MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHNA TIRATH)
(a): Ministry of Women & Child Development is administering following schemes for providing security, employment
opportunity and overall development of women:-
i. RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL CRECHE SCHEME FOR THE CHILDREN OF WORKING MOTHERS (RGNCS) provides day care facilities to
the children in the age group 0-6 years from families with monthly income of less than 12000/-. In addition to being a
safe space for the children, the crèches provide services such as supplementary nutrition, pre-school education and
emergency health care, etc.
ii. CENTRAL SOCIAL WELFARE BOARD: The main women welfare related schemes and programmes being implemented by CSWB are
family counselling centres, awareness generation programme and condensed courses of education for women.
iii. NATIONAL MISSION FOR EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN (NMEW) is an initiative of the Government of India for empowering women
holistically. It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme sanctioned in April 2011 with a mandate to strengthen inter-sectoral
convergence.
iv The National Commission for Women (NCW), constituted in January, 1992, has the primary mandate to safeguard and
protect the interests of women.
v. WORKING WOMEN’S HOSTEL (WWH) Scheme envisages provision of safe and affordable hostel accommodation to working
women, single working women, women working at places away from their home-towns and for women being trained for employment.
vi. SUPPORT TO TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME (STEP) for Women was launched as a Central Sector Scheme during
1986-87. It aims at making a significant impact on women by upgrading skills for self and wage employment. The target
group includes the marginalized assetless rural women and urban poor.
vii. RASHTRIYA MAHILA KOSH (RMK) with a corpus of Rs.100 crore extends micro-finance services to bring about the
socio-economic upliftment of poor women.
viii. INDIRA GANDHI MATRITVA SAHYOG YOJANA (IGMSY) is a Conditional Cash Transfer scheme for pregnant and lactating
(P&L) women introduced in the October 2010 to contribute to better enabling environment by providing cash incentives
for improved health and nutrition to pregnant and nursing mothers.
ix. SWADHAR SCHEME: The Ministry of Women and Child Development had been administering Swadhar scheme since 2001
for Women in difficult circumstances. Under the Scheme, temporary accommodation, maintenance and rehabilitative services
are provided to women and girls rendered homeless due to family discord, crime, violence, mental stress, social
ostracism. Another scheme with similar objectives/target groups namely Short Stay Home (SSH) is being implemented by
Central Social Welfare Board.
x. UJJAWALA is a comprehensive scheme for prevention of trafficking and rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration
of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.
(b) & (c): Ministry of Women & Child Development has constituted a High Level Committee (HLC) for study on the
status of women in the country.
(d): No, Madam.
(e): Does not arise.
