Question : Sakhi Centres

(a) whether the Government has proposed to establish Sakhi/One Stop Centres (OSCs) across the country to provide integrated support and assistance under one roof to women affected by violence;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with its salient features and the number of sanctioned and operational centres set up under the scheme, State/UT-wise including West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan;
(c) the details of facilities/services provided in these centres across the country;
(d) whether there is an acute shortage of specialists of these centres and if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise including Tamil Nadu;
(e) whether a significant number of these sanctioned centres across the country have become defunct and if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard; and
(f) whether the Government has proposed to set up fast track courts under Nirbhaya Fund and if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (c) :Popularly known as Sakhi Centres, One Stop Centre(OSC) scheme is being implemented across the country since 1st April 2015. As on date, 680 OSCs have been set up across 35 States/UTs.
As per the OSC Scheme, OSCs are required to facilitate women affected by violence with a range of integrated services under one roof including police facilitation, medical aid, legal aid and legal counselling, psycho-social counseling and temporary shelter, and are to be located within 2 kms radius of the hospitals or medical facilities. The State/UT wise details of sanctioned and operational OSCs are at Annexure-I.

(d) to (e) :Manpower in States including Tamil Nadu for One Stop Centers(OSCs) are inducted as per Scheme Guidelines and this is an ongoing process.

(f) :The Government of India has approved setting up of 1023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTCSs) under Nirbhaya Fund across the country for expeditious trial and disposal of pending cases rape under POCSO Act, 2012 in a time-bound manner.
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Annexure-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) TO THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.1131 FOR 07.02.2020 ASKED BY SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA, SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED, SHRI NIHAL CHAND, DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY, DR. G. RANJITH REDDY, SHRI GAURAV GOGOI AND SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI REGARDING ‘SAKHI CENTRE’

STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF SANCTIONED AND OPERATIONAL ONE STOP CENTRES (OSCs)
Sl. No. State/ UTs Total Number of Districts Number of
Sanctioned OSCs Number of Operational OSCs
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) 3 3 3
2 Andhra Pradesh 13 14 13
3 Arunachal Pradesh 25 25 24
4 Assam 33 33 31
5 Bihar 38 38 38
6 Chandigarh (UT) 1 1 1
7 Chhattisgarh 27 27 27
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT) 1 1 1
9 Daman & Diu (UT) 2 2 2
10 Goa 2 2 2
11 Gujarat 33 33 33
12 Haryana 22 22 22
13 Himachal Pradesh 12 12 12
14 Jammu & Kashmir 20 20 7
15 Jharkhand 24 24 24
16 Karnataka 30 30 30
17 Kerala 14 14 14
18 Lakshadweep (UT) 1 2 0
19 Ladakh (UT) 2 1 1
20 Madhya Pradesh 51 51 51
21 Maharashtra 36 37 37
22 Manipur 16 16 16
23 Meghalaya 11 11 11
24 Mizoram 8 8 8
25 Nagaland 11 11 11
26 NCT of Delhi (UT) 11 11 11
27 Odisha 30 30 30
28 Puducherry (UT) 4 4 4
29 Punjab 22 22 22
30 Rajasthan 33 33 33
31 Sikkim 4 4 1
32 Tamil Nadu 32 34 32
33 Telangana 33 33 32
34 Tripura 8 8 8
35 Uttar Pradesh 75 75 75
36 Uttarakhand 13 13 13
37 West Bengal 23 23 0
Total 724 728 680
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