Mission Shakti: MWCD Releases Guidelines

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Mission Shakti UPSC: Relevance

GS 2: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States

Recently, Ministry of Women and Child Development has issued detailed guidelines for ‘Mission Shakti’ scheme.

‘Mission Shakti’ has been launched as an umbrella scheme for the safety, security and empowerment of women for implementation during the 15^thFinance Commission period 202l-22 to 2025-26.
‘Mission Shakti’ is a scheme in mission mode aimed at strengthening interventions for women safety, security and empowerment.
It seeks to realise the Government’s commitment for “women-led development‟ by addressing issues affecting women on a life-cycle continuum basis and by making them equal partners in nation-building through convergence and citizen-ownership.
The scheme seeks to make women economically empowered, exercising free choice over their minds and bodies in an atmosphere free from violence and threat.
It also seeks to reduce the care burden on women and increase female labour force participation by promoting skill development, capacity building, financial literacy, access to micro-credit etc.

‘Mission Shakti’ has two sub-schemes – ‘Sambal‘ and ‘Samarthya‘.
While the “Sambal” sub-scheme is for safety and security of women, the “Samarthya” sub-scheme is for empowerment of women.
The components of ‘Sambal‘ sub-scheme consist of erstwhile schemes of One Stop Centre (OSC), Women Helpline (WHL), Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) with a new component of Nari Adalats – women’s collectives to promote and facilitate alternative dispute resolution and gender justice in society and within families.
The components of ‘Samarthya‘ sub-scheme consist of erstwhile schemes of Ujjwala, Swadhar Greh and Working Women Hostel have been included with modifications.
In addition, the existing schemes of National Creche Scheme for children of working mothers and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) under umbrella ICDS have now been included in Samarthya.
A new component of Gap Funding for Economic Empowerment has also been added in the Samarthya Scheme.

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