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Mission Shakti: MWCD Releases Guidelines

 

Mission Shakti UPSC: Relevance

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

 

Mission Shakti: Context

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

 

UPSC Current Affairs

 

Mission Shakti: Key points

  • ‘Mission Shakti’ has been launched as an umbrella scheme for the safety, security and empowerment of women for implementation during the 15thFinance 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.

 

UPSC Current Affairs

 

Sambal and Samarthya

  • ‘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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