707 women in Nagaland get succour from One Stop Centres
In Nagaland, a total of 707 women affected by violence and distress received assistance from the One Stop Centres (OSCs) under Mission Shakti between 2021 and 2024
- KOHIMA — In Nagaland, a total of 707 women
affected by violence and distress received assistance from the One Stop Centres
(OSCs) under Mission Shakti between 2021 and 2024.
- This was informed by Minister of State for Women and Child
Development Savitri Thakur in an unstarred question raised by MP S Jothima in
the Lok Sabha on April 4.
- The data provided by the minister shows that in Nagaland,
275 women were assisted during 2021-2022, 246 women were assisted in 2022-2023,
and 186 women were assisted in 2023-2024.
- The OSC provides services like medical aid, legal aid and
advice, temporary shelter, police assistance, and psycho-social counselling to
women in need.
- The minister briefed that OSC is a component of the Sambal
vertical under the Mission Shakti, and it provides integrated support and
assistance under one roof to women affected by violence and those in distress,
both in private and public spaces.
- She also informed that the ministry has provisioned for the
extension of temporary shelter beyond five days in specific cases where
relocation to Shakti Sadan is not feasible.
- In such cases, centre administrators may extend the stay up
to 10 days on a case-by-case basis. For further extensions beyond 10 days, the
district nodal officer or district programme officer can authorise an
additional stay of up to 10 days, ensuring continuous access to essential
services.
- However, efforts should be made to transfer the beneficiary
to the nearest Shakti Sadan or other suitable institutions, if necessary, she
added.
- Thakur further updated that as of February 28, 2025, a total
of 10.98 lakh women have been assisted by OSCs across the country since 2015.
