Question : Working Women Hostel

(a) whether the Government is implementing Working Women Hostels Scheme and if so, the salient features thereof; and
(b) the number and details of hostels sanctioned and presently operational in the country, State/UT-wise

ANSWER

MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPEMNT
(SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) Yes, Sir. Working Women Hostel is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented by States with funding ratio 60:15:25 shared amongst Central Government, State/UT and the implementing agency (for North-East and Himalayan States, the ratio is 65:10:25). The Scheme aims to provide safe and affordable accommodation to working women with Day Care facility for the children of inmates. Working women who may be single, widowed, divorced, separated or married, but whose husbands or immediate family do not reside in the same area and for those women who are under training for job are eligible under the scheme.

(b) A total of 971 hostels have been sanctioned since the inception of the Scheme. On the basis of reports received from States/UTs, 497 hostels are found to be operational in the country. State/UT-wise list of hostels is given below:

S. No. State/UT No. of Hostels Sanctioned

No. of Hostels Operational



1 Andhra Pradesh 41
35
2 Arunachal Pradesh 14
4
3 Assam 18 11
4 Bihar 6 0
5 Chhattisgarh 10 04
6 Goa
2 01
7 Gujarat 27 15
8 Haryana 20 8
9 Himachal Pradesh 16
6
10 Jammu & Kashmir 5
00
11 Jharkhand 2 02
12 Karnataka 62 42
13 Kerala 160 114
14 Madhya Pradesh 62
03
15 Maharashtra 138 74
16 Meghalaya 4 3
17 Mizoram 5 2
18 Manipur 32 14
19 Nagaland 25 12
20 Orissa 28 12

21 Punjab 15 04

22 Rajasthan 39 15
23 Sikkim 2 01
24 Tamil nadu 96 67
25 Telangana 27 7
26 Tripura 1 0
27 Uttrakhand 6 0
28 UP 38 5
29 West Bengal 39 10
30 Chandigarh 7 06

31 Delhi 20 17
32 Pondicherry 4 03
Total 971 497



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