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Status of Widow, Divorced and Deserted Women

As per the 2001 census, there are 34.3 million widows and 2.34 million divorced / separated women in the country.

This information was given by Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister of State for Women and Child Development (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.  She further said that the Ministry of WCD is implementing following three schemes to protect the interest of widows, divorced and deserted women:

 

 

i.        Swadhar and Short Stay Homes for relief and rehabilitation of women in difficult circumstances.

ii.       Support for Training & Employment Programme (STEP), Skill Upgradation Training is provided toassetless and Below Poverty Line women.    

           Apart from these, Ministry of Rural Development is also administering the following three schemes

 

(i)      Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS) under which pension is provided to a widow in the age group of 40-64 years and living below poverty line @ Rs.200/- per month;

(ii)     Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme  under which a pension of Rs.200/- per month is provided to the persons above sixty five years of age belonging to BPL including women; and

(iii)    NREGA, under which willing persons including women are entitled to guaranteed 100 days employment during a year.

                       

                               Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment is also administering an Integrated Programme for Older Persons (IPOP) which is being implemented since 1992 with the objective of improving the quality of life of senior citizens including women by providing basic amenities like shelter, food medical care etc.

 

 

 

State-wise number of Widow, Divorced and Deserted Women in the country:

 

 

S. No.

Name of the State

Number of Widowed (Female)

Number of Divorced/Separated women

1.

Andhra Pradesh

3270964

261525

2.

Arunachal Pradesh

25639

2830

3.

Assam

869005

68619

4

A & N Islands

8461

833

5.

Bihar

1887575

35550

6.

Chandigarh

16788

917

7.

Chhattisgarh

771106

90985

8.

Daman & Diu

5511

421

9.

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

4979

521

10.

Delhi

305940

13541

11.

Goa

69052

1835

12.

Gujarat

1614413

105753

13.

Haryana

533974

11410

14.

Himachal Pradesh

229664

8336

15.

Jammu & Kashmir

196604

11072

16.

Jharkhand

822827

44762

17.

Karnataka

2322843

145046

18.

Kerala

1690508

196085

19.

Lakshadweep

2136

551

20.

Madhya Pradesh

1752228

115807

21.

Maharashtra

3726735

326198

22.

Manipur

59459

8068

23.

Mizoram

20373

13181

24.

Meghalaya

59604

23927

25.

Nagaland

26516

6008

26.

Orissa

1370123

98196

27.

Punjab

662113

22595

28.

Pondicherry

53040

3865

29.

Rajasthan

1589726

49544

30.

Sikkim

10005

2366

31.

Tamil Nadu

2976137

249356

32.

Tripura

123817

13383

33.

Uttar Pradesh

3763168

112855

34.

Uttaranchal

293331

9645

35.

West Bengal

3155365

287344

 

Total

34289729

2342940

 

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