Ministry of Women and Child Development
DEMAND NO.105
A. The Budget allocations, net of recoveries and receipts, are given below:á
(Cost Rs. Crore)
Sr. No.	Group/Sub Group/Sub Sub Group/Scheme/Sub Scheme/Programme/Sub Programme	Actual 2011-2012			Budget 2012-2013			Revised 2012-2013			Budget 2013-2014
Sr. No.		Plan	Non-Plan	Total	Plan	Non-Plan	Total	Plan	Non-Plan	Total	Plan	Non-Plan	Total
1	Secretariat-Social Services[1]	0.19	21.73	21.92	2.00	22.60	24.60	1.00	22.22	23.22	2.00	25.84	27.84
Social Security and Welfare
Child Welfare
2	Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)[2]	14,266.21	0.00	14,266.21	14,250.00	0.00	14,250.00	14,250.00	0.00	14,250.00	15,912.20	0.00	15,912.20
3	World Bank Assisted ICDSá Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project[3]	0.00	0.00	0.00	102.80	0.00	102.80	8.00	0.00	8.00	146.00	0.00	146.00
4	Contribution to UNICEF[4]	0.00	3.80	3.80	0.00	3.80	3.80	0.00	3.80	3.80	0.00	3.80	3.80
5	National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD)[5]	8.00	16.00	24.00	10.80	16.50	27.30	9.90	16.23	26.13	11.70	17.75	29.45
6	Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme for the Children of Working Mothers[6]	73.84	0.00	73.84	99.00	0.00	99.00	96.75	0.00	96.75	99.00	0.00	99.00
7	Scheme for the welfare of working children and children in need of care and protection[7]	9.65	0.00	9.65	9.00	0.00	9.00	7.65	0.00	7.65	9.00	0.00	9.00
8	Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA)[8]	6.29	1.53	7.82	8.10	2.10	10.20	6.75	1.89	8.64	8.10	1.90	10.00
9	Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS)[9]	177.30	0.00	177.30	360.00	0.00	360.00	233.86	0.00	233.86	270.00	0.00	270.00
10	Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme for the Girl Child with Insurance cover (Dhanalakshmi)[10]	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00	0.00	5.00	5.00	0.00	5.00	10.00	0.00	10.00
11	Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG) - SABLA[11]	593.75	0.00	593.75	675.00	0.00	675.00	472.00	0.00	472.00	585.00	0.00	585.00
12	Girl Child Specific District Plan of Action[12]	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.50	0.00	13.50
13	Scheme for the holistic development of Adolescent boys- SAKSHAM	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	18.00
14	Other Schemes[13]	29.05	0.62	29.67	60.50	0.68	61.18	57.31	0.68	57.99	61.20	0.63	61.83
Total-Child Welfare		15,164.09	21.95	15,186.04	15,581.30	23.08	15,604.38	15,147.22	22.60	15,169.82	17,143.70	24.08	17,167.78
Women Welfare
15	Condensed Courses for Women Education[14]	5.00	0.00	5.00	9.00	0.00	9.00	3.15	0.00	3.15	0.90	0.00	0.90
16	Hostels for Working Women[15]	0.49	0.00	0.49	9.00	0.00	9.00	7.47	0.00	7.47	18.00	0.00	18.00
17	Support to Training & Employment Programme (STEP)[16]	8.33	0.00	8.33	17.50	0.00	17.50	6.75	0.00	6.75	18.00	0.00	18.00
18	Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB)[17]	37.64	20.68	58.32	36.00	20.85	56.85	31.50	20.69	52.19	43.20	22.03	65.23
19	Short Stay Homes (SSH)	33.30	0.00	33.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
20	Awareness Generation Programme (AGP)[18]	2.00	0.00	2.00	9.00	0.00	9.00	6.12	0.00	6.12	0.90	0.00	0.90
21	National Commission for Women (NCW)[19]	9.00	3.29	12.29	9.90	4.13	14.03	11.17	4.43	15.60	13.50	4.95	18.45
22	Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK)[20]	0.00	0.00	0.00	90.00	0.00	90.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	18.00
23	Swadhar Greh[21]	24.59	0.00	24.59	90.00	0.00	90.00	49.50	0.00	49.50	67.50	0.00	67.50
24	Comprehensive Scheme for Combating Trafficking (Ujjawala)[22]	9.97	0.00	9.97	10.80	0.00	10.80	6.66	0.00	6.66	11.70	0.00	11.70
25	Priyadarshini Scheme[23]	0.16	0.00	0.16	15.00	0.00	15.00	14.00	0.00	14.00	15.00	0.00	15.00
26	Gender Bugeting & Gender Disaggregated Data[24]	0.28	0.00	0.28	0.90	0.00	0.90	0.64	0.00	0.64	0.90	0.00	0.90
27	Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) - CMB Scheme[25]	289.82	0.00	289.82	468.00	0.00	468.00	75.60	0.00	75.60	450.00	0.00	450.00
28	National Mission for Empowerment of Women[26]	7.63	0.00	7.63	22.50	0.00	22.50	9.90	0.00	9.90	49.50	0.00	49.50
29	Women'sá Helpline[27]	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	18.00
30	Development of distance learning programme on the rights of women	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
31	One Stop Crisis Center[28]	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00	0.00	5.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	9.00
32	Implementation of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act.[29]	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.00	0.00	20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	67.50	0.00	67.50
33	High Level Commitee on status of women	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.42	0.00	2.42	5.00	0.00	5.00
34	National Institute of Women Affairs	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.50	0.00	4.50
35	Other Programmes (Relief to and Rehabilitation of Rape Victims)[30]	0.00	0.45	0.45	18.00	1.00	19.00	0.00	0.84	0.84	76.50	0.10	76.60
Total-Women Welfare		428.21	24.42	452.63	832.70	25.98	858.68	224.88	25.96	250.84	887.60	27.08	914.68
Total-Social Security and Welfare		15,592.30	46.37	15,638.67	16,414.00	49.06	16,463.06	15,372.10	48.56	15,420.66	18,031.30	51.16	18,082.46
Nutrition
36	National Nutrition Mission[31]	0.00	0.00	0.00	225.00	0.00	225.00	79.90	0.00	79.90	270.00	0.00	270.00
37	Other Schemes -Nutrition Education Scheme(FNB)[32]	4.66	10.81	15.47	9.00	12.34	21.34	9.00	12.22	21.22	11.70	13.00	24.70
Total-Nutrition		4.66	10.81	15.47	234.00	12.34	246.34	88.90	12.22	101.12	281.70	13.00	294.70
38	Provision for projects/schemes for the benefit of North Eastern Region and Sikkim	0.00	0.00	0.00	1,850.00	0.00	1,850.00	1,718.00	0.00	1,718.00	2,035.00	0.00	2,035.00
39	Actual Recoveries	-4.91	0.00	-4.91	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Grand Totalá		15,592.24	78.91	15,671.15	18,500.00	84.00	18,584.00	17,180.00	83.00	17,263.00	20,350.00	90.00	20,440.00

C.Plan Outlay		Budget Support	IEBR	Total	Budget Support	IEBR	Total	Budget Support	IEBR	Total	Budget Support	IEBR	Total
1	Secretariat-Social Services	0.19	0.00	0.19	2.00	0.00	2.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	2.00	0.00	2.00
2	Social Security and Welfare	15,587.61	0.00	15,587.61	16,414.00	0.00	16,414.00	15,372.10	0.00	15,372.10	18,031.30	0.00	18,031.30
3	Nutrition	4.44	0.00	4.44	234.00	0.00	234.00	88.90	0.00	88.90	281.70	0.00	281.70
4	North Eastern Areas	0.00	0.00	0.00	1,850.00	0.00	1,850.00	1,718.00	0.00	1,718.00	2,035.00	0.00	2,035.00
Total		15,592.24	0.00	15,592.24	18,500.00	0.00	18,500.00	17,180.00	0.00	17,180.00	20,350.00	0.00	20,350.00
Source: Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India

[1]

Secretariat- Social Services:..The provision is for expenditure on secretariat of the Ministry. It also includes requirements for purchase of Information Technology applications, purchase of hardware and software, training etc. for strengthening of e-governance activities in the Ministry.

[2]

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS):..The provision is for providing an integrated package of health, supplementary nutrition and educational services to children up to six years of age, pregnant women and nursing mothers. The package includes supplementary nutrition, immunization, health check-up, referral services, nutrition and health education and non-formal pre-school education. In order to universalize the scheme, the Government has approved a cumulative number of 7076 Projects and 14 lakh Anganwadi Centres/Mini Anganwadi Centres, including 20,000 Anganwadis on demand

[3]

World Bank assisted ICDS Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project(ISSNIP):..This will focus on system strengthening and improving service delivery through necessary technical and managerial support in selected high-burden Districts where prevalence of child malnutrition is very high. All activities proposed under the project would be over and above the eligible activities under the ICDS (General). A budget provision of..`146.00 crore during the year 2013-14 for the project includes the external aided component of..`.102.20 crore...

[4]

Contribution to UNICEF:..The provision is for meeting expenditure on India's contribution to the UNICEF and administrative expenditure of its office in New Delhi.

[5]

National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD):..The aim of the Institute is to develop and promote voluntary action for social development, comprehensive view of child development and promotion of programmes in pursuance of the National Policy for Children. The Institute conducts research and evaluation studies, organizes training programmes, seminars, workshops, conferences, provides information services in the field of public cooperation and child development and also caters to the need of training and research consultancy through its headquarters in New Delhi and its four regional centres at Bangalore, Guwahati, Indore and Lucknow. The Institute has emerged as a leading training agency for ICDS & ICPS functionaries and for voluntary sector functionaries. It is also envisaged to set up two new regional centres of the Institute at Mohali in Punjab and Patna in Bihar during the 12th Five Year Plan.

[6]

Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme for the Children of Working Mothers:..The scheme aims to provide day care services for children in the age group of 0 to 6 years, belonging to economically weaker sections of society, whose family income does not exceed..`.12,000 per month. The creches running under the scheme provide health care, supplementary nutrition, medical check-up and immunization, etc. Budgetary Provision of..`.110 crore has been allocated during 2013-14, which includs provision of..`.11 crore for North Eastern Areas...

[7]

Scheme for the Welfare of Working Children in need of care and protection:..The scheme is intended to bring working children into mainstream education, and also provide vocational training to working children for self-emplyment in addition to health care and nutrition. The scheme has been recently evaluated and it has been decided to merge it with the Open Shelter component under ICPS. A provision of..`.10.00 crore has been made for the year 2013-14, which includs..`1.00 crore for North Eastern Areas...

[8]

Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA):..Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India. CARA is implementing Guidelines governing the Adoption of Children,2011 while carrying out promotional activities and capacity building activities for the stakeholders in different parts of the country.

[9]

Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS):..The Ministry is implementing this Centrally Sponsored Scheme with a view to create a safe and secure environment for comprehensive development of children who are in need of care and protection, children in conflict with law and other vulnerable children. The scheme is being implemented from the financial year 2009-10 mainly through the State Governments and UT Administrations on a cost-sharing basis. So far 34 States and UTs have signed MoU for implementing the Scheme. The programme components include Institutional Services like Shelter Homes, Children Homes, Observation Homes, Special Homes, Dedicated Service delivery structures at Central, State and district levels, Family based non-institutional care through sponsorship, foster care, adoption, after care programme, Emergency outreach service through Child line and Child Tracking System. So far 609 child Welfare Committees and 607 Juvenile Justice Boards have been set up in the country. ICPS has also brought into its fold existing child protection programmes namely (1) A programme for Juvenile Justice (2) An Integrated Programme for Street Children and (3) Scheme for Assistance to Homes (Shishu Greh) to promote in country adoptions under one umbrella and also initiated new interventions. A budgetary provision of..`300 crore including..`.30 crore for North Eastern Areas has been allotted during 2013-14...

[10]

Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme for the Girl Child with Insurance cover (Dhanlakshmi):..This scheme was launched in 2008. This is a Central Sector scheme being implemented on a pilot basis in 11 blocks of 7 States viz, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Chattisgarh and Odissa. The scheme is aimed at eliminating discrimination against girl child. Cash transfer is provided to the family of the girl child (preferably the mother) on fulfilling certain conditionalities for the girl child viz. birth and registration of the girl child, immunisation, enrolment to school and retention in school. An allocation of..`10.00 crore has been made under the scheme for 2013-14..

[11]

Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG):..The scheme was launched in 2010. The scheme is being implemented in 205 districts across the country on pilot basis. This is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for adolescent girls from 11 to 18 Years also known as SABLA. It is being implemented using the platform of Integrated Child Development Services Scheme. The scheme has two major components namely nutrition and non-nutrition component. Nutrition is being given in the form of Take Home Ration or Hot Cooked Meal for 11 to14 years out of school girls and 14 to18 years to All AGs,out of school and in school girls. In the Non Nutrition component, the out of school Adolescent Girls 11 to18 years are being provided IFA supplementation, Health check-up and Referral services, Nutrition and Health Education, Counselling and guidance on family welfare, Adolescent Reproductive Sexual Health (ARSH), child care practices and Life Skill Education and vocational training. A sum of..`.650 crores including..`.65 crore for North Eastern Areas has been allocated for Sabla for 2013-14...

[12]

Girl Child Specific District Plan of Action:..An integrated approach focusing on the Girls Child is needed. Entry point could be through focus on low CSR and high Child Mariage Districts and Blocks though launch of Girl Child Specific District Plan of Action as a pilot in about 100 non SABLA District. Action Plan from the perspective of advancing rights of the Girls Child with measurable outcome on increased CSR and age at marriage could be developed through partnership between civil society organisations and the local Administrative machinery.

[13]

Other Schemes (Child welfare):..These include provision for the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, National Awards for Child Welfare, Children's Day, Research Publications, Assistance to Voluntary Organizations in the field of Women and Child Development also called Scheme for Innovative project as well as Information & Mass Media and Publication.

[14]

Condensed Courses for Women Education:..The scheme is implemented through the Central Social Welfare Board. The objective of the scheme is to provide education to those women who for various social and economic reasons are unable to complete their formal education.

[15]

Hostels for Working Women:..This scheme envisages provision for safe and affordable accommodation to working women and women being trained for employment and girl students studying in post-school professional courses. This scheme is implemented through non-governmental organisations and other agencies engaged in the field of women/social welfare, public sector undertakings, Women's Development Corporations, local bodies, universities, etc.

[16]

Support to Training and Employment Programme (STEP):..The scheme seeks to provide updated skills and new knowledge to poor and assetless women in traditional sectors such as agriculture, animal husbandry, dairying, fisheries, handlooms, handicraft, khadi & village industries, sericulture, waste land development and social forestry for enhancing their productivity and income generation. The scope and coverage of the scheme has been broadened with introduction of the locally appropriate sectors.

[17]

Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB):..The Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) was established in 1953 as an interface between the Government and the voluntary sector toá promote social development in the country. Over the years the CSWB has initiated several programmes for the welfare and development of women and children, specially in rural areas. The important programmes that are currently being implemented include Condensed Courses of Education for women and girls, Awareness Generation Programmes, Creche Scheme, Family Counselling Centres and Short Stay Homes. These schemes are implemented through Voluntary Organizations in collaboration with State Social Welfare Boards.

[18]

Awareness Generation Programme (AGP):..This programme is aimed at inculcating a spirit of organized activity among the rural women for identifying their needs/problems and for chalking out plans of action to meet the various challenges that come their way. The programme is implemented through the Central Social Welfare Board.

[19]

National Commission for Women (NCW):..National Commission for Women is a statutory body constituted under National Commission for Women Act 1990. It has the mandate to investigate and examine all matters relating to the safeguards provided for women under the Constitution and other laws. It looks into complaints and takes suo moto notice of matters relating to deprivation of Women's rights etc.

[20]

Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK):..Rashtriya Mahila Kosh was established in 1993 as a Society with an initial corpus of..`.31 crore, which has been raised to..`.100 crore by additions to the corpus made between 2006-07 to 2011-12. It extends micro-credit to poor and underprivileged women through a collateral-free, quasi-formal delivery mechanism where NGOs, women co-operatives, federations etc. act as intermediaries...

[21]

Swadhar Greh:..Recognising the need for a project based approach to address the requirements of women in difficult circumstances, this scheme was introduced in 2001-02. The objective of the scheme is to comprehensively rehabilitate widows, victims of trafficking, victims of natural calamities, mentally challenged and destitute women. The scheme provides for support like food and shelter, counselling, medical facilities and vocational training to women. The scheme also envisages setting up help-lines for women in distress. This scheme is now preoposed to be merged with Short Stay Homes and renamed as Swadhar Greh.

[22]

Comprehensive Scheme for Combating Trafficking (Ujjawala):..This scheme which was introduced in December 2007 aims at prevention of trafficking and at providing support for rescue, rehabilitation, reintegration and repatriation of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation. The Scheme is being implemented mainly through NGOs.

[23]

Priyadarshini Scheme:..This scheme which was introduced in December 2007 aims at prevention of trafficking and at providing support for rescue, rehabilitation, reintegration and repatriation of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation. The Scheme is being implemented mainly through NGOs.

[24]

Gender Budgeting & Gender Data:..The Scheme provides support for organizing workshops and disseminating the concepts, strategies and tools of Gender Budgeting to the Central Govt Ministries/Departments, State Govt. Departments, and State Commissions for Women, State Institutes of Rural Development etc., and preparation of resource / training manuals for facilitating adoption of Gender Budgeting by various stakeholders. The Scheme also provides for setting up of a Gender Budgeting Bureau in the Ministry.

[25]

Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY):..It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme introduced in 2010-11, which envisages providing cash assistance directly to pregnant and lactating women (P & L Women) from the end of 2nd trimester of pregnancy up to 6 months after delivery...`.4000 are provided to the pregnant and lactating women in three instalments in response to fulfilling specific conditions related to health & nutrition of mother and child. The scheme would address short term income support objectives with long term objective of behaviour and attitudinal change. The scheme is being implemented in 52 districts across the country on a pilot basis, to begin with. The scheme attempts to partly compensate for wage loss to pregnant and lactating women both prior to and after delivery of the child...

[26]

National Mission for Empowerment of Women:..The National Mission is the outcome of the recommendations of the Committee of Governors, headed by Dr. A R Kidwai. It is an Inter-Ministerial Convergence mechanism which will oversee the functioning of the programmes, policies and schemes for gender empowerment of various Ministries and Departments of the Government of India as well as State Governments and Panchayati Raj Institutions for socio-economic empowerment of women and for better coordination and synergy among stakeholders.

[27]

Women Helpline:..Recognizing that women in distress and difficult circumstances require immediate access to assistance and may not have recourse to or information about the availability of such support services, it is proposed to work towards creation of a universalised women helpline.
In the XII plan, it is proposed to set up a 24 hour Woman Helpline, preferably on an All India basis, with a toll free single number and with an effective back office social legal support system whereby assistance to victims of domestic violence, rape and other atrocities against women will be available at just a phone call away.

[28]

One Stop Crisis Centre:..In order to deal with a situation of violence, women require support at various levels that address their multiple needs. Recognising this, the Ministry would examine the possibility of developing a pilot of One Stop Crisis Centre for women which would serve as an integrated facility where various needs of victims of violence, such as medical aid, legal assistance, assistance in filing a police case, counselling and emotional support, temporary shelter for herself and her children and basic necessities for the period of stay can be met, at a single place. Victims of rape and sexual assault will also be able to benefit from these where they will be provided with immediate medical help to deal with her injuries and trauma and where her statement can be recorded in a conducive and sensitive atmosphere. These centres are proposed to be established in cities with a population of more than 2.5 million.

[29]

Implementation of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act:..The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act came into force on 26th October, 2006. Under the provisions of the Act, the State Goverhments are required to appoint Protection Officers, register Service Providers and notify medical facilities.

[30]

Other programmes (Financial Assistance and Support Services to Victims of Rape: A Scheme for Restorative Justice):..The Scheme seeks to provide restorative justice to victims of rape through financial assistance as well as support services such as medical, shelter, counselling, etc.

[31]

National Nutrition Mission:..A National Nutrition Mission (NNM) was set up under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister in 2003. Subsequently in 2008, the Prime Minister's National Council on India's Nutritional Challenges was constituted. The Council decided to (i) Strengthen and resrtructure the ICDS scheme, (ii) Introduce a multi-sectoral programme to address maternal and child malnutrition in selected 200 high-burden districts, (iii) Introducing a nationwide information, education and communication campaign against malnutrition and (iv) Making nutrition a focus in the programmes and schemes of line Ministries.

[32]

Other Schemes (Nutrition Education Scheme):..The Government of India adopted the National Nutrition Policy under the aegis of Ministry of Women and Child Development in 1993 making it the nodal Ministry for Nutrition. Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) is primarily engaged in Nutrition Education and Training Activities and follow up action on the National Nutrition Policy.