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Scheme of Assistance for Working Women Hostel MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

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1 Scheme of Assistance for Working Women Hostel MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

2 Working Women Hostel: An Overview To provide safe, secure and suitable accommodation to working women at a reasonable rate. - The scheme provides assistance for construction of new hostel buildings, expansion of existing hostel buildings and for running hostels in rented premises. Working women: may be single, widowed, divorced, separated, married but whose husband or immediate family does not reside in the same city/area. Particular preference to women from disadvantaged sections Women who are being trained for employment also entitled to seek accommodation 887 hostels have been sanctioned so far with a capacity of around 65000 inmates across the country. Completion reports of 180 hostels not received.

3 Revision of Scheme in 2009 Financial assistance for construction grant only on public land. Assistance also available for hostels in rented premises. Grant for maintenance of hostel building as well as its furnishings Income Limit for admission in the hostel enhanced from the present limit of Rs.15000-16000. Area norms for hostel building has been revised Eligibility : Panchayati Raj Institutions, Cantonment Boards, Corporate Houses have also been added to the list of eligible organisations State WCD Departments also eligible

4 State-wise distribution of hostels SN State/ UTNo of Hostels sanctioned Complete HostelsIncomplete HostelsTotal 1Andhra Pradesh3315 48 2Arunachal Pradesh28 10 3Assam77 14 4Bihar33 6 5Chhattisgarh54 9 6Goa20 2 7Gujarat242 26 8Haryana137 20 9Himachal Pradesh121 13 10Jammu& Kashmir23 5 11Jharkhand20 2 12Karnataka2427 51 13Kerala12620 146 14Madhya Pradesh4814 62 15Maharashtra9046 136 16Manipur116 17 Meghalaya21 3 18Mizoram22 4 19Nagaland412 16 20Orissa1415 29 21Punjab113 14 22Rajasthan309 39 23Sikkim20 2 24Tamil Nadu6728 95 25Tripura01 1 26Uttar Pradesh2219 41 27Uttaranchal34 7 28West Bengal2315 38 29A & N Islands00 0 30Chandigarh52 7 31Delhi164 20 32Pondicherry22 4 Total UTs238 31 All India Total 607280 887

5 Key issues to be addressed with support from State Governments Needs based assessment for exact requirement of hostels – identifying suitable location Earmark of public land for working women’s hostels Encourage suitable organisations to avail the scheme Close monitoring and functioning of existing hostels Report awaited from States/UTs in respect of incomplete hostel projects. Recovery against mis-utilization (CAG para) Report regarding working women hostel reportedly hired out to other agencies / other purposes by certain State Govts. awaited from Jharkhand, Bihar, Assam, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Uttar Pradesh (Parliamentary Assurance)

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