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A Women's Hostel under the Sakhi Niwas scheme (earlier "Working Women's Hostel") provides safe, affordable residential accommodation for working women, women in job-related training, and women who are single, widowed, separated, or whose family is not in the same town. Run under the Ministry of Women and Child Development as part of Mission Shakti, these hostels are operated by approved implementing agencies — NGOs, women's cooperatives, urban local bodies, or state women's corporations — on a no-profit basis. For young women migrating to a town for work or training, Sakhi Niwas is the only dedicated safe-stay infrastructure backed by central government guidelines. Income eligibility is up…
If you are a young woman who has moved to a town for work or training and need safe, affordable accommodation, or if you know women in that situation, Sakhi Niwas hostels are designed to provide exactly that — rooms, meals, security, and even day-care for children.
- Provide rooms for 50-100 women (single, double, or small dormitory) with bed, table, chair, and cupboard per resident - Operate a mess and common kitchen with user charges based on salary level - Maintain security: boundary wall or secure building, CCTV at gate and key points, security guard - Provide common room, dining hall, kitchen, store, and sick room - Ensure separate bathrooms and toilets with minimum fixtures per group of residents - Provide basic disabled-friendly access (ramps) and regular water and electricity - Where approved, operate a day-care room and play area for children of residents - Admit women in job-related training (in addition to employed women), provided the…
Portal: spniwcd.wcd.gov.in/sakhi-niwas-working-women-hostel/brief — national scheme details and contact points Also: Contact the District WCD or Social Welfare Officer; for UP check mahilakalyan.up.nic.in; for MP check mpwcdmis.gov.in
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