Schemes for Welfare of Women

Schemes for Welfare of Women

There are a number of Schemes being implemented by various Ministries of the Government of India through State Governments/UT Administrations which allocate and disburse funds for welfare and development of women in distress like aged single women, widows with no support as well as young women from very poor background. The major schemes of Government of India are as under:-

• SwadharGreh Scheme:The Ministry of Women and Child Development implements SwadharGreh Scheme which envisions a supportive institutional framework for women victims of difficult circumstances so that they could lead their life with dignity and conviction. The funds allocated to States during the last three years, is at Annexure I.
• Home for Widows: A Home for Widows has been set up in Vrindavan, UP with a capacity of 1000 inmates to provide widows a safe and secure place of stay, health services, nutritious food, legal and counseling services.

• Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS):- The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS) under which Pension Scheme for Widows as well as Pension Scheme for the Elderly below poverty line are operated. The funds allocated to States during the last three years, is at Annexure II.
• The Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme:- The Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme of Ministry of Women and Child Development aims to empower rural women through community participation and to create an environment in which they realize their full potential. The funds allocated to States during 2017-18 and 2018-19 is at Annexure III as the scheme was launched in 2017.
• Prime Minister AwaasYojana (PMAY-G):- The Prime Minister AwaasYojana (PMAY-G) of Ministry of Rural Development and the Prime Minister AwaasYojana (PMAY-U) of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs aims at providing affordable housing to women beneficiaries also. The funds allocated to States during the last three years, are at Annexures IV and V respectively.

• DeendayalAntyodayaYojana:- The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is implementing the “DeendayalAntyodayaYojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)”, to reduce poverty and vulnerability of urban poor, households by enabling them to access self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities. The funds allocated to States during the last three years, is at Annexure VI.

Annexure I

Funds released under SwadharGreh Scheme during the last three years

(Rs.in lakhs)

S. No.	Name of States	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
1	Andhra Pradesh	124.47	156.61	27.65
2	Assam	237.56	197.03	152.60
3	Andaman & Nicobar Island	4.4	9.01	7.27
4	Arunachal Pradesh	6.54	8.11	18.05
5	Bihar	69.79	86.54	0
6	Chandigarh	7.27	9.01	6.64
7	Chhattisgarh	17.44	16.22	30.24
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	0	0	0
9	Daman & Diu	0	0	0
10	Delhi	14	18.02	16.10
11	Gujarat	40.5	37.86	0
12	Goa	4.36	5.40	0
13	Haryana	4.36	9.77	3.39
14	Himachal Pradesh	0	0	0
15	Jharkhand	24.41	18.32	0
16	Jammu & Kashmir	40	32.45	36.20
17	Karnataka	461.95	560.73	285.03
18	Kerala	52.36	43.27	69.59
19	Lakshadweep	0	0	0
20	Madhya Pradesh	95.91	89.99	46.09
21	Maharashtra	576.88	438.36	19.70
22	Mizoram	16.72	16.22	81.08
23	Manipur	284.07	189.83	424.30
24	Meghalaya	0	8.72	0
25	Nagaland	6.54	8.11	25.69
26	Odisha	723.85	521.43	473.33
27	Punjab	10.52	10.81	8.00
28	Puducherry	7.27	9.01	20.06
29	Rajasthan	68.4	102.98	18.94
30	Sikkim	6.54	8.11	6.72
31	Tamil Nadu	247.22	280.07	438.87
32	Telangana	134.61	177.88	133.91
33	Tripura	26.17	32.45	46.23
34	Uttar Pradesh	383.43	598.10	55.46
35	Uttarkhand	69.93	92.33	0
36	West Bengal	18.37	448.35	1.56

Annexure II

National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)

Funds released under IGNWPS during the last three years

(Rs. In Lakh)

Sl. No.	States/UTs	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
1	Andhra Pradesh	13654.95	9107.11	9107.10
2	Bihar	9293.49	16435.60	18386.38
3	Chhattisgarh	2674.02	5162.45	5771.33
4	Goa	0.00	0.00	0.00
5	Gujarat	232.64	0.00	0.00
6	Haryana	3178.62	2119.08	2119.08
7	Himachal Pradesh	666.66	999.99	666.66
8	J & K	251.30	248.72	259.75
9	Jharkhand	10089.76	10089.76	9619.04
10	Karnataka	24164.12	17255.66	17245.69
11	Kerala	3879.24	7758.48	11637.71
12	Madhya Pradesh	19890.16	19890.16	19890.16
13	Maharashtra	0.00	0.00	0.00
14	Odisha	18147.10	19253.04	18914.32
15	Punjab	0.00	0.00	870.52
16	Rajasthan	0.00	4872.32	5244.12
17	Tamilnadu	11507.73	22021.18	19269.92
18	Telangana	8302.19	6508.64	6508.65
19	Uttar Pradesh	36775.36	18387.68	0.00
20	Uttarakhand	0.00	0.00	687.17
21	West Bengal	35536.00	16640.17	20469.07
NE States
22	Arunachal Pradesh	66.10	0.00	137.53
23	Assam	2529.40	2199.96	3935.61
24	Manipur	0.00	0.00	86.43
29	Meghalaya	294.01	245.21	245.03
26	Mizoram	71.38	71.38	71.38
27	Nagaland	51.76	68.97	163.82
28	Sikkim	36.01	54.22	15.20
29	Tripura	664.74	595.99	332.37
Union Territories
30	A&N Islands	0.00	0.00	0.00
31	Chandigarh	0.00	0.00	0.00
32	D&N Haveli	0.00	0.00	0.00
33	Daman & Diu	0.00	0.00	0.00
34	NCT Delhi	1348.26	1348.26	1348.26
35	Lakshadweep	0.00	0.00	0.00
36	Puducherry	362.83	362.83	362.82

Annexure III

Funds (central share) released under Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme State/UT-wise (Rs. in Lakhs)
SI. No.	Name of State/UT	2017-18	2018-19
1	Andaman & Nicobar	10.9	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	7.39	277.2
3	Arunachal Pradesh	0	151.35
4	Assam	980	0
5	Bihar	1022.2	25.83
6	Chandigarh	10.9	33.44
7	Chhattisgarh	863.19	7.28
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	10.9	0
9	Daman & Diu	10.9	6.15
10	Delhi	0	0
11	Goa	0	0
12	Gujarat	49.1	214.64
13	Haryana	0	6.91
14	Himachal Pradesh	0	137.45
15	Jammu and Kashmir	22.5	241.71
16	Jharkhand	1776.36	0
17	Karnataka	10.8	169.83
18	Kerala	0	74.26
19	Lakshadweep	10.9	0
20	Madhya Pradesh	0	479.02
21	Maharashtra	0	144.63
22	Manipur	137.34	33.21
23	Meghalaya	61.31	158.85
24	Mizoram	117.82	166.77
25	Nagaland	95.13	221.57
26	Odisha	0	737.95
27	Puducherry	54.06	9.18
28	Punjab	0	87.50
29	Rajasthan	74.9	278.24
30	Sikkim	0	99.85
31	Tamil Nadu	36.18	227.86
32	Telangana	13.2	288.62
33	Tripura	19.9	125.50
34	Uttar Pradesh	0	362.13
35	Uttarakhand	18.89	226.14
36	West Bengal	24.37	453.62

Annexure IV

Funds released under Prime Minister AwaasYojana (PMAY-G) during the last three years)

(In Rs. Lakh)

S.No.	State	2016-17		2017-18		2018-19
		Central Allocation	Central release	Central Allocation	Central release	Central Allocation	Central release
1	Andhra Pradesh	56200.25	21712.79	35985.83	35192.89	0.00	18605.43
2	Arunachal Pradesh	10993.12	5412.30	2661.14	1210.97	0.00	0.000
3	Assam	267324.75	132197.90	48816.80	166961.67	0.00	24408.40
4	Bihar	486689.42	211427.06	403572.50	60257.06	0.00	444931.91
5	Chhattisgarh	181109.27	83815.91	158566.70	262507.14	268865.94	263695.44
6	Goa	569.57	284.79	0.00	0.00	0.00
7	Gujarat	85059.62	36527.41	68221.67	53264.22	0.00	68219.86
8	Haryana	8913.72	7414.46	7186.98	2153.84	0.00	2839.56
9	Himachal Pradesh	5931.19	3253.82	3055.38	5087.88	0.00	1468.94
10	Jammu & Kashmir	20709.69	8033.01	26467.83	4982.11	0.00	22683.11
11	Jharkhand	182584.20	79630.14	124547.28	162629.86	108754.52	173352.48
12	Karnataka	69686.76	27864.00	39150.26	59304.63	0.00	18822.48
13	Kerala	24380.43	10049.44	7392.15	2140.78	0.00	0.000
14	Madhya Pradesh	342581.69	170114.87	296389.41	487626.83	432294.91	425042.66
15	Maharashtra	174074.41	73566.02	113019.38	110207.77	51954.74	113552.93
16	Manipur	11851.13	5767.41	0.00	5855.30	0.00	429.98
17	Meghalaya	20722.04	8078.23	4520.41	4273.76	0.00	12621.23
18	Mizoram	5847.66	2482.99	2182.94	644.25	0.00	2923.83
19	Nagaland	10319.53	4676.22	0.00	832.99	0.00	0.000
20	Odisha	311871.53	149452.93	269164.03	312405.90	202335.06	329032.43
21	Punjab	7488.00	7559.10	2995.20	1602.06	0.00	0.00
22	Rajasthan	187393.36	87153.10	167453.39	189566.23	159647.16	234013.32
23	Sikkim	2381.21	1190.61	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.000
24	Tamil Nadu	132041.91	69059.77	97504.24	84848.58	15724.80	50279.81
25	Telangana	0.00	14263.34	0.00	4815.53	0.00	0.000
26	Tripura	28875.11	13455.46	1531.95	18316.45	0.00	765.98
27	Uttar Pradesh	432890.69	223980.45	298544.56	494806.43	233592.97	277585.81
28	Uttarakhand	13216.02	7484.09	5980.57	1381.40	0.00	9598.30
29	West Bengal	331772.00	139363.74	280522.19	455666.02	444181.56	437284.79
30	Andaman And Nicobar	262.51	196.37	326.98	33.07	600.00	0.000
31	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	378.93	282.83	999.65	330.88	7800.00	946.97
32	Daman & Diu	67.35	49.88	33.70	8.74	0.00	0.000
33	Lakshadweep	70.92		0.00	70.92	0.00	0.000
34	Puducherry	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.000

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Annexure V

Funds released under Prime Minister AwaasYojana (PMAY-U)during the last three years

(Rs in Crore)

Sr. No.	State/UT	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
1	A&N Island	-	0.23	0.05
2	Andhra Pradesh	235.56	2,676.32	3,465.39
3	Arunachal Pradesh	28.90	20.80	11.07
4	Assam	13.85	326.43	15.08
5	Bihar	287.32	437.35	504.52
6	Chandigarh	0.07	1.17	3.42
7	Chhattisgarh	60.32	504.67	419.13
8	D&N Haveli	1.57	23.89	22.64
9	Daman and Diu	0.07	4.00	5.24
10	Delhi	2.38	56.93	230.17
11	Goa	0.20	2.17	9.35
12	Gujarat	608.53	1,106.73	3,495.03
13	Haryana	8.60	150.36	368.75
14	Himachal Pradesh	11.50	17.10	25.21
15	J&K (UT)	2.49	51.79	34.72
16	Jharkhand	193.55	669.91	419.66
17	Karnataka	195.93	1,697.50	729.00
18	Kerala	56.54	263.87	660.88
19	Ladakh (UT)		9.22	1.79
20	Lakshadweep (UT)	-	-	-
21	Madhya Pradesh	417.69	2,362.87	2,722.59
22	Maharashtra	482.12	796.27	2,899.89
23	Manipur	23.40	136.38	12.19
24	Meghalaya	0.52	4.72	0.99
25	Mizoram	0.18	60.35	34.07
26	Nagaland	60.56	9.78	65.31
27	Odisha	111.00	157.44	411.78
28	Puducherry	4.46	42.73	15.45
29	Punjab	66.21	93.82	181.61
30	Rajasthan	105.39	183.25	398.11
31	Sikkim	0.02	1.29	1.80
32	Tamil Nadu	634.60	1,194.39	1,408.78
33	Telangana	142.70	773.60	341.98
34	Tripura	287.51	160.56	150.99
35	Uttar Pradesh	77.88	1,621.87	4,630.95
36	Uttarakhand	29.58	131.35	79.85
37	West Bengal	446.48	780.07	1,294.40

Annexure VI

Funds released under under DAY-NULMduring the last three years

(Rs in crore)

Financial year	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Fund Released	289.7	556.7	439.84	647.78

This information was given by Minister for Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha yesterday.