The One Stop Centre (OSC) Scheme is approved since 1st April, 2015 by Government of India under Nirbhaya Fund to be set up across the country for women affected by violence. The OSC scheme aims to facilitate women affected by violence with a range of integrated services under one roof including police facilitation, medical aid, psychological counselling, legal support and temporary shelter. Under the OSC Scheme, 100% funds are disbursed to districts for setting up and running of OSCs. Till date 728 OSCs have been approved by Government of India in 724 districts. Out of these, 680 OSCs are operational and have addressed more than 2.5 lakh cases of women.
To upgrade the quality of OSCs, training and capacity building initiatives are undertaken for OSC functionaries through various trainings and capacity building programmes at the National, Regional and State levels. Further, monitoring of OSC is undertaken from time to time at various levels through visits, review meetings, video conferences, inspection reports etc. An online tool of Sakhi Dashboard has also been developed by Government of India for capturing data about OSCs regarding details of cases as well as the facilities and services provided to violence affected women coming to OSCs.
The total fund released under OSC Scheme during the year 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 is Rs.229.61 crore, total utilisation of fund is Rs.61.34 crore and total unutilized fund is Rs.168.27 crore. The States/UTs and district authorities undertake the implementation of OSC Scheme. Government of India undertakes review meetings with the officers of State Government through video conferencing and meetings from time to time at various levels for proper implementation of the scheme.
In Gujarat 33 OSCs have been approved by Government of India in 33 districts which have been operationalised by the State.
The State/UT wise details of funds released under the Scheme during the last two years are as under:
(In Rupees)
Sl. No.
States/UTs
Year
2017-18
2018-19
1
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3120663
3687641
2
Andhra Pradesh
33013744
39063148
3
Arunachal Pradesh
5319517
78202084
4
Assam
0
78695087
5
Bihar
0
30832455
6
Chandigarh
0
930799
7
Chhattisgarh
16704440
66244372
8
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
4341482
50000
9
Daman & Diu
0
0
10
Delhi
0
0
11
Goa
1084917
492000
12
Gujarat
12715269
56269778
13
Haryana
3830247
47960546
14
Himachal Pradesh
1500450
10118850
15
Jammu and Kashmir
8752272
15020425
16
Jharkhand
1847152
70436941
17
Karnataka
6273675
59444419
18
Kerala
1180007
28331849
19
Lakshdweep
0
0
20
Madhya Pradesh
13127264
112391390
21
Maharashtra
43769662
38929425
22
Manipur
0
35722445
23
Meghalaya
775391
18639947
24
Mizoram
6140951
27264535
25
Nagaland
8041940
45487024
26
Odisha
12032854
77459998
27
Puducherry
1941450
4766836
28
Punjab
33587668
52633488
29
Rajasthan
2895721
30860275
30
Sikkim
3071148
3923225
31
Tamil Nadu
3882900
113995447
32
Telangana
30172230
58948915
33
Tripura
0
26901349
34
Uttar Pradesh
26622936
222830497
35
Uttarakhand
13886307
27225409
36
West Bengal
0
0
Total
299632257
1483760599
This information was given by Minister for Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.