Status of Nirbhaya Fund

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is implementing several projects for safety of women under the Nirbhaya Fund scheme through the States/Union Territories. Details of fund allocation and release to States/ Union Territories by MHA are given below:

                                                                                              (in Rs. crore)

S No	States/ UTs	Total funds approved	Total funds released
1	Andhra Pradesh	29.46	29.46
2	Arunachal Pradesh	11.98	11.98
3	Assam	27.57	27.57
4	Bihar	33.18	33.30
5	Chhattisgarh	23.91	23.91
6	Goa	15.97	12.21
7	Gujarat	249.54	161.48
8	Haryana	22.23	22.24
9	Himachal Pradesh	18.18	18.3
10	Jharkhand	28.43	25.11
11	Karnataka	716.3	210.58
12	Kerala	31.05	27.80
13	Madhya Pradesh	61.43	58.10
14	Maharashtra	352.4	245.04
15	Manipur	14.92	14.93
16	Meghalaya	9.02	9.01
17	Mizoram	12.4	12.52
18	Nagaland	9.1	9.10
19	Odisha	46.03	39.75
20	Punjab	30.25	30.24
21	Rajasthan	45.97	46.97
22	Sikkim	6.95	6.95
23	Telangana	311.74	153.21
24	Tamil Nadu	461.16	276.88
25	Tripura	11.49	11.49
26	Uttar Pradesh	276.91	192.34
27	Uttarakhand	12.85	12.85
28	West Bengal	218.33	92.58
29	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	9.96	7.62
30	Chandigarh	6.18	6.18
31	Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu	12.02	12.02
32	Delhi	702.83	407.31
33	Ladakh	0.8	0.80
34	Lakshadweep	4.96	4.96
35	Jammu & Kashmir	18.31	18.30
36	Puducherry	12.89	9.50
Total	3856.70	2282.59

As per information available, the total budgetary allocation for Nirbhaya Fund by the Government in the last three years is as below:

(in Rs. Crore)

Year	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
Allocation	550.00	550.00	1355.23

The funds are released to the States/ Union Territories, as per project guidelines, in installments, and depends on the demand specific to each project. Therefore, the States are not ranked in terms of spending. 

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra in a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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