Post on 23-Aug-2018
Issues related to Working
Women’s Hostels, Ujjwala,
Swadhar GrehNandita Mishra
EA, MoWCD
WORKING WOMEN HOSTEL
A scheme to providing safe and affordable accommodation to
working women who may be single, widowed, divorced, separated,
married but whose husband or immediate family does not reside in
the same area and for those women who are under training for job.
About the scheme
Under the Scheme financial assistance for construction of hostel
building on public land/ running of Hostel in rented premises is
provided.
75% of the cost of construction of the building of working women
hostel only on public land
Financial assistance for hostels to be run in rented premises
One-time non-recurring grant at the rate of Rs.7500/- per inmate at the
time of commencement of the hostel for purchase of furniture
(including bed, table, chair, almirah etc.) and furnishings
Corporate Houses eligible for 50% of construction cost (none till now).
Objective of the Scheme
To promote availability of safe and conveniently located
accommodation for working women, with day care facility
for their children, wherever possible, in urban, semi urban,
or even rural areas where employment opportunity for
women exist.
Target groups and beneficiaries
Working women who may be single, widowed, divorced,
separated, married but whose husband or immediate family does
not reside in the same area and for those women who are under
training for job.
Women who are under training for job provided the total training
period does not exceed one year.
Girls up to the age of 18 years and boys up to the age of 5 years,
accompanying working mothers will be provided accommodation,
with their mothers.
Working mothers may also avail of the services of the Day Care
Centre.
Implementing agencies
State Government agencies including Women Development
Corporations, Women Finance Corporations etc.
Urban Municipal Bodies including Cantonment Boards
Panchayati Raj Institutions
SHGs (Self Help Groups)
Recognized Colleges/ Universities
Civil Society Organisations
Corporate or associations like CII, ASSOCHAM, FICCI etc.
Ministry of Women and Child Development and the State
Governments
Funding Pattern
The scheme is being reviewed and revised. As per the
revised guidelines, now the scheme will be implemented as
a Centrally Sponsored Scheme through States and
Implementing Agencies in which the cost will be shared by
Central Govt., State govt. & the Implementing agency in
the ratio of 60:15:25, except in case of North Eastern and
Himalayan States, where the share of Centre, State and
Implementing Agencies will be in the ratio of 65:10:25.
UJJAWALA
A comprehensive scheme for the prevention of trafficking,
rescue, rehabilitation and re-integration of victims of
trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.
About the scheme
The scheme is a comprehensive scheme for prevention, rescue,
rehabilitation and re-integration of victims of human trafficking for
commercial sexual exploitation.
The issue of trafficking of women and children is the third largest
organized crime across the globe and India has emerged as a source,
destination and transit for both in country and cross-border trafficking.
The cause for trafficking are poverty, low status of women, lack of
protective environment, regional gender preferences, etc.
The scheme has been devised keeping these issues and causes in mind
to prevent trafficking as well as to rescue and rehabilitate the victims
safely.
Objective of the scheme
To prevent trafficking of women and children through social mobilization, involvement
of local communities and generation of awareness through workshops and seminars.
To facilitate rescue of victims from the place of their exploitation and place them in
safe custody.
To provide immediate and long term rehabilitation facilities to the victims by
providing basic amenities such as shelter, food, clothing, medical treatment including
counselling, legal aid and vocational training.
To facilitate re-integration of the victims into their families and society at large.
To facilitate repatriation of cross-border victims to their country of origin.
Target groups and beneficiaries
Women and children who are vulnerable to
trafficking.
Women and children who are the victims of
trafficking.
Implementing agencies
The implementing agencies can be. the social welfare/ women and
child welfare departments of State Government, women’s
development corporations, women’s development centres,
urban local bodies, reputed public/private trust or voluntary
organizations
The organizations must have adequate experience in the field of
trafficking, social defence, dealing with women and children in need
of care and protection, and children in conflict with law, etc.
Funding Pattern
The funding pattern for the release of funds will be shared
between the Central Govt., States and implementing
agencies in ratio 60:30:10, except North Eastern and
Himalayan States where the applicable sharing ratio shall be
80:10:10 respectively and in case of UT administrations the
sharing ratio shall be 90:10 between the Central Govt. and
implementing agency. Funds to the States/UTs will be
released in two installments every year.
Sl.
No.
Name of State/UT Grant to be released to state government for year 2017-18 (62% of
central government share)
1 Andhra Pradesh 9131298
2 Assam 32182464
3 Bihar 2899368
4 Chhattisgarh 3875310
5 Gujarat 5948094
6 Karnataka 27024870
7 Kerala 3002226
8 Madhya Pradesh 1059084
9 Maharashtra 25836516
10 Manipur 14590336
11 Mizoram 2687576
12 Nagaland 1496680
13 Odisha 17622570
14 Rajasthan 11206128
15 Sikkim 1374664
16 Tamil Nadu 4467534
17 Telangana 4923420
18 Uttarakhand 6641688
19 Uttar Pradesh 10293240
Total 186263066
State-wise release for the year 2017-18 as 1st installment (62%) of GOI share under Ujjawala Scheme
(In Rs)
SWADHAR GREH
About the scheme
The Ministry of Women & Child Development was earlier implementing
two Schemes :-
Swadhar Shelter Homes
Short Stay Homes
The effectiveness and positive impact of the measures adopted under the
Schemes for counseling and rehabilitation were almost similar in both the
schemes. Therefore, it was decided to merge the above two schemes
into a new Scheme namely Swadhar Greh w.e.f. 1-1-2016.
Target Beneficiaries
Scheme targets the women victims of unfortunate
circumstances who are in need of institutional support for
rehabilitation so that they could lead their life with dignity.
Scheme recommends establishing one such home in every
district.
Target Beneficiaries
Women affected by domestic violence could stay upto one
year.
For other categories of women, the maximum period of stay
could be upto 3 years.
The Older women above 55 years of age may be
accommodated for maximum period of 5 years after which they
will have to shift to old age homes or similar institutions.
Funding Pattern
Swadhar Greh Scheme is being implemented as a sub-
scheme of the Centrally Sponsored Umbrella
Scheme "Protection and Empowerment of
Women” funds are released through the States, with cost
sharing ratio of 60:40 between the Centre and the
States excepting for the North Eastern and Himalayan
States where it shall be 90:10 and for UTs it is 100%
With effect from 1-4-2016.
Present Status
At present 555 Swadhar Grehs are running all over India. An
amount of Rs. 33.38 Crore has been released to State
Govt./UTs as first installment @62% of GOI share for the
year 2017-18 for implementation of Swadhar Greh Scheme.
A new Home fully funded by Central Govt. for widows, at
Sunrakh Bangar, Vrindavan, with the capacity of 1000
inmates is under construction.
State-wise release for the year 2017-18 as 1st installment (62%) of GOI share under
Swadhar Greh Scheme
S.No. Name
62% of GOI
(Amount in Rs.)
1 Andhra Pradesh 14063088
2 Arunachal Pradesh 811332
3 Assam 19471968
4 Bihar 8654208
5 Punjab 1081776
6 Chandigarh 901480
7 Chattisgarh 2163552
8 Delhi 1802960
9 Goa 540888
10 Gujarat 3786216
11 Haryana 540888
12 Jammu & Kashmir 3245328
13 Jharkhand 1622664
14 Karnataka 32994168
15 Kerala 4327104
16 Madhya Pradesh 3245328
17 Maharashtra 41107488
18 Manipur 18660636
19 Mizoram 1622664
20 Nagaland 811332
21 Odisha 46324416
22 Puducherry 901480
23 Rajasthan 7572432
24 Sikkim 811332
25 Tamil Nadu 21635520
26 Telangana 12981312
27 Tripura 3245328
28 Uttar Pradesh 43060078.8
29 Uttrakhand 7301988
30 West Bengal 28766016
31 Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 901480
Total 334956450.8
Issues/Concerns
(i)UCs/SOEs(Ujjawala & Swadhar):- Letters and reminders have
been sent to the State Govts for submission of Statement of
Expenditure and Utilization Certificate in respect of grant released as
1st installment for the FY 2016-17. So concerned State Govts are
requested to furnish the UCs/SOES.
(ii) Direct Benefit Transfer (Ujjawala& Swadhar):- Weekly progress
report on “Beneficiary Digitization” and “Aadhar Enablement” are to
be provided in the prescribed format. The format has been sent to
concerned States through E-mails.
Thank You