**Executive Summary**
The Shakti Sadan Scheme is an integrated relief and rehabilitation initiative under 'Mission Shakti' designed to provide a safe and enabling environment for women in distress, including trafficking survivors. Effective since April 1, 2022, the scheme operates as a demand-driven, centrally sponsored program implemented through States and Union Territories. During the 2025-26 financial year (up to December 31, 2025), the scheme successfully rehabilitated 19,960 women across 419 functional units.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Scheme Framework and Integration**
* The Shakti Sadan Scheme merged the erstwhile ‘Swadhar Greh’ and ‘Ujjawala’ schemes on April 1, 2022.
* It serves as an Integrated Relief and Rehabilitation Home for women in difficult circumstances and those rescued from trafficking.
* The primary goal is to provide shelter, rehabilitation support, and an environment that helps women overcome adverse situations.
* **Funding and Operational Model**
* The initiative is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme where funds are released to States/UTs based on demand.
* States/UTs are responsible for assessing local requirements and submitting proposals annually.
* The Programme Approval Board (PAB) approves these proposals following discussions with the respective States/UTs.
* Financial assistance is specifically provided for operating these homes in rented premises.
* **Monitoring and Digital Oversight**
* The Ministry monitors implementation through physical visits, virtual meetings, and field inspections by officials.
* A dedicated "Mission Shakti Dashboard" has been developed to track real-time data.
* The dashboard captures critical information including staff deployment, beneficiary details, vocational training, ICT infrastructure, and geographical location (latitude and longitude) of the homes.
**Impact Analysis**
**Women in Distress and Trafficking Survivors**
**Impact:** These individuals receive access to integrated relief, shelter, and rehabilitation services, enabling them to transition out of adverse circumstances.
**Action Required:** Utilize the facilities and vocational training provided at Shakti Sadans to facilitate their rehabilitation.
**State Governments and Union Territories (States/UTs)**
**Impact:** They are empowered to address local needs using central funds and financial assistance for rented facility infrastructure.
**Action Required:** Assess local requirements, submit annual proposals to the Programme Approval Board (PAB), and maintain implementation data on the Mission Shakti Dashboard.
**Ministry of Women and Child Development**
**Impact:** The Ministry maintains oversight of the scheme’s national progress and ensures accountability through standardized reporting.
**Action Required:** Conduct regular monitoring through field visits and digital tools, and process annual approvals for state-level proposals via the PAB.
Key Entities Referenced
Shakti Sadan Scheme: An integrated relief and rehabilitation scheme for women in distressful situations, including trafficking victims, formed by merging the Swadhar Greh and Ujjawala schemes.
Mission Shakti: The overarching umbrella initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development under which the Shakti Sadan Scheme is implemented.
Ministry of Women and Child Development: The primary central ministry responsible for the implementation, funding, and monitoring of the Shakti Sadan Scheme.
Programme Approval Board (PAB): The authority responsible for evaluating state-level requirements and approving annual proposals for the implementation of the Shakti Sadan Scheme.
Swadhar Greh and Ujjawala: The two erstwhile central schemes for women in difficult circumstances and trafficking victims that were merged to establish the Shakti Sadan Scheme.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
‘Shakti Sadan Scheme’ aims at creating a safe
and enabling environment for women in difficult
situations
Posted On: 25 MAR 2026 3:43PM by PIB Delhi
Under the overarching ‘Mission Shakti’, erstwhile schemes of ‘Swadhar Greh’ – Home for women in
difficult circumstances and ‘Ujjawala’- Home for women rescued from Trafficking, have been merged
w.e.f. 01.04.2022 and are now known as ‘Shakti Sadan Scheme’, which is an Integrated Relief and
Rehabilitation Home for women in distressful situations including trafficked women. It aims at creating a
safe and enabling environment for women in such difficult situations, to enable them to overcome the
adverse circumstances. Shakti Sadan is helpful towards support for women in distress, providing shelter
and rehabilitation support including those affected of trafficking.
The Shakti Sadan Scheme is a demand driven Centrally Sponsored Scheme, under which funds are
released to the States/UTs for implementation of the scheme. The States/UTs assess their requirement as
per local needs and proposals are approved every year by the Programme Approval Board (PAB) after
discussion with States/UTs. Under the Scheme, financial assistance is provided for running of Shakti
Sadan in rented premises. Presently, 419 Shakti Sadans are functional across the country and about 19,960
women rehabilitated during the Financial Year 2025-26 (01.04.2025 to 31.12.2025).
The Ministry continuously monitors the progress of the implementation of scheme through physical and
virtual meetings with States/UTs, field visits by the officials of the Ministry and through digital mode
from time to time. Further, for the purpose of monitoring of Shakti Sadans, this Ministry has developed a
dedicated Mission shakti Dashboard for capturing details like staff deployed, beneficiaries, location details
(Latitude and Longitude), Physical infrastructure, Vocational Training, ICT infrastructure, activities
conducted, facilities provided to beneficiaries, etc.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Women and Child Development Smt. Savitri
Thakur in Rajya Sabha in reply to a question.
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