12/08/2017 A total of 22 proposals of Rs.2200 Cr.

appraised and recommended under Nirbhaya Fund

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11-August-2017 17:41 IST
A total of 22 proposals of Rs.2200 Cr. appraised and recommended under Nirbhaya Fund

Government of India has set up a dedicated fund called Nirbhaya Fund for implementation of initiatives aimed at
enhancing the safety and security of women in the country. As per the guidelines of Ministry of Finance, Ministry of
Women and Child Development is the nodal authority for appraisal of the schemes/proposals received under Nirbhaya
Fund. Also, Ministry of Finance has set up an Empowered Committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of
Women and Child Development for appraising and approving various schemes/project proposals proposed to be funded
fromtheNirbhayaFund.TheconcernedMinistriestakeupthesanctionandimplementationoftheschemes/proposalsso
appraisedastheydofortheirotherschemes/projects.

Nirbhaya Fundwassetupwith a corpus of Rs. 1000 Cr. during 201314. Further, an amount of Rs 1000 Cr. was
providedin201415andforthefinancialyears201617and201718,anamountofRs.550cr.(eachfinancialyear)was
providedundertheNirbhayaFund.ThecorpustransferredtothePublicAccountfortheNirbhayafundupto201718isRs.
3100Cr.

Under the Nirbhaya fund, 22 proposals on womens safety and security from Central Ministries and State
GovernmentsamountingtoRs.2209.19CroreshavebeenappraisedandrecommendedbytheEmpoweredCommitteeason
21.07.2017. The proposals of different Government Ministries/Organization, appraised and recommended so far by the
EmpoweredCommitteeareatdifferentstagesofimplementation.Thelistoftheseprojectsisgivenbelow:
(Rs.inCrore)
S.No. NameoftheproposalandMinistry/Department Cost of
Proposal
1. EmergencyResponseSupportSystem,MHA 321.69

2. CreationofCentralVictimCompensationFund(CVCF),MHA 200.00

3. CreationofInvestigativeUnitsforCrimeagainstWomen(IUCAW),MHA 324.00

4. OrganizedCrimeInvestigativeAgency(OCIA),MHA 83.20

5. CyberCrimePreventionagainstWomen&Children(CCPWC),MHA 195.83

6. ProposalforprovidingfacilityofSocialWorkers/CounsellorsattheDistrict 5.07
andSubDivisionalPoliceStationLevelinDelhi,DelhiPolice/MHA
7. New building with women centric facilities for Special Unit for Women& 23.53
Children(SPUWAC)andSpecialUnitforNorthEastRegion(SPUNER)at
Nanakpura,DelhiPolice/MHA
8. IntegratedEmergencyResponseManagementSystem(IEMRS),Ministryof 500.00
Railways
9. Development&FieldTestingofpanicSwitchbasedsafetyDeviceforCars 3.50
andBusesforaidingWomensSafety,MeiTY
10. AbhayaProjectProposalforsafetyofwomenandgirlchild,Govt.ofAndhra 138.49
Pradesh
11. ChiraliProposal,WomenEmpowermentDirectorate,Govt.ofRajasthan 10.20

12. OneStopCentre,MWCD 119.69

13. UniversalisationofWomenHelpline,MWCD 69.49

14. 1.29
Proposal on implementation of Mahila Police Volunteers Scheme in two
districts,namely,KarnalandMahendragarh,Govt.ofHaryana
15. 2.25
Proposal on implementation of Mahila Police Volunteers Scheme in two
districts,namely,AnantapurandKadapa,Govt.ofAndhraPradesh

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16. Proposal on implementation of Mahila Police Volunteers Scheme in two 1.27
districts,namely,SuratandAhmedabad,Govt.ofGujarat
17.
CapacityBuildingatVillage/District/Statelevelforreducingviolenceagainst 0.72
women,Govt.ofUttarakhand
18.
Training women for heavy passengers vehicles, Bengaluru Metropolitan 10.54
TransportCorporation,Govt.ofKarnataka
19.
Smartandsafecitiesfreefromviolenceagainstwomenandgirlsprogramme, 1.74
Govt.ofMadhyaPradesh
20.
Safecityproject,Govt.ofOdisha 110.35
21.
InstallationofCCTVsinbuses,UPSRTC,Govt.ofUttarPradesh 83.5
22.
NirbhayaShelterHome,Govt.ofNirbhayaFund 2.84

Total 2209.19

MinistryofWomenandChildDevelopmentisimplementingthreeschemesunderNirbhayaFund,namely,OneStop
Centre(OSC),WomenHelpline(WHL)andMahilaPoliceVolunteer.OneStopCentreshavebeensetuptofacilitateaccess
toanintegratedrangeofservicesincludingmedical,legal,andpsychologicalsupporttowomenaffectedbyviolencetobe
fundedthroughNirbhayaFund.TheOneStopCentreswillbeintegratedwith181andotherexistinghelplines.Sofar,151
OneStopCentreshavebecomeoperational.TheSchemeofUniversalisationofWomenHelplineisintendedtoprovide24
hours immediate and emergency response to women affected by violence through referral and information about women
related government schemes programs across the country through a single uniform number. The MWCD in collaboration
withMHAhasenvisagedengagementofMahilaPoliceVolunteersinState/UTswhowillactasalinkbetweenPoliceand
Communityandfacilitatewomenindistress.

TheEmpoweredCommitteeofOfficers,underthechairmanshipofSecretary,WCD,whichisaninterministerial
committeeappraisesandrecommendsvariousproposals/projectsproposedbydifferentMinistries/Departments/States.The
concerned Ministries then take up the sanction and implementation of the schemes/proposals so appraised as they do for
their other schemes/projects. This Committee regularly reviews the implementation of the projects and try to ensure
judicious utilization of funds from time to time with the concerned Ministries. Furthermore, the Ministries and State
Governmentshavebeenrequestedon10thApril,2017andremindedon1stAugust,2017tosendinnovativeproposalsthat
canenhancethesecurityandsafetyofwomen.

ThisinformationwasgivenbyMinisterofStateforWomen&ChildDevelopment,SmtKrishnaRajinreplytoa
questioninLokSabhatoday.

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