Question : Mahila Suraksha Kendras-One Stop Centres

(a) whether the Government has set up Mahila Suraksha Kendras/One Stop Centres to provide safety and security to women in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
(c) the measures taken to monitor and provide security to women in these Kendras/Centres;
(d) whether any cases of harassment against women have been registered in the said Kendras/Centres during the last three years and the current year; and
(e) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise along with the action taken thereon?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

(a) to (e) : The Ministry is implementing scheme for setting up of One Stop Centre since 1st April, 2015 to support women affected by violence. The scheme aims to facilitate access to an integrated range of services including medical aid, police assistance, legal aid/case management, psycho-social counselling, temporary support services to women affected by violence. Under the scheme, it has been envisaged that One Stop Centres would be set up across the country in phased manner.

The Ministry is regularly monitoring and reviewing the implementation of One Stop Centres through workshops/conferences with State Governments/UT Administrations and surprise inspection visits by the officers of the Ministry.

The State-wise details of OSC approved, number of OSCs functional and number of women offered support are at Annexure-I.

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Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to € to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 877 for 14.12.2018 asked by Shrimati Bhavan Pundalikrao Gawali Patil and Shrimati Rekha Verma regarding “ Mahila Suraksha Kendras/One Stop Centres”

The number of One Stop Centres approved, number of functional One Stop Centres and number of women supported under One Stop Centre Scheme are as under:

Sl. No. State/ UTs Total approved OSCs Number of Functional OSCs Number of women supported
1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 3 1 472
2. Andhra Pradesh 13 13 26,884
3. Arunachal Pradesh 21 2 308
4. Assam 33 5 720
5. Bihar 38 8 3,755
6. Chandigarh 1 1 326
7. Chhattisgarh 27 27 10,868
8. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 1 40
9. Daman & Diu 2 1 25
10. Goa 2 1 977
11. Gujarat 23 10 894
12. Haryana 22 7 3,878
13. Himachal Pradesh 12 1 68
14. Jammu & Kashmir 22 2 63
15. Jharkhand 24 3 319
16. Karnataka 30 7 517
17. Kerala 14 4 393
18. Madhya Pradesh 51 50 3,217
19. Maharashtra 36 11 1,504
20. Manipur 16 1 10
21. Meghalaya 11 2 981
22. Mizoram 9 1 65
23. Nagaland 11 2 103
24. Odisha 30 4 857
25. Puducherry 1 1 51
26. Punjab 22 7 293
27. Rajasthan 16 16 4,964
28. Sikkim 4 1 115
29. Tamil Nadu 32 6 197
30. Telangana 31 9 7807
31. Tripura 8 1 30
32. Uttar Pradesh 75 24 1,18,833
33. Uttarakhand 13 4 993
34. Lakshadweep 0 0 0
35. NCT of Delhi 0 0 0
36. West Bengal 0 0 0
Total 654 234 1,90,527