Empowerment of Rural Women
INN/New Delhi, @Infodeaofficial
Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme was approved in November, 2017 as a centrally sponsored scheme, for implementation during FY 2017-18 to 2019-20, to empower rural women through community participation. The scheme envisages community engagement through college student volunteers in 115 aspirational districts as part of block level initiatives, capacity building of women collectives in not more than 50% of the blocks in the aspirational districts, District Level Centre for Women (DLCW) in 640 districts to facilitate women centric schemes and to provide foothold for BetiBachaoBetiPadhao (BBBP) scheme, State Resource Centre for Women to support the respective government in implementation of women centric schemes/programs including BBBP.
Till date, administrative approval for implementing the scheme has been given in 31 States/UTs. State Resource Centre for Women (SRCW) and District Level Centre for Women (DLCW), are, functional in 26 States/UTs and 113 districts respectively. Student volunteers have been identified by 09 (nine) states for undertaking Block level activities. District level activities were approved for 220 districts in Phase I (2017-18), 220 districts in Phase II (2018-19) and remaining 200 districts in Phase III (2019-20)
Details of funds released under Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme State/UT – wise is given below:
| Funds (central share) released under Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme | ||||
| (Rs in Lakh) | ||||
| SI. No. | Name of State/U.T | FY 2017-18 | FY 2018-19 | FY 2019-20 |
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar | 10.9 | Nil | 9.53 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 7.39 | 277.2 | 8.58 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | Nil | 151.35 | 38.61 |
| 4 | Assam | 980 | Nil | 81.51 |
| 5 | Bihar | 1022.2 | 25.83 | 48.62 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 10.9 | 33.44 | Nil |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 863.19 | 7.28 | 35.41 |
| 8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 10.9 | Nil | Nil |
| 9 | Daman & Diu | 10.9 | 6.15 | Nil |
| 10 | Delhi (UT) | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| 11 | Goa | Nil | Nil | 2.86 |
| 12 | Gujarat | 49.1 | 214.64 | 17.16 |
| 13 | Haryana | Nil | 6.91 | Nil |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh | Nil | 137.45 | 12.87 |
| 15 | Jammu and Kashmir | 22.5 | 241.71 | 13.71 |
| 16 | Jharkhand | 1776.36 | Nil | 11.44 |
| 17 | Karnataka | 10.8 | 169.83 | 62.92 |
| 18 | Kerala | Nil | 74.26 | 34.32 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 10.9 | Nil | Nil |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | Nil | 479.02 | 31.46 |
| 21 | Maharashtra | Nil | 144.63 | 22.88 |
| 22 | Manipur | 137.34 | 33.21 | 4.29 |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 61.31 | 158.85 | 25.74 |
| 24 | Mizoram | 117.82 | 166.77 | 17.16 |
| 25 | Nagaland | 95.13 | 221.57 | 8.58 |
| 26 | Odisha | Nil | 737.95 | 37.18 |
| 27 | Puducherry | 54.06 | 9.18 | 14.30 |
| 28 | Punjab | Nil | 87.50 | 7.30 |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 74.9 | 278.24 | 25.14 |
| 30 | Sikkim | Nil | 99.85 | 4.29 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 36.18 | 227.86 | 54.34 |
| 32 | Telangana | 13.2 | 288.62 | 2.86 |
| 33 | Tripura | 19.9 | 125.50 | Nil |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | Nil | 362.13 | 17.16 |
| 35 | Uttarakhand | 18.89 | 226.14 | 22.02 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 24.37 | 453.62 | 31.46 |
This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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