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7-Dec-2022: 758 One Stop Centres (OSCs ) approved for setting up in 734 districts across the  country

Ministry of Women and Child Development has approved 758 One Stop Centres (OSCs) for setting up in 734 districts across the country, out of which 730 OSCs have been operationalized in 36 States/ UTs that have assisted over 6.22 lakh women till September, 2022. The OSCs has provisions for providing temporary shelter upto 5 days to the distressed women.

The guidelines of Mission Shakti provide the eligibility for engagement of manpower under the OSC component. The guideline does not debar any eligible victim or survivor of violence, rape and acid attack from engagement in these centres for psycho-social support and counselling.

29-Jul-2022: One Stop Centres

The Government of India has launched “Mission Shakti”- integrated women empowerment programme, as umbrella scheme for safety, security and empowerment of women for implementation during the 15th Finance Commission period 2021-22 to 2025-26. The “Mission Shakti” consists of two sub-schemes – ‘Sambal’ and ‘ Samarthya’. The One Stop Centre (OSC) is a component of ‘Sambal’ sub-scheme under umbrella scheme of “Mission Shakti. The One Stop Centre has been designated as the mainstay of the Sambal sub-scheme at District level.

The scheme of OSC is implemented with effect from 1st April 2015 to provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence and in distress, both in private and public spaces under one roof and provide an integrated range of services including medical aid, legal aid and advice, temporary shelter, police assistance, psycho-social counselling to needy women.

The setting up of OSCs from the year 2015 onward, at district level, has provided a dedicated platform to women affected by violence and who are in distress to get necessary help and assistance, which was not available earlier.

Presently, 758 OSCs have been approved for 734 districts across the county, out of which 708 OSCs have been operationalized in 35 States/ UTs, which have assisted over 5.40 lakh women till March 2022.

Based on encouraging results of this initiative and benefits to women, the Government has decided to open 300 more OSCs under Mission Shakti, in the districts having higher rate of crime against women or having bigger geographical area, preferably in aspirational districts.

20-Jul-2022: Increasing budget allocation for Sakhi-One Stop Center and Swadhar Greh Scheme

Government of India has launched “Mission Shakti”- an integrated women empowerment programme as umbrella scheme for the safety, security and empowerment of women for implementation during the 15th Finance Commission period from 2021-22 to 2025-26. “Mission Shakti” consists of two sub-schemes – ‘Sambal’ and ‘Samarthya’. The One Stop Centre (OSC) is a component of ‘Sambal’ sub-scheme whereas Swadhar Greh is a now a part of Shakti Sadan component of ‘Samarthya’ sub-scheme under “Mission Shakti". Budget allocation for components under 'Sambal' sub-schemes of 'Mission Shakti' for 15th Finance Commission (FC) period is Rs. 2943 crore as against actual expenditure of Rs. 1002 crore during 14th FC period. Similarly, budget allocation (central share) for components under 'Samarthya' sub-scheme of 'Mission Shakti' for 15th Finance Commission period is Rs. 12,318 crore as against actual expenditure of Rs. 6634 crore during 14th FC period.

Age-wise data of the women assisted under these schemes are not maintained.

The large number of women assisted through these schemes reveals that there is awareness among general public about these schemes. Further, for increasing awareness about schemes of the Ministry and other measures undertaken by the Government for welfare and development of women, National, State and District Level Hubs for Empowerment of Women (HEW) have been approved under the Umbrella Scheme, with the aim to facilitate inter-sectoral convergence of schemes and programs meant for women at different levels with the mandate to create an environment in which women realize their full potential. The support under the HEW component is available for guiding, linking and hand holding women to various institutional and schematic set-up for their empowerment and development including equal access to healthcare, quality education, career and vocational counselling/ training, financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, backward and forward linkages, health and safety for workers, social security and digital literacy at various levels across the country.

The Ministry has also undertaken awareness campaign through conferences, seminars, meetings etc. with stakeholders from time to time. Recently, in the month of April, 2022, the Ministry organised 5 Zonal meetings with States/ UTs, Implementing Agencies and other stakeholders including Civil Society Organisations before finalising the guidelines of umbrella schemes at Chandigarh, Bengaluru, Guwahati, Mumbai and Bhubaneshwar. Further, the Ministry also organised 10 regional/ sub-zonal conferences at different locations in the country during the month of June - July, 2022 for awareness generation amongst stakeholders about the three Missions of the Ministry as well as about initiatives of the Government pertaining to women and children.

30-Mar-2022: Setting up of Sakhi Kendra for women

The Government implements the One Stop Centre (OSC) Scheme, popularly known as Sakhi One Stop Centres, across the country with effect from 1st April 2015 under Nirbhaya Fund with the objective to provide integrated support and assistance under one roof with a range of services including police facilitation, medical aid, legal aid and counselling, psycho-social counselling to women affected by violence and in distress, both in private and public spaces. Under the scheme, Central Government provides 100% financial assistance directly to districts for setting up and management of OSCs. As of now, 733 OSCs have been approved for setting up in 36 States /UTs, out of which 704 are operational in 35 States /UTs, which have assisted over 4.93 lakh women across the country. In the State of Uttarakhand, 13 OSCs are operational in 13 districts, which have assisted 5032 women since inception.

11-Feb-2022: One Stop Centre

The Government of India is implementing One Stop Centre (OSC) scheme with effect from 1st April, 2015. OSCs provide a range of integrated services under one roof including police facilitation, medical aid, legal aid and counseling, psycho-social counseling and temporary shelter to women affected by violence or in distress. As on date, 733 OSCs have been approved for 730 districts across the country, out of which 704 OSCs have been operationalised in 35 States/ UTs, which have assisted over 4.50 lakh women. The setting up of OSCs from the year 2015 onward, at district level, have provided a dedicated platform to women facing violence and who are in distress to get necessary help and assistance, which was not available earlier. The OSCs have been set up in different phases in different districts, and over half of them have been operationalised in the past three years. This clearly shows that the scheme is moving in the right direction to achieve the envisaged goals and objectives.

The OSCs have assisted more than 4.5 lakh women as on 30.09.2021.

In different phases, proposals for setting up 37 OSCs from State of Maharashtra and 03 OSCs from the UT of Andaman and Nicobar Islands were received in the Ministry. All these centres were approved by the Programme Approval Board (PAB) of the Ministry and are functional as on date. In addition, Ministry has recently received a proposal on 02.12.2021 for setting up one additional OSC in Thane district of Maharashtra.

As on date, an amount of Rs. 29.39 crore has been released under the scheme to the State of Maharashtra, out of which Utilisation Certificates (UCs) for an amount of Rs. 5.03 crore have been received. In case of UT of Andaman and Nicobar Island, against a total release of Rs. 1.88 crore, UCs have been received for an amount of Rs. 1.24 crore.

As per the scheme guidelines, district/ State authorities are mandated for monitoring, coordinating and mid-course correction for effective implementation of the scheme. The Ministry at various levels also reviews, from time to time, for effective implementation of the scheme and functioning of these centres by issuing advisories to States Governments/ UT Administrations and conducting meeting, video conferencing etc. with all concerned functionaries. Further, an online platform namely Sakhi Dashboard is also available for monitoring of its implementation.

29-Jul-2021: Sanctioned and Operational One Stop Centres

The One Stop Centre scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development is being implemented since 1st April, 2015. Till date, 733 One Stop Centres (OSCs) have been sanctioned across the country, out of which 704 OSCs have been operationalised in 35 States/ UTs. One Stop Centres provide a range of integrated services under one roof including police facilitation, medical aid, legal aid and legal counselling, psycho-social counseling and temporary shelter to women affected by violence or distress.

The Government has taken fresh steps to provide speedy assistance and services at OSCs to women facing violence and distress. In this direction, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has decided to implement the umbrella scheme for safety, security and empowerment of women as an integrated women empowerment programme under the name ‘Mission Shakti’, including components of One Stop Centres, Women Helpline, women’s homes and hostels etc. For providing speedy assistance and services to distressed and violence affected women at OSCs, the Ministry has decided to set up more OSCs in areas which are distant from district headquarters or are having high rates of crime against women, to enhance the costing provisions for OSCs, and to further enhance the synergy and coordination of OSCs with the other initiatives of the government, including those under Nirbhaya Fund and under Mission Shakti.

22-May-2021: Over 3 Lakh Women Provided Assistance Through 701 One Stop Centres in 35 States/Uts

One Stop Centre Scheme (OSCs) being implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development has provided assistance to over 3 lakh women so far. The scheme is being implemented across the country since 1st April, 2015 through State Governments/ Union Territory (UT) Administrations to provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence and in distress, both in private and public spaces, under one roof and facilitate immediate, emergency and non-emergency access to a range of services including police, medical, legal aid and counseling, psychological support to fight against any forms of violence against women. Till date, 701 OSCs in 35 States/UTs have been operationalised.

In the prevalent situation created due to Covid pandemic, women who are in distress situation or affected by violence may contact the nearest OSCs for speedy assistance and services. The WCD Ministry has directed the Chief Secretaries/Administrators of all States/UTs and DC/DM of all Districts to keep One Stop Centres operational during the lockdown period with availability of all the basic material required for fighting COVID-19 like Sanitizers. Soaps, Masks etc.

As per scheme guidelines, for smooth functioning of the centres, the responsibility of appointment/ recruitment/ selection of empanelled agencies/ individuals to provide legal counselling/ Medical aid/ psycho-social counselling etc. lies with the district administration of the respective States/ UTs.

19-Mar-2021: One Stop Centres

Government has approved 733 One Stop Centre (OSC) across the Country, out of which 700 are operational. The OSCs provide a range of services such as police facilitation, legal aid, psycho-social counselling, medical aid and temporary shelter in an integrated manner, under one roof, for violence affected women and women in distress.

Under the scheme, funds are directly released to Districts upon approval of proposal. The Ministry of Women and Child Development regularly follows up with the District Administration and the State Governments through formal communications, e-mails, phone calls, virtual meeting through Video Conference etc. for speedy implementation of the scheme for the benefit of women.

In the Budget 2021-22 for 'Sambal' (which includes One Stop Centre (OSC), Mahila Police Volunteers (MPV), Women Helpline (WHL), Swadhar, Ujjwala, Widow Homes) under Mission Shakti, provision of Rs. 587.00 crores has been made.

5-Feb-2021: Sakhi/One Stop Centres

733 One Stop Centres (OSCs) have been approved for 730 districts, out of which. 700 have become operational in 35 States/ UTs. As per the Scheme guidelines, the women affected by violence and in distress are provided with a range of integrated services under one roof including police facilitation, medical aid, legal aid and legal counseling, psycho-social counseling and temporary shelter at these centres. As per scheme guidelines, for smooth functioning of the centres, the responsibility of appointment/ recruitment/ selection of empanelled agencies/ individuals to provide legal counselling/ Medical aid/ psycho-social counselling etc. lies with the district administration of the respective States/ UTs.

6-Mar-2020: Funds Allocated Under One Stop Centres

The One Stop Centre (OSC) Scheme is approved since 1st April, 2015 by Government of India under Nirbhaya Fund to be set up across the country for women affected by violence. The OSC scheme aims to facilitate women affected by violence with a range of integrated services under one roof including police facilitation, medical aid, psychological counselling, legal support and temporary shelter. Under the OSC Scheme, 100% funds are disbursed to districts for setting up and running of OSCs. Till date 728 OSCs have been approved by Government of India in 724 districts. Out of these, 680 OSCs are operational and have addressed more than 2.5 lakh cases of women.

To upgrade the quality of OSCs, training and capacity building initiatives are undertaken for OSC functionaries through various trainings and capacity building programmes at the National, Regional and State levels. Further, monitoring of OSC is undertaken from time to time at various levels through visits, review meetings, video conferences, inspection reports etc. An online tool of Sakhi Dashboard has also been developed by Government of India for capturing data about OSCs regarding details of cases as well as the facilities and services provided to violence affected women coming to OSCs.

The total fund released under OSC Scheme during the year 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 is Rs.229.61 crore, total utilisation of fund is Rs.61.34 crore and total unutilized fund is Rs.168.27 crore. The States/UTs and district authorities undertake the implementation of OSC Scheme. Government of India undertakes review meetings with the officers of State Government through video conferencing and meetings from time to time at various levels for proper implementation of the scheme.

 In Gujarat 33 OSCs have been approved by Government of India in 33 districts which have been operationalised by the State.

18-Jul-2019: One Stop Crisis Centre

One Stop Centre (OSC) at the district level maintains the record of complaints received from women affected by violence. Ministry of Women and Child Development reviews the functioning of OSCs from time to time.

As per the guidelines, OSCs are required to have the facility for temporary stay up to 5 days with 5 beds. To address the complaints of aggrieved women, the Scheme of One Stop Centre is to provide for a range of services for violence affected women including police facilitation, legal counselling, psycho-social counselling, medical aid and temporary shelter in an integrated manner under one roof.

Under the scheme, OSCs are required to have a centre administrator, case workers, medical personnel, police facilitation officer, psycho-social counsellor, legal counsellor, security guard, IT staff and multi-purpose workers. Capacity building of OSC functionaries are undertaken through National, Regional and State trainings and workshops to improve the responsiveness of OSC staff.  OSCs are also integrated with Women Helpline to improve the functioning and responsiveness of OSC staff.

Media and publicity campaigns are undertaken to increase awareness about OSCs at district level.

7-May-2018: 100 additional One Stop Centres(OSCs) approved

In the Programme Approval Board (PAB) meeting of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, 100 additional One Stop Centres have been approved in the States of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.

The Ministry of Women & Child Development has set up 182 Centres till date under the scheme of One Stop Centres (OSCs) for women affected by violence since April, 2015. Over 1.3 lakhs such women affected by violence have been assisted at these centres till date in 33 States/UTs.

The purpose of these OSCs is to facilitate integrated services for women affected with violence such as police assistance, medical aid, psycho-social counselling, legal aid/counselling, temporary stay for 5 days etc. such that aggrieved women can avail services under one roof and The OSCs are established in existing buildings and in new constructed buildings in a standard format. The OSC at Raipur, Chhattisgarh that is functional as the premier constructed building has received the Hon’ble President’s award on 8th March, 2018, International Women’s Day.

As per the Cabinet Decision in the meeting dated 21st April,2018 it was decided that in the coming years every district will be covered by one OSC and each OSC will be strengthened with an additional annual grant of Rs. 50,000 for immediate assistance for first aid.

Also, the scheme of Universalization of Women's Helpline (181) of the Ministry that was also started in April, 2015 has now become operational in 30 States/UTs. Every OSC is integrated to this Women Helpline. The Helplines have assisted over 16.5 lakh women so far.

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7-Dec-2022: 758 One Stop Centres (OSCs ) approved for setting up in 734 districts across the  country

Ministry of Women and Child Development has approved 758 One Stop Centres (OSCs) for setting up in 734 districts across the country, out of which 730 OSCs have been operationalized in 36 States/ UTs that have assisted over 6.22 lakh women till September, 2022. The OSCs has provisions for providing temporary shelter upto 5 days to the distressed women.

The guidelines of Mission Shakti provide the eligibility for engagement of manpower under the OSC component. The guideline does not debar any eligible victim or survivor of violence, rape and acid attack from engagement in these centres for psycho-social support and counselling.

29-Jul-2022: One Stop Centres

The Government of India has launched “Mission Shakti”- integrated women empowerment programme, as umbrella scheme for safety, security and empowerment of women for implementation during the 15th Finance Commission period 2021-22 to 2025-26. The “Mission Shakti” consists of two sub-schemes – ‘Sambal’ and ‘ Samarthya’. The One Stop Centre (OSC) is a component of ‘Sambal’ sub-scheme under umbrella scheme of “Mission Shakti. The One Stop Centre has been designated as the mainstay of the Sambal sub-scheme at District level.

The scheme of OSC is implemented with effect from 1st April 2015 to provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence and in distress, both in private and public spaces under one roof and provide an integrated range of services including medical aid, legal aid and advice, temporary shelter, police assistance, psycho-social counselling to needy women.

The setting up of OSCs from the year 2015 onward, at district level, has provided a dedicated platform to women affected by violence and who are in distress to get necessary help and assistance, which was not available earlier.

Presently, 758 OSCs have been approved for 734 districts across the county, out of which 708 OSCs have been operationalized in 35 States/ UTs, which have assisted over 5.40 lakh women till March 2022.

Based on encouraging results of this initiative and benefits to women, the Government has decided to open 300 more OSCs under Mission Shakti, in the districts having higher rate of crime against women or having bigger geographical area, preferably in aspirational districts.

20-Jul-2022: Increasing budget allocation for Sakhi-One Stop Center and Swadhar Greh Scheme

Government of India has launched “Mission Shakti”- an integrated women empowerment programme as umbrella scheme for the safety, security and empowerment of women for implementation during the 15th Finance Commission period from 2021-22 to 2025-26. “Mission Shakti” consists of two sub-schemes – ‘Sambal’ and ‘Samarthya’. The One Stop Centre (OSC) is a component of ‘Sambal’ sub-scheme whereas Swadhar Greh is a now a part of Shakti Sadan component of ‘Samarthya’ sub-scheme under “Mission Shakti". Budget allocation for components under 'Sambal' sub-schemes of 'Mission Shakti' for 15th Finance Commission (FC) period is Rs. 2943 crore as against actual expenditure of Rs. 1002 crore during 14th FC period. Similarly, budget allocation (central share) for components under 'Samarthya' sub-scheme of 'Mission Shakti' for 15th Finance Commission period is Rs. 12,318 crore as against actual expenditure of Rs. 6634 crore during 14th FC period.

Age-wise data of the women assisted under these schemes are not maintained.

The large number of women assisted through these schemes reveals that there is awareness among general public about these schemes. Further, for increasing awareness about schemes of the Ministry and other measures undertaken by the Government for welfare and development of women, National, State and District Level Hubs for Empowerment of Women (HEW) have been approved under the Umbrella Scheme, with the aim to facilitate inter-sectoral convergence of schemes and programs meant for women at different levels with the mandate to create an environment in which women realize their full potential. The support under the HEW component is available for guiding, linking and hand holding women to various institutional and schematic set-up for their empowerment and development including equal access to healthcare, quality education, career and vocational counselling/ training, financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, backward and forward linkages, health and safety for workers, social security and digital literacy at various levels across the country.

The Ministry has also undertaken awareness campaign through conferences, seminars, meetings etc. with stakeholders from time to time. Recently, in the month of April, 2022, the Ministry organised 5 Zonal meetings with States/ UTs, Implementing Agencies and other stakeholders including Civil Society Organisations before finalising the guidelines of umbrella schemes at Chandigarh, Bengaluru, Guwahati, Mumbai and Bhubaneshwar. Further, the Ministry also organised 10 regional/ sub-zonal conferences at different locations in the country during the month of June - July, 2022 for awareness generation amongst stakeholders about the three Missions of the Ministry as well as about initiatives of the Government pertaining to women and children.

30-Mar-2022: Setting up of Sakhi Kendra for women

The Government implements the One Stop Centre (OSC) Scheme, popularly known as Sakhi One Stop Centres, across the country with effect from 1st April 2015 under Nirbhaya Fund with the objective to provide integrated support and assistance under one roof with a range of services including police facilitation, medical aid, legal aid and counselling, psycho-social counselling to women affected by violence and in distress, both in private and public spaces. Under the scheme, Central Government provides 100% financial assistance directly to districts for setting up and management of OSCs. As of now, 733 OSCs have been approved for setting up in 36 States /UTs, out of which 704 are operational in 35 States /UTs, which have assisted over 4.93 lakh women across the country. In the State of Uttarakhand, 13 OSCs are operational in 13 districts, which have assisted 5032 women since inception.

11-Feb-2022: One Stop Centre

The Government of India is implementing One Stop Centre (OSC) scheme with effect from 1st April, 2015. OSCs provide a range of integrated services under one roof including police facilitation, medical aid, legal aid and counseling, psycho-social counseling and temporary shelter to women affected by violence or in distress. As on date, 733 OSCs have been approved for 730 districts across the country, out of which 704 OSCs have been operationalised in 35 States/ UTs, which have assisted over 4.50 lakh women. The setting up of OSCs from the year 2015 onward, at district level, have provided a dedicated platform to women facing violence and who are in distress to get necessary help and assistance, which was not available earlier. The OSCs have been set up in different phases in different districts, and over half of them have been operationalised in the past three years. This clearly shows that the scheme is moving in the right direction to achieve the envisaged goals and objectives.

The OSCs have assisted more than 4.5 lakh women as on 30.09.2021.

In different phases, proposals for setting up 37 OSCs from State of Maharashtra and 03 OSCs from the UT of Andaman and Nicobar Islands were received in the Ministry. All these centres were approved by the Programme Approval Board (PAB) of the Ministry and are functional as on date. In addition, Ministry has recently received a proposal on 02.12.2021 for setting up one additional OSC in Thane district of Maharashtra.

As on date, an amount of Rs. 29.39 crore has been released under the scheme to the State of Maharashtra, out of which Utilisation Certificates (UCs) for an amount of Rs. 5.03 crore have been received. In case of UT of Andaman and Nicobar Island, against a total release of Rs. 1.88 crore, UCs have been received for an amount of Rs. 1.24 crore.

As per the scheme guidelines, district/ State authorities are mandated for monitoring, coordinating and mid-course correction for effective implementation of the scheme. The Ministry at various levels also reviews, from time to time, for effective implementation of the scheme and functioning of these centres by issuing advisories to States Governments/ UT Administrations and conducting meeting, video conferencing etc. with all concerned functionaries. Further, an online platform namely Sakhi Dashboard is also available for monitoring of its implementation.

29-Jul-2021: Sanctioned and Operational One Stop Centres

The One Stop Centre scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development is being implemented since 1st April, 2015. Till date, 733 One Stop Centres (OSCs) have been sanctioned across the country, out of which 704 OSCs have been operationalised in 35 States/ UTs. One Stop Centres provide a range of integrated services under one roof including police facilitation, medical aid, legal aid and legal counselling, psycho-social counseling and temporary shelter to women affected by violence or distress.

The Government has taken fresh steps to provide speedy assistance and services at OSCs to women facing violence and distress. In this direction, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has decided to implement the umbrella scheme for safety, security and empowerment of women as an integrated women empowerment programme under the name ‘Mission Shakti’, including components of One Stop Centres, Women Helpline, women’s homes and hostels etc. For providing speedy assistance and services to distressed and violence affected women at OSCs, the Ministry has decided to set up more OSCs in areas which are distant from district headquarters or are having high rates of crime against women, to enhance the costing provisions for OSCs, and to further enhance the synergy and coordination of OSCs with the other initiatives of the government, including those under Nirbhaya Fund and under Mission Shakti.

22-May-2021: Over 3 Lakh Women Provided Assistance Through 701 One Stop Centres in 35 States/Uts

One Stop Centre Scheme (OSCs) being implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development has provided assistance to over 3 lakh women so far. The scheme is being implemented across the country since 1st April, 2015 through State Governments/ Union Territory (UT) Administrations to provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence and in distress, both in private and public spaces, under one roof and facilitate immediate, emergency and non-emergency access to a range of services including police, medical, legal aid and counseling, psychological support to fight against any forms of violence against women. Till date, 701 OSCs in 35 States/UTs have been operationalised.

In the prevalent situation created due to Covid pandemic, women who are in distress situation or affected by violence may contact the nearest OSCs for speedy assistance and services. The WCD Ministry has directed the Chief Secretaries/Administrators of all States/UTs and DC/DM of all Districts to keep One Stop Centres operational during the lockdown period with availability of all the basic material required for fighting COVID-19 like Sanitizers. Soaps, Masks etc.

As per scheme guidelines, for smooth functioning of the centres, the responsibility of appointment/ recruitment/ selection of empanelled agencies/ individuals to provide legal counselling/ Medical aid/ psycho-social counselling etc. lies with the district administration of the respective States/ UTs.

19-Mar-2021: One Stop Centres

Government has approved 733 One Stop Centre (OSC) across the Country, out of which 700 are operational. The OSCs provide a range of services such as police facilitation, legal aid, psycho-social counselling, medical aid and temporary shelter in an integrated manner, under one roof, for violence affected women and women in distress.

Under the scheme, funds are directly released to Districts upon approval of proposal. The Ministry of Women and Child Development regularly follows up with the District Administration and the State Governments through formal communications, e-mails, phone calls, virtual meeting through Video Conference etc. for speedy implementation of the scheme for the benefit of women.

In the Budget 2021-22 for 'Sambal' (which includes One Stop Centre (OSC), Mahila Police Volunteers (MPV), Women Helpline (WHL), Swadhar, Ujjwala, Widow Homes) under Mission Shakti, provision of Rs. 587.00 crores has been made.

5-Feb-2021: Sakhi/One Stop Centres

733 One Stop Centres (OSCs) have been approved for 730 districts, out of which. 700 have become operational in 35 States/ UTs. As per the Scheme guidelines, the women affected by violence and in distress are provided with a range of integrated services under one roof including police facilitation, medical aid, legal aid and legal counseling, psycho-social counseling and temporary shelter at these centres. As per scheme guidelines, for smooth functioning of the centres, the responsibility of appointment/ recruitment/ selection of empanelled agencies/ individuals to provide legal counselling/ Medical aid/ psycho-social counselling etc. lies with the district administration of the respective States/ UTs.

6-Mar-2020: Funds Allocated Under One Stop Centres

The One Stop Centre (OSC) Scheme is approved since 1st April, 2015 by Government of India under Nirbhaya Fund to be set up across the country for women affected by violence. The OSC scheme aims to facilitate women affected by violence with a range of integrated services under one roof including police facilitation, medical aid, psychological counselling, legal support and temporary shelter. Under the OSC Scheme, 100% funds are disbursed to districts for setting up and running of OSCs. Till date 728 OSCs have been approved by Government of India in 724 districts. Out of these, 680 OSCs are operational and have addressed more than 2.5 lakh cases of women.

To upgrade the quality of OSCs, training and capacity building initiatives are undertaken for OSC functionaries through various trainings and capacity building programmes at the National, Regional and State levels. Further, monitoring of OSC is undertaken from time to time at various levels through visits, review meetings, video conferences, inspection reports etc. An online tool of Sakhi Dashboard has also been developed by Government of India for capturing data about OSCs regarding details of cases as well as the facilities and services provided to violence affected women coming to OSCs.

The total fund released under OSC Scheme during the year 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 is Rs.229.61 crore, total utilisation of fund is Rs.61.34 crore and total unutilized fund is Rs.168.27 crore. The States/UTs and district authorities undertake the implementation of OSC Scheme. Government of India undertakes review meetings with the officers of State Government through video conferencing and meetings from time to time at various levels for proper implementation of the scheme.

 In Gujarat 33 OSCs have been approved by Government of India in 33 districts which have been operationalised by the State.

18-Jul-2019: One Stop Crisis Centre

One Stop Centre (OSC) at the district level maintains the record of complaints received from women affected by violence. Ministry of Women and Child Development reviews the functioning of OSCs from time to time.

As per the guidelines, OSCs are required to have the facility for temporary stay up to 5 days with 5 beds. To address the complaints of aggrieved women, the Scheme of One Stop Centre is to provide for a range of services for violence affected women including police facilitation, legal counselling, psycho-social counselling, medical aid and temporary shelter in an integrated manner under one roof.

Under the scheme, OSCs are required to have a centre administrator, case workers, medical personnel, police facilitation officer, psycho-social counsellor, legal counsellor, security guard, IT staff and multi-purpose workers. Capacity building of OSC functionaries are undertaken through National, Regional and State trainings and workshops to improve the responsiveness of OSC staff.  OSCs are also integrated with Women Helpline to improve the functioning and responsiveness of OSC staff.

Media and publicity campaigns are undertaken to increase awareness about OSCs at district level.

7-May-2018: 100 additional One Stop Centres(OSCs) approved

In the Programme Approval Board (PAB) meeting of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, 100 additional One Stop Centres have been approved in the States of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.

The Ministry of Women & Child Development has set up 182 Centres till date under the scheme of One Stop Centres (OSCs) for women affected by violence since April, 2015. Over 1.3 lakhs such women affected by violence have been assisted at these centres till date in 33 States/UTs.

The purpose of these OSCs is to facilitate integrated services for women affected with violence such as police assistance, medical aid, psycho-social counselling, legal aid/counselling, temporary stay for 5 days etc. such that aggrieved women can avail services under one roof and The OSCs are established in existing buildings and in new constructed buildings in a standard format. The OSC at Raipur, Chhattisgarh that is functional as the premier constructed building has received the Hon’ble President’s award on 8th March, 2018, International Women’s Day.

As per the Cabinet Decision in the meeting dated 21st April,2018 it was decided that in the coming years every district will be covered by one OSC and each OSC will be strengthened with an additional annual grant of Rs. 50,000 for immediate assistance for first aid.

Also, the scheme of Universalization of Women's Helpline (181) of the Ministry that was also started in April, 2015 has now become operational in 30 States/UTs. Every OSC is integrated to this Women Helpline. The Helplines have assisted over 16.5 lakh women so far.

2017

14-Dec-2017: National Workshop on Role of Sakhi One Stop Centres

The Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi will inaugurate a Two Day National Workshop on Role of Sakhi One Stop Centres in Strengthening Multi Sectoral Response to Violence in New Delhi tomorrow in the presence of Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Dr. Virendra Kumar. The workshop has been organized by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Around 400 Sakhi- One Stop Centre Functionaries and nodal officials from State Department of Women and Child Development from 33 States/UTs across the country, will participate in the two day workshop.

This initiative for One Stop Centre Functionaries in the category of Centre Administrator and Counsellors and the concerned officials will come together to understand, discuss and deliberate on strengthening the multisector response to address violence against women through the Sakhi One Stop Centres across the country.

The Ministry has approved Scheme for setting up One Stop Centre (OSC) to support women affected by violence on 4th March, 2015. Popularly known as Sakhi, the scheme is being implemented since 1st April 2015. The scheme aims to facilitate access to an integrated range of services including medical aid, police assistance, legal aid/case management, psychosocial counselling, and temporary support services to women affected by violence.

Under the scheme, it has been envisaged that OSCs would be set up across the country in a phased manner. In the first phase, one Centre was sanctioned per State/UT. Further, 150 additional Centres are taken up in second phase. 50 additional OSCs have been recently approved by the Ministry. Currently 168 OSCs are operational in 32 States/UTs. So far, around 70,000 cases have been reported at the Centres.

The WCD Minister, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi will address the participants regarding the importance of the OSC Scheme in addressing violence against women and also obtain a feedback from the participants regarding the suggestions and issues faced by them during the implementation of the Scheme.

The Ministry is also looking forward to improve the quality services at the Centres. This National Workshop is to bring together cross learning from the States/UTs regarding the best practices, first hand experiences of the OSC functionaries and understand the issues and challenges being faced by them, Standard operating procedures and protocols etc. to enhance a strengthened multi sector response at OSCs while improving the quality of services at OSCs.

In the post lunch session, 5 States will be presenting their best practices of OSC namely Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland and Uttar Pradesh. Minister of State, Shri Dr. Virender Kumar will also address the participants in the Workshop. Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) of WCD Ministry will also make a presentation regarding the role of Family Counselling Centres (FCC) and its linkages with OSCs.