUND *283. SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH: SMT. KIRTI DEVI DEBBARMAN: Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the funds sanctioned, released/utilised under the Nirbhaya Fund during the last three years, State/UT-wise including Jalgaon, Nabarangpur, Dewas-Shajapur, Keonjhar, Sidhi, Dumka and Dahod Parliamentary Constituencies; (b) whether the Government maintains data on One Stop Centres, Women Helplines and other women safety initiatives strengthened/operationalised through the Fund, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; (c) the additional women's safety infrastructure projects approved under the Fund, State- wise including said constituencies; (d) whether the Government has undertaken any review to identify delays in utilisation of the Fund, if so, the details thereof, alongwith the measures prescribed to improve timely implementation/monitoring of women's safety projects, State-wise; (e) whether the Government proposes to sanction additional Nirbhaya Fund projects for strengthening women's safery infrastructure/support services, if so, the details thereof; State-wise including the said Constituencies; and (f) whether the Government is also providing funds thereunder through NGOs for schemes relating to the safety and protection of women, if so, the details thereof, State-wise? ANSWER MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI) a. to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House. *****STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (F) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 283 FOR ANSWER ON 07.08.2026 RAISED BY SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH AND SMT. KIRTI DEVI DEBBARMAN REGARDING UTILISATION OF NIRBHAYA FUND. (a) : Details of funds sanctioned/released/utilised under the Nirbhaya Fund for the projects and funds sanctioned/released/utilised to State/UTs including the States of Parliament Constituencies of Jalgaon, Nabarangpur, Dewas-Shajapur, Keonjhar, Sidhi, Dumka and Dahod are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II. (b): The Ministry of Women and Child Development has implemented the schemes of One Stop Centre(OSC) and Women Helpline(WHL) under Nirbhaya Fund since 01.04.2015. OSCs provide integrated support and assistance to women in distress under one roof and facilitate immediate access to emergency services including police, medical, legal aid and counselling, psychological support. At present, 991 OSCs are functional across 36 States/UTs, covering entire geographical area of the country. These centers have assisted over 15.20 lakh women so far. Women Helpline (WHL), a toll-free 24-hours telecom service through short code 181, provides emergency and non-emergency response to women affected by violence across the country by referral service. Currently, WHL is operational in 35 States/ UTs. It has handled 3.16 crore calls and assisted over 1.04 crore women. State/UT-wise details and other relevant data of OSCs/WHL are available on the Mission Shakti Dashboard on the link https://missionshakti.wcd.gov.in. (c) to (e): Projects are conceptualized, planned and brought to the EC for appraisal and recommendation. Upon appraisal and recommendation of the proposals by the EC, the sponsoring Ministry’s Competent Financial Authority (CFA) gives the approval, after which the allocation of funds from the Nirbhaya Fund is made in the Budget of the sponsoring Ministry / Department by the Ministry of Finance. The projects/ schemes under Nirbhaya Fund are demand driven and generally have staggered implementation schedules and the responsibility of implementation of the project lies with the concerned sponsoring Ministries/Departments/ State Governments. The Inter Ministrerial Empowered Committee(EC) also reviews the status of implementation of projects, and expenditure on approved projects from time to time in conjunction with the concerned sponsoring Ministries/ Departments/ State Governments/ UTs. The Ministries / Departments / State Governments/ UTs also monitor the progress of implementation at their own levels. (f): The government is not providing funds to NGOs under Nirbhaya Fund. Projects from Central Ministries/Departments/State Governments/ Autonomous and other Government bodies only are considered for funding under Nirbhaya Fund. *****Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 283 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08. 2026 REGARDING ‘UTILISATION OF NIRBHAYA FUND’. Details of funds sanctioned/released/utilised for the projects under the Nirbhaya Fund S/N Implementing Total Ministry/ Amount Department Released/ Project Name Utilised (Rs. In Crore) 1 Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) 358.15 2 Central Victim Compensation Fund (CVCF) 200 3 Cyber Crime Prevention against Women & Children (CCPWC) 179.00 Sub-project under CCPWC 4 Facility of Social Workers/ Counsellors at the District and Sub- Divisional Police Station Level 5.01 in Delhi 5 New building with Women Centric Facilities for Special Unit for Women & Children (SPUWAC) and 21.35 Special Unit for North East Region (SPUNER) at Nanakpura Ministry of Home 6 Affairs(MHA) Delhi Police Safety of Women’s Scheme 9.96 7 Safe City for 8 Cities i.e. Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, 1686.73 Mumbai 8 State of Art DNA Lab. at CFSL, Chandigarh 42.84 9 Strengthening DNA analysis, cyber forensic & 184.80 related facilities in SFSLs in 30 States/ UTs 10 Training of Investigation Officers (IOs)/ Prosecution Officers (POs) in Forensic 56.58 Evidence collection and Procurement of forensic kits for sexual assault cases 11 Setting up and strengthening Anti-Human 94.47 Trafficking Units in all districts of States & UTs 12 Setting up/ Strengthening Women Help Desks in Police Stations in all States & UTs 159.7313 Ministry of Integrated Emergency Response Management 308.29 Railways System (IERMS) 14 Provision of Video Surveillance System at Konkan 26.39 Railway Station 15 Procurement of 2109 Tabs for Security of Women 4.62 16 Ministry of Development & Field Testing of Panic Switch based Electronics and Information safety Device for Cars and Buses for aiding 3.49 Technology Women’s Safety 17 Department of Setting up Fast Track Special Courts to dispose off Justice cases pending trial under Rape & POCSO Act. The 1234.55 scheme has been extended upto FY 2025-26. 18 Ministry of Safe Tourism Destination for women in MP 16.78 Tourism 19 Abhayam Project for safety of women and girl child, 58.64 Govt. of Andhra Pradesh 20 Women’s safety in public transport, UPSRTC, Govt. 80.92 of U.P. 21 Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Ministry of Road Govt. of Karnataka on Training women for heavy 33.64 Transport & passengers vehicles Highways 22 State-wise Vehicle Tracking Platform (VTP) 257.07 23 Installation of Vehicles Tracking Devices with SoS button in Buses of Telangana State Road Transport 11.53 Corporation (TSRTC) with monitoring from Central Command Control Centre 24 Installation of CCTV in 100 Buses of Sikkim Nationalised Transport (SNT) for Women’s Safety in 3.57 Sikkim 25 One Stop Centre (OSC) 1299.10 26 Universalisation of Women Helpline (WHL) 228.74 27 Mahila Police Volunteers (MPV) 16.32 28 Chirali Proposal, Women Empowerment Directorate 4.71 29 Smart and safe Cities Free from Violence against 1.04 Women and Girls' Programme, Govt. of M.P. 30 Safety and Security of Women, Govt. of Uttarakhand 0.3131 Nirbhaya Shelter Home, Govt. of Nagaland 2.55 32 NICSI for Developing Nirbhaya Dashboard 0.24 33 Mission Shakti for awareness and capacity building program for safety and empowerment of women and 8.25 Ministry of girls in industrial sectors in Uttar Pradesh Women & Child 34 Development Scheme for care and Support to victims under 1.60 Section 4 & 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012 35 Installation of Storage boxes in the 16 Women 1.60 markets in Manipur 36 Installation of CCTV cameras in 16 women markets 0.88 in Manipur 37 Mission Shakti-2.0 for setting up of Mahila Swavalamban Kendra (MSK) at DIC centres for Entrepreneurship development, Vocational- Digital 14.06 Training Safety and Empowerment of Women and Girls in Uttar Pradesh 38 7 Projects for construction of WWH in Pauri Garhwal, Champavat, Haridwar, Pithoragarh, 11.49 Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal and Uttarkashi districts of Uttarakhand 39 Construction of Working Women Hostel (WWH) in 7 districts of Mon, Kohima, Phek, Peren, Wokha, 25.20 Zubheboto and Chumukedima in the State of Nagaland 40 Construction of Working Women Hostel (WWH) in 3.77 district SAS Nagar,Punjab 41 Construction of WWH at Hosur, St Thomas and 21.52 Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu 42 Ministry of Implementation of women safety initiatives in Housing & Urban Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS)- National 20.00 Affairs Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) 43 Ministry of Proposal for opening One Stop Centres (OSCs) in 10 External Affairs 3.06 Indian Missions abroad 44 Ministry of Freedom from Violence: Capacity Building of Panchayati Raj Elected Women Representatives on Legal Provisions 0.46 on safety and security of womenAnnexure-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 283 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2026 REGARDING ‘UTILISATION OF NIRBHAYA FUND’. Details of funds sanctioned/released/utilised for the projects under the Nirbhaya Fund- State/UT- wise, including the constituencies of Jalgaon, Nabarangpur, Dewas-Shajapur, Keonjhar, Sidhi, Dumka and Dahod. Amount released and utilized since State/ UT S/N inception(In Crores) Andhra Pradesh 1 147.70 Arunachal Pradesh 2 63.63 Assam 3 145.62 Bihar 4 178.29 Chhattisgarh 5 137.37 Goa 6 23.53 Gujarat 7 288.11 Haryana 8 102.94 Himachal Pradesh 9 57.89 Jammu and Kashmir 10 61.35 Jharkhand 11 82.12 Karnataka 12 602.20 Kerala 13 146.41 Madhya Pradesh 14 320.71 Maharashtra 15 361.31 Manipur 16 58.54 Meghalaya 17 52.78 Mizoram 18 62.11 Nagaland 19 90.28 Odisha 20 196.97 Punjab 21 97.63 Rajasthan 22 237.09 Sikkim 23 28.13 Tamil Nadu 24 448.17Telangana 25 318.65 Tripura 26 31.79 Uttar Pradesh 27 746.26 Uttarakhand 28 72.11 West Bengal 29 171.82 A&N Islands 30 15.90 Chandigarh 31 81.36 DNH & DD 32 20.25 Delhi 33 485.47 Ladakh 34 6.34 Lakshadweep 35 9.22 Puducherry 36 20.73 *****