Hostels for Working Women

Ministry of Women and Child Development

Since the inception of the Scheme, 958 hostels have been sanctioned so far. State wise details of the number of hostels for working women in the country is given below:

S.No.	State/UTs	Total No. Of Hostels Sanctioned
1	Andhra Pradesh	41
2	Arunachal Pradesh	14
3	Assam	17
4	Bihar	6
5	Chhattisgarh	10
6	Goa	2
7	Gujarat	27
8	Haryana	20
9	Himachal Pradesh	16
10	Jammu & Kashmir	5
11	Jharkhand	2
12	Karnataka	62
13	Kerala	156
14	Madhya Pradesh	62
15	Maharashtra	138
16	Meghalaya	4
17	Mizoram	5
18	Manipur	28
19	Nagaland	24
20	Orissa	28
21	Punjab	14
22	Rajasthan	39
23	Sikkim	2
24	Tamilnadu	94
25	Telangana	27
26	Tripura	1
27	Uttrakhand	6
28	UP	38
29	West Bengal	39
30	Chandigarh	7
31	Delhi	20
32	Pondicherry	4
	Total	958

It is the responsibility of the Implementing Agencies to create awareness about the facility among working women. Further, the Guidelines of the Scheme are available on the Ministry’s website.

Seeking proposals from the State Govt./UTs and their approval by the Ministry is a continuous process.

Financial assistance is provided to the States/UTs including Uttar Pradesh for the construction of hostels for working women. Details of funds provided during last three years State-wise is as under:

Amount- in Rs. Crore

Sl. No.	Year	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
		(Funds released)	(Funds released)	(Funds released)
01.	Andhra Pradesh	2.48	—	4.77
02.	Arunachal Pradesh	1.93	1.93	1.17
03.	Assam	—	0.088	0.07
04.	Gujarat	—	1.84	—
05.	Himachal Pradesh	—	2.66	—
06.	Karnataka	—	9.74	—
07.	Kerala	9.32	—	2.53
08.	Maharashtra	3.48	0.07	1.61
09.	Madhya Pradesh	—	—	2.44
10.	Manipur	1.50	4.62	9.16
11.	Nagaland	4.42	6.01	4.19
12.	Telangana	—	—	2.69
13	Mizoram	—	—	1.71