Safe City Project : MHA

Ministry of Home Affairs,

Mar 24, 2021 - 20:30

‘Police’ and ‘Public order’ are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibilities to maintain law and order, protection of life and property of the citizens including crime against women are with the respective State Governments. However, as part of several initiatives for the safety of women by the Government, Safe City Projects have been sanctioned by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the Nirbhaya Fund scheme in 8 cities (Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow & Mumbai). These projects involve the identification of hot spots for crimes against women and the deployment of various components including infrastructure, technology adoption, and capacity building in the community through awareness programmes. The project implementation is regularly reviewed by the State Level Apex Committee. Specific details are not maintained in the Ministry. However, details of funds released to States/UT by the Ministry, year-wise, for implementation of the projects are given below:

City	Funds released (In Rs. crore)
City	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
Mumbai	87.47	56.17	Nil
Kolkata	47.57	8.00	Nil
Chennai	169.37	71.41	Nil
Hyderabad	83.14	39.94	Nil
Ahmedabad	51.55	42.87	37.64
Lucknow	62.89	Nil	26.54
Delhi	64.67	268.60	Nil
Bengaluru	167.26	Nil	Nil

The criteria for the selection of the next batch of cities have not been decided. Further, new projects would be dependent on demand assessment and project feasibility. Safe City project guidelines provide the States/UT to converge with other ongoing projects/schemes, including Smart City Project. This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.