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