Ministry of Women and Child Development Achievements Under Ujjawala Scheme

The Ujjawala Scheme is for prevention of trafficking, rescue, rehabilitation, re-integration and repatriation of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation. There are 254 projects including 134 Protective and Rehabilitative Homes in the country. The number of beneficiaries are 5,291.

Separate data in respect of the number of cases registered, agencies registered and the number of women rehabilitated under the prevention, rescue, rehabilitation, re-integration, repatriation components of the scheme are not maintained.

This scheme is helping the beneficiaries by making a change in their life. The details of Ujjawala Projects, Ujjawala Homes and the number of beneficiaries under the Scheme are given below:

State wise details of Ujjawala Homes

SI. No.

Name of the State

Total Number of Projects Under Ujjawala Scheme

Number of Ujjawala Homes

No. of Beneficiaries

1.

Andhra Pradesh

4

4

150

2.

Assam

32

19

607

3.

Chhattisgarh

4

3

75

4.

Sikkim

1

1

14

5.

Karnataka

37

18

337

6.

Kerala

7

3

100

7.

Maharashtra

50

23

1150

8.

Manipur

20

19

950

9.

Mizoram

1

1

60

10.

Nagaland

1

1

25

11.

Rajasthan

19

7

250

12.

Orissa

33

12

600

13.

Tamil Nadu

5

4

98

14.

Uttar Pradesh

21

2

100

15.

Uttarakhand

4

2

100

16.

West Bengal

2

2

100

17.

Gujarat

8

8

325

18.

Telangana

5

5

250

Total

254

134

5291

This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, SmritiZubinIrani, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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