Schemes for welfare of Women and Children
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Schemes for welfare of Women and Children
05 APR 2018
Ministry
of Women and Child Development (MWCD) implements several schemes
supporting for the welfare of the women and children including SC/ST and
minority of different age groups.
SwadharGreh Scheme
MWCD
implements SwadharGreh Scheme which 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. The
Scheme envisages providing shelter, food, clothing and health as well as
economic and social security for the women victims of difficult
circumstances which includes widows, destitute women and aged women. The
total women benefitted under SwadharGreh scheme during 2016-17 is
16,530 and during 2017-18 is 17,291.
Ujjawala Scheme
Ujjawala
Scheme is being implemented for Prevention of trafficking and for
Rescue, Rehabilitation, Re-integration and Repatriation of victims of
trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation. The number of
beneficiaries under the scheme in the year 2017-18 and 2016-17 each is
6,175.
'Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women (STEP) Scheme'
The
Ministry is administering 'Support to Training and Employment Programme
for Women (STEP) Scheme' to provide skills that give employability to
women and to provide competencies and skill that enable women to become
self-employed/entrepreneurs. The Scheme is intended to benefit women who
are in the age group of 16 years and above across the country.
National Nutrition Mission (NNM)
Government
of India has approved for setting up of National Nutrition Mission
(NNM) on 30.11.2017, which aims to achieve improvement in nutritional
status of Children, pregnant women and lactating mothers and reduce
anemia among children and women. It strives to reduce the level of
stunting, under-nutrition, anemia and low birth weight babies. It will
create synergy, ensure better monitoring, issue alerts for timely
action, and encourage States/UTs to perform, guide and supervise the
line Ministries and the States/ UTs to achieve the targeted goals.
Scheme for Adolescent Girls
The
Government on 16.11.2017 approved continuation of the Scheme for
Adolescent Girls for out of school adolescent girls of age 11-14 years
for a period of one year i.e. up to 30.11.2018. The scheme aims at
providing supplementary nutrition containing 600 calories, 18-20 grams
of protein and micronutrients per beneficiary per day for 300 days in a
year, motivating out of school girls to go back to formal schooling or
skill training under non-nutrition component of the scheme. The cost
norms for nutrition have also been revised from existing rates of
Rs.5.00 per beneficiary per day to Rs.9.5 per beneficiary per day.
Government has also approved phased expansion and universalisation of
the Scheme for Adolescent Girls i.e. in additional 303 districts in
2017-18 and the remaining districts in 2018-19 with the simultaneous
phasing out of Kishori Shakti Yojana. The scheme has been extended to
all the districts of the country w.e.f. 01.04.2018.
Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)
Further,
under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), 1,82,68,917
pregnant women and lactating mothers got benefit during the year 2016-17
and 1,63,10,379 during the year 2017-18 (as on 31.12.2017). Also, the
number of Children (6 Months-6 years of age) including girl child who
got benefit under ICDS Scheme during the year 2017-18 (as on 31.12.2017)
is 6,81,38,809.
One Stop Centre (OSC)
One
Stop Centre (OSC) scheme is being implemented by the Ministry to support
women affected by violence w.e.f. 1st April, 2015, which aims to
facilitate access to an integrated range of services including medical
aid, police assistance, legal aid/case management, psychosocial
counseling and temporary support services. At present, 170 OSCs are
functional in various districts in 32 States. 97,961 cases have been
registered as on 07.02.2018.
Universalisation of Women Helpline
The
Ministry also implements the scheme of Universalisation of Women
Helpline through States/UTs Government since 1st April, 2015 to provide
24-hour emergency and non-emergency response to women affected by
violence. Women Helplines are functional in 28 States. As on date, a
total of 12,14,763 complaints have been addressed from the Women
Helplines.
This information was given by Union Minister for Women
and Child Development, SmtManeka Sanjay Gandhi in reply to a question in
Rajya Sabha today.
Source : PIB
