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Government of India
Ministry of Women and Child Development
23 MAR 2022 4:01PM by PIB Delhi
Utilization Of Nirbhaya Fund

The projects/ schemes under Nirbhaya Fund are demand driven. The projects/ schemes appraised by Empowered Committee (EC) under Framework for Nirbhaya Fund are having staggered implementation schedule. Further, some of the appraised projects are directly implemented by Central Ministries/ Departments, however, majority of the projects are implemented through State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations in which Central Government releases the funds to States/ UTs as per prescribed fund sharing pattern of respective projects/ schemes and implementation on ground is done by the States/ UTs as per the approved implementation period. Further, there are schemes, which require recurring expenditure for providing services, in respect of which, further funds are released upon receipt of Utilisation Certificates (UCs) and Statement of Expenditure (SoE) from the Implementing Agency/ authority. The UCs are required to be submitted within twelve months of the closure of financial year, in which grant was released. Hence, it is possible that more funds have been actually utilised, but Utilisation Certificates (UCs) and Statement of Expenditure (SoE), as required, as per provisions of General Financial Rules (GFR) have not been submitted by the concerned States/ Implementing Agencies (IAs). The States/ IAs are regularly followed up to submit UCs and SoEs. Various other factors such as time taken in getting required approvals from competent authorities, procedure to be followed for award of contract, disruptions due to unforeseen reasons such as the one created by the Covid 19 etc., also affect implementation of schemes/ projects. Under Nirbhaya Fund, so far approximately 70% of the fund released has been reported to be utilised.

 

An Empowered Committee (EC) of Officers constituted under the Framework for Nirbhaya Fund appraises and recommends the proposals for funding under Nirbhaya Fund and also reviews the status of implementation as also status of expenditure, of approved projects from time to time, in conjunction with the concerned Ministries/ Departments/ Implementing Agencies.

 

The details of the activities and projects undertaken under the Nirbhaya fund are at Annexure.

 

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

 

Annexure

 

Details of the activities and projects undertaken under the Nirbhaya fund

(Rs. in Cr.)

Ministries/ Departments

Sl. No.

Project Name

Fund appraised by EC

Ministry of Home Affairs

 

1

Emergency Response Support system (ERSS)

321.69

2

Creation of Central Victim Compensation Fund (CVCF)

200.00

3

Cyber Crime Prevention against Women & Children (CCPWC)

195.83

Sub-project under CCPWC

28.93

4

Proposal for providing facility of Social Workers/ Counsellors at the District and Sub- Divisional Police Station Level in Delhi

5.07

5

New building with women centric facilities for Special Unit for Women & Children (SPUWAC) and Special Unit for North East Region (SPUNER) at Nanakpura

23.53

6

Various other activities under Delhi Police ‘Safety of Women’ Scheme

10.20

7

Safe City Proposal for 8 Cities i.e. Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai

2919.55

8

Establishment of State of Art DNA Lab. at CFSL, Chandigarh

99.76

9

Strengthening DNA analysis, cyber forensic & related facilities in SFSLs in 24 States/UTs

206.76

10

Setting up and strengthening Anti-Human Trafficking Units in all districts of States & UTs.

100.00

11

Setting up/ strengthening Women Help Desks in Police Stations in all States & UTs (covering 10,000 Police Stations).

100.00

12

Proposal for procurement of Forensic Kits for sexual Assault cases

7.09

13

Proposal for training of Investigation Officers (IOs)/ Prosecution Officers (POs) through Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) for three years

7.50

Ministry of Railways

14

Integrated Emergency Response Management System (IERMS)

500.00

15

Provision of Video Surveillance System at Konkan Railway Station

17.64

MeiTY/ IIT Delhi

16

Development & Field Testing of panic Switch based safety Device for Cars and Buses for aiding Women’s Safety

3.49

Deptt. of Justice

17

Setting up Fast Track Special Courts to dispose off cases pending trial under Rape & POCSO Act

767.25

(Extension of the FTSCs for two more years upto FY 2021-22)

1687.95

M/o Tourism

18

Safe Tourism Destination for women in MP

27.98

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways

19

Abhaya Project Proposal for safety of women and girl child, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh

138.49

20

Women’s safety in public transport, UPSRTC, Govt. of U.P.

83.50

21

Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Govt. of Karnataka on Training women for heavy passengers vehicles

56.06

22

Proposal of C-DAC for customization, deployment and management of State-wise vehicle tracking platform

465.02

Ministry of Women and Child Development

23

One Stop Centre (OSC)

867.74

24

Universalisation of Women Helpline (WHL)

155.94

25

Mahila Police Volunteers (MPV)

27.76

26

Chirali Proposal, Women Empowerment Directorate

10.20

27
  1. and safe Cities Free from Violence against Women and Girls' Programme, Govt. of M.P.

1.74

28

Safety and Security of Women, Govt. of Uttarakhand

0.72

29

Nirbhaya Shelter Home, Govt. of Nagaland

2.84

30

NICSI for Developing Nirbhaya Dashboard

0.24

31

Proposal of Department of Information, MSME & Export Promotion, Govt. of UP: Mission Shakti for awareness and capacity building program for safety and empowerment of women and girls in industrial sectors

8.25

32

Scheme for critical care and support for accessing justice to rape / gang-rape survivors and minor girls who get pregnant

74.1

D/o School Education and Literacy

33

Proposal of Department of School Education, Govt. of Bihar: Improving self-defence quality in women and girls’ for funding under Nirbhaya Fund

231.4

M/o Housing & Urban Affairs

34

Proposal of Department of Local Government, Punjab: Punjab Urban Local Bodies Surveillance Grid for Women Safety (PUNGRID-WS) proposed to be implemented in 167 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across Punjab

154.03

M/o External Affairs

35

Proposal for opening One Stop Centres (OSCs) in 10 Indian Missions abroad

40.79

 

 

Grand Total

9549.04

 

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