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.