Question : Stree Swabhiman Yojana

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

(a) the number of Common Service Centres set up for adolescent girls and women under ''Stree Swabhiman Yojana'' of the Government across the country’ State/UT-wise including Gujarat, Bihar and West Bengal;

(b) the number of women entrepreneurs provided with employment so far under the said scheme, State/UT-wise; and

(c) whether sanitary pads have been made available to women at affordable rates by the Government under the said scheme and if so, the details thereof?

(a) and (b): 764 Common Services Centres (CSCs) has set up for adolescent girls and women under ''Stree Swabhiman Yojana'' across the country and 3359 womenentrepreneurs have been provided with employment. The details are at Annexure.

(c): The sanitary pads under the Stree Swabhiman Project are being made available to women at an affordable rate by the Common Services Centres (CSC) Village Level Entrepreneur (VLE). The rates are decided by Common Services Centre’s (CSC’s) Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs) based on local market.



Annexure
SN State/UT No. of Centres established under Stree Swabhiman Project No. of women employed under Stree Swabhiman Project
1 Andhra Pradesh 8 40
2 Assam 12 60
3 Bihar 61 305
4 Chhattisgarh 26 104
5 Delhi 3 12
6 Goa 1 5
7 Gujarat 39 195
8 Haryana 9 45
9 Himachal Pradesh 9 45
10 Jammu & Kashmir 4 20
11 Jharkhand 39 195
12 Karnataka 9 36
13 Kerala 1 5
14 Madhya Pradesh 47 188
15 Maharashtra 52 260
16 Mizoram 1 5
17 Nagaland 4 20
18 Odisha 272 1088
19 Punjab 19 95
20 Rajasthan 47 188
21 Tamil Nadu 2 10
22 Telangana 6 30
23 Tripura 1 5
24 Uttar Pradesh 57 228
25 Uttarakhand 11 55
26 West Bengal 24 120
Total 764 3359

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