494 Working Women Hostels are functional in the country, with Day Care Facility for the children

Under the newly approved Mission Shakti launched by the Ministry, Working Women Hostel(WWH) known as Sakhi Niwas is a centrally sponsored scheme under which financial assistance for working women hostels is directly released to States/UTs governments for implementing the scheme. There are 494 functional Working Women Hostels in the country, with Day Care Facility for the children. State/UT-wise number of functional Working Women Hostels is at Annexure-I.

During the last three years’ period, proposals received and sanctioned for construction of working women hostels is at Annexure–II. As per new Mission Shakti guidelines, no proposal for construction was received and approved in Financial Year 2022-23.

State/UT-wise details of funds released under Working Women Hostel Scheme known as Sakhi Niwas is at Annexure-III. During the current financial year, no complete proposal has been received from the States/UTs for release of funds under ‘Sakhi Niwas’ scheme.

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Annexure-I

States/UTs wise number of Working Women Hostel functional with day care facility

S. No	Name of the state/UT	Number of Sakhi Niwas (Working Women Hostels) Functional with Day care facility
1.	Andhra Pradesh	12
2.	Arunachal Pradesh	05
3.	Assam	08
4.	Bihar	00
5.	Chhattisgarh	06
6.	Chandigarh	06
7.	Delhi	17
8.	Goa	00
9.	Gujarat	15
10.	Haryana	07
11.	Himachal Pradesh	06
12.	Jammu & Kashmir	00
13.	Jharkhand	02
14.	Karnataka	62
15.	Kerala	129
16.	Madhya Pradesh	02
17.	Maharashtra	77
18.	Manipur	15
19.	Meghalaya	03
20.	Mizoram	03
21.	Nagaland	12
22.	Odisha	12
23.	Puducherry	03
24.	Punjab	05
25.	Rajasthan	15
26.	Sikkim	01
27.	Tamil Nadu	54
28.	Telangana	09
29.	Tripura	00
30.	Uttarakhand	00
31.	Uttar Pradesh	08
32.	West Bengal	00
Total		494

 

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Annexure II

State/UT-wise proposals received and sanctioned regarding Sakhi Niwas during last three years’ period.

 

Sl. No.	Year	2019-20		2020-21		2021-22
		Received	Sanctioned	Received	Sanctioned	Received	Sanctioned
1.	Andhra Pradesh	01	–	–	–	–	–
2.	Gujarat	01	–	–	–	–	–
3	Kerala	04	04	–	–	–	–
4.	Manipur	13	–	–	04	–	–
5.	Nagaland	–	01	10	01	–	–
6.	Punjab	01	01	–	–	–	–
7.	Tamilnadu	04	—	–	02	01*	01*
8.	Telangana	14	05	–	–	–	–
9.	Uttarakhand	–	–	02	–	–	–
10.	Puducherry	–	–	01	–	–	–
11.	A&N Islands	01	–	–	–	–	–
Total		39	11	13	07	01	01

* The WWH sanctioned for Tamil Nadu has a capacity of 457 beds, which is equivalent to 9 WWH Units of standard capacity of 50 beds each.

 

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Annexure III

 

State/UT-wise funds released during the last three years under the scheme

(Rupees in Lakhs)

S.No.	State/UTs	2019-20		2020-21		2021-22
		Funds released	Funds Utilized	Funds released	Funds Utilized	Funds released	Funds Utilized
1	Andhra Pradesh	146.49	146.49	–	–	–	–
2	Assam	–	–	7.76	–	–	–
3	Chhattisgarh	–	–	–	–	5.45	5.45
4	Gujarat	–	–	–	–	69.70	69.70
5	Himachal Pradesh	111.86	–	–	–	–	–
6	Karnataka	482.5	15.15	–	–	–	–
7	Kerala	901.5	480.00	–	–	273.97	273.97
8	Madhya Pradesh	–	–	–	–	191.19	–
9	Maharashtra	–	–	36.38	36.38	–	–
10	Mizoram	136.50	–	–	–	40.88	40.88
11	Manipur	169.49	14.94	990.61	452.26	164.70	–
12	Nagaland	244.24	244.24	223.67	223.67	96.09	96.09
13	Punjab	136.50	–	–	–	–	–
14	Tamilnadu	–		392.18	392.18	350.25	350.25
15	Telangana	746.10	101.10	–	–	–	–

This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.

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