Ministry of Women and Child Development press release · 25 March 2026 · pibtracker filter

‘Shakti Sadan Scheme’ aims at creating a safe and enabling environment for women in difficult situations

PRID2245029 MinistryMinistry of Women and Child Development Released25 March 2026 Reading8 min

Posted On: 25 MAR 2026 3:43PM by PIB Delhi Under the overarching ‘Mission Shakti’, erstwhile schemes of ‘Swadhar Greh’ – Home for women in difficult circumstances and ‘Ujjawala’- Home for women rescued from Trafficking, have been merged w.e.f. 01.04.2022 and are now known as ‘Shakti Sadan Scheme’, which is an Integrated Relief and Rehabilitation Home for women in distressful situations including trafficked women. It aims at creating a safe and enabling environment for women in such difficult situations, to enable them to overcome the adverse circumstances. Shakti Sadan is helpful towards support for women in distress, providing shelter and rehabilitation support including those affected of trafficking. The Shakti Sadan Scheme is a demand driven Centrally Sponsored Scheme, under which funds are released to the States/UTs for implementation of the scheme. The States/UTs assess their requirement as per local needs and proposals are approved every year by the Programme Approval Board (PAB) after discussion with States/UTs. Under the Scheme, financial assistance is provided for running of Shakti Sadan in rented premises. Presently, 419 Shakti Sadans are functional across the country and about 19,960 women rehabilitated during the Financial Year 2025-26 (01.04.2025 to 31.12.2025). The Ministry continuously monitors the progress of the implementation of scheme through physical and virtual meetings with States/UTs, field visits by the officials of the Ministry and through digital mode from time to time. Further, for the purpose of monitoring of Shakti Sadans, this Ministry has developed a dedicated Mission shakti Dashboard for capturing details like staff deployed, beneficiaries, location details (Latitude and Longitude), Physical infrastructure, Vocational Training, ICT infrastructure, activities conducted, facilities provided to beneficiaries, etc. This information was given by the Minister of State for Women and Child Development Smt. Savitri Thakur in Rajya Sabha in reply to a question. **** SS (Release ID: 2245029) Visitor Counter : 1306 Read this release in: Urdu , हिन्दी Ministry of Women and Child Development ‘Shakti Sadan Scheme’ aims at creating a safe and enabling environment for women in difficult situations Posted On: 25 MAR 2026 3:43PM by PIB Delhi Under the overarching ‘Mission Shakti’, erstwhile schemes of ‘Swadhar Greh’ – Home for women in difficult circumstances and ‘Ujjawala’- Home for women rescued from Trafficking, have been merged w.e.f. 01.04.2022 and are now known as ‘Shakti Sadan Scheme’, which is an Integrated Relief and Rehabilitation Home for women in distressful situations including trafficked women. It aims at creating a safe and enabling environment for women in such difficult situations, to enable them to overcome the adverse circumstances. Shakti Sadan is helpful towards support for women in distress, providing shelter and rehabilitation support including those affected of trafficking. The Shakti Sadan Scheme is a demand driven Centrally Sponsored Scheme, under which funds are released to the States/UTs for implementation of the scheme. The States/UTs assess their requirement as per local needs and proposals are approved every year by the Programme Approval Board (PAB) after discussion with States/UTs. Under the Scheme, financial assistance is provided for running of Shakti Sadan in rented premises. Presently, 419 Shakti Sadans are functional across the country and about 19,960 women rehabilitated during the Financial Year 2025-26 (01.04.2025 to 31.12.2025). The Ministry continuously monitors the progress of the implementation of scheme through physical and virtual meetings with States/UTs, field visits by the officials of the Ministry and through digital mode from time to time. Further, for the purpose of monitoring of Shakti Sadans, this Ministry has developed a dedicated Mission shakti Dashboard for capturing details like staff deployed, beneficiaries, location details (Latitude and Longitude), Physical infrastructure, Vocational Training, ICT infrastructure, activities conducted, facilities provided to beneficiaries, etc. This information was given by the Minister of State for Women and Child Development Smt. Savitri Thakur in Rajya Sabha in reply to a question. **** SS (Release ID: 2245029) Under the overarching ‘Mission Shakti’, erstwhile schemes of ‘Swadhar Greh’ – Home for women in difficult circumstances and ‘Ujjawala’- Home for women rescued from Trafficking, have been merged w.e.f. 01.04.2022 and are now known as ‘Shakti Sadan Scheme’, which is an Integrated Relief and Rehabilitation Home for women in distressful situations including trafficked women. It aims at creating a safe and enabling environment for women in such difficult situations, to enable them to overcome the adverse circumstances. Shakti Sadan is helpful towards support for women in distress, providing shelter and rehabilitation support including those affected of trafficking. The Shakti Sadan Scheme is a demand driven Centrally Sponsored Scheme, under which funds are released to the States/UTs for implementation of the scheme. The States/UTs assess their requirement as per local needs and proposals are approved every year by the Programme Approval Board (PAB) after discussion with States/UTs. Under the Scheme, financial assistance is provided for running of Shakti Sadan in rented premises. Presently, 419 Shakti Sadans are functional across the country and about 19,960 women rehabilitated during the Financial Year 2025-26 (01.04.2025 to 31.12.2025). The Ministry continuously monitors the progress of the implementation of scheme through physical and virtual meetings with States/UTs, field visits by the officials of the Ministry and through digital mode from time to time. Further, for the purpose of monitoring of Shakti Sadans, this Ministry has developed a dedicated Mission shakti Dashboard for capturing details like staff deployed, beneficiaries, location details (Latitude and Longitude), Physical infrastructure, Vocational Training, ICT infrastructure, activities conducted, facilities provided to beneficiaries, etc. This information was given by the Minister of State for Women and Child Development Smt. 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