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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