No funds allotted to Gujarat underneath Swadhar Greh Scheme for distressed ladies in two years

Express News Service

AHMEDABAD: The Central authorities had launched Swadhar Greh Scheme, an built-in aid and rehabilitation scheme for ladies in misery conditions and tough circumstances. Under the scheme, ladies are supplied with shelter, meals, clothes, counseling, main well being amenities, vocational coaching, different every day necessities, and many others. However, not a single rupee has been allotted to Gujarat previously two years underneath Swadhar Greh Scheme.

In response to a query from MP Sanjay Raut within the Rajya Sabha on August 2, the Women and Child Development Department said, Swadhar Greh – for ladies in tough circumstances – and Ujjawala Home – for trafficking prevention – have been merged and renamed ‘Shakti Sadan’. The reply additionally contained info on how a lot cash has been given underneath the scheme to totally different states within the final three years.

Rs 15.26 lakh was allotted to Gujarat underneath the ‘Swadhar Greh’ scheme in 2020-21,  however no fund was allotted in 2021-22, the 12 months the title of the scheme was modified to ‘Shakti Sadan’.In 2022-23, Gujarat acquired zero funding. Women’s rights teams have accused the federal government of being insensitive by failing to allocate funds underneath ‘Swadhar Greh Scheme’.

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“First and foremost, we don’t know whether the scheme has been merged or a new name has been given, the government may now feel that Gujarat is a very developed state, so the women here do not deserve any such scheme, so it may be possible that no funds will be sought,” ‘said All-India Mahila Sanskrutik Organisation’s Gujarat Convenor Meenakshi Joshi.

“As social employees, we really feel that the federal government ought to set up particular shelter properties for ladies as a result of when ladies go away their households their psychological well being suffers, and if the flawed firm is discovered, they will fall into the entice of trafficking. The authorities ought to make solutions to the centre for funds underneath ‘Swadhar Greh Scheme,’ she added. When The New Indian Express  contacted, Gujarat’s ladies and youngster improvement officers declined to remark.

AHMEDABAD: The Central authorities had launched Swadhar Greh Scheme, an built-in aid and rehabilitation scheme for ladies in misery conditions and tough circumstances. Under the scheme, ladies are supplied with shelter, meals, clothes, counseling, main well being amenities, vocational coaching, different every day necessities, and many others. However, not a single rupee has been allotted to Gujarat previously two years underneath Swadhar Greh Scheme.

In response to a query from MP Sanjay Raut within the Rajya Sabha on August 2, the Women and Child Development Department said, Swadhar Greh – for ladies in tough circumstances – and Ujjawala Home – for trafficking prevention – have been merged and renamed ‘Shakti Sadan’. The reply additionally contained info on how a lot cash has been given underneath the scheme to totally different states within the final three years.

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Rs 15.26 lakh was allotted to Gujarat underneath the ‘Swadhar Greh’ scheme in 2020-21,  however no fund was allotted in 2021-22, the 12 months the title of the scheme was modified to ‘Shakti Sadan’.In 2022-23, Gujarat acquired zero funding. Women’s rights teams have accused the federal government of being insensitive by failing to allocate funds underneath ‘Swadhar Greh Scheme’.

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“First and foremost, we don’t know whether the scheme has been merged or a new name has been given, the government may now feel that Gujarat is a very developed state, so the women here do not deserve any such scheme, so it may be possible that no funds will be sought,” ‘said All-India Mahila Sanskrutik Organisation’s Gujarat Convenor Meenakshi Joshi.

“As social employees, we really feel that the federal government ought to set up particular shelter properties for ladies as a result of when ladies go away their households their psychological well being suffers, and if the flawed firm is discovered, they will fall into the entice of trafficking. The authorities ought to make solutions to the centre for funds underneath ‘Swadhar Greh Scheme,’ she added. When The New Indian Express  contacted, Gujarat’s ladies and youngster improvement officers declined to remark.